September 2021

by Jeff McKamey

Tim Cook has been running Apple for ten years:

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/24/tim-cook-ten-years-as-apples-ceo/

 

Chip shortage is affecting everything except Apple:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/analyst-chipset-shortage-now-affects-everybody-but-apple

 

Microsoft Math Solver

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-math-solver-hw-app/id1483962204

 

No SIM bug in IOS 14.7.1

https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/17/ios-14-7-1-users-complaining-no-service-after-updating-iphone/

 

 

Apple will add satellite features to iPhones:

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/08/31/162223/apple-plans-to-add-satellite-features-to-iphones-for-emergencies

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/1837238/apple-iphone-13-rumors-go-sky-high-with-satellite-connection

 

Apple buys Primephonic

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/2055200/apple-acquires-primephonic-to-bolster-standalone-apple-music-classical-app-in-2022

 

People spent 40 billion on App Store in 2021, almost double of the Google Play store:

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/2012238/consumers-spent-40-billion-on-app-store-in-first-half-of-2021-nearly-double-that-of-google-play-store

 

China is limiting kids to only three hours a week of gaming:

https://slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/1259204/china-slashes-kids-gaming-time-to-just-three-hours-a-week

 

Facebook tracks people off of Facebook:

https://slashdot.org/story/21/08/29/1758218/facebook-has-trackers-in-25-of-websites-and-61-of-the-most-popular-apps

https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/

 

Google pays Apple 15 billion to keep search engine the default in Safari

https://gizmodo.com/google-will-continue-to-pay-apple-billions-to-keep-you-1847564608