Apple Leases Space for 2nd Mumbai Store 8 Jun 2025, 10:27 am

Apple has signed a 10-year, 10-month agreement for 12,616 sq ft in Sky City Mall, Borivali East, roughly 13 miles north of Apple BKC. The developer granted a 10-month rent-free period; monthly rent of about US $21,000 starts afterward. Revenue-sharing incentives sweeten the deal For the first 42 months Apple will remit 2 % of […]

Angry Birds, Kingdom Rush Lead July Apple Arcade Lineup 8 Jun 2025, 9:26 am

Apple confirmed that subscribers will receive one new game each Friday in July, beginning with Angry Birds Bounce on 4 July and ending with Crayola Scribble Scrubbie Pets+ on 25 July. All four releases arrive on iPhone, iPad, and Mac at no extra charge beyond the AU $6.99 monthly fee or any Apple One bundle. […]

Apple Watch Accurate on Steps, Off on Calories 8 Jun 2025, 8:58 am

Researchers at the University of Mississippi examined 56 peer-reviewed studies comparing Apple Watch metrics with gold-standard clinical tools. They calculated a mean absolute percent error of just 4.4 % for heart-rate readings and 8.2 % for daily step counts—well within margins considered reliable for consumer wearables. Calories burned miss the mark Accuracy dropped sharply when […]

Apple Picks Tata for India-Wide iPhone & MacBook Repairs 7 Jun 2025, 10:06 am

Apple has begun shifting iPhone and MacBook repair duties in India from Wistron’s ICT Service Management to the home-grown Tata Group. Two sources told Reuters that the hand-over is under way at Tata’s vast campus in Karnataka, where the conglomerate already assembles iPhones. Why Apple is leaning on Tata India sits at the center of […]

Court Rejects Apple Pause on External Payment Links 7 Jun 2025, 9:26 am

A federal appeals panel on 4 June denied Apple’s emergency motion to suspend enforcement of a 2023 injunction tied to the Epic Games lawsuit. As a result, the tech giant must continue honoring rules that let developers place in-app links to external purchase pages, bypassing Apple’s usual commission. Anti-steering order stands—for now The disputed injunction […]

Apple Limits Push Data as Government Requests Surge 7 Jun 2025, 9:10 am

Apple’s latest Transparency Report reveals 277 government requests for iPhone push-notification data in the first half of 2024—almost twice the 158 logged a year earlier. Each request sought metadata tied to “push tokens,” unique IDs that link an app to a user’s Apple ID. Approval rate plummets after policy shift Despite the surge, Apple tightened […]

visionOS 26 Adds PS VR2 Support, Upgrades Vision Pro Gaming 6 Jun 2025, 12:37 pm

Today, Vision Pro pairs only with standard Xbox or PlayStation pads for Apple Arcade titles. However, recent leaks claim the next software upgrade—visionOS 26—will extend that support to motion-tracking “spatial” controllers, including Sony’s PlayStation VR2 Sense wands. Seamless badges for buyers Engineering notes seen by developers describe a new badge system inside the visionOS App […]

Egypt Courts Apple: Minister Invites First-Ever Retail Store in Cairo 6 Jun 2025, 9:36 am

Apple’s Director of Government Affairs for the Middle East and Pakistan, Omar El-Rifai, met Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Hassan El-Khatib, on 2 June. During the Cairo meeting, El-Khatib officially invited Apple to open a brick-and-mortar Apple Store—the company’s first on Egyptian soil. Why Egypt wants a flagship store Officials see a storefront […]

Slow Horses S5 Premieres Sept 24 2025, Adapts ‘London Rules’ 6 Jun 2025, 9:08 am

Fans will not wait long for more misfit spies. Apple TV+ says Season 5 of Slow Horses starts streaming Wednesday, 24 September 2025. Two episodes drop on opening day, with one new chapter each Wednesday until 22 October. Plot springs from the sixth novel The new run adapts London Rules, Mick Herron’s sixth book in […]

macOS ‘Tahoe’ Teases Major Redesign, Year-Style Versioning 4 Jun 2025, 8:18 am

Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to brand its next desktop release “macOS Tahoe,” borrowing the title from California’s famed alpine lake. The source says the fresh moniker reflects a “significant interface refresh” that will reach Macs this fall. Since Apple traditionally reserves landmark place names—such as Yosemite and Big Sur—for big shifts, the Tahoe label […]