Apple Announces Tvos Improvements Including Dark Mode Live Tune In More

At WWDC today Apple has also announced a variety of new features coming to tvOS this year. The update comes on the heels of tvOS 9.2.2, which is currently in beta for developers. New features include Single Sign-On, Live Tune In, and more. Eddy Cue introduced a variety new third-party apps coming to tvOS soon, including new games and video streaming apps: Fox Sports Go Molotov Sling NBA 2k MineCraft Story Mode SketchParty There are also a handful of improvements to search with Siri on the fourth-gen Apple TV....

September 22, 2022 · 7 min · 1414 words · Lan Robinson

Apple Arcade Gaming Service Now Available For Some Ahead Of Thursday Launch

Early reviews of Apple Arcade started surfacing this morning, and now some iOS 13 users have been granted early access to the service. Apple Arcade is officially set to launch on Thursday, September 19th. If you’re running the iOS 13 or iOS 13.1 beta, you can head to the App Store and tap the “Arcade” tab along the bottom. If you’ve been chosen to access Apple Arcade early, you should see a “Try it free” button....

September 22, 2022 · 6 min · 1091 words · Robert Buchanan

Apple Asks Developers To Start Submitting Iphone 5S Optimized 64 Bit Apps

Ahead of the iPhone 5s’s launch later this week, Apple has put up a notice for developers to start submitting 64-bit compatible App Store apps. One of the iPhone 5s’s marquee features is a new 64-bit A7 processor that improves gaming and speed performance across the system and apps. Apple’s notice to developers: Notably, it appears that 64-bit apps will (currently) need to be separate applications from those that are 32-bit and iOS 6 compatible....

September 22, 2022 · 1 min · 185 words · Edwin Olson

Apple Car Production Reports Of Talks With Japanese Companies

Two reports on claimed Apple Car production plans have emerged today. One suggests progress on the rumored $3.6B Hyundai deal to make up to 100,000 cars per year at a Kia plant in Georgia, while the other indicates that other manufacturers are still in the picture. Apple is said to be in talks with at least six carmakers, with Japanese manufacturers seeing their share prices rise in response … The WSJ mostly echoes earlier reporting, but does say that Hyundai is ramping up preparation for Apple Car production....

September 22, 2022 · 3 min · 466 words · Nancy Rodriguez

Apple Ceo Tim Cook Visiting Famous German Bild Newsroom Today

As Tim Cook honors what would have been Steve Jobs’ 60th birthday, the Apple CEO has been spotted in Berlin, Germany. Specifically, Cook has made an appearance at the newsroom of BILD (Bild-Zeitung), the famous German newspaper, alongside the publication’s editors-in-chief Kai Diekmann and Julian Reichelt. Notably, BILD the newspaper is a sister publication to Computer BILD the technology magazine which famously said it lost access to review units and Apple events following their coverage of the iPhone 6 and ‘#bendgate’ last fall....

September 22, 2022 · 1 min · 166 words · Richard Mackey

Apple Engineers Apparently Already Testing The Apple Watch In The Wild

The Apple Watch is only shipping early next year, after being announced earlier this month, and Apple engineers are reportedly already sporting the wearable in the wild. According to reports on Twitter, Apple engineers have been spotted with the sport model at their usual bus stops en route to work: Of course, they were carrying the new iPhones, too. We’ll know how the battery life is if they’re still wearing the watches when they return to the bus stop tonight....

September 22, 2022 · 1 min · 136 words · Louie Morgan

Apple Expands Developer Academy Program To Indonesia With New Location In Jakarta

After opening up 400 free spots at this year’s Apple Developer Academy in Italy last week, Apple has now announced its first developer academy in Asia. As reported by The Jakarta Post, Apple is opening its newest developer academy in Jakarta… Similar to other countries around the world, Indonesia has a 30 percent local content requirement for “all 4G gadgets.” This number is based on manufacturing, software, and innovation development, thus part of the reasoning for Apple’s decision to choose Jakarta as its latest developer academy....

September 22, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Vicki Berger

Apple Announces New Versions Of Pages Keynote And Numbers With Yosemite Visual Updates And Other Improvements Ios Too

As part of its keynote, Apple has officially announced new versions of its iWork suite — Pages, Keynotes and Numbers. Each of the apps have received some ‘flattening’ UI changes to match the aesthetic of OS X Yosemite. Each of the productivity apps also have other improvements, relevant to each task. In Numbers, you can now transpose tables in one step for example. Pages adds a new sidebar, with comments and other outline views....

September 21, 2022 · 1 min · 127 words · Craig Fonua

Apple Announces Revamped Macbook Pro With Up To 2 7Ghz Quad Core Processor And Nvidia Geforce Gt 650M Graphics

Image via The Verge Apple just announced two new MacBook Pros while on stage at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The new 13-inch MacBook Pro is priced at $1,199 and $1,499, features a 1,440-by-900 display and Ivy Bridge processor, and it comes in two versions. The first has a 2.5GHz dual-core i5, 4GB of RAM, 500GB HDD, and 7-hour battery life, while the second has a 2.9GHz dual-core i7, 8GB of RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4,000, and 750GB HDD....

September 21, 2022 · 1 min · 170 words · Charles Walters

Apple Exec Eddy Cue Led Initial Iphone Discussions With At T Profiled As Steve Jobs Problem Solver

Long before Eddy Cue was brought into the spotlight with his promotion to senior vice president of Internet software and service at Apple, the Duke-graduate had a major role under Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Adam Lashinsky’s Inside Apple (available January 25) profiles Cue as Apple’s “dealmaking executive.” Cue has been at Apple in several capacities over the past several years, and he has been cutting deals with music labels for iTunes, and most recently the music based services under iCloud....

