The rumor mill has it that all models of the next-gen iPhone will be getting an Action button. Whether or not this changes your life or makes you a billion times more productive, that’s a different thing altogether. Last September, Apple debuted its much-anticipated Action button with the iPhone 15 Pro models, offering faster access […]
This could be construed as concerning. According to PCMag, a number of Apple AirTag tracking devices with deactivated speakers have been spotted for sale on eBay and Etsy, raising privacy concerns about the risks of removing one of the AirTag’s safeguards. The modified AirTags, dubbed “Silent ‌AirTags‌,” have had their internal speaker removed so that […]
Apple has pushed yet another silent update to macOS to address the Mac hijack vulnerability in RingCentral and Zhumu. These two apps are powered by Zoom, and thus present the same web server vulnerability as Zoom. The Zoom vulnerability, which was discovered last week, was addressed by a silent macOS update issued by Apple to […]
Battery life has always been the bane of any mobile device user, and the trend continues to this day. As handheld device manufacturers add new capabilities, more demands are placed on the battery which offsets at least some of the improvements in battery technology. Other technologies like Bluetooth LE have been developed to reduce the […]
Your iPhone might get a bit quieter soon. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office and AppleInsider, Apple is investigating ways to make the iPhone’s “silent mode” truly silent by monitoring audible sound levels generated by a phone’s vibrator and adjusting the mechanism if it becomes too loud. Since the earliest days of portable […]