Monthly Archives: December 2021

All of Apple’s retail stores in New York City have closed to foot traffic

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Amidst the COVID-19 surge, Apple has reduced operations in all of its New York City stores and is limiting services to customers.The closure of the New York City stores have cone in rapid succession from the first draw-backs the week before Christmas. The stores remain open for online order pickup, but retail operations other than that have concluded for the time being.AppleInsider has learned that the in-store repair benches remain open, until the backlog is cleared. Repairs dropped off at those locations can still be picked up. …

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PenPad Review: The perfect accessory for iPad artists who use Procreate

By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) If you’re an artist who works in Procreate, PenPad will save you time, effort, and wrist strain.Recently, PenTips reached out to inform me about the PenPad Kickstarter. I took a look at the device and found it intriguing. It promised to help expand the capabilities of Procreate by breaking out some of the shortcuts onto a physical, number-pad-like device.As someone who works exclusively on …

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Best deals Dec. 27: $169 Beats Powerbeats Pro, $60 4TB hard drive, Lego Boba Fett Helmet, more!

By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) The best deals for December 27 include $80 off Beats Powerbeats Pro, $160 off a 27-inch LG 4K monitor, and a 4TB WD Red NAS drive for $59.99.Best deals for December 27To help you search through the continuing holiday deal chaos, we’ve curated some of the best deals we could find on Apple products, tech accessories, and other things for the AppleInsider audience. …

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Foxconn must improve living conditions for workers at shuttered iPhone plant

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) A cluster of food poisoning incidents and a protest shut down an Apple iPhone factory in India, and the reopening has been postponed yet again because of poor worker living conditions.A week-long closure of the plant impacted by the food poisoning of workers will extend to at least 10 days. And, that opening won’t be at full-strength — instead of the 17,000 workers, production is said to restart on Thursday with only 1,000 on the assembly lines.The incident has induced the local government to inspect the hostels where the workers live in off-hours. In a report published on …

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Trio of new Apple videos show off iPhone 13 Pro video chops

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Apple has released three new videos, illustrating just how good the video shooting experience on the iPhone 13 Pro can be.Ostensibly in the “Shot on iPhone” series, the trio of light-hearted videos that each highlight a different aspect of videography on the iPhone 13 Pro. The first one released, called Detectives shows off Apple’s new Cinematic mode on the device.Shortly thereafter, Apple released The Basement and Pavel. The two focus on advanced low light video and optical zoom, respectively. …

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