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NOW (nee NOW TV) is one of the leading streaming services in the UK, offering access to Sky channels, TV shows and movies. Although the NOW TV app has never been the leading example of quality on tvOS App Store, it has at least worked …
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Apple enabled HomePods to be used as the default audio output for Apple TV with a software update released last fall. This allowed all audio from the Apple TV to be sent to HomePod speakers, with a simulated Dolby Atmos soundstage.
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Apple TV+ today launches its highly-anticipated mental health docuseries executive produced by, and featuring interviews with, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey. Apple has released the entire series in one go. Sign up for Apple TV+ to watch all five epis…

Apple system status page is currently reporting an error with the iMessage service. For the last few hours, Apple says ‘users may be unable to access this service’.
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The new lineup of 24-inch iMac with M1 chips start arriving to customers this Friday, and the reviews just dropped. Apple has gone all in color with this generation, with the new iMac coming in seven vibrant finishes and the computer ships with color-…

Apple Music officially announced that it is bringing lossless music quality options to its entire catalog at no extra cost, starting in June. Apple says lossless quality will be available for more than 75 million tracks in the Apple Music library.
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Apple Music is currently promoting a teaser for a special announcement later this week. Several different signs point to it being the addition of a lossless audio streaming option for Apple Music subscribers.
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Apple Music has started teasing a special announcement coming soon, on the main Browse tab in the Music application.
The teaser comes as Apple is rumored to announce a new lossless audio tier for its music subscription service, perhaps with Spatial A…

In April, Apple participated in a judiciary competition subcommittee hearing on App Store policy and monopoly power. Representatives from Spotify, Match (parent company of Tinder), and Tile made their case as to Apple’s anticompetitive actions. …

The Find My network is used by Apple to report locations of items and devices via the data connection of any nearby iPhone, Mac, or other Apple device. Security researcher Fabian Bräunlein has today released a blog post demonstrating how the Find My n…