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Apple adds social media questions to App Store Connect age rating questionnaire

9to5Mac · Software

Apple adds social media questions to App Store Connect age rating questionnaire

Apple announced today that App Store Connect now includes new age rating questions for apps with social media features. Here are the…

Jul 10, 2026

Apple schedules Q3 2026 earnings conference call for July 30th

MacDailyNews · Software

Apple schedules Q3 2026 earnings conference call for July 30th

Apple has officially announced its conference call to review third fiscal quarter 2026 earnings results and provide key business updates… The post…

Jul 9, 2026

Claude AI may ask you if you’re using it too much

9to5Mac · Software

Claude AI may ask you if you’re using it too much

Overuse of smartphones is now a widely recognised problem, but we’re also starting to see people perhaps get overly dependent on chatbots…

Jul 9, 2026

Final lap for 'Mario Kart Tour' badly closes another Nintendo mobile gaming chapter

AppleInsider · Software

Final lap for 'Mario Kart Tour' badly closes another Nintendo mobile gaming chapter

Nintendo will shut down "Mario Kart Tour" later in 2026, highlighting how Nintendo continues to not deliver what consumers want on hardware…

Jul 8, 2026

OpenAI shares update on GPT-5.6 availability after holding back release

9to5Mac · Software

OpenAI shares update on GPT-5.6 availability after holding back release

OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.6 at the end of June, but the public release was held back while the U.S. government reviewed the new…

Jul 8, 2026

Europe throws out Apple's attempt to free App Store & iMessage from regulations

AppleInsider · Software

Europe throws out Apple's attempt to free App Store & iMessage from regulations

Apple has lost another round in its legal challenges to the European Union and its Digital Markets Act, this time over whether…

Jul 8, 2026

Flighty Update Adds Step-by-Step Guide for Connecting Flights

MacRumors · Software

Flighty Update Adds Step-by-Step Guide for Connecting Flights

Popular flight tracking app Flighty has a new Connection Assistant that helps travelers make connecting flights at airports worldwide. Connection Assistant gives…

Jul 8, 2026

Apple releases new beta firmware for AirPods Pro 3 and more

9to5Mac · Software

Apple releases new beta firmware for AirPods Pro 3 and more

Apple is rolling out a new round of beta firmware updates for several AirPods models, including AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max…

Jul 7, 2026

Flighty update adds powerful new Connection Assistant feature

9to5Mac · Software

Flighty update adds powerful new Connection Assistant feature

A big update to Flighty, the popular flight-tracking app, is available on the App Store today. The latest version of Flighty makes…

Jul 7, 2026

Anthropic expanding Claude Cowork to mobile and web, details here

9to5Mac · Software

Anthropic expanding Claude Cowork to mobile and web, details here

Anthropic announced today that it is expanding Claude Cowork capabilities from the desktop app to the web and mobile. Claude Cowork on…

Jul 7, 2026

Pocket Casts update brings three new features, including CarPlay chapter artwork

9to5Mac · Software

Pocket Casts update brings three new features, including CarPlay chapter artwork

There’s a new version of Pocket Casts out for podcast listeners today, and it includes three new features. One in particular will…

Jul 7, 2026

Apple Home AI features locked behind 2TB iCloud+ plan

AppleInsider · Software

Apple Home AI features locked behind 2TB iCloud+ plan

Whether you subscribe to the 2TB iCloud+ tier individually or pay for Apple One Premier, you're getting the new Apple Intelligence in…

Jul 6, 2026

Judge agrees to postpone deadlines as Apple seeks broader pause in Epic Games case

9to5Mac · Software

Judge agrees to postpone deadlines as Apple seeks broader pause in Epic Games case

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has approved Apple and Epic’s request to temporarily postpone key deadlines in their long-running App Store dispute. Here…

Jul 6, 2026

Apple Seeds tvOS 27 Beta 3 to Developers

MacRumors · Software

Apple Seeds tvOS 27 Beta 3 to Developers

Apple today seeded the third beta of tvOS 27 to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming two weeks after Apple…

Jul 6, 2026

Four years later, Apple bends to India's demands over card payments

AppleInsider · Software

Four years later, Apple bends to India's demands over card payments

App Store and iCloud users in India should soon be able to subscribe using credit or debit cards again, as Apple tries…

Jul 6, 2026

Apple @ Work: As Apple grows in the enterprise, these are the kind of update bugs it has to squash immediately

9to5Mac · Software

Apple @ Work: As Apple grows in the enterprise, these are the kind of update bugs it has to squash immediately

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates…

Jul 4, 2026

We really need a way to hand over ownership of an Apple Home

9to5Mac · Software

We really need a way to hand over ownership of an Apple Home

Me being me, one of the first things I wanted to do in my new home was set up the smart home…

Jul 3, 2026

Siri AI is finally good, and Apple is going to win the AI wars

AppleInsider · Software

Siri AI is finally good, and Apple is going to win the AI wars

Apple is doing it again, it is coming late to the party. But it will eventually dominate AI because of how it…

Jul 3, 2026

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