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Pre-registration is now open for the upcoming Jurassic World Primal game.
The new dino game will be free-to-play with in-app purchases.
No release date has been given but the game will be available on iOS via the App Store soon.

Dinosaurs have never been so much fun.

Dinosaurs are all the rage right now and soon you’ll be able to battle it out with some of your very own in an upcoming game tied into the Jurassic Park movies. Jurassic Park World Primal Ops is coming to iOS soon and you can pre-register your interest in the title right now.

If you’ve been watching the Apple TV+ show Prehistoric Planet and wondering what it would be like to do battle with some of the dinosaurs on display, wonder no more.

While you might normally expect to fight against dinosaurs in this kind of game, this time around you’re fighting with them. They face extinction a second time around thanks to your fellow humans and it’s your job to help protect them in a top-down action-ad…

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Dragon Quest Builders has come to iPhone and iPad for the first time.
The new game is similar to Minecraft, but set in the Dragon Quest universe.
The title is a premium one with a premium price, but you can get a discount if you buy soon.

It’s Minecraft but in the Dragon Quest universe and that’s not a bad thing.

Dragon Quest Builders, a game similar to Minecraft but based in the popular Dragon Quest universe, has now made its debut on iPhone and iPad — and there’s a special launch discount available.

The new Dragon Quest Builders game is available for download in the App Store and would normally cost $29.99, being a premium title. But those who place an order over the next couple of weeks will be able to take advantage of a discount that brings the price down to just $21.99. If you’re planning on picking the game up, now is the time to do it.

Those who do can look forward to a new take on the previous JRPG games that made Dragon Quest so popular. This …

Do you need help sorting music in the Music app for Mac or mobile? You’ve come to the right place!

Successful artists have a large body of work, as seen in the Music app across your devices. Ideally, it would help to sort Apple Music albums chronologically, although this isn’t automatic. No worries, as sorting is simple on both Mac and mobile devices.

Sort time:

How to sort Apple Music albums on the Mac
How to sort Apple Music albums on iPhone and iPad

How to sort Apple Music albums on the Mac

To sort all the Apple Music albums on your computer by artist and year:

Open the Music app from the Mac dock.
Click Albums under Library on the left side of the screen.

Click View on the Music toolbar.
Select Show View Options.
Choose Artist next to Sort by under View Options.
Select Year next to Then under View Options.
Close the View Options window.

You can also drill down and sort artist content (that’s in your library only) by year:

Open the Music app from the Mac…

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Smartphone demand in China has fallen more than a third according to new numbers.
It’s thought that customers are holding onto their money at a time when COVID-19 continues to impact their lives.
Apple is readying its iPhone 14 launch for September and could see demand impacted.

People aren’t spending money on luxury goods, according to reports.

Demand for smartphones across China fell by more than a third in April compared to the same month last year, according to new numbers shared by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. This comes as Apple readies its next iPhone lineup refresh and will be hoping for strong sales in the country.

The WSJ reports that smartphone shipments fell 34% in April with the first four months of the year seeing a reduction of 30% to around 86 million units. This comes after Apple warned recently that the ongoing COVID-19 situation in China could cost it as much as $8 billion this quarter, with many in the…

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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has poured cold water on the prospect of a new mixed reality headset being announced during WWDC.
A refreshed, M2-powered MacBook Air could see its debut during the WWDC opening keynote.

There are two Apple products rumored to be announced next week and one is more likely than the other.

Apple’s WWDC opening keynote is now just a week away and while it isn’t unheard of for Apple to share news of upcoming hardware at its developer conference, it isn’t the rule, either. In terms of this year’s event, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that we shouldn’t get too excited about the idea of Apple showing off its mixed reality headset — but the new MacBook Air is a different kettle of fish.

