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As the busiest shopping time of the year quickly approaches, iPhone X shipping times in the United States and Canada have fallen to 1-2 weeks on the Apple Online Store. This comes following last week’s improvement to 2-3 weeks. At their worst, shipping times touched 5-6 weeks the day after iPhone X pre-orders went live. Since then, however, Apple has been working to improve delivery estimates, while in-store availability has also been gradually improving....

iCloud Tabs in Safari Open Safari and tap on the Tabs button. This is in the lower-right corner. It’s the two small rectangles. This will open up your tabs view. Swipe up to push your current tabs offscreen. You will see a list of iCloud tabs. Now you can open one from here. It’s a bit hidden, but at least they’re here. Did that work? If not, here is a fix that should get things resync’d....

Apple seems on course to launch the iPad in China as it has gained a key approval from Chinese authorities. Apple’s iPad has received a safety certification mark from Chinese regulators. The company has made no announcements regarding future release of the iPad in China, but given the company’s massive increase in visibility there, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. On Monday, the device was given the China Compulsory Certification by the China Quality Certification Center according to the regulator’s Web site, as reported here....

Back in August, Apple announced that the release of iPadOS 16 was delayed until October, while iOS 16 was released to the public last month. At the same time, we’ve been hearing rumors of new iPads and Macs coming soon. Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman has now reported that iPadOS 16.1 will be released later this month in time for the new product announcements. iPadOS 16.1 and new products coming soon According to Gurman’s sources, iPadOS 16....

Apple support says that the company is working on a fix for the iPhone 12 wireless charging problem experienced by a number of owners when using Qi-certified chargers. I described the problem in an early iPhone 12 Diary piece … Subsequent Googling revealed that I wasn’t alone in this experience, and that it applied to a wide variety of charging pads and stands. When the phone arrived, it charged happily on all three of my Choetech chargers....

Two independent sources have today reported that iPhone SE demand is lower than Apple expected following the recent launch of the latest version of the company’s most affordable phone. Apple is said to have told suppliers to reduce production by millions of units … Background The third-generation iPhone SE was launched earlier this month, in a familiar form factor. The latest model costs $30 more than its predecessor, at $429....

“We estimate that 20 million or more Windows users will join the iPod nation annually over the next few years and potentially fall under the sway of the iPod halo effect, which is great for Mac sales,” he said. What’s also behind the reduced impact of the current crop of music players is a change in the market dynamic, Wolf also observed, as reported by Distorted Loop: “…The importance of the iPod in Apple’s product portfolio has definitely taken a back seat to the iPhone, which is targeting a market that’s 20 times larger than the music player market,” he said....

iQOO 3: Design and Display In terms of design, the iQOO 3 features an all-glass design — from the front to the back — with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 6 on top for better protection. It comes in three colorways: Volcano Orange, Quantum Silver, and Tornado Black. Taking into consideration the growing gaming scenes in the country, the company has included Monster Touch Buttons on the device with two pressure-sensitive buttons along its side frame to aid with better multi-finger operations while gaming....

Have you ever wondered how much of your battery is being used? Or have you ever wondered why sometimes when you use certain apps your battery dramatically drains? New in the iOS 8 Settings application is the ability to track battery usage per each app you have installed on your device. This method is very similar to tracking your cellular data usage. In iOS 7, it shows you how much you used the battery and how long the battery was on standby since the last full charge, but it did not define or describe how that was effected....

We loved his iPhone 5 mockups, now Guilherme Schasiepen’s wows us with his iPad 2HD/Plus/HD, via MacMagazine.br. More below: If you are still with us, here is a special treat. Apple quality-testing 2048-by-1536 iPad 3 displays from Samsung and LG (9to5mac.com) Apple to reportedly add second iPad manufacturer to meet ‘iPad HD’ demand this fall (9to5mac.com) Skype for iPad, Google+ for iOS: Is there a competitor logjam? (9to5mac.com) TIMN: iPad HD coming this Fall (and it will run Final Cut Pro?...

Typically when you walk up to the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store, you will be met with multiple Apple Geniuses with MacBook Pros in front of them. These MacBook Pros have been utilized to facilitate repairs, look up customer information, and order new parts. Starting early next week, in at least some Apple retail markets, the MacBook Pros will disappear in favor of… iPads. These iPads will vastly improve the customer experience and the overall flow of the Apple Retail Store....

According to him, the upcoming iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will witness an important upgrade in the camera department, as the numbers of megapixels will be increased for the first time since the iPhone 4S was launched back in 2011. Thus, the 8-megapixel sensor will be upgraded to a 12MP one, in what seems to be a long overdue move. This increase will allow the new iPhones to take larger, higher-resolution photos without a downgrade in quality, which is has been made possible thanks to an improved image signal processor which is part of the new A9 SoC....

Recently it was reported that the all new iPhone 7 from Apple is making strange noises, now there seem to be problems with the Touch ID, which apparently does not work without contact with the skin of users. One of the changes that Apple put in the iPhone 7 was the new “Home Button”, which works now bit differently, no longer a physical button and having passed to function more as a touch screen that responds to the user with the feeling of a click....

Some updates also add new features. Apple recently announced iMovie 3.0 for iPhone and iPad. This adds two new modes to the free video editing app to make it easier to create your dream footage. Tap or click here to learn more. iOS 15 launched last year with more privacy and productivity features, FaceTime tools, camera upgrades, sharing options and more. Apple’s been releasing incremental updates to the OS, and we’ve now reached iOS 15....

Apple officially announced the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max today — and along with those new devices come price cuts for older models. Here are all of the details. Coinciding with the introduction of the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, Apple is dropping the price of the iPhone XR to $599. That’s a $150 price cut compared to its original price of $749. Meanwhile, the iPhone 8 will stick around at $449....

With their films occupying the family-friendly demographic, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was looking to expand their tone to have more adult content. This need resulted in Marvel TV partnering with Netflix to create four original series that would crossover in a mini-series, where each show was more grounded, adult, and violent. Since the launch of Daredevil season one, this has proven to be a smart move from all parties - though the “grounded” Netflix corner of the MCU will become a bit more fantastical, when Iron Fist season one debuts in March....

Apple today announced the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, which include an Ultra Wideband spatial location chip as noted on their tech specs page. However, Apple glossed over this detail in the event. It’s also notable that the widely rumored Apple Tag, expected to be similar to a Tile tracker, was not unveiled today. The Tag was expected to work in concert with the UWB location features of the new iPhones…...

According to iDealsChina the iPhone 5 will not hold one, but two SIM cards to support dual phone lines. This sounds very strange and we think iDealsChina could have misinterpreted the information from their source. The iPhone 5 is rumored to include a Qualcomm Gobi cellular/data chipset (just like the Verizon iPhone) that allows for both GSM and CDMA connections in the same phone. Perhaps this is what they mean by dual SIM-cards?...

mSpy, a company which makes spyware used by suspicious parents and partners to spy on iPhone usage, has accidentally exposed millions of private records on the web. Data exposed includes passwords, text messages, contacts, call logs. notes and location data … The breach was first reported by KrebsonSecurity. Krebs adds that anyone accessing the data would also be able to browse WhatsApp and Facebook messages. Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months....

Now that the real Mandarin will officially make his debut in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, it would be fitting for his fake counterpart, Trevor Slattery, to also make an appearance in the film. Marvel Studios made their triumphant return to San Diego Comic Con after skipping last year to lay out their post Avengers: Endgame plans - including pertinent details about Destin Daniel Cretton’s take on Shang-Chi....