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Apple is planning to launch a new user-centric web search engine similar to Google’s, but is waiting until January 2023 to do so.

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Apple Music will livestream select concerts through its app starting Friday, May 6th, 2022. Customers who sign up for Apple Music will receive notification of the concerts they will be able to watch. Apple Music will also offer a live-streaming option for selectients who don’t have an Apple Music account, such as those who have a large enough social media following to be able to attend the concert live. The concerts will be streamed in a variety of languages, with English being the primary language. It’s not clear what kind of “selections” will be livestreamed, but we imagine most of the concerts will be music…Apple Music to livestream select concerts starting FridayMay 6, 2022 8:18 am PDT by Sami FathiiOS 15.5 will include the reintroduction of a popular Apple Music API used by third-party music players that allowed users to change the playback speeds of songs within the app, an Apple software engineer has announced. With iOS 15.4, Apple removed an API used by third-party Apple Music players that let users change the playback speed of songs. The Apple Music app itself does not let users…Apple Music to Livestream Select Concerts, Starting With Harry Styles This FridayApple today announced that it will begin livestreaming select concerts through its app starting Friday, May 6th, 2022. Customers who sign up for Apple Music will receive notification of the concerts they will be able to watch. Apple Music will also offer a live-streaming option for selectients who don’t have an Apple Music account, such as those who have a large enough social media following to be able to attend the concert live. The concerts will be streamed in a variety of languages, with English being the primary language. It’s not clear what kind of “selections” will be livestreamed, but we imagine most of the concerts will be music…

Apple Music beta releases with bug fix

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The average pay at S&P 500 companies increased by 18% last year, significantly more than most others in the index. This also reveals that Google and Facebook parent companies Alphabet and Meta had the highest average pay.

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The best deals on electronics and other items are typically available at Woot.com, an online store that specializes in buying and selling electronics and other items. This week, the website has a significant discount on Apple products, including the iPhone and iPad. The iPhone 12 with 64GB in white is now available for $599.99, while the iPhone 12 mini with 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB in black or white is also discounted.

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The fourth iPhone 14 model launching later this year will be equipped with 6GB of RAM, according to Taiwanese research firm TrendForce. TrendForce said the iPhone 14 Pro models will be upgraded to a faster and more power efficient type of RAM known as LPDDR5, while the standard iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max models are expected to stick with LPDDR4X.

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Apple is expected to unveil its mixed reality headset at WWDC 2022, but it is not expected to be released until next year. This could mean that there won’t be much information available about it during the event.

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SMS and MMS messages are the past of texting because they are limited in size, lack guaranteed delivery, and can look okay but are not enough data to send good-looking videos.

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The Google TV app for iOS devices provides users with a commented-upon overview of what’s new in the Google TV app for iOS devices, including a list of features that are specific to Apple devices. Additionally, the Google TV app for iOS devices provides users with a highlights tab that provides a daily news feed of reviews, news, and more about TV shows and movies that will interest each user.

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Apple has successfully stopped nearly $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions and kept 1.6 million “problematic apps” away from customers.

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TrendForce has claimed that Apple will release three different generations of the iPhone’s A15 chipset, with the iPhone 14 (the most recent model), iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max models all having different chipsets. This is in line with recent leaks, which suggest that the A15 chipset will be used in the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models.

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