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OG Apple Sneakers On Sale… For $50,000
Anyone with an extra $50K to spare who wears a 10.5 in mens can head on over to Sotheby’s and pick up the pair before some rich nerd hops on these to impress his/her friends.
Cardi B Links up Beats By Dre To Help Introduce New Beats Studio Buds+
Cardi B is helping Beats By Dre get the word out about the new Beats Studio Buds +. The post Cardi B Links up Beats By Dre To Help Introduce New Beats Studio Buds+ appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
HHW Gaming: Apple Arcade Gets A Huge Boost With 20 New Games
The Apple Arcade is open and is getting a boost thanks to 20 new games coming to the service. The post HHW Gaming: Apple Arcade Gets A Huge Boost With 20 New Games appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
HHW Gaming Preview: Apple Is Making Huge Strides In The Gaming Space
Apple has quietly worked on turning the MacBook Pro, Mac Mini M2, and iPhone into powerful gaming machines. The post HHW Gaming Preview: Apple Is Making Huge Strides In The Gaming Space appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Apple Finally Drops New MacBook Pro M2 Pro & M2 Max Chips
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Apple / MacBook Pro After a slight delay, Apple’s new MacBook Pro and Mac Mini utilizing its in-house chipset, have arrived. Apple’s long-awaited MacBook Pro utilizing the company’s new M2 Pro and M2 Max, promises to deliver improvements like longer battery life and faster performance, have finally arrived. The arrival of the new MacBook Pro allows Apple to deliver on one of its biggest goals to utilize its chipsets in its devices, allowing Apple to ditch chips manufactured by Intel. The new MacBook Pro was initially set to launch in 2022, but due to those pesky supply chain issues, Apple set its sights on early 2023, and now we are here. The MacBook Pro Powered By M2 Pro & M2 Max Breakdown According to Apple, the new MacBook Pro with the M2 Pro and M...
Would Steve Jobs Approve?: Apple Reportedly Working on Bringing Touch Screens To Macs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Apple / Macs Apple is doing a major about-face on a feature that the late Steve Jobs did not want to see on his Mac computers. Spotted on Bloomberg, Apple is now considering bringing touch screens to its Mac computers. It would break from Steve Jobs’ feelings towards the feature when that finally happens. He felt it was “ergonomically terrible.” Per Bloomberg: Apple engineers are actively engaged in the project, indicating that the company is seriously considering producing touch-screen Macs for the first time, according to people familiar with the efforts. Still, a launch hasn’t been finalized, and the plans could change. For more than a decade, the company has argued that touch screens don’t work well on laptops and that the iPad is a better option if s...
Apple Reportedly Dropping Affordable AirPod Lite Model
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Apple / AirPods Lite Are you tired of coughing up $250 or $170 after losing a pair of AirPods? Well, this news should serve you well. According to Haitong International Tech Research analyst Jeff Pu, Apple is reportedly dropping a new affordable wireless earbuds model called the Apple AirPods Lite. Spotted on HypeBeast, the AirPods Lite will cost under $129 and help Apple compete with other lower price point earbud models currently in the market. The AirPods Lite’s specs are still unknown. Still, according to HypeBeast, Apple’s rumored latest accessory should offer premium sound quality without most of the advanced features of AirPods Pro and entry-level AirPods from Apple. No word on an actual release date for the AirPods Lite, but they should be arrivin...
How to Use Apple Music Sing
Few people have at-home karaoke machines anymore, but if you want to plan a singalong without embarrassing yourself at a bar, Apple Music has you covered: the streaming service has just introduced Apple Music Sing, a new feature with real-time lyrics and adjustable vocals to customize your singing experience. The feature comes with a duet view for multiple singers, and even separates a song’s main lyrics and background vocals so users and their friends can get their lines straight. It may sound complicated, but it’s actually a pretty straightforward progression from features like Spotify’s Genius Lyrics insert on many of its songs. Before you begin your own karaoke session, scroll onward to read our guide on how exactly Apple Music Sing works. What Is Apple Music Sing? Anyone can sing alon...
‘Father of the iPod’ helps Ledger create new cold crypto wallet
Hardware wallet provider Ledger, known for its cold-storage devices, announced its seventh crypto wallet in collaboration with the creator of the original iPod. Tony Fadell, the inventor of the iconic iPod Classic model, has partnered with Ledger to help the company design its latest wallet device known as Ledger Stax. The company broke the news on Dec. 6 at Ledger’s bi-annual Web3 developer event, Ledger Op3n, in Paris. Ledger’s upcoming new hardware wallet is a credit card-size device that features a large E Ink display, capacitive touch, Bluetooth support, wireless charging and more. For the first time in Ledger’s product line, Stax contains a curved E Ink display which can be used to show the holder’s name or other wallet information, just like a book spine. The device is a...
Meta ‘powering through’ with Metaverse plans despite doubts — Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is still hopeful about the company’s Metaverse plans regardless of the billions of dollars it’s sucking up from the company, claiming “someone has to build that.” Appearing remotely for an interview at the Nov. 30 DealBook Summit in New York, Zuckerberg was asked his thoughts on whether the tech giants’ Metaverse play was still viable given its cost and the doubts cast over the platform, answering: “I think things look very different on a ten-year time horizon than the zone that we’re in for the next few years […] I’m still completely optimistic about all the things that we’ve been optimistic about.” He added part of “seeing things through” in the longer term was “powering through” the doubts held about its ambitions. Meta’s latest ear...
Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook Control Diplo’s Cryo Blasts In Vegas
What happens when Apple CEO Tim Cook strolls into a Diplo concert in Las Vegas Apparently Cook takes control. The tech titan was recently spotted in Las Vegas for the opening night of Adele’s highly publicized residency, where he eventually made his way over to XS Nightclub at the Wynn to join the Grammy-nominated DJ and producer. Believe it or not, it’s not the first time the two have hung out. If the below TikTok video posted by Diplo is any indication, he made a “deal” which ultimately resulted in Cook joining him and taking control of the stage’s cryo blasts. For Diplo’s part of the deal, a photo of him was to be made as the default wallpaper of every iPhone. This obviously isn’t happening, but it’s a funny nod seeing two very different worlds...
HHW Gaming: Latest Apple OS Update Allows Support For Nintendo’s Classic Game Controllers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nintendo / Nintendo Switch Online NES Controllers Apple rolled another update for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV and snuck in the ability to use the classic NES Controllers Nintendo dropped for use with its Nintendo Switch Online service. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared a video of himself using SNES Classic Controller, and MacStories also confirmed the news. Per The Verge, Nintendo’s modern N64 controller also works with Apple devices using macOS 13, iOS 16, and tvOS 16. It’s unclear if the Sega Genesis controller works with Apple devices following the update, but it would be a safe bet to assume t they do. In a release, Apple notes, “many additional Bluetooth and USB game controllers are supported by the Game Controller framework on macOS 13,...
