Articles by Zac Hall

Make room in your virtual trophy case. Apple Watch users have a new activity challenge coming on February 14.
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Apple Car rumors may have taken a backseat to augmented reality headset ambitions over the last year, but recent reports show the ambitious project to put Apple technology on the road is alive and well. New today is news of a prominent hire at Apple: …

February is American Hearth Month, and Apple wants to get you in a brand-new Apple Watch — for the health of your heart, of course. Apple observes the effort to put a spotlight on the issue of heart disease each year by increasing Apple Watch trade-in…

Mark Zuckerberg can’t keep Apple out of his head. While Apple pushes more aggressive customer privacy protection features on its platform, the Facebook CEO is decrying Apple’s efforts as competitive interference with the social network.
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Billion is quickly becoming the theme of Apple’s holiday earnings quarter results. For starters, Apple has earned well over $100 billion in a single quarter for the first time in the company’s history. Apple has also hit new milestones wit…

Ming-Chi Kuo, a reliable supply chain analyst for TF International Securities, predicts a bold new class of MacBook Pros this year with MagSafe charging and I/O ports that won’t require dongles. What Kuo doesn’t forecast is a future for th…

We’re on the eve of a mysterious Apple announcement, which can only mean one thing: bring on the guess work. Given the framing that it won’t be product related, the safe bet is that Apple will promote a new privacy initiative based on rece…

Miles Somerville is one half of 9to5Mac’s YouTube channel alongside Jeff Benjamin. This week we’re catching up with Miles to learn how he uses the Apple Watch.
9to5Mac Watch Time is a podcast series hosted by Zac Hall. In this series, we t…

Belkin’s Boost Charge Pro with MagSafe and Apple’s MagSafe Duo chargers take very different approaches to solve a similar problem. In a world where everything has to be recharged, combination chargers that can reduce cables and plugs in ou…

9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo and Zac Hall discuss the launch of Apple’s new MagSafe Duo charger, the upcoming launch of Apple Fitness+, new features in iOS 14.3, high-end Apple silicon Mac expectations, and the surprise debut of Apple AirPods M…