Writing in his weekly Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Gurman says that while it’s possible that Apple could show off its fabled mixed reality headset, it isn’t something that we should pin our hopes on. Apple has already reportedly shown the headset to memb…

A MacBook Pro docking station is like a power strip for your laptop. They have various ports and usually have a power source to handle high-speed data transfer and multiple display connections. The lack of various ports on the entire MacBook lineup can be slightly annoying—especially if you’re looking to connect multiple displays. However, if you connect lots of devices and peripherals and need high-speed data transfer, these are the best MacBook Pro docking stations.

Extremely powerful

CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock

Staff pick

The CalDigit TS4 not only provides up to 94 watts of power for charging, but it also has three Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports with 40Gbps of data transfer, leading our sister site Windows Central to declare it as ”the pinnacle of Thunderbolt 4 docking stations.” You also get DisplayPort support, Ethernet, three USB-C ports, five USB-A ports, a separate headphone and microphone jack, and SD/micro SD card reader. It’s the workhorse of multi-port docking statio…

When an emoji speaks a thousand words, you can use the Messages app to get your thoughts across!

If you like sending emoji in your texts and iMessages, Apple makes doing that incredibly easy. Between Tapbacks for reacting directly to a message and using machine learning to know which emoji to recommend, Apple understands that these little pictograms are some of the best iPhone communication tools.

If you’re looking to spice up your messages to your friends and family, you can litter them with emoji all you want! Here’s how you do it!

Emoji and Tapbacks in Messages:

Get emoji recommendations with QuickType
Replace words with emoji
React with a Tapback in an iMessage
What do Tapback reactions mean?
Change the Tapback reaction on an iMessage
Delete a Tapback reaction on an iMessage

How do you get emoji recommendations in Messages?

Apple’s predictive QuickType keyboard can suggest emoji and, you know, regular words. The predictive keyboard has to be turned on in Settings and…

It’s payday time! Meowths everywhere rejoice!

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The Pokémon Company is a company collectively owned by Creatures, Game Freak, and Nintendo.
The company is responsible for the brand management and distribution of all media and products within the Pokémon franchise.
It reports its most profitable fiscal year since its inception in 1998.

Founded in 1998, The Pokémon Company is responsible for branding, management, and distribution of the Pokémon franchise — this includes the Pokémon video games, the Trading Card Game, merchandise, TV shows, and movies. Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise in existence, bigger even than the likes of Star Wars and Mickey Mouse.

In its latest financial year ending in February 2022, The Pokémon Company disclosed its most profitable year yet, as reported by Kantan Games. Here are the highlights:

Sales — 204 billion yen (+ 70.4%)
Operating profit — 59 billion yen (+ 115%)
Net profit — 41 billion yen (+ 123…

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Apple is rumored to be making changes to iMessage as part of iOS 16.
New social network-like features are thought to be on the horizon.

Apple TV owners should also gain new smart home capabilities as well.

Apple’s upcoming iOS 16 will reportedly get a revamped iMessage service and app that will offer new social network-like features, although it isn’t clear what those features will actually be.

Writing in the weekly Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that he would expect Apple to give iMessage some attention when iOS 16 is announced during next week’s WWDC22 opening keynote. That will take place on June 6, with Gurman believing that Apple will go the social route with its popular instant messaging protocol, app, and service.

In Messages, I’d expect more social network-like functionality, particularly around audio messages.

Unfortunately, that’s as far as Gurman went when discussing the improvements.

The same report also noted that tvO…

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The full first season of Prehistoric Planet is available to stream on Apple TV+ now.
Executive producers by Jon Favreau and Michael Gunton discuss the show and what makes it special in a new YouTube video.

Hear the show’s executive producers talk about a dinosaur documentary series like no other.

Apple TV+ has shared a new inside look at its popular documentary series Prehistoric Planet, a show that features Sir David Attenborough and is executive produced by Jon Favreau and Michael Gunton.

The show, which is now available to stream in its entirety on Apple TV+, features dinosaurs in a way that has never been done before. Using the latest cutting-edge technology to make dinosaurs look more lifelike than ever, the series is shot just like any other wildlife documentary — a decision that makes it feel like you’re looking at creatures that are still around today.

It’s that idea that Favreau and Gunton discuss in this new two-minute video while giving us gl…