There are plenty of wireless speakers out there, but if you want to use a voice command to play Apple Music, there’s just one option open to you at present: HomePod. That’s about to change, with the ability to play Apple Music on Echo speakers … The facility is being added as an Alexa skill. Once it’s available, you’ll simply add the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and then link your Apple Music account....

Apple originally struck a deal with music rights company Dubset back in March, but now the company is officially putting that deal to use. Today, Apple Music started supporting single-track remixes, something that SoundCloud has long used to differentiate itself from other services, TechCrunch reports. Additionally, Spotify is also now supporting single-track remixes. Essentially what this means is that user-uploaded content that isn’t released by major labels can now be accessed via Apple Music....

Apple has just sent out emails notifying entrants in the WWDC ticket lottery whether they won a chance to purchase a $1,599 ticket to the conference. Winners will be able to purchase a ticket to the event before April 14th. The conference kicks off on June 2nd and runs through the 6th. Update: Rejection emails are starting to go out to developers now. If you haven’t heard from Apple yet, there’s still a chance you could end up with a ticket....

Apple’s beautiful Bejing Retail Store Apple felt incredibly bullish on China in today’s conference call, rattling off numbers that even Tim Cook admitted they wouldn’t have believed if they had been told a year ago. How big is China for Apple? In the year ago quarter, Apple counted $630 Million in revenues from China. Today, Apple grew that by a factor of six to $3.8B of the total $28+B of their total revenues for the quarter....

‘tail’ (which pipes data from a local file and write into HDFS via Flume, similar to Unix command ‘tail’) System logs Apache log4j (enable Java applications to write events to files in HDFS via Flume). In this Apache Flume tutorial, you will learn- What is Apache Flume in Hadoop? Flume Architecture Some Important features of FLUME Flume, library and source code setup Load data from Twitter using Flume Creating a Twitter Application Modify ‘flume....

Electronic Arts’ popular free-to-play battle royale game, Apex Legends, features a number of interesting cosmetic items. However, the ones most demanded by players are undoubtedly character skins. The game boasts of over 40 skins offered for every Legend featured in the gameplay. Pathfinder is one of the most popular playable characters in Apex Legends, thanks to his quirky dialogues and grappling skills. If he’s your character of choice, you’ll be delighted to discover that you have a wide range of interesting skins to choose from....

There have been whispers about Respawn Entertainment’s new prodigal child, Apex Legends, floundering compared to its other Battle Royale counterparts. In light of this, some might think that the company would turn its attention to its other highly successful property, Titanfall, and particularly onto the rumored third title in that franchise. However, it appears that a Titanfall delay is likely as Respawn has chosen to prioritize Apex Legends support instead....

Apple today announced a brand new app called Clips that allows users to combine video clips, photos, and music with animated captions and effects into creative videos that can be shared through the usual social networks. While the functionality is very similar to video and photo editing features in apps like Instagram and Snapchat, it doesn’t appear Apple is competing directly with those apps as Clips will allow users to share directly to Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere....

http://youtu.be/zut2NLMVL_k The Loop spotted that YouTube channel EverySteveJobsVideo has uploaded a previously-unseen video of Steve Jobs answering a question about what would be his legacy. Rather ironically, one of the statements he made – that in a few years it wouldn’t even be possible to fire up an Apple I to see what it was like – was proven wrong by the other Steve yesterday doing just that. Mercury News reports that Steve Wozniak fired-up not just one but three Apple I computers at the History San Jose centre....

Following the release of OS X 10.9.3 yesterday with improvements for driving 4K displays, Apple has updated its support document detailing the new features and what hardware is officially supported. It also outlined how to optimize Macs that support 4K displays to get the best experience. Apple notes that with Mavericks version 10.9.3 or higher, it now officially supports the following displays via DisplayPort at 30Hz using single-stream transport (SST):...

We discovered late last year that Apple was hiring software engineers with experience in virtual reality gaming and user interfaces, but new job listings this week point to Apple’s interest in the development of hardware for virtual reality. Apple is seeking a Senior Display Systems Engineer for “display systems design and development related to VR environments.” More specifically, Apple is looking for someone experienced in monitor and projection technologies to help it with “extremely high fidelity VR environments....

A report today from The Verge details that the latest lawsuit against Apple stems from a Chinese clothing brand, Kon, that claims that the Cupertino company stole its logo. Kon is a clothing brand founded in 2009 that is based on the Sex Pistols’ song Anarchy In The UK. The company uses an “A” logo like Apple’s App Store icon, but “the triangle is supposed to be skeleton bones that symbolize power over death” and has a very different aesthetic....

Apple has debuted a new Behind the Mac video today ahead of International Women’s Day this Sunday, March 8th. The short film highlights a variety of influential and successful women and adds the ways the company is