Stories by John Quintet

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Apple to maintain its App Store payment protocols, overruling a request by Epic Games which sought to let app developers direct iPhone users to outside payment methods. Justice Elena Kagan declined to let a prior decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals take immediate effect. This previous...

Sony, the top supplier of camera sensors in smartphones, has adjusted its outlook, now anticipating a rebound in the smartphone industry by 2024. This revision comes in the wake of declining demand from key markets such as China and the U.S. Previously, the electronics and entertainment titan had exuded confidence in a resurgence of global...

Numerous media organizations including the CBC filed a complaint against Meta with the Competition Bureau earlier this week, saying the tech giant’s news blocking "creates a major challenge to our democracy." Meta is only complying with the recently enacted Online News Act, which wants tech companies to pay news publishers when someone shares a link...

Uber Eats now supports teen accounts on the platform, allowing parents to know their kids can order up a meal on their own. All orders placed through this account are ensured to be handled by top-rated delivery personnel, offering parents and guardians the peace of mind of reliable deliveries, explained an Uber spokesperson to iPhone...

More alleged renders of the much-anticipated Sonos Move 2 have surfaced online. Reliable tech leaker, @OnLeaks, shared on Tuesday what he claims to be high-resolution marketing images of Sonos' next-generation portable speaker. The images, shared in collaboration with Media Peanut, present the device in two distinct colour variations, which are on top of an olive...

The editor-in-chief of tech publication Gizmodo, has taken legal action against Apple and the Tetris Company. The lawsuit, filed in a Manhattan federal court, alleges that his book on the iconic video game "Tetris" was used as the basis for a movie without his consent, reports Reuters. Dan Ackerman's book, titled "The Tetris Effect: The...

A coalition of Canadian news publishers and broadcasters has raised concerns over Meta's recent decision to block Canadian news content on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram. News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and CBC/Radio-Canada, have approached the Competition Bureau, urging the latter to inquire into the Meta news blocking decision. "The challenges that...

Six months ago, Microsoft launched its AI-powered Bing and Edge. Since then, the platform has achieved over 1 billion chats and 750 million images have been processed, said the company on Monday. This had led to nine consecutive quarters of growth on Edge, says Microsoft. One of the significant advancements is the Bing Image Creator....

Apple is accelerating its testing phase for Macs equipped with the new M3 chip, with another model recently spotted at the company's campus, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This move hints at a potential launch as early as October. The latest M3 Mac under scrutiny runs on a base M3 chip, boasting eight CPU cores...

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in his Sunday PowerOn newsletter has shed some light on when we can expect Apple to launch its iPhone 15 lineup. While it’s all but expected a debut will come again in September, sources have told Gurman the iPhone 15 lineup release date is expected to take place around September 22. That...

The global smartphone market saw a significant revenue drop in Q2 2023, declining by 8% year-on-year (YoY) and 15% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), settling below the $90 billion mark. This is notably the weakest Q2 performance since the intense lockdowns of the 2020 pandemic, according to data from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor Service. The market’s operating profits weren't...

Twitter, now known as X, offers a paid subscription service that offers users a blue check mark and a variety of added features. Once Twitter re-branded to X, the subscription service Twitter Blue turned into X Blue. And now in yet another shift, X Blue is now known as X Premium. X took over the...