Apple is on top of the smartphone market. What can they do to stay there?

The Lowdown

Apple edges Samsung for the #1 smartphone maker spot

What will make iPhone Fold “work”

Apple urges users to update Home app or lose access

Why you should Reboot your iPhone

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Ads ARE coming to ChatGPT

For The Culture

Kevin Stefanski comes to the ATL…

The Hookup

Why you should block instead of unsubscribe from emails

Even still, you have to know what you’re doing...

The Lowdown

JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card

Apple Creator Studio suite is launching to take on Adobe

Apple chooses Google’s Gemini to power next-gen Siri

2nd String

Anthropic launches Claude Cowork

For The Culture

That’s Ludacris!

The Hookup

Smart Lists for the Win

We made some bold predictions last year…and made even more this year.

The Lowdown

We review our 2025 Apple predictions to see how we did versus what Apple actually did

We also make new 2026 Apple predictions to forecast what Apple will (or won’t) do this year

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In CES news…

Roku introduces new streaming service

Samsung unveils true foldable display

New “chores” robot on the scene

For The Culture

Suprise…Diddy can’t pay his people while in prison

The Hookup

If you haven’t turned on iOS 26 ‘Call Screening’ feature…