2025-11-07 08:46:37
Apple has announced that its store at Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York, will be reopening on Friday, November 21, following extensive renovations.

Roosevelt Field is the largest shopping mall on Long Island. Apple first opened its store there in 2002, just months after the iPod launched. The renovated store will feature a modern design with more wood paneling, instead of stainless steel.
Apple has yet to share photos of the renovated store, so the exact design remains to be seen.
Apple opened a temporary store at Roosevelt Field while it renovated the original store, which has been closed for around a year.
Apple is also renovating its store at The Forum in Carlsbad, California, and it has opened a temporary store there in the meantime, as seen below.
Apple's temporary store in Carlsbad
Apple's relocated store at University Park Village
2025-11-07 08:08:24
IKEA today announced the upcoming launch of 21 new Matter-compatible smart home products that will be able to interface with HomeKit and the Apple Home app. There are sensors, lights, and control options, all of which will be reasonably priced. Some of the products are new, while some are updates to existing lines that IKEA previously offered.

There are a series of new smart bulbs that are available in multiple shapes, sizes, lumen levels, and styles. IKEA is offering both white and color spectrum options, with dimming supported.
11 bulbs are available in total in E27/26, E14/E12, and GU10 sizes. Color-changing bulbs are available in each size, and lumen levels range from 470 to 1,521. Decorative clear-glass bulbs will also be available.
Several sensors will be available, for motion, air quality, humidity, and water leakage.
2025-11-07 07:42:06
Apple recently sent a letter to the European Commission (EC), criticizing recent inquiries into whether the App Store complies with the Digital Services Act (DSA) amid the separate Digital Markets Act requirements that Apple has been required to put in place.

The Commission asked Apple for information on how it locates fraudulent content, what it does to reduce the risk of financial scams in apps, and how it verifies the identity of businesses. It separately requested details on the policies Apple has in place to protect minors. Both requests were part of an inquiry into whether companies are complying with Digital Services Act requirements.
Apple's response, penned by Apple VP of Legal Kyle Andeer, answers all of the EC's questions and includes the relevant information to satisfy the request, but also points out the hypocrisy of questioning App Store consumer protections while requiring Apple to support sideloading functionality that isn't subject to those protections.
Andeer says that it is "difficult to square" the DSA investigations with the EC's "aggressive interpretation and application of the Digital Markets Act," and that the probe into Apple's App Store safeguards "defies all logic" in light of the DMA requirements. He also argues that the European Commission needs to enforce the DSA and DMA as a whole, rather than as separate policies.
It does not make sense for the Commission to press Apple to protect users, including minors, from fraud within the App Store while at the same time requiring Apple to create functionalities like link-outs and web views that increase the risk of fraud without necessary safeguards.For context, the Digital Services Act requires very large online platforms like Apple to offer protection against disinformation or election manipulation, cyber violence against women, and harms to minors online. It also has provisions to counter fraud and mitigate dissemination of illegal content, among other requirements.
The Commission cannot both prohibit Apple from taking the steps it has found essential in mitigating the risk of scams and fraud on the App Store while simultaneously scrutinizing Apple for not providing even more measures to mitigate these risks on the App Store. It does not make sense for one EU law to encourage Apple to mitigate as much as possible the risk of exposing consumers to fraud or minors to potentially harmful apps through the App Store, only for another EU law to prevent Apple from using those same measures to mitigate the same type of risks just because they exist outside of the App Store. This paradoxical situation creates a regulatory structure that endorses leaving iOS and iPadOS users at risk if they choose not to use the App Store, when developers choose to use link-outs, or when users opt to use third-party products to interoperate with iOS or iPadOS. [...]
If the Commission does not consistently prioritise protecting consumers from online harms like fraud, or minors from online harms like pornography or other unsafe apps, in all enforcement contexts, including the DMA, nor use the tools it has at its disposal to resolve these fundamental frictions, the objectives of the DSA will be underachieved, no matter how sufficient Apple's measures are to comply with this specific regulation.
2025-11-07 06:45:13
Apple is promoting the new Liquid Glass design in iOS 26, showing off the ways that third-party developers are embracing the aesthetic in their apps. On its developer website, Apple is featuring a visual gallery that demonstrates how "teams of all sizes" are creating Liquid Glass experiences.

