By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple Card is a popular hit with everyone except Apple’s partner Goldman Sachs, with it likely to lose millions as it tries to pull out.Apple CardRight from the launch of the Apple Card in 2019, it was known that Goldman Sachs was spending $350 for every person who signed up. Then throughout 2023, the bank was reportedly seeing Apple as a drag on its business.Ultimately Goldman Sachs wanted to leave the unhappy marriage. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The iPhone 16 Pro Max has gained a new camera, more performance, and an even bigger screen. This is how Apple changed the latest and largest model from 2023’s iPhone 15 Pro Max.iPhone 16 Pro Max [left], iPhone 15 Pro Max [right]On September 10, Apple introduced its next wave of iPhones to the world. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is the top-of-the-range option, both in terms of size and in capability.This time around, Apple made sure that the iPhone 16 Pro Max is the biggest option, literally. Size isn’t entirely everything, as Apple Intelligence and the cameras had some attention too. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Google is preparing even more updates to Chrome on iOS, all designed to help users manage their tabs while browsing on an iPhone.New search functions in Chrome for iOSGoogle has steadily rolled out features to its Chrome browser, including some that take advantage of its AI tools. In the next wave, the focus will be on Chrome for iOS, and specifically on tab usage.Introduced via a blog post on Tuesday, Google plans to bring three more features to its mobile version of Chrome. First is tab groups, which has already been available on the versions of the browser on macOS and desktops, as well as Android. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) September 10 marks the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris, and you don’t need a cable subscription to watch it. Here’s how you can watch it on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro.How to watch the Trump vs Harris presidential debate onlineElection time is just around the corner, and the two hopeful candidates are taking the debate stage at 9:00 pm ET on Tuesday, September 10. The debate will be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. David Muir and Linsey Davis will serve as moderators.The debate will last approximately 1.5 hours with two commercial breaks. There won’t be any opening statements this time around, there is no in-studio audience, and candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple can’t keep selling expensive AirPods Max headphones at the same price without the slightest update for four years — and then expect us to be glad when they make the weakest “upgrade” possible.AirPods MaxApple announced loudly and quite proudly that it was going to reveal updates to the entire AirPods line at the “It’s Glowtime” event. They weren’t lying, but if you got excited for new AirPods Max, you were in for a bad time.It is not true that the AirPods Max got the least of all the updates announced at the “It’s Glowtime” event. There’s the Apple Watch Ultra 2, which is now available in black but is otherwise the same device as last year. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Following the Glowtime special event that didn’t deliver an Apple Watch Ultra 3 update, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo forecasts the obvious, saying that it, and a new Apple Watch SE will arrive sometime in 2025.Apple Watch UltraApple’s special event on Monday did include Apple Watch changes, but not on a massive scale. The expected upgrade to the Apple Watch Series 10 was accompanied by a new color of Apple Watch Ultra 2.The relatively empty Apple Watch slate of updates is unsurprising, at least to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Posting to X on Tuesday, Kuo proclaims to have gotten his prediction from one year ago correct, that there wasn’t going to be a big Apple Watch Ultra update in 2024. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple crammed a lot of information into its hour and a half “Glowtime” event, but the iPhone 16 launch was the clear star of the show. Here’s what else Apple announced, and exactly what’s coming now versus what’s coming in the next year as Apple Intelligence continues to roll out.Tim Cook at the “It’s Glowtime” eventApple did manage to slip mentions of Apple Intelligence into just about everything it unveiled, certainly with every aspect of the iPhone 16 range and the highly promising Camera Control button. With every new model of iPhone getting that new control, and being able to run Apple Intelligence, the question is whether Apple has managed to make enough of a distinction between the models.You can now say the same thing about this year’s new Apple Watch Series 10 being sold alongside last year’s Apple Watch Ultra 2, where both now have large screens. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) After a decade of legal wrangling, the European Union has officially given its final ruling over Apple and Ireland’s allegedly illegal tax agreement, and Apple has to pay up.Apple’s European headquarters, located in Cork, Ireland.Since 2004 when the agreement was made, both Apple and Ireland have continually protested that the amount of tax being paid was legal and fair. It was an exceptionally low rate of tax, however, and moreover the sums being taxed were not just those earned by Apple in Ireland itself.Instead, Apple effectively splits its operations into the US and the rest of the world, with all of the profits from the rest of the world going through its Ireland HQ. Consequently, in 2014, the EU investigated the agreement and concluded that the practice was not legal. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) AT&T has released its iPhone 16 deals, delivering up to $1,000 off Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. Or get an iPhone 16 for free when preorders go live on Sept. 13.Save on Apple’s entire iPhone 16 range.Right out of the gate, AT&T is already fighting for your business with iPhone 16 deals that offer up to $1,000 in bill credits as soon as preorders go live on Sept. 13.Order at AT&T on Sept. 13 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Fans of “Fallout Shelter” rejoice, “The Elder Scrolls: Castles” has finally launched on Apple platforms, bringing the whimsical strategy sim format to Tamriel.’Elder Scrolls: Castles’ now on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision ProThe long-awaited “Elder Scrolls: Castles” has finally launched on Apple platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. It is a similar format to the game “Fallout Shelter,” where players control and grow a society within the universe’s ruleset.The premise of “The Elder Scrolls: Castles” is simple — manage a growing castle and make decisions to grow wealth, power, and respect. As your castle grows and years pass, your dynasty will grow. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
