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What you get for $500 -- iPad, iPad Air, iPad mini versus Mac mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

By: Amber Neely. Monday, March 30, 2020 3:41 PM. You can still buy Apple gear when you're on a budget, but you need to make more careful choices —and also know exactly where to look. Apple MacBook Air and iPad models can be found for under $500.

Testing Brydge's New Pro+ Keyboard With Trackpad for iPad Pro

Well ahead of when Apple introduced trackpad support in iOS 13.4, Brydge announced an iPad Pro keyboard with a built-in multi-touch trackpad. We have one of Brydge's new Pro+ keyboards on hand, and thought we'd check it out to see how it works with ...

Review: 2020 MacBook Air is once again the computer for the rest of us

After incremental updates in 2018 and 2019, the MacBook Air returned to prominence in 2020 with upgraded internals, a new keyboard, and a price drop to boot. Having a coffee while working on the 2020 MacBook Air. Apple last updated the MacBook Air in ...

Microsoft adds Microsoft Teams for consumers as Office 365 becomes 'Microsoft 365' for everyone

PCWorld

PCWorld

Office 365 is dead. Long live Microsoft 365, the renamed version of Microsoft's productivity suite that now includes a version of Microsoft Teams for consumers. On April 21, current Office 365 subscriptions for consumers will shift over to become Microsoft 365 ...

Microsoft's Skype struggles have created a Zoom moment

The Verge

The Verge

If the coronavirus pandemic had swept across the world in 2011, everyone would have been using Skype to connect over video and voice calls. Instead, rivals like Zoom and Houseparty are having a moment of huge growth in 2020 thanks to consumers ...

Case for Upcoming Low-Cost iPhone Shows Up at Best Buy With Alleged April 5 Stock Date

Apple has a new low-cost iPhone in the works, which is supposed to be launching sometime in the first half of 2020. Given the ongoing situation in the United States and other countries, it's been unclear if the device is going to launch within the planned ...

watchOS 7 to Include Kids Mode That Shifts Focus of Activity Rings Away From Calories Burned

Apple's upcoming watchOS 7 update is expected to include a Kids Mode that's aimed at children who have an Apple Watch for activity tracking purposes, with parents able to control and manage their children's devices. According to code found in iOS 14 by ...

Apple Reportedly Plans to Seed First Beta of iOS 13.4.1 in the Coming Days

Apple plans to release the first beta of iOS 13.4.1 with bug fixes in the coming days, according to Israeli website The Verifier, which has a mixed track record. The report also suggests that there will not be an iOS 13.5 update this year, which would not be too ...

Publix Rolling Out Apple Pay at Checkout

Publix has indicated that it is rolling out support for contactless payments like Apple Pay and Google Pay, as noted by the blog Appleosophy. The supermarket chain informed employees of this news in a bulletin shared on Reddit, noting that its payment ...

TSMC Reportedly 'On Track' to Begin Volume Production of A14 Chips for iPhones Despite Pandemic

TSMC is "on track" to begin volume production of 5nm chips in April, despite "recent speculation" indicating that the foundry had been requested by Apple to defer production of A14 processors by one or two quarters, according to DigiTimes. A paywalled ...