By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) A new sleep study from Brigham Young University has found that features like Night Shift do little to improve users’ sleep quality over those who don’t use the feature.Features like Apple’s …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has doubled the amount awarded to II-VI from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund, now paying a further $410 million to the optical technology firm that makes …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) So-called “cross-wallet” gaming featured large in the second day of the Epic Games v. Apple trial, with Epic and other developers arguing the payment method is not a viable alternative to in-app purchases.Available as a continuity feature for users, and an option for developers averse to in-app payments (and Apple’s cut of those payments), the “cross-wallet” alternative allows for the use of in-game currency purchased from another device or platform. For example, “Fortnite” players can buy V-Bucks on a PC or through Epic’s website and use those V-Bucks to buy in-game items on iOS — or at least they might have when the game was still on the App Store.As noted by The Verge, Apple …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Internal Apple emails surfaced in the Epic Games v. Apple trial show some of the company debate surrounding Search Ads on the …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple is experiencing an issue with iCloud that could result in slowdowns or render some services, like Find My, unavailable.According to Apple’s system status webpage, iCloud Account & Sign In, Contacts, and Mail are suffering an unspecified issue. The problem also extends to Find My, the service powering Apple’s crowd-sourced device location network that underpins its new AirTag tracker.Other iCloud services, like Backup, Calendar, and Notes, are functioning as intended….