One of the most annoying things about technology that we must endure on a daily basis is authentication. We need to input at least one password or use a biometric reader to access our devices and online accounts. Authentication is also needed to pair all sorts of devices, to confirm they’re all ours. On the …
It’s no surprise that iPhone 8 supply will be constrained this fall, but the new smartphone might not be the only Apple product you’ll have trouble getting your hands on in late 2017. A report from Nikkei Asian Review indicates that electronics maker Inventec Appliances, which is expected to begin shipping the HomePod smart speaker before the …
Apple mistakenly released HomePod software into the wild, and the operating system revealed more details about the iPhone 8 than we’d have expected. In fact, the HomePod’s firmware tells a much better iPhone 8 story than iOS 11, which is already available to users as a beta. I guess leaks like this are what you …
Back at WWDC 2017, Apple unveiled a brand new product, the type of device Apple fans were already expecting: a smart speaker that will compete against the Amazon Echo and Google’s Home. Called HomePod and supposed to be launched in December for $349, the device just made the news again as Apple leaked the HomePod …
With each new iPhone 8 leak that we’ve seen so far, it becomes increasingly obvious that the hottest iPhone that Apple will launch this year will also feature a design unlike anything we’ve seen on previous models. The iPhone 8 will not have a physical home button and its bezels will be smaller than ever. …
Back in June, Apple did what many analysts and insiders expected it to do by taking the stage at WWDC and announcing the upcoming release of a smart speaker to compete with Amazon’s Echo and Google Home. It’s called the HomePod, and when it was first shown off, a huge emphasis was placed on its …
If Apple thought it was going to waltz into the smart speaker market with the HomePod and take over without a fight, it has another thing coming. According to a report from Engadget, Amazon is working on a new Echo that will significantly improve upon the original, from the design to the features.
In early May, word got out that Samsung was testing self-driving car technology, which may have been perceived as yet another way to copy Apple. At the time, I joked that Samsung would probably also launch a Bixby-enabled Echo rival, but only after Apple unveiled its then-rumored Siri speaker. In early June, Apple introduced that …
At its much-hyped WWDC 2017 keynote, Apple did what everyone already thought they were going to do by announcing a funky little home speaker. You’ve probably already read equal amounts of gushing and criticism of the device, its usefulness, its design, and its potential to either revolutionize home audio or completely flop. What you might …
When Tim Cook took the stage to wrap up the WWDC 2017 keynote on Monday with one final announcement, he clearly had saved the most interesting for last. The HomePod isn’t Apple’s first entry into the high-end home audio market — the iPod Hi-Fi is still fresh in the memory of many Apple fans — …
