Apple has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a ruling that could force the company to change its payment practices in the App Store. The ruling, issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, kept in place most of an order issued in 2021 by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. The order requires Apple to allow developers to use alternative payment methods in their apps, which could cut into Apple’s revenue from the App Store. U.S. Supreme Court Apple is seeking a review by the Supreme Court, arguing that the ruling would harm consumers and stifle innovation. The company says that the alternative payment methods would be less secure and would make…

Macworld Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale in July is an excellent opportunity to save money on Apple devices. For two days every year, you’ll find tons of deals including savings on AirPods, Macs, iPhone, iPad, and more. The next Amazon Prime sale will kick off just after midnight on July 11, 2023, and will run until 11.59 pm on July 12. We expect to see some great discounts on Apple products during the 48-hour sale, but you don’t have to wait until then to save money. We usually see companies offer Early Prime Day Deals to get ahead of the rush. Amazon itself is offering early access to deals via its home page. To see if you can already save…

Macworld At a glance Pros19 top-end portsBuilt-in M.2 NVMe SSD slot2.5Gb EthernetDedicated HDMI 2.1 port100W PDConsHDMI means just two downstream TB4 ports150W power supplyOur VerdictIt’s got more top-end ports than any other dock we’ve tested and a built-in SSD enclosure so you can add up to an extra 8TB of storage, yet it is one of the most affordable docking stations available. Best Prices Today: Sonnet Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock Retailer Price 3D Broadcast £299 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Price comparison from Backmarket Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s SuperDock! But what makes Sonnet’s latest Thunderbolt 4 laptop docking station so super? The super-ness is not the 19 top-end ports, although…

Twitter has officially announced a change that many of us saw coming. Starting next month, the company is putting TweetDeck behind a paywall, requiring that users subscribe to Twitter Blue to access the more advanced, multi-column version of Twitter. Twitter has also started migrating all Twitter users to the new version of TweetDeck and is cutting off access to the classic version. more… The post Twitter locking TweetDeck behind a paywall, forcing users to switch to the new design appeared first on 9to5Mac.

When Apple unveils the iPhone 15 line in two months, it will also announce the first charging port change since the iPhone 5. For a lot of iPhone users, however, nothing will change with how the iPhone is charged. more… The post Apple is changing the charging port with iPhone 15, and it won’t be like the last time appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Macworld StandBy, one of a number of appealing new features in this year’s iOS 17 software update, enables iPhones to act as smart displays when plugged in and not otherwise in use. This means they can serve a secondary function as a reduced-brightness (or red-tinted) digital alarm clock with a few useful widgets while charging overnight. But based on a new report, Apple is considering a similar feature for the Mac. Of course, your Mac is less likely to be sitting beside your bed during the night, so the analogy isn’t exact. But there’s considerable merit to the idea of the screen automatically transitioning into a more general info hub when it would otherwise be sleeping (and assuming battery conservation…