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The new home of Apple headquarters, Apple Park, is nearly complete. With a spaceship for an office building, the 2.8 million square feet of space will be home to some 12,000 employees, bringing Steve Jobs’ vision for a new Apple campus to life. The campus spans a whopping 175-acres; and everything runs on 100 percent renewable energy, which is a massive feat for one of the largest office buildings in the world. Before his death, Steve Jobs worked to get the city of Cupertino to approve construction of the spaceship-like building. And now, at the highest point of the Apple Park campus stands the Steve Jobs Theater, which will no doubt be the auditorium of choice for the upcoming iPhone 8 release.

In the 56th episode of the iPhone Life podcast, Sarah, David, and Donna discuss the findings from a five-year study analyzing how social exercise sharing inspired more than 1 million participants to move more. They also share their experiences using Apple Watch Activity Sharing and teach you how you can try it for yourself.

Last week, Apple released iOS 10.3.1. The update addressed a serious security Wi-Fi vulnerability discovered by Google Project Zero. Surprisingly, the update reinstated support for the iPhone 5 and 5C (the last 32 bit processor devices made by Apple) allowing those with the older iPhones to protect themselves from the security weakness. And now, Apple has also stopped signing iOS 10.2.1 and iOS 10.3, which means it's no longer possible to downgrade from iOS 10.3.1.

I'm a fan of Amazon Alexa and I own several Echo devices. But I know people who swear by Google Assistant. Perhaps it was inevitable that someone would integrate the two plaforms so customers don't have to decide which to buy.

In the 54th episode of the iPhone Life podcast, the team updates you on all the latest Apple releases, including the new iPad, PRODUCT(RED) iPhone 7, iOS 10.3, and more.

Before Apple's announcment, the media was buzzing with rumors of an Apple March release. It seemed too late in the game for a March keynote event, but that doesn’t mean Apple didn’t have something to share. And this morning, the company did. Perhaps the biggest surprise from today’s release is the price drop: the new 9.7-inch iPad now starts at $329. Apple, in partnership with PRODUCT(RED), released a red iPhone 7, which was a rumored color for the iPhone 8 that we’re getting to see now. Apple also debuted new watch bands and announced a new app called Clips for creating and sharing creative videos. We’ll go over all the cool new stuff from Apple below.

It's that time of year again — when everyone's attention shifts to the NCAA college basketball national championship tournament, otherwise known as NCAA March Madness. The action begins on March 16. Your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch will be key to enjoying March Madness, from watching NCAA livestream games and tracking stats to filling out your brackets. Here are my picks for the best March Madness iPad and iPhone apps. Additionally some of these March Madness apps also work with Apple TV, Apple Watch, and iWatch.