Latest by Jackie Dove

The Apple Watch face is plenty sturdy, but if you're out and about to and from work and the gym or on a rugged adventure, there may be a shockproof, waterproof Apple Watch case in your future to protect that gorgeous timepiece against accidental drops, bumps, and moisture. We suggest a few good ones.

Apple has released a pair of ads that literally throw the book, your refrigerator vegetable drawer, your kid's toy box, your secret rubber duckie collection, and lord knows what else, at its newest iPhone 11 -- through a wind tunnel no less. But doing that to your wedding cake -- that's downright cruel.

Apple has released a huge update of its Maps app for New York City. It presents better details of roads, pedestrian data, addresses, and more realistic views of buildings, parks, marinas, and beaches. It includes a new Look Around feature with 3D images that pan 360 degrees and can move through streets.

Up until now, Apple Stores had just a couple of watches available to try on and a very small selection of bands to accompany it, and the same was true when buying an Apple Watch online. With the Studio, buyers will get to see and immediately order more varieties of bands and watch combinations right away.

Despite the ubiquity of color images native to digital cameras and smartphones, the emotion and drama of black-and-white photography have never lost their magical allure. There are a variety of monochrome shooting and editing apps available for iOS and Android, and here are a few of our favorites.

One day you will replace your old phone with a new or different one, and you'll want to have all your data assembled just the way you had it. Here are several convenient ways to transfer your data from an old iPhone (or iPad) to your new one: iTunes, iCloud, and Quick Start are easy. Here's how to do it.

Apple's iconic products are traced back to Jonathan Ive's industrial designs that span a generation. When you think of Apple products -- the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch -- Ive was the guiding hand and conceptual mastermind behind them, alongside his design team.

American chipmakers have continued doing business with Chinese telecom networking giant Huawei despite a ban on American sales imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department in May. Intel, Micron, and other companies resumed sales of certain products after reviewing the new rules.

For casual sketch artists and note-takers, the Adonit Pro 4 is a low-maintenance, low-cost device for people just getting started with using a pen on a glass surface. The conductive precision disc is transparent, so the Adonit Pro 4 tip does not block off your view of what you are writing or drawing.

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to allow cell phone companies to block robocalls by default, but the nation's major carriers would not give specifics on if or when they would use the newfound power to protect their customers from what's become a daily annoyance.

Apple unveiled ARKit 3, which features intriguing new updates to its augmented reality platform. These include photorealistic rendering, real-time people occlusion, and real-time motion capture. RealityKit and Reality Composer promise to make it easier for developers to create immersive AR experiences.

The worst day ever. We say farewell and offer a fond remembrance for Grumpy Cat, the internet's most famous frowning feline, meme and a genuine sweetheart, who died at the age of seven. Exceptionally even tempered and tolerant, Grumpy Cat was in real life, the opposite of her online persona.

Samsung has updated software for its Galaxy Watch, Gear Sport, and Gear S3 watch lineup to implement its updated and simplified Samsung One UI interface. The update also makes available new watch faces, battery life improvements, and health and fitness features and enhanced graphics and animations.

Google seeks to ease your travel planning with Trips, a new online site that lets you explore destinations, research airline flights, check out hotels and view current package deals. This is the beginning of Google's plans tighter integration between Google Search, Google Maps. and Trips for the future.

Google plans an updated approach to its Play Store reviews to focus on more recent and more relevant reviews that provide a more accurate reflection of current apps. Developers seek a rating reflecting current app performance, not ratings from years past. At Google I/O, we learned that it's coming.