With the new Festivitas app for iPhone and iPad, you can add and customize a string of holiday lights on your device's Home Screen using iOS widgets. The lights can frame your favorite personal photo (or perhaps a holiday image you dig up on Pinterest), and you can opt to make the widget transparent so it blends in with your background.
He has accumulated $2.5M in Apple stock that was purchased three decades ago. Now, it is almost all capital gains. He wants to draw on this income to fund his first few years of retirement, but doing so would count as Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI). This would likely trigger higher taxes. So, how does he get around it? Let's look at his situation and see what others can learn from it.
Apple, which has been preparing for Tim Cook's succession for some time, doesn't seem to have planned any surprises in choosing its next leader. Ternus, with a solid and brilliant career inside the company, where he is senior vice president of hardware engineering, gives off that aura of the impeccable student who gets straight A's, wins the swimming meets, and, on top of that, is liked by everyone.
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Beats and Apple each released flagship earbuds in 2025 with one standout feature: in-ear heart rate monitoring. Since Apple owns both companies, both earbuds offer native compatibility with iOS devices and provide iOS users with Apple-exclusive features. However, also offer more compatibility with Android devices. Each pair of earbuds features a distinct form factor, which significantly impacts their use cases and the user's experience with them.
Black Friday is the perfect time to buy an Apple device. While the is the best value right now, there are plenty of attractive discounts on iPads. My personal favorite is the iPad Mini for use cases like browsing and reading, but I've been using the M3 iPad Air more, especially since the iPadOS 26 update. I've had the 13-inch variant since launch, and it is now the best value-for-money iPad for both power and casual users.
(FYI, I've been tracking these for the past two weeks, ever since they first hit their lowest recorded price. And earlier this week, they somehow got even cheaper.) These don't have active noise cancellation (ANC)but honestly, you might not even need it. I've been using my 2nd-generation model for years (no ANC either), and they still do a solid job of dulling background noise while letting me stay just aware enough of my surroundings.
After 14 years, Apple is once again poised to overtake Samsung as the global leader in terms of smartphone shipments. According to Counterpoint Research, Apple is projected to ship over 243 million iPhones in 2025, which would give it an estimated 19.4% share of the global smartphone market. Samsung, which is the current global leader, is expected to ship 235 million units, which would leave it with an 18.7% market share.
As is always the case with "free" device deals from carriers, it's not really free outright. You'll have to pay for the devices, but you'll get paid back over the course of 36 months in monthly installments (you can find the here). But if you were going to buy any of these devices anyway, this is still a great deal in terms of being paid back over time.
The SE 2 doesn't include all the features of the new SE 3, but it's still a great base model wearable that is perfect for a curious, first-time smartwatch purchaser or a child -- and it's the least expensive Apple Watch you can buy new right now, particularly during Black Friday sales. The SE 2 offers great value for those looking to track basic health and fitness metrics, keep in contact with ease, and benefit from connection to the Apple ecosystem,
Apple will never discount iPads on its official website because maintaining premium pricing forms a core part of the brand strategy that keeps products positioned as luxury tech rather than commodity electronics. But retailers including Amazon occasionally offer legitimate discounts that Apple tolerates, and this year's Black Friday brings unusual price cuts on recent releases including Mac Minis, MacBook Airs, MacBook Pro M5 models, and iPads:
Trust me when I say that I am absolutely thrilled by the chance to blow some money on a new gadget. I really am. I love a gizmo, a device, a widget, or a doohickey. When I see some new electronic thingamabob that might make my life easier or more enjoyable, I want it. And yet, I am really scratching my head about why I would want or need the new device that OpenAI is working on - whatever it is.
When I got a Vision Pro, I used it a lot: I watched movies on planes and in hotel rooms, I walked around my house placing application windows and testing out weird new ways of working. I tried all the neat games and educational apps, and I watched all the immersive videos I could get ahold of. I even tried my hand at developing my own applications for it.
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Black Friday is just two days away, and T-Mobile is getting into the festivities by rolling out what the company calls the "Ultimate Apple Bundle." Starting today, new and existing T-Mobile customers will have the opportunity to receive an , an , and an , completely free of charge. Bought separately, those devices would cost around $2,000. You can choose to get all three devices,
Thanks to Black Friday, Amazon is currently offering a massive 57% discount on the premium Beats Studio Pro, which brings the price down to $150 from $350. Prime members can save an additional $13 with free delivery. It's one of the hottest deals on the retailer right now and is selling out fast. We recommend jumping in on it before the price shoots back up to the not-so-friendly $350 tag.
The M-series laptops have proven to be winners, and while it's not the latest and greatest, the M4 MacBook Air 13 is a great deal at €795. Sure, 256GB storage is admittedly small for a laptop. If you want the adequate 512GB, you'll have to shell out another €230. The iPad Air 11 (2025) is also on offer, for €515. This gets you the baseline 128GB of storage, while the more capable 256GB option costs €639.
The "Mac vs. Windows" debate has been a longstanding feature of the IT landscape since Apple desktops first hit the market, solidified by the iconic "I'm a Mac" ad campaign. Today, though, the idea of it being a binary choice is increasingly irrelevant. With the right support, enterprises can easily have multiple systems that complement rather than contradict each other.
Apple traditionally avoids discounts and maintains full pricing on its official website and retail stores, treating Black Friday like any other day to preserve its premium brand image. Amazon doesn't share that restraint and just slashed the price of the brand-new Mac mini M4 with 256GB storage to $479 from the usual $599, which marks a record low on one of the most powerful compact desktops currently available.
Apple said on Monday it is cutting jobs across its sales teams to strengthen its customer engagement efforts, noting that only a small number of roles will be impacted by the layoffs. An Apple spokesperson told Reuters that the company is continuing to hire and the affected employees can apply for new roles. The impacted employees include account managers serving major businesses, schools and government agencies, according to Bloomberg News, which had reported the news earlier in the day.