September 21, 2022 · 2 min · 228 words · Matthew Sparks

Apple Finally Acknowledges Sticky Keyboard Issues On Macbooks Offering Free Fix And Refunds For Past Repairs

Apple today launched a new MacBook & MacBook Pro service program that it says covers a small percentage of users that might experience sticky, repeated characters or unresponsive keys. Apple adds that the process “may involve the replacement of one or more keys or the whole keyboard.” Users that are experiencing any of the issues described above with their MacBook or MacBook Pro can get the servicing done free of charge through Apple stores or an Apple Authorized Service Provider....

September 21, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Pat Lamoine

Apple And Other Leading Tech Companies Support Usa Freedom Act To Limit Nsa Powers

Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL have all signed an open letter expressing support for the USA Freedom Act co-sponsored by Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican Representative Jim Sensenbrenner. The Act, if passed, would outlaw the NSA’s speculative bulk collection of data and allow the companies to be far more transparent about the data they are obliged to make available to the government. The companies had previously complained that gag orders forced them to issue denials that were technically true but misleading....

September 20, 2022 · 4 min · 656 words · Robert Hebert

Apple Announces New Tv App For Apple Tv Ios Aggregates All Tv Shows And Movies In One Place Available In December

Apple has announced a new “TV” app for Apple TV that aggregates TV shows from video content apps. Building on universal search, the TV app unifies the TV experience into a single interface from all installed video apps. The TV shows and movies listed only show content that you can access, by looking at the apps you have installed in Apple TV. The TV app is available on iPhone, iPad and the TV for living room viewing....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 237 words · Ella Garney

Apple Announces Tvos 12 With Immersive Dolby Atmos Audio Itunes Content Upgraded For Free More

Apple has today unveiled the newest Apple TV operating system, tvOS 12 at its WWDC 2018 keynote. Apple just released tvOS 11.4 at the end of last month which brought AirPlay 2 support to Apple TV via connected speakers. During today’s keynote we heard from Tim Cook that Apple’s TV business has grown 50% YoY. tvOS 12 will bring support for Dolby Atmos audio and work with the Dolby Atmos soundboard, the only sound bar to support both Dolby Atmos and Vision....

September 20, 2022 · 5 min · 887 words · Donald Moore

Apple Black Friday Grab Logic Pro X Other Software 15 Off

As we have mentioned in the past, Apple’s Logic Pro X flagship music production software basically never goes on sale. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get it for less than the already rock-bottom price (considering what you get here). Our Logic Pros series brings you all the best gear and most interesting techniques for Logic Pro X, but it’s Black Friday time, so let’s talk deals. The Logic Pros are: Justin Kahn and Jordan Kahn, who also front Toronto-based electronic/hip-hop group Makamachine....

September 20, 2022 · 1 min · 103 words · Tammy Franklin

Apple Could Brand Own Facebook Killer With Fruity Logos Used By The Beatles

In a strange turn of fate, California-based Apple is moving to trademark the famed fruity logos once used by the Beatles, following a 23-year legal dispute between the two companies. Furthermore, Apple makes specific mention of a social network in the fourteen international classifications that cover possible uses for the two logos. How can Apple, Inc. claim ownership of the Beatles’ logos in the first place, you ask. It’s because Apple Corps lost their legal rights to the Granny Smith Apple Logos as part of a 2007 settlement, PatentlyApple explains....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 317 words · Donald Taylor

Apple Demos Possibilities Of Augmented Reality With Mlb Directive Games And More

During Apple’s Special Event today, they used some onstage time to demo off the power of ARKit and Augmented Reality in the new iPhone 8. Apple announced that each camera on the new iPhone 8 is individually calibrated to work as best as possible within ARKit. Starting off showing a mech-style fighting game where players could start battling right on the field wherever they are. A more impressive example quickly followed up showing what AR can do in a live baseball game....

September 20, 2022 · 1 min · 130 words · Debra Sparks

Apple Display Supplier Lg Makes Another Quarterly Loss Sees Uncertain Outlook

LG Display, a key Apple supplier, has announced its second consecutive quarterly loss and says that it will slash investment plans in the light of an ‘uncertain outlook’ in the mobile market … Reuters reports that the company lost around $200M, and plans a dramatic cut in spending. One of the key issues for LG has been that it was slow to make the shift from LCD to OLED production. It reportedly then hit quality issues trying to achieve volume production of displays for this year’s iPhones....

September 20, 2022 · 1 min · 198 words · Marie Robinson

Apple Execs Talk About M1 Imac And Ipad Pro In New Interview

Last week, Apple unveil during its ‘Spring Loaded’ event the new 24-inch colored iMac and the fifth-generation iPad Pro with M1 chip, Liquid Retina XDR display in the 12.9-inch model, and more. In a new interview with TechCrunch, Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Greg Joswiak and Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus talk about the differences between the new iPad Pro and the M1 mac line....

September 20, 2022 · 3 min · 620 words · James Mckee

Apple Fitness Plus Details Apple Watch Requirement More

Fitness+ is here and we’ve been digging into the new service and discovering more specifics. Follow along for a look at some interesting Apple Fitness Plus details like how the Apple Watch requirement works, screenshots being blocked, what sharing looks like, a deal with Unitedhealthcare and Life Time fitness clubs, and more. Fitness+ sharing and no screenshots After completing a Fitness+ workout, you have the option to share it with the native iOS share sheet which includes a link to the workout....

September 20, 2022 · 4 min · 723 words · Jennifer Witt