9+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1024+ words) The two phones have almost identical display sizes, but their physical dimensions are different. The iPhone 18 Pro measures 150 x 71.9 x 8.8mm and weighs 211g, while the Pixel 11 Pro is slightly taller, thinner, and lighter at 152.7 x 71.9 x 8.4mm and 204g. Apple uses a Ceramic…...

3+ day, 18+ min ago   (551+ words) Imran Hussain is the founder and editor of iThinkDifferent, which he launched in 2008 to cover Apple news, reviews, and how-to guides. He has spent over 15 years writing about iOS, macOS, and the wider Apple ecosystem, with a focus on hands-on…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (286+ words) The UK government will introduce legislation requiring Apple and Google to build “device-level protections” that prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing nude images on their devices, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced to Parliament on September 8. Nandy acknowledged that both…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (339+ words) Apple updated its Applebot documentation over the weekend to explicitly state that “Site rules for Applebot-Extended are not considered in ranking for Search,” decoupling its AI training crawler from the ranking algorithm that determines visibility in Spotlight, Siri, and Safari…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (346+ words) The surround system would use automatic calibration through each HomePod’s built-in microphones to measure the room and map speaker positions. Front speakers receive left- and right-specific processing tuned for wall and corner placement, while rear speakers get omnidirectional treatment designed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) iOS 27 will let users maintain a single phone number across two iPhones simultaneously through a new “iPhone Handoff” feature that assigns a companion eSIM to the second device. A MacRumors forum member demonstrated the feature, using Xcode 27’s Device Hub…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (323+ words) Meta’s Muse Voice Transcribe Launches on Mac with Adaptive Delay Dictation iThinkDifferent Meta is launching Muse Voice Transcribe, its first real-time audio perception model, bringing multilingual streaming transcription to Mac, Muse Code, and developers via the Meta Model API. On…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) Apple’s Emergency SOS Live Video Launches in Brazil for iPhone 14+ iThinkDifferent The feature integrates directly into RapidSOS UNITE, the platform emergency services use to manage incoming calls and dispatch. There is no additional cost for Brazil emergency communications centers (ECCs)…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) Apple’s Retail Redesign Confirms Smart Home Hub Is Coming This Fall iThinkDifferent Apple is redesigning its retail stores this fall to make room for a wave of new home products, including the long-anticipated smart home hub with a built-in display…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (228+ words) Apple paid Ireland $17 billion in corporate income taxes during fiscal 2025, a sum that includes the final settlement of the decade-long EU state aid dispute and marks the company’s largest annual tax payment to any single country. According to the Financial…...