Categories
Apple Hardware Intel Lightning MacBook Pro News Processors security Siri Thunderbolt Touch Bar Touch ID USB-C WWDC

Apple releases updated 13-inch, 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks with 8th and 9th-gen Intel chips, updated butterfly keyboards

Apple has announced its new group of MacBook Pro notebooks, complete with Intel’s newest 8th and 9th generation Core processors as well as a revamped ultra slim butterfly keyboard with new enhancements to substantially reduce issues users may experience with stuck or unresponsive keys.  The 15-inch MacBook Pro was updated no less than twice in […]

Categories
Apple Bluetooth Intel Mac MacBook Pro Mojave News security Software

Apple releases macOS 10.14.5 Mojave update

You’ve been waiting for it and it’s here. Apple on Monday released its long awaited macOS 10.14.5 Mojave update. The update, a 2.48 gigabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: Adds AirPlay 2 support for sharing videos, photos, music and more from your Mac directly to your AirPlay 2-enabled smart TV. Adds the ability […]

Categories
Apple Hardware Intel iPhone News wireless

Intel on track to provide 4G modems to customers, expected to provide units for Apple’s 2019 iPhone models

It looks like Intel will continue providing 4G modems for Apple’s iPhones for the foreseeable future. Intel, which recently announced that it would be exiting the 5G modem chipset business, said that it still plans to supply 4G modems through this year – likely including the 2019 iPhones. During Intel’s Q1 2019 earnings call, CEO […]

Categories
5G Wireless Apple Hardware Intel iPhone News Processors Uncategorized

Intel exits 5G smartphone modem market as Apple, Qualcomm reach settlement on ongoing litigation

Intel this afternoon announced that the company would be exiting the 5G smartphone modem business, instead choosing to focus on opportunities for 4G and 5G modems in PCs, internet of things devices, and other data-centric devices.  The announcement arrived only hours after Apple and Qualcomm reached a settlement and agreed to drop all current litigation […]

Categories
5G Wireless Apple Hardware Intel iPhone Processors Rumor Samsung Uncategorized

Rumor: Huawei could sell 5G chips for Apple for next-gen iPhones

Even amongst the recent kerfuffle as to who Apple might be getting its 5G modems from, Chinese company Huawei, which develops its own processors and modems, has indicated that it might be interested in selling them to Apple. Huawei has developed a 5G Balong 5000 chipset, but, as with the company’s processors, it has previously […]