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Apple TV+ renews The Fraggle

Apple TV+ has announced that the Emmy Award-winning series “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” the reboot of Jim Henson’s beloved classic “Fraggle Rock,” has been renewed for a second season and has begun production in Calgary, Canada. Tony and Grammy Award winner, and Emmy Award nominee Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton”) returns for season two alongside […]

December 13, 2022

Ericsson, Apple sign global patent ‘peace’ agreement

Ericsson and Apple have reached a multi-year, global patent licence agreement between the two companies. The agreement includes a cross-licence relating to patented cellular standard-essential technologies and grants certain other patent rights. Furthermore, Ericsson and Apple have mutually agreed to strengthen their technology and business collaboration, including in technology, interoperability and standards development. This settlement […]

December 9, 2022

Hallmark Movies Now on Apple’s SharePlay

Hallmark Media’s SVoD service, Hallmark Movies Now, has now enabled Apple’s SharePlay feature, providing a new way for fellow subscribers to watch movies and shows from the Hallmark library together. The feature allows iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to synchronise playback in the Hallmark Movies Now app across individual devices while simultaneously participating in a […]

December 7, 2022

LG Smart TVs offer free Apple TV+ trial

LG Smart TV owners in over eighty countries can gain access to three months of Apple TV+ for free. The promotion is available to new Apple TV+ subscribers and applies to all compatible 4K and 8K LG Smart TV models from 2018 to 2022 running webOS 4.0 to webOS 2022. To redeem this offer, users […]

December 2, 2022

CMA investigates cloud gaming, mobile browsers

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers after receiving widespread support for its proposals first published in June 2022. The CMA consulted on launching a market investigation alongside its Mobile Ecosystem Market Study report, which found that Apple and Google have an effective duopoly […]

November 22, 2022By Colin Mann

MLS Season Pass from Apple

Apple and Major League Soccer have confirmed that MLS Season Pass will launch February 1st 2023 — introducing a subscription service to fans in over 100 countries and regions that features every live MLS regular-season match, the entire playoffs, and the Leagues Cup, all with no blackouts. MLS Season Pass will bring MLS to its […]

November 17, 2022By Colin Mann

Apple iPhone’s SOS service goes live

Apple iPhone 14 owners in the US and Canada can now use their phone’s Text-based satellite SOS service when they are in uninhabited or dead zones as far as cellular or WiFi connectivity is concerned. In the event of an emergency their phone can send a Text message to one of 24 orbiting Globalstar satellites […]

November 16, 2022By Chris Forrester

Apple invests in satellite-to-phone scheme

BApple is investing $450 million (€435.6m) as part of its strategy to supply emergency Text/SOS messaging from satellites to suitable iPhones (initially iPhone 14 models). Much of the cash goes to Louisiana-based satellite operator Globalstar which Apple has already announced as a key partner in the scheme. The investment cash comes from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing […]

November 14, 2022By Chris Forrester

Research: 12% mobile apps have no privacy policy

Pixalate, the fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, has released the Q3 2022 Missing Privacy Policy Report: Mobile Apps for apps available for download across the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. Pixalate examined 5.2 million+ downloadable apps across the Apple and Google mobile app stores and […]

November 8, 2022

Apple’s Sharper to premiere in cinemas

Apple Original Films has announced the release date for the upcoming Apple Original Film Sharper, starring Academy Award winner Julianne Moore. Sharper will premieres in select cinemas on February 10th 2023 and then globally on Apple TV+ on February 17th. Hailing from Apple Original Films and celebrated studio, A24, Sharper unfolds within the secrets of […]

November 4, 2022By Nik Roseveare