By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) As part of its Community Education Initiative, Apple says that its work with 4-H programs has reached over 90,000 young people from communities across the US that are traditionally underrepresented in technology.Mark Light has introduced thousands of young people to Apple technology through bus events in rural, suburban, and urban communities across Ohio. (Source: Apple)The Community Education Initiative (CEI) started in 2019 in a partnership with Tennessee State University. It began with the aim of exposing students at historically black colleges and universities, to opportunities in app development.Since then, Apple’s CEI has expanded, with the company saying in 2022, that it was then working with over 600 communities around the world. Now in a new profile of its CEI ambitions, Apple says that it is presently working with tens of thousands of students, across all 50 states, plus 99 other countries and regions. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Sonos users will have to continue using the current and hugely disliked iOS app, with the company’s CEO making it clear that it’s not possible to roll back to the older app any longer.The Sonos app on an iPhoneSince its app update in May, Sonos has received frequent complaints about the revision, with users upset by a number of missing features and functionality. While the company CEO has already apologized for the disruption caused by the new app, there’s apparently no way back for the app at all.In an “Office Hours” Q&A session on Reddit on Monday, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, continued the apology tour with assurances about the app. However, those assurances would not include rolling back the app to a previous state. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) After three years and, significantly, a change in government, the UK’s competition regulator has closed its App Store investigation before reaching a conclusion.UK ParliamentThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) first announced the investigation in 2021, saying that it followed an unspecified number of complaints sent to it. At the time, the regulator said that the complaints “warrant careful scrutiny.”According to the UK government’s own documentation, the investigation opened on March 3, 2021, and an initial information-gathering process ran until February 2022. Then in March 2022, the CMA decided it had sufficient grounds to proceed, and it had conducted what it described as analysis and review. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Expecting to get more checks and credit cards, mail thieves instead scooped up a package that contained an AirTag — as police soon got to tell them.Apple AirTagAirTags have been used in California before to find car thieves, and they’ve been sent in the mail to uncover the site of secret intelligence agencies in Germany. Now a repeat victim of theft from her mailbox at the Los Alamos Post Office in Santa Maria Valley, has used one to track down the culprits.According to the New York Post the woman, who has not been identified, mailed herself an Apple AirTag. On discovering that it, too, had been stolen, she notified the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office that she was tracking the device. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Backbone One smartly refined its iPhone controller with better ergonomics and magnetic adapters for an improved fit, but competition is fierce, making the $100 controller a more difficult sell.Backbone One review: case friendly and ergonomicI love Backbone One for its minimal design and portability. The Lightning version kept a place in my gaming gear until USB-C iPhones took over.When I reviewed the first Backbone One in 2020, it was an excellent entry into a space that seemed like it had fallen off. Today, Backbone has to contend with much stronger competition from companies like Gamesir, Gamevice, and Razer. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) The 17th annual iPhone Photography Awards winners have been announced, and this year’s winning photograph has been shot with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.Pita Pinta | Image Credit: Jose Manuel Garcia Gonzalez/IPPAwardsStarted in 2007, the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) have celebrated the best in photographic imagery from around the world. Thousands of images are submitted yearly from iPhone photographers from more than 140 countries worldwide.”This year’s winning images are a powerful testament to the art of storytelling through photography,” IPPAWARDS said in a statement. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Apple has recently increased the number of days a customer can extend their AppleCare+ coverage to 45 days, up from the previous 30.AppleCare+ plans can now be extended up to 45 days after they expire in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.According to the AppleCare+ coverage document, first spotted by MacRumors, the coverage can continue 24 or 36 months, or on a monthly or annual basis until canceled.You can check when your AppleCare+ coverage expires on your iPhone or iPad by heading to Settings > General > About > Coverage. On Mac, click the Apple Menu, then head to System Settings > General > About. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) A record-breaking MacBook Pro 14-inch price drop is knocking a staggering $500 off the M3 Pro model at Amazon, Best Buy and B&H. Grab the deal while supplies last.Save $500 on this 14-inch MacBook Pro.To snap up the deal while supplies last, head over to B&H Photo, Amazon or Best Buy. These retailers are discounting the standard M3 Pro model by $500 when ordered in the sleek Space Black finish. This is the lowest price on record for the MRX33LL/A spec.Buy for $1,499 Continue Reading on AppleInsider

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By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) The next entry into Sid Meier’s Civilization franchise will make its way to macOS in February 2025, bringing another turn-based strategy title to the Mac.Civ VII coming to macOS in 2025Civilization VII, or Civ VII for short, is a turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It’s set to land on Mac, Windows, and SteamOS/Linux on February 11, 2025.Civ VII allows players to construct cities and architectural elements, expand their territory, improve their civilization with technological breakthroughs, and conquer or cooperate with rival civilizations. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The seventh developer beta of iOS 18 may be the same build that iPhone owners will upgrade to, as it is apparently finalized for features for current-generation models.A render of the iPhone 16Apple’s lengthy list of features and changes it is bringing to the iPhone in iOS 18 has gradually been added to it as the beta process rolls on. However, Tuesday’s beta of iOS 18 may be the last with any material feature changes at all.In an X post after Apple issued the seventh developer beta round of its fall operating systems, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg advised of the milestone development. “The latest iOS 18 seed, I’m told, is final other than features tied to the new hardware,” he posted. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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