Hardware

Gmail’s AI-infused Smart Compose is live in experimental form. Here’s how to activate it.

The best new feature of the new 9.7-inch iPad is its support for Apple Pencil (which was formerly only possible with an iPad Pro), and if you’re a Costco member, today you can get both the Apple Pencil and the … Continue reading →

It’s right to be paranoid about what happens with your hardware devices after they leave your hands. Researchers have gone to thrift stores and company surplus shops and acquired computers, hard drives, and other equipment, and found that improperly erased … Continue reading →

CleanMyMac 3 is  MacPaw’s catch-all utility to scan your Mac and remove gigabytes of assorted cruft and gunk that builds up over time. Like its previous versions, CleanMyMac 3 works to identify and remove generally unused, developer-oriented, extraneous, and backup … Continue reading →

The Macalope has written a lot about iPhone X sales in the first four months of this year. Based on the company’s quarterly results we can see that many were wrong about iPhone X sales, but who among them were … Continue reading →

Representatives of Google sauntered across the stage at the company’s I/O developers conference this week and revealed wonder after wonder. Google Assistant, its Siri competitor, now looks so advanced that we’ll probably be comfortable dropping the “science fiction” categorization from … Continue reading →

For all the portability of the recent MacBooks, they’re still kind of pricey machines. Fortunately, that’s not much of a problem with one of today’s Gold Box Deals over at Amazon. For the next 12 hours or so, you can … Continue reading →

Apple Pay—the company’s flagship mobile payment platform—has had breathtaking growth since its 2015 introduction. Apple Pay transactions continue to rise, and more banks, retailers, and countries continue to join. You can even use Apple Pay to complete web transactions via Safari, … Continue reading →

Updated 05/10/18: A pair of new rumors, including a major surprise to the iPhone SE 2 form factor and the display technology that will be used in this year’s lower-cost LCD iPhone. Now that we’re well into 2018, rumors about … Continue reading →

News flash: Streaming sites like Netflix and Hulu aren’t the only alternatives to cable. For those looking to cut the cord with cable but still access a trove of entertainment, SelectTV is hard to beat. Boasting the world’s largest entertainment … Continue reading →