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Forget medicine, in the future you might get prescribed apps
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Riva Health wants to turn your smartphone into a blood pressure monitor
Riva Health, founded by scientist Tuhin Sinha and Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wants to help people measure their blood pressure in a clinically approved way. Blood pressure can help indicate at-risk
Apple Maps updated with COVID-19 vaccination locations in the US
Google earlier this year announced an update to Google Maps to help people find COVID-19 vaccination sites nearby, and now Apple is doing the same. Apple device owners can either ask Siri or search wi
Apple discontinues original HomePod, will focus on mini
Apple has discontinued its original HomePod after four years. It says that it will continue to produce and focus on the HomePod mini, introduced last year. The larger HomePod offered a beefier sound s
Apple clarifies you can’t actually set a ‘default’ music service in iOS 14.5
Apple has clarified that the iOS 14.5 beta is not actually allowing users to select a new default music service, as has been reported. Following the beta’s release back in February, a number of
Augmented reality’s awkward phase will be long and painful
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This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, 2020’s biggest downloads, the App Store’s newest hire
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a recor
Apple HomePod Mini review: Remarkably big sound
It’s hard to shake the sense that the smart speaker market would look considerably different had the HomePod Mini arrived several years back. It’s not so much that the device is transformative on
After getting the date wrong earlier, Siri now knows today is Election Day
Listen chief, it’s Election Day in the United States. You know that, I know that. Everyone knows that — and in the off-chance anyone wasn’t clued in to the fact, the last few weeks have offered
Apple search crawler activity could signal a Google competitor, or a bid to make Siri a one-stop shop
Encouraged by the spate of antitrust activity brewing in both the Justice Department and on Capitol Hill, Apple may be developing a search competitor to Google, according to a report in the Financial
Apple reveals the $99 HomePod Mini
Today, during its iPhone hardware event, Apple unveiled the $99 HomePod Mini. The HomePod Mini is clearly a reach for a broader swath of new users. The original HomePod managed to impress audiophiles,
Apple to release iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 on September 16
Apple said its latest iOS 14 software will be released on September 16, ahead of the company’s release of the next-generation iPhones. We saw our first glimpse at iOS 14 earlier this year at App
Voice assistants don’t work for kids: The problem with speech recognition in the classroom
Young "remote learners" often struggle to navigate the keyboards, menus, and interfaces required to make good on the promise of education technology.
Where is voice tech going?
It’s a new world, and voice tech is shaping it.
Apple unveils iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur features for India, China and other international markets
Apple will roll out a range of new features and improvements that are aimed at users in India, China and other international markets with its yearly updates to the iOS, iPadOS and macOS operating syst
Apple’s handling of Siri snippets back in the frame after letter of complaint to EU privacy regulators
Apple is facing fresh questions from its lead data protection regulator in Europe following a public complaint by a former contractor who revealed last year that workers doing quality grading for Siri
Apple said to be working on modular, high-end, noise-cancelling over-ear headphones
Apple is said to be developing its own competitors to popular over-ear noise-cancelling headphones like those made by Bose and Sony, Bloomberg reports, but with similar technology on board to that use
WorldGaze uses smartphone cameras to help voice AIs cut to the chase
If you find voice assistants frustratingly dumb, you’re hardly alone. The much-hyped promise of AI-driven vocal convenience very quickly falls through the cracks of robotic pedantry. A smart AI
Apple said to be planning fall iPhone refresh with iPad Pro-like design
Apple is readying a new iPhone for fall to replace the iPhone 11 Pro this fall, Bloomberg reports, as well as follow-ups to the iPhone 11, a new smaller HomePod and a locator tag accessory. The top-en
Report: Apple’s iOS 14 contains code that would let you sample apps before download
Apple has under development a feature that would allow iOS users to interact with a third-party app, even if the app wasn’t yet installed on your device, according to a report from 9to5Mac. The