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Waze to remove Google Assistant feature for iOS version of its app

Sometimes a feature doesn’t work out for an app that’s not on its native platform. As handy as the Waze app is on iOS, a company representative has confirmed that the Google Assistant feature is officially being removed from the app after more than a year of the feature being broken. It’s thought that Waze’s […]

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Apple removes UNiDAYS education requirement for U.S. education storefront

Apple has walked back a requirement preventing some users from receiving discounts through its education storefront. Last week, the company began requiring that customers taking advantage of educational discounts in the United States verify their status as a teacher, student, or school staff member through UNiDAYS. As of Friday, discounted iPads, Macs, and other products can be […]

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Rumor: Apple could remove physical SIM card slot for some iPhones for second quarter of 2022

The rumor mill now has it that Apple could start offering iPhone models without a SIM card in the box in the second quarter of 2022. Earlier this week, a Brazilian website stated that Apple’s iPhone 15 might not have a physical SIM card slot in some countries and regions. The change could take place […]

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Beginning Friday, November 5th, some U.S. Apple Store locations to drop mask requirement for customers

Per a note intercepted by Bloomberg, Apple on Friday will drop the pandemic mask mandate for more than 100 of its 270+ Apple Store retail locations in the United States following positive trends in vaccinations and declining COVID-19 cases. The intra-company note reads as follows: After careful review, the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team, […]

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Apple updates guidelines, instructs users to remove bands, other accessories before sending Apple Watch units along for repairs

If you’re shipping your Apple Watch off to Apple for repairs and have your favorite band attached to it, you need to remove it before it hits the store. A new Apple support document is now explicitly asking customers to remove their Apple Watch bands before turning them in, and now warns that “Your Apple […]