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Tagging is a great way to organise your files in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. Here's everything you need to know. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)

Apple will make you cough up $69 for a new case if you want to charge your AirPods wirelessly, according to some reports. But if you can get your hands on the right components, you can add wireless

Google today updated its suite of Docs apps to add support for the iPhone X’s Super Retina HD display and iPad’s drag and drop. The latest versions of Docs, Sheets, and Slides also play nicely with

What better to celebrate this Cyber Monday than with a present to your trusty Macs? While we might only surf the web, finish some spreadsheets, or watch Netflix, our Macs can do more than just that.

A new racing title, offering “console-quality” graphics and gaming, sped onto iOS today. Called GRID Autosport, the AAA racing game offers 100 cars and a whole lot of circuits — all for the one-off

The latest version of the YouTube app finally addresses a frustrating battery drain issue on iOS. Version 12.45 is available to download now from the App Store, and we recommend you get yours hands on

November 27, 2012: Apple fires the manager responsible for iOS 6’s disastrous Apple Maps software. Richard Williamson, who oversaw Apple’s mapping team, gets the ax from Eddy Cue, who takes over the

Apple will $4.2 billion per year on original video content by 2022, according to a recent report, citing Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster. The sum is a massive increase on the rumored $1 billion

Retailers in India are not happy about the way that Apple is reducing their cut of the new iPhone X handsets, by reducing retail margins on the device by close to 30 percent. As a result, some

Respected Apple analyst KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo says that customer interest in the iPhone X continues to climb — with manufacturers ramping up their production to meet Apple’s demands. Kuo claims

The long-awaited arrival of beloved Nintendo franchise Animal Crossing on iOS is just of one of the picks for this week’s “Awesome Apps of the Week.” In addition, we’ve got a great writing app for Mac

Skip out on the usual online rabbit hole that ends up being Cyber Monday shopping — the Internet is vast, and your time is precious. That’s why we’ve already found a roundup of deals floating around

November 26, 1984: “The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC,” claims Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a BusinessWeek cover story. The claim would

Grab massive Black Friday deals in our Watch Store this weekend, and read our roundups for the Best Black Friday Deals elsewhere! Check out artists’ concepts for the Mac mini and iPad X. Find out why

November 25, 1996: A midlevel manager at NeXT contacts Apple about the possibility of Cupertino licensing NeXT’s OpenStep operating system. Garrett L. Rice’s communication with Ellen Hancock, Apple’s

The once-infamous Black Friday is no longer a one-day event. It has turned into an entire weekend dedicated to sales. The long Thanksgiving weekend is a tempting time. Who can pass up the wave of

The Grid racing franchise is going mobile! Feral Interactive today revealed Grid Autosport for iOS, which will put high-performance racing in your pocket this fall. The game will pack supercars from

Two of Cydia’s largest repositories have been shutdown as jailbreaking dies out. ModMy and ZodTTD are no longer available, leaving BigBoss as the only major source still available to those who want

Bluetooth speakers are great. Cheaper, smaller, and easier to use than AirPlay, and almost as good, sound-wise, as a wired connection. Here are our favorites. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture

The iPhone X went on sale in 13 more countries today, bringing the total worldwide availability to more than 70 different markets. Countries added today include Albania, Bosnia, Cambodia, Kosovo,