iPad

Google Chrome OS-based Chromebooks have been by far the fastest-growing category in the PC market in 2020’s third quarter.  Chromebook shipments have grown 122% year on year to a total of 9.4 million units in Q3 of 2020. That’s still a relatively small share of the 124.5 million PCs shipped ...

Image: Microsoft Microsoft on Monday announced a couple of important updates to some of its Office apps for Apple iPad users. The updates are slowly rolling out to users right now, with the expectation that everyone will have access in the next couple of weeks.  So what are the updates? First, Microsoft ...

Early last year, it felt as if Apple had all but forgotten about the iPad Air. Then in March, Apple released the third-generation iPad Air, nearly five years after the iPad Air 2 was released. The update included a faster processor, slightly new design, support for Apple’s keyboard and stylus ...

Apple announced the completely redesigned iPad Air in September alongside a pair of new Apple Watch models  but didn’t provide a launch date for the new tablet other than it would be available in October.  Apple even held the iPhone 12 event without announcing a release date for its newest ...

I’ve worked from four homes and several coffee shops over the last 15 years. Lockdowns simply proved that my infrastructure was as flexible as I’d hoped. Which is a combination of deeply rooted heavyweight capability and flyweight mobility.  Today, writing is the largest part of my workflow, but I expect ...

The COVID-19 pandemic — and the ensuing lock-down throughout the world — has brought back a lot of things that had fallen a bit out of favor, like jigsaw puzzle family nights and drive-in movies. It’s also given surprising new life to the tablet PC market, which cratered several years ...

It’s fall. Do you know what that means? That’s right, it’s time for another major iOS update to land. But this launch feels rushed and chaotic. Yesterday, Apple gave developers a 24-hour countdown to the release. This accelerated release has shaken the dev community. So much so that some developers ...

App Library acts as an app drawer on iOS 14.  Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Apple will officially release iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Sept. 16. The upcoming update will be available on any device that currently runs iOS 13 or iPadOS 13.  Also: Everything Apple announced at its Time Flies event Most ...

If you’re hoping Apple will announce new iPhone models in September, like it has every year, don’t hold your breath. With the pandemic and many other apocalyptic-level events happening in the last nine months, 2020 has not been normal. So, when Apple announced its next event, we weren’t surprised to ...

Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Apple on Tuesday released iOS 13.7 to iPhone owners. Included in the update, along with bug fixes and general improvements, is Apple’s standalone version COVID-19 Exposure Notifications feature.  The original version of this feature required a local health authority to create an app, which then allowed users ...