Year: 2022

T-Mobile: iOS 15.2 bug is blocking iCloud Private Relay for some users

CompuScoop Staff January 12, 2022 2

T-Mobile has acknowledged an issue that has blocked some subscribers from using Apple’s iCloud Private Relay via cellular connection. In a statement, T-Mobile said the issue was due to a bug in iOS 15.2.

This bug is not only affecting T-Mobile subscribers… Instead, it’s a bug that seems to affect iOS 15.2 broadly rather than T-Mobile specifically. The issue is also still present in the latest release of iOS 15.3 beta.

The full statement reads:

Overnight our team identified that in the 15.2 iOS release, some device settings default to the feature being toggled off. We have shared this with Apple. This is not specific to T-Mobile. Again though, we have not broadly blocked iCloud Phone Relay.

In a separate statement, T-Mobile explained:

Customers who chose plans and features with content filtering (e.g. parent controls) do not have access to the iCloud Private Relay to allow these services to work as designed. All other customers have no restrictions.

Via: 9to5Mac.com

Apple in serious talks to broadcast MLB Games on Apple TV+

CompuScoop Staff January 11, 2022 0

Apple has had substantial talks about carrying Major League Baseball games on Apple TV+ next season, The New York Post reports.

If a deal is finalized, it would represent a significant milestone in sports broadcasting since Apple has long been looked upon as a potential stop for major sports TV rights. One of Apple’s rival companies, Amazon, has already carved out an important piece of real estate in this space, as it will become the exclusive home of NFL “Thursday Night Football” in the fall.

A potential MLB-Apple deal would not be anywhere close to the magnitude of the NFL and Amazon — which is for more than a billion dollars per year — but MLB and Apple would be the entree of the technology behemoth into the coverage of top live sports.

The package MLB has been attempting to sell is weekday national games that ESPN recently relinquished. ESPN will no longer have regular Monday and Wednesday games. The ESPN games were not exclusive in local markets. It is unclear at this point if Apple would be allowed to wall off these select games from regional sports network coverage or not.

Apple would be expected to make the games available through its subscription service, Apple TV+, which is most famous for its series “Ted Lasso.”

Via: The New York Post

Small Television Station Debuts new Free Service for Local Viewers

Dan Uff January 10, 2022 0

For over 30 years, WFMZ TV has been at the forefront of bringing their viewers the latest in TV News and other content.

Now they have entered the Internet Streaming market by providing their one TV Streaming service called WFMZ PLUS.

The service has access to some of their TV shows, news, and more, and is available for Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, the web, and iOS. Just login to the Apple TV App Store and do a search for WFMZ.

Happy 15th Birthday, iPhone!

Dan Uff January 9, 2022 0

On January 15th, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs came on stage and changed the Smartphone industry forever. The original iPhone was debut during one of Job's classic keynote presentations.

Showing off the world's first touch screen smartphone, everyone watched with amazement as he showed what this tiny, touchscreen device could do.

You can relive the moment below:

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