NASDAQ:AAPL 29 May 2025

Why iOS Isn’t Open Source: The Secrets Behind Apple’s Walled Garden

Apple launched the iPhone in 2007 with a proprietary OS, later named iOS, tightly integrated with its hardware. The App Store opened in 2008, requiring all apps to pass Apple’s review and use its SDK. Most of iOS remains closed-source, though Apple released the Darwin core and open-sourced Swift in 2015. Under EU rules, iOS 17.4 will allow third-party app stores and sideloading in Europe.

18 June 2025

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Top 10 Tech Trends Exploding in 2025: Generative AI, Quantum Leaps, Biotech Breakthroughs & More

Enterprise adoption of generative AI doubled to 65% in 2025, with 92% of Fortune 500 companies using OpenAI technology. IBM unveiled a 200-logical-qubit quantum machine, Starling, for 2029. Global cybersecurity spending is set to top $200 billion in 2025. About 1 billion wearable devices are in use worldwide by mid-2025.

17 June 2025

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D2D Gold Rush: The Race to Own the Sky-to-Phone Future (2025–2033)

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 enabled the first two-way voice call from a standard smartphone to a satellite in April 2023. Apple launched Emergency SOS via Satellite on iPhone 14 in late 2022, while Lynk Global secured FCC approval for commercial satellite-to-phone SMS that September. Viasat and BSNL demonstrated two-way SMS from a standard Android phone to a geostationary satellite in 2024.

14 June 2025

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Satellite Technologies FAQ

Sputnik 1 became the first artificial satellite in 1957, followed by the U.S. Explorer 1 in 1958. As of 2025, more than 11,000 active satellites orbit Earth, with Starlink accounting for a large share. The first accidental satellite collision happened in 2009. Geostationary satellites remain fixed over the equator, while low-Earth-orbit networks like Starlink offer lower latency internet.

6 June 2025

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Mega-Constellations Exposed: How Swarms of Tiny Satellites Are Taking Over Low Earth Orbit

“No Signal? No Problem!” – Next‑Gen Satellite Phones Set to Change Everything

Apple’s iPhone 14 debuted Emergency SOS via satellite in 2022, expanding to satellite texting in the iPhone 15. SpaceX’s Starlink plans to launch basic satellite text messaging in the U.S. by 2024 with T-Mobile. Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro became the first phone to support direct satellite voice calls in 2023. Deloitte expects over 200 million satellite-capable smartphones to be sold in 2024.

5 June 2025

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Out of Signal? These Phones Talk to Space! The Truth About Satellite SMS and Satellite Phones

The iPhone 14 launched Emergency SOS via satellite in 2022 using Globalstar, expanding to 17 countries by mid-2024. Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro became the first phone to support direct satellite voice calls in August 2023 via China’s Tiantong-1. Iridium and Globalstar offer different satellite coverage, with Iridium reaching the poles. SpaceX and T-Mobile plan Starlink Direct-to-Cell texting in 2024.

29 May 2025