By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) A $200 discount is in effect on Apple’s upgraded M3 14-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, with fast and free 2-day shipping.The AppleInsider 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 Price Guide is tracking a $200 markdown on a best-selling configuration this Monday at Apple Authorized Reseller B&H Photo.Buy for $1,599Pick up the upgraded configuration with 16GB of unified memory and 512GB of storage for $1,599 in the sleek Space Gray finish. This model is equipped with Apple’s M3 chip with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU. It also has two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, an HDMI port, SDXC card slot, headphone jack and a MagSafe 3 port. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Sponsored Content) Spam calls and robocalls flood our iPhones because our personal information is accessed through data brokers, but you can end the insanity with the help of online data removal services.Stop spam calls with IncogniThe number one commodity on the internet is user information. It is gathered and sold in mass by companies to data brokers.These practices mean that a person’s private information may be readily found online without much effort — including phone numbers. Unwanted calls from telemarketers, religious groups, political organizers, and other kinds of spam can make a user’s phone ring constantly. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A new set of alleged benchmarks for the nine-core M4 in the iPad Pro indicates that it will still provide buyers with a massive performance boost.M4 iPad ProFollowing the launch of the M4 iPad Pro models, aninitial benchmark claimed to show the M4 as being very powerful. Now, a second seems to show both variants of the M4 chip will offer good performance to consumers.The M4 generation consists of two versions. A top-tier variant has ten cores, consisting of four performance cores and six efficiency cores. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Gamma, a free emulator of the original Sony PlayStation, was added to the iOS and iPad App Stores on May 11th.Screenshots from the Gamma emulator on the App StoreGamma is similar to developer Riley Testut’s Delta emulator, especially in terms of the interface. Like Delta, it allows customizable on-screen controller skins, and includes support for Bluetooth controllers as well as wired keyboards.It supports both Google Drive and Dropbox for backing up your own game disk images as well as automatically-saved progress. Users can choose their own preferred method or service to back up the games and save stages as well. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The Mother’s Day flash sale at Best Buy drops Apple’s latest MacBook Air M3 down to $949 with a Plus membership.Best Buy Plus members can pick up an M3 MacBook Air for $949.Best Buy’s Deal of the Day features triple-digit savings on several M3 MacBook Air laptops, with the standard 13-inch model on sale for $999 ($100 off), plus another $50 off for Plus members. Considering the cost of the Plus membership is $49.99 per year, it’s like getting the first year for free.Buy for $949 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) An effort by some staff at an Apple Store in Short Hills, New Jersey to form a union has failed in a vote among the workers there.Short Pump Town Center Apple StoreOperations lead John Nagy of the of the Short Pump Town Center Apple Store told Bloomberg that staff there had filed for union representation via the Communication Workers of America on April 8.The CWA later alleged that management at the store was engaging in illegal anti-union campaigning. It subsequently filed complaints to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) In this week’s Apple crime roundup, the Citizen app uses Apple Store theft footage in advertising, a Philadelphia Police scandal involving a smartphone app, stolen softball gear recovered thanks to AirTag, and more!The Apple Store in Emeryville, Calif. As we do every other Sunday, this is the latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Workers at the Apple Towson Town Center store in Maryland have backed their union’s plan to hold a strike over unresolved issues.Apple Towson Town Center store (Source: Apple)The Towson store unionized in 2022, and representatives had said they were disheartened by what were described as Apple’s insufficient responses to concerns. Unions at the store conducted an independent survey early in 2024 and reported on alleged illegal anti-union activities by Apple.Now according to CNBC, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AIM) union says workers at the store have voted in favor of authorizing a strike. “The issues at the forefront of this action include concerns over work-life balance,” said the union in a statement, “unpredictable scheduling practices disrupting personal lives, and wages failing to align with the area’s cost of living.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) No major US app developers have chosen to opt in to new App Store rules allowing outside links for payments, because there is effectively no savings, Apple told a judge during testimony on Friday.Epic’s battle with Apple continuesApple had revised its rules following the original Epic lawsuit, which Apple largely won in 2021. The one area where Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers had ruled in Epic’s favor in that case was antisteering — the prohibition on using outside payment processors.After some time spent developing the new rules, it began allowing developers to include outside payment links in App Store listings in January 2024. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Talks between Apple and OpenAI have advanced so far, that a deal is reportedly close to completion that may bring ChatGPT generative AI technology to iOS 18 in some fashion.ChatGPT is in the App Store nowA report published late on Friday is light on details. However, it does claim that Apple and OpenAI are “finalizing terms” to use ChatGPT in iOS 18.In the report, Apple is also said to still be in talks with Google for Gemini. It’s less clear how far along those discussions are. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
