500 million euros penalty: Apple makes an appeal against the DMA fee

500 million euros penalty: Apple makes an appeal against the DMA fee

Apple does not want to pay the 500 million euros that the EU Commission had placed on the group in April due to alleged violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The group now officially appealed to the European Union court (ECG) because “we believe that the decision of the European Commission – and its … Read more

Smartwatch market: Apple and Samsung let springs-Huawei and Xiaomi add

Smartwatch market: Apple and Samsung let springs-Huawei and Xiaomi add

The global smartwatch deliveries decreased by two percent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year, reports Counterpoint Research. The market researchers see the causes of this trend on the one hand in a decline in the once emerging Indian smartwatch market and on the other hand in shrinking Apple watch sales. … Read more

US tariffs for Vietnam: Apple production could suffer

US tariffs for Vietnam: Apple production could suffer

After the first Trump administration started in 2017, Apple began to diversify its production: China in particular should reduce capacity as the most important manufacturing location so far so that the group may suffer less during the emergency war with the United States. In the search for new regions for the production, Apple landed in … Read more

Moving from Pocket for Apple user: How to save your left collection

Moving from Pocket for Apple user: How to save your left collection

Pocket was one of the most popular offers for a long time to save Internet articles offline and read it at a later time. Started in 2007 as a browser extension “Read it Later”, found Pocket With the iOS and MAC apps, quickly appealed to Apple users. In May 2025, operator Mozilla announced that the … Read more

Apple has achieved an iPhone sales in China for the first time since 2023.

Apple has achieved an iPhone sales in China for the first time since 2023.

The last time we posted information on iPhone sales in China, things didn’t seem pink at all. However, it seems that the strategic reduction in the price of the iPhone 16 in the Asian country has been working and Apple has achieved growth in its sales for the first time in two years. According to … Read more

Watchos 26: How Apple’s AI trainer Workout Buddy works

Watchos 26: How Apple's AI trainer Workout Buddy works

This time, the innovations that Watchos brings in the new version 26 from autumn are rather mixed. Apple also wants to implement its controversial liquid glass design on the computer clock and sharpens with some comfort functions such as the control center and the “smart stack”. Messages can now be closed using the wrist rotation … Read more

Speech-to-text: Apple’s new APIs exceed Whisper at speed

Speech-to-text: Apple's new APIs exceed Whisper at speed

Apple clearly increases in its upcoming operating system versions in the transcription of live audio or recordings. In various tests, the performance has now been compared with common other speech recognition models. However, the results are mixed: Apple’s new API, which is provided in iOS 26, Ipados 26 and MacOS 26 Taoe, is significantly better … Read more

Old Homekit architecture: Apple plans compulsory change

Old Homekit architecture: Apple plans compulsory change

New Homekit architecture? Was that what? Yes, actually with iOS 16.4, users should move to an improved basis of Apple’s smart home system. However, not everyone did that. With iOS 18.6 it now looks like the end of the old system is approaching. However, there were indications in earlier iOS-18 versions that Apple begins forced … Read more