By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) A priority shift in Apple Services has led to about 100 layoffs across a few teams, with the biggest hitting Apple Books — though the app isn’t going anywhere.Apple Books and other Apple services hit with layoffsLayoffs at Apple are rare, as the company even avoided the mass layoffs other tech companies had post COVID. However, priority shifts can lead to redundancies or other changes that lead to people being let go.According to a report from Bloomberg, people familiar with the layoffs say Apple Books was primarily affected, as well as Apple News. The layoffs aren’t an indication that these services are going anywhere, and new features are planned for both. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Thomas Sibilly) The Hohem iSteady V3 is a gimbal packed with useful features, but patience is required to learn its potential.Hohem iSteady V3 ReviewMany people opt to use a gimbal to gain an advantage in their phone photography, whether they’re capturing memorable moments or creating social media content. While using a gimbal may take some getting used to for beginners, it can significantly enhance your creative output.Hohem was established in 2014 and has specialized in gimbals and photography accessories. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Three years after Apple built an iCloud photo library transfer tool for Google Photos, the company has introduced a version for exporting Apple Music playlists to YouTube Music.Transfer playlists from Apple Music to YouTube MusicApple is offering the new Apple Music playlist transfer feature as a part of its data export tools on the Data and Privacy page. The details were revealed in a new support document published by Apple on Tuesday.The process is very straightforward. Users log into the Data and Privacy page on Apple’s support website. Select “Transfer a copy of your data,” and the Apple Music playlist transfer option appears. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Red Hook Studios’ “Darkest Dungeon II” is now allowing players of the turn-based roadtrip from Hell to play the game on macOS.A combat screenshot from Darkest Dungeon IIDarkest Dungeon II is a sequel in the Red Hook Studios franchise, which invites players to take a team of warriers through an intense journey. For the sequel, the roguelike takes the form of a roadtrip, where the player’s party is attempting to stave off the apocalypse.As players continue their journey, they face turn-based battles against enemies blocking their path. The stressful encounters can affect the player’s heroes, further impacting the story. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) An outage has hit Apple’s services, affecting some users trying to access the Mac App Store and Apple Books.Apple reporting outages for some servicesStarting at 12:15 p.m. eastern on Tuesday, August 27, Apple acknowledged an outage affecting its Apple Books and Mac App Store. It is currently unknown how widespread the outages are, as some AppleInsider staffers could still access the services.Apple hasn’t provided a reason for the outage beyond “Users may be experiencing a problem with this service.” On its System Status page, it notes that the issue is currently being investigated. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon is slashing 48% off the 27-inch 5K display from Samsung, making it hundreds of dollars cheaper than Apple’s Studio Display.Save 48% on the 5K display.To pick up the deal, head over to Amazon, where Labor Day price cuts are in effect now. Save $760 on the Samsung S9 Series monitor that delivers 5K resolution and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity for easy pairing with your Mac.Save at Amazon Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) If you like Snapchat and you have an iPad, today is your lucky day, and it’s a day you’ve waited years for.Snapchat is on the iPad, although solely in portraitIf, instead, your first experience of Snapchat was right now with its brand-new, long-awaited, much-anticipated iPad app, then you’ve just had its full glory in somewhere between 11 inches and 13 inches. It’s exactly the same instant social media Snapchat it ever was on iPhones, and that’s quite possibly how it should be.For a Snapchat fan, the new iPad app is an almost no-compromise, properly scaled up version of the iPhone app. It offers all the immediate sharing of videos and photos, of distorting your face or covering it in hilarious makeup. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) Apple’s hotly-anticipated iPhone 16 event is just around the corner, with it capturing the world’s attention on September 9. Here’s how to watch the event.How to watch Apple’s iPhone 16 event liveApple has officially announced that the iPhone 16 event will take place on September 9, 2024, at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). The event will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s Cupertino campus and live-streamed online for global audiences.We’ll be covering the event live here at AppleInsider. There are several ways to watch the iPhone 16 event live along with us. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s next generation of AirPods Pro is rumored to get a big boost with a new digital active noise cancellation system, which may improve on the existing offering.AirPods Pro 2Apple’s special event on September 9 is likely to have a number of launches alongside the iPhone 16. One chief candidate for an update are the AirPods lines, and the AirPods Pro could get a few small upgrades.According to serial leaker Kosutami in an X post on Tuesday, new AirPods Pro are on the way with an update to the active noise cancellation feature. It will have a “Digital ANC that [is] much better than [the] previous version,” they wrote in the post. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Just as Apple patented the Apple Vision Pro in plain sight for years, it may now be doing the same with the predicted Home Hub, this time starting with a remote control for the device.An iPhone or new home remote control device with a TV setEven as the Apple Watch tries to get us up off our backsides, a future Apple Home might encourage us to park our bums on the couch. For a newly-granted patent sees us being able to remote-control more items around the house, perhaps from our iPhones, or possibly from an entirely new device.The patent, called “Electronic devices with touch input components and haptic output components,” consciously avoids committing itself to whether it’s something like the predicted HomePod with a screen, or future robot device. Instead, you can read it as being either of those or, again, a future iPhone. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
