Juli Clover
Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.
She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.
She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.
Juli Clover's Articles
Google Launches Pixel 4a, a $349 iPhone SE Competitor
Google today announced the launch of its latest smartphone, the Pixel 4a, which has a $349 price tag and is designed to compete with lower-cost devices like Apple's $399 iPhone SE.
The Pixel 4a features a 5.81-inch display that's all screen, with a small front-facing pinhole camera at the top left, a square-shaped camera bump at the rear, and fingerprint biometrics on the back.
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Apple Card Deferred Payment Program Extended Through August
Apple has again extended its Apple Card COVID-19 Customer Assistance Program by a month, which will allow cardholders who apply for aid to defer their August payments without incurring interest charges.
Enrolling in the program can be done by opening up the Wallet app on the iPhone or iPad, tapping on Apple Card, tapping on the black circle with three dots, tapping on the message bubble, and ...
Apple Acquired Mobeewave, a Startup That Lets Smartphones Accept Payments Using NFC
Apple has purchased payments startup Mobeewave, which created a system that lets shoppers tap a credit card or smartphone on another phone to process a payment. The functionality could allow iPhones to be used as payment terminals with no additional hardware required.
According to Bloomberg, Apple purchased the startup for approximately $100 million. Mobeewave's technology works with NFC,...
What's New in iOS 14 Maps: Cycling Directions, Guides, Refine Location and More
Apple often adds new features to its built-in apps with each iOS update, and iOS 14 is no exception. Many apps have important new features, including Apple Maps, which gains cycling directions, EV routes, guides, and more.
This guide highlights all of the new features that Apple has added to the Maps app in the iOS and iPadOS 14 updates.
Cycling Directions
Maps in iOS 14 offers cycling...
Three People Charged in Twitter Bitcoin Hack [Updated]
A Florida teenager, who is accused of being the "mastermind" behind the July hacking of social media site Twitter, has been arrested, according to Tampa's WFLA Channel 8 News site.
17-year-old Graham Clark is facing 30 felony charges for "scamming people across America" with the Twitter hack. He's been accused of organized fraud, 17 counts of communication fraud, one count of fraudulent use...
Original iPad Mini From 2012 Now Considered 'Vintage' by Apple
Apple today updated its list of Vintage and Obsolete products to add the original 7.9-inch iPad mini, which was first released in 2012.
Apple's vintage products list includes devices that have not been sold for more than five and less than seven years ago, while the obsolete list includes products whose sales were discontinued more than seven years ago.
Devices on the vintage list are...
Microsoft Shutting Down Cortana App for iOS and Android
Microsoft today announced plans to "shift toward a transformational AI-powered assistant experience" in its Microsoft 365 apps, which will involve refocusing its "areas of innovation and development."
As a result, Microsoft is ending all support for third-party Cortana skills and eliminating the Cortana apps for iOS and Android devices. Third-party Cortana skills will be deprecated on...
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPad Pro Case From Pad & Quill
For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Pad & Quill to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a high-quality case for the 11 or 12.9-inch iPad Pro models from 2018 and 2020. Pad & Quill makes some of the best leather and linen cases that you'll find on the market.
Pad & Quill makes a variety of cases for Apple's modern iPad Pro models, most of which have folio designs that keep the...
Apple and Google Update Exposure Notification API, 20 U.S. States Expected to Release Apps Soon
Google today announced that the Exposure Notification API that it designed in partnership with Apple has received some improvements to make it more useful to public health authorities.
Most notably, the API supports interoperability between countries, and Bluetooth calibration has been improved. The full list of updates is below:
When an exposure is detected, public health authorities...
Canada's 'COVID Alert' App Using Apple's Exposure Notification API Now Available
Canada today released a new COVID-19 contact tracing app called COVID Alert, as noted by iPhone in Canada. COVID Alert takes advantage of Apple and Google's privacy-focused Exposure Notification API to alert people when they've come into contact with someone who has the coronavirus.
As with all COVID-19 contact tracing apps, COVID Alert uses Bluetooth to exchange random, anonymized codes...
iPadOS 14 Features You Need to Know
Apple's iPadOS 14 update includes many of the same features that are found in iOS 14 (minus some of the Home Screen changes), but there are also quite a few notable iPad-only features.
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In our most recent video, we highlight some of the best new features in iPadOS 14, some of which are also available on iPhone and some of which are...
Take a Look Inside Apple's New Retail Store in Bangkok
Apple's newest retail store in Bangkok, Thailand is set to open in just a few hours, and ahead of the store's launch, MacRumors reader Scott Nibley shared some photos of the store's interior taken during the location's soft opening.
The new store is Apple's second retail location in Thailand, joining Apple Iconsiam, which opened in November 2018.
Apple's new Bangkok store features a...
Apple Confirms This Year's iPhone 12 Models Will Be a Little Bit Late
During today's earnings call covering the third fiscal quarter of 2020 (second calendar quarter) Apple CFO Luca Maestri confirmed that Apple is expecting to release this year's iPhones later than usual.
Maestri said that Apple last year started selling iPhones in late September, but this year, Apple projects supply will be "available a few weeks later."
Multiple rumors have suggested that ...
iPhone Revenue Saw Growth in Q3 2020 Thanks to iPhone SE Launch
Apple's retail stores in many parts of the world were shut down for much of the third fiscal quarter of 2020, but the iPhone still saw two percent growth, which Apple CEO Tim Cook said was a surprise as the company expected year over year iPhone performance to decrease.
COVID-19 had the biggest hit on Apple's sales in April, but demand for the iPhone increased in May and June, which Cook...
Apple's Q3 Mac and iPad Sales Surge Despite Supply Constraints as People Work From Home
Apple today shared its earnings results for the third fiscal quarter of 2020, and iPad and Mac sales saw a surge in growth as people transitioned from working in offices to working from home.
Both iPad and Mac saw double digit growth during the quarter. Mac sales brought in $7 billion, up from $5.8 billion in the year-ago quarter, while iPad sales brought in $6.5 billion, up from $5 billion...
Apple's Services Segment Sees Double-Digit Growth in Q3 2020
Apple's services category, which includes iTunes, the App Store, Mac App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, AppleCare, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and more, continues to see major growth each quarter.
According to today's earnings report covering the third fiscal quarter of 2020, Apple's services segment brought in $13.2 billion, up nearly $2 billion from the $11.5 billion earned in the third...
Most Apple Employees in U.S. Won't Return to Offices Until Early 2021
In an interview ahead of Apple's third quarter earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg that Apple employees in the United States won't be returning to their offices until early 2021 as the coronavirus continues to spread in the United States.
Apple initially had some employees return to its campuses in mid-June, with some key employees returning even earlier in May, but it appears...
Some Apple Watch Series 5 Owners Seeing Issues With Inconsistent Battery Levels and Random Shutdowns
Some Apple Watch Series 5 owners have been experiencing battery issues with their devices that cause random shutdowns even when the Apple Watch is reporting high battery levels.
An inconsistent reading of actual battery level appears to be at fault, as in most cases, the Apple Watch reports near 100 percent battery levels for most of the day before dropping down to close to 50 percent and...
Chrome for iOS Getting Feature That Lets Saved Passwords Be Used in Other Apps
Google today rolled out a new feature for iPhone users who are signed up to beta test Chrome, allowing passwords saved in Chrome to be used in other apps on the device.
Chrome passwords can be accessed on iPhone by going to the Passwords & Accounts section, choosing Autofill Passwords, and then selecting the Chrome option.
With this feature enabled, Chrome will function as a password...
iFixit Highlights Apple's Uncertain Right to Repair Stance Through Emails Shared With Judiciary Committee
Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday testified in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee where he was questioned on Apple's App Store policies, but Congress also released a series of emails that Apple had submitted as part of the ongoing antitrust investigation.
Image via iFixit
Those emails revealed Apple's thoughts on App Store fees and provided insight into its efforts to negotiat...
