An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Who up missing Musi?" a Reddit user posted in a community shocked by the free music streaming app's sudden removal from Apple's App Store in September. Apple kicked Musi out of the App Store after receiving several copyright complaints. Musi works by streaming music from YouTube -- seemingly avoiding paying to license songs -- and YouTube was unsurprisingly chief among those urging Apple to stop allowing the alleged infringement. Musi was previously only available through the App Store. Once Musi was removed from the App Store, anyone who downloaded Musi could continue using the app uninterrupted. But if the app was ever off-loaded during an update or if the user got a new phone, there would be no way to regain access to their Musi app or their playlists. Some Musi fans only learned that Apple booted Musi after they updated their phones, and the app got offloaded with no option to re-download. Panicked, these users turned to the Musi subreddit for answers, where Musi's support staff has consistently responded with reassurances that Musi is working to bring the app back to the App Store. For many Musi users learning from others' mistakes, the Reddit discussions leave them with no choice but to refuse to update their phones or risk losing their favorite app. The app may remain unavailable for several months as the litigation unfolds. "After Apple gave in to the pressure, Musi sued (PDF) in October, hoping to quickly secure an injunction that would force Apple to reinstate Musi in the App Store until the copyright allegations were decided," reports Ars. "But a hearing on that motion isn't scheduled until January, making it appear unlikely that Musi will be available again to download until sometime next year." Further reading: Google, Apple Drive 'Black Box' IP Policing with App Store Rules

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Les offres se multiplient depuis le lancement de la Black Friday Week et de nombreux smartphones sont proposés à des prix intéressants. C'est le moment idéal pour acheter un smartphone tout neuf avant Noël. Nous avons exploré les différentes offres des e-commerçants et sélectionné les meilleures références actuellement en promotion pour ce Black Friday.

La 18 décembre, Apple mettra fin à la compatibilité des sauvegardes iCloud avec iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7 et iOS 8. Les iPhone 3GS et iPhone 4, qui ne sont pas compatibles avec une version ultérieure, perdront aussi la possibilité de sauvegarder leurs données.

Après avoir initialement réservé son application Gemini à Android, Google sort enfin un moyen d'accéder à ses derniers modèles sur iPhone. L'application Google Gemini pour iOS intègre le chatbot, mais aussi Gemini Live, l'assistant vocal avec conversation naturelle.

Android Authority's Rita El Khoury argues that the decline in punctuation use and capitalization in social media writing, especially among younger generations, can largely be attributed to the iPhone keyboard. "By hiding the comma and period behind a symbol switch, the iPhone keyboard encourages the biggest grammar fiends to be lazy and skip punctuation," writes El Khoury. She continues: Pundits will say that it's just an extra tap to add a period (double-tap the space bar) or a comma (switch to the characters layout and tap comma), but it's one extra tap too many. When you're firing off replies and messages at a rapid rate, the jarring pause while the keyboard switches to symbols and then switches back to letters is just too annoying, especially if you're doing it multiple times in one message. I hate pausing mid-sentence so much that I will sacrifice a comma at the altar of speed. [...] The real problem, at the end of the day, is that iPhones -- not Android phones -- are popular among Gen Z buyers, especially in the US -- a market with a huge online presence and influence. Add that most smartphone users tend to stick to default apps on their phones, so most of them end up with the default iPhone keyboard instead of looking at better (albeit often even slower) alternatives. And it's that same keyboard that's encouraging them to be lazy instead of making it easier to add punctuation. So yes, I blame the iPhone for killing the period and slaughtering the comma, and I think both of those are great offenders in the death of the capital letter. But trends are cyclical, and if the cassette player can make a comeback, so can the comma. Who knows, maybe in a year or two, writing like a five-year-old will be passe, too, and it'll be trendy to use proper grammar again.

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En attendant Apple Intelligence et le nouveau Siri, la concurrence s'active sur iPhone. Après ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude et Perplexity, Google ne devrait plus tarder à annoncer le lancement d'une application Gemini.