The gallery features examples of Liquid Glass in apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. Apple includes comparisons of how each app looked in iOS 18, and how it looks in iOS 26.
Apple's examples feature apps that have eliminated bottom navigation bars in favor of smaller navigation options, apps with Liquid Glass sliders and buttons, and apps using popovers.
Featured apps include Crumbl, Tide Guide, GrowPal, Lumy, Sky Guide, Linearity Curve Graphic Design, LTK, American Airlines, Lowe's, Photoroom, OmniFocus 4, CNN, Essayist, and Lucid Motors.
The design comparisons are best viewed on Apple's site, and are worth checking out if you're curious about how third-party apps are incorporating Liquid Glass.
2025-11-07 06:39:55
Ecovacs recently came out with its newest robot vacuum, the Deebot X11 Omnicyclone. Like the last couple of models, this new vacuum has Matter integration and it's able to connect to HomeKit so it can be sent off to clean the floor with Siri voice commands.
















2025-11-07 03:12:57
Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple's website, or at an Apple Store.

The charts below provide an overview of Apple's current and previous trade-in values in the U.S., according to its website. Maximum values for most devices either decreased or saw no change, but the iPad Air received a slight bump.
In addition to the changed values, Apple has stopped accepting 12-inch MacBook trade-ins.
| iPhone Model | New Values | Old Values |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone 16 Pro Max | Up to $670 | Up to $700 |
| iPhone 16 Pro | Up to $550 | Up to $580 |
| iPhone 16 Plus | Up to $450 | Up to $470 |
| iPhone 16 | Up to $420 | Up to $450 |
| iPhone 15 Pro Max | Up to $470 | Up to $630 |
| iPhone 15 Pro | Up to $400 | Up to $500 |
| iPhone 15 Plus | Up to $330 | Up to $440 |
| iPhone 15 | Up to $310 | Up to $400 |
| iPhone 14 Pro Max | Up to $370 | Up to $455 |
| iPhone 14 Pro | Up to $300 | Up to $380 |
| iPhone 14 Plus | Up to $240 | Up to $300 |
| iPhone 14 | Up to $220 | Up to $290 |
| iPhone SE (3rd generation) | Up to $80 | Up to $100 |
| iPhone 13 Pro Max | Up to $300 | Up to $370 |
| iPhone 13 Pro | Up to $230 | Up to $300 |
| iPhone 13 | Up to $180 | Up to $250 |
| iPhone 13 mini | Up to $150 | Up to $200 |
| iPhone 12 Pro Max | Up to $220 | Up to $280 |
| iPhone 12 Pro | Up to $160 | Up to $220 |
| iPhone 12 | Up to $130 | Up to $170 |
| iPhone 12 mini | Up to $90 | Up to $120 |
| iPhone SE (2nd generation) | Up to $50 | Up to $50 |
| iPhone 11 Pro Max | Up to $150 | Up to $180 |
| iPhone 11 Pro | Up to $130 | Up to $150 |
| iPhone 11 | Up to $100 | Up to $130 |
| iPhone XS Max | Up to $100 | Up to $120 |
| iPhone XS | Up to $70 | Up to $90 |
| iPhone XR | Up to $80 | Up to $100 |
| iPhone X | Up to $60 | Up to $60 |
| iPhone 8 Plus | Up to $50 | Up to $60 |
| iPhone 8 | Up to $40 | Up to $45 |
| iPad Model | New Values | Old Values |
|---|---|---|
| iPad Pro | Up to $695 | Up to $695 |
| iPad Air | Up to $415 | Up to $400 |
| iPad | Up to $175 | Up to $190 |
| iPad mini | Up to $255 | Up to $275 |
| Mac Model | New Values | Old Values |
|---|---|---|
| MacBook Pro | Up to $760 | Up to $770 |
| MacBook Air | Up to $540 | Up to $550 |
| MacBook | No longer accepted | Up to $60 |
| iMac | Up to $375 | Up to $490 |
| iMac Pro | Up to $240 | Up to $385 |
| Mac mini | Up to $380 | Up to $395 |
| Mac Studio | Up to $1,030 | Up to $1,140 |
| Mac Pro | Up to $2,520* | Up to $550 |
| Apple Watch Model | New Values | Old Values |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Watch Series 10 | Up to $160 | Up to $175 |
| Apple Watch Ultra 2 | Up to $335 | Up to $335 |
| Apple Watch Series 9 | Up to $125 | Up to $130 |
| Apple Watch Ultra | Up to $245 | Up to $255 |
| Apple Watch Series 8 | Up to $95 | Up to $100 |
| Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) | Up to $60 | Up to $60 |
| Apple Watch Series 7 | Up to $65 | Up to $70 |
| Apple Watch Series 6 | Up to $50 | Up to $55 |
| Apple Watch SE (1st generation) | Up to $30 | Up to $35 |
| Apple Watch Series 5 | Up to $25 | Up to $30 |