Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year

Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year

Apple Maps users could start seeing ads in the app as soon as next year, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Similar to Google Maps and other mapping apps, Apple’s plan is to allow restaurants and other businesses with brick-and-mortar locations to pay to promote themselves in search results, Gurman says. While…

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Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware 

Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware 

Earlier this year, a developer was shocked by a message that appeared on his personal phone: “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone.”   “I was panicking,” Jay Gibson, who asked that we don’t use his real name over fears of retaliation, told TechCrunch.   Gibson, who until recently built surveillance technologies for Western…

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7 Best Apple Accessories That Bring Back The 2000s We Miss

7 Best Apple Accessories That Bring Back The 2000s We Miss

The 2000s were Apple’s golden era of tactile design. Physical keyboards meant something. The iPod’s click wheel became cultural shorthand for cool. Even charging docks were desktop sculptures worth displaying. Then touchscreens erased it all, and we’ve been swiping through a world of smooth glass ever since. These seven accessories prove that the best design…

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Apple loses another AI exec to Meta 

Apple loses another AI exec to Meta 

Ke Yang, the Apple executive leading the iPhone-maker’s efforts to build AI-driven web search, is heading to Meta, according to a Bloomberg report.   Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March. Rouming…

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