Law enforcement officers are warning other officials and forensic experts that iPhones which have been stored securely for forensic examination are somehow rebooting themselves, returning the devices to a state that makes them much harder to unlock, 404 Media is reporting, citing a law enforcement document it obtained. From the report: The exact reason for the reboots is unclear, but the document authors, who appear to be law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan, hypothesize that Apple may have introduced a new security feature in iOS 18 that tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have been disconnected from a cellular network for some time. After being rebooted, iPhones are generally more secure against tools that aim to crack the password of and take data from the phone. "The purpose of this notice is to spread awareness of a situation involving iPhones, which is causing iPhone devices to reboot in a short amount of time (observations are possibly within 24 hours) when removed from a cellular network," the document reads. Apple did not provide a response on whether it introduced such an update in time for publication.

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La plupart des smartphones Android indiquent le temps de charge restant, mais les iPhone ne s'y sont jamais mis. Ce sera de l'histoire ancienne prochainement : iOS 18.2 va changer ça.

Apple has warned investors that future products may never be as profitable as its iPhone business, as it pushes into unproven new markets such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality headsets. From a report: The iPhone maker added the new warning on growth and profit margins to its latest annual report, in the list of "risk factors" facing the tech group's business. "New products, services and technologies may replace or supersede existing offerings and may produce lower revenues and lower profit margins," Apple said, "which can materially adversely impact the company's business, results of operations and financial condition." Apple routinely warns investors in its annual reports that competition, foreign exchange, supply chain issues and other factors can put "volatility and downward pressure" on its margins. The same 10-K regulatory filing in previous years suggested that new product introductions could have "higher cost structures." But until now, Apple has not been so direct in addressing the financial profile of its future products.

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Apple a envoyé à l'Union européenne un résumé des changements opérés dans iOS et iPadOS dans le cadre du Digital Markets Act. Dans ce document, Apple dévoile également des évolutions prévues en 2024 et en 2025. Parmi elles : la possibilité de changer son application de navigation par défaut.

La mise à jour iOS 18.2 apportera le support du RCS chez Free Mobile et Bouygues Telecom, après un déploiement exclusif à SFR dans iOS 18.0. Le sort des abonnés Orange est encore inconnu, mais ils devraient aussi y avoir droit.

Free a mis du temps à adopter l'eSIM, mais dorénavant, l'opérateur téléphonique y est totalement passé. Ces cartes virtuelles peuvent même être installées directement depuis l'application Free Mobile sur iPhone.

Avec iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 et macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple ajoute de l'intelligence artificielle générative aux iPhone, iPad et Mac pour la première fois. Numerama teste Apple Intelligence depuis plusieurs mois et répond à toutes vos questions.

Les mises à jour iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 et iPadOS 18.1 introduisent les premières fonctionnalités Apple Intelligence sur iPhone, Mac et iPad. Dans l'Union européenne, le service est bloqué pour des « raisons règlementaires », mais il est possible de l'essayer en trichant.

La mise à jour iOS 18.1 apporte Apple Intelligence aux iPhone, même si le service n'est pas encore utilisable en français. En plus des nouveautés liées à l'intelligence artificielle, iOS 18.1 déploie plusieurs fonctions inédites sur iPhone.

Le partage de connexion sur un iPhone d'Apple, un Samsung Galaxy ou un autre smartphone Android permet d'utiliser ses données mobiles pour connecter un PC à Internet. C'est le mode modem. Il est intéressant si vous avez une connexion 4G ou 5G.

Ça y est : nous sommes passés à l'heure d'hiver. Une heure de sommeil (et de week-end !) en plus, ça fait du bien. Mais c'est moins agréable quand son iPhone ou son smartphone Android ne s'est pas bien réglé. Voici comment forcer le changement d'heure sur votre téléphone.

Dans la nuit du 30 au 31 mars, la France change d'heure. Il faudra ajouter 60 minutes à l'horloge pour ne pas arriver en retard. Votre smartphone devrait le faire tout seul, mais voilà comment s'en assurer.

Quelques mois avant l'iPhone 17, Apple devrait lancer un nouvel iPhone SE en 2025, que l'on peut aussi qualifier d'iPhone SE 4. Ce nouveau smartphone « abordable » serait bien plus haut de gamme que ses prédécesseurs. On fait le point sur les rumeurs et sur ce qu'on attend du prochain iPhone.

Attendue pour la fin d'année, la mise à jour iOS 18.2 déploiera la plupart des fonctions Apple Intelligence annoncées en juin 2024. Parmi elles, il y a l'intégration de ChatGPT à l'iPhone, pour répondre à des questions, reconnaître des images ou générer du texte.