By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has caved to pressure from Russian authorities and removed a number of the best iPhone VPN apps from the App Store in the country.Moscow at night (Credit: Evgenit/Pixabay)Apple’s App Store team has been notifying VPN developers that their apps are being removed “per demand from Roskomnadzor.” This the state media watchdog that previously forced both Apple and Google to remove a political app backed by the leader of the country’s opposition.According to the Moscow Times, the Roskomnadzor regulator based its demand on how the apps include “content that is illegal in Russia.” It also reports that this demand to remove mobile apps follows the regulator’s increasing blocking of VPN services. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Thomas Sibilly) The JSAUX FlipGo Portable Dual Monitor transforms your mobile and desk workstation, offering a simple yet adaptable plug-and-play monitor for a myriad of productivity uses.JSAUX FlipGo Portable Dual Monitor reviewWith more people working remotely than ever before, users have found it helpful and sometimes even necessary to have multiple monitors. Relying solely on your laptop’s screen may not be sufficient for completing important projects, presentations, or reports.Portable monitors have been around for quite a while, but FlipGo is responding to what it’s like to work in a post-pandemic world. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Best Buy’s 4th of July sale continues with a flash deal on the popular Backbone One mobile gaming controller for iPhone, with the Lightning version 40% off today only.Save 40% on the Backbone One controller on July 4th.Pick up the popular iPhone accessory for $59.99 at Best Buy on July 4 only, delivering a flash deal that makes gaming on your Apple iPhone with a Lightning port an enjoyable experience. This is the 2nd Generation Backbone One, which retails for $99.99.Buy for $59.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The lowest price on record is in effect on Apple’s upgraded M3 14-inch MacBook Pro with a bump up to 16GB RAM and 1TB of storage. Plus, save $50 on three years of AppleCare with a special promo code.To snap up the $1,699 price on Apple’s upgraded 14-inch MacBook Pro, head over to Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama and enter promo code APINSIDER during Step 4 of checkout.Use code APINSIDERThis particular configuration, which is $320 off in the silver finish thanks to a $120 instant rebate stacked with the $200 promo code, features Apple’s M3 chip with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Beta code dives have leaked the identifiers for unreleased iPad models — including some thought to have been scrapped in development.Apple’s current collection of iPad modelsApple’s iPad Pro with M4 Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Twilio has updated its iOS Authy two-factor authentication app following a hack that reportedly saw 33 million cellphone numbers being stolen.Two-factor authentication app Authy has been updated following a hackAuthy is the long-standing two-factor authentication app that is meant to make logging in to services more secure. Most recently, it dropped support for all desktop platforms, including the Mac, in favor of its iPhone and Android apps.Now Twilio, developer of the app, has confirmed in a blog post that it was hacked, in what it says was a limited way. Without saying how many people were affected, the company says the hack was confined to phone numbers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Boox has a new e-ink reader, combining all our favorite features into a paperback-sized portable at a new, lower price point.Boox Go Color 7 reviewBoox makes some fantastic e-readers, and at this point, AppleInsider has checked out quite a few of them. So when they reached out to let us know about their new seven-inch e-reader, I felt compelled to check it out.The Boox Go Color 7 doesn’t change much under the hood from other Boox devices. What it does offer, however, is the same quality reading experience in a size that feels like you’re reading your favorite paperback novel. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Apple has strict guidelines about protecting user data with sandboxing, but ChatGPT for Mac bypassed all of this by storing conversations in plain text until it was patched on June 28.ChatGPT for MacWhen everything is working the way it should on Mac, data should be siloed between apps so no single app can access another app’s data without APIs or user permission. ChatGPT decided to ignore Apple’s guidance and broke that structure by opting out of sandboxing and storing user conversations in plain text.Storing files this way left them open for any other Mac app to find and read them freely. That means if a user’s Mac was infected with malware or malicious apps, the private data shared with ChatGPT could be read freely. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Billed as the first global visionOS hackathon, Vision Hack aims to help developers produce apps and games, so Apple Vision Pro users will finally get their killer app.Vision Hack, a global visionOS hackathonOne of the problems of new platforms like the Apple Vision Pro is an initial lack of apps. While that’s a problem that can be solved with time, and by enabling iPad apps to work on the platform, a hackathon is planning to speed up the process.Due to take place on September 13 to September 15, Vision Hack is an a bid to try and encourage development on visionOS. The event intends to have developers working together to rapidly create new apps. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon and Best Buy are slashing prices on current 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models by up to $500, delivering the best deals on a variety of M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max configs for the 4th of July holiday.Save up to $500 on Apple’s latest MacBook Pro laptops.The 4th of July Sales at Amazon and Best Buy deliver some of the lowest 14-inch MacBook Pro prices we’ve seen to date, ranging from the entry M3 model for $1,399 at Amazon (thanks to $200 off in instant savings stacked with an on-page coupon) all the way up to a loaded retail M3 Max config for $2,899 ($300 off).Apple’s popular M3 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro has also returned to its all-time best price of $1,699 at both Amazon and Best Buy, as the two retailers engage in a holiday price war ahead of Prime Day. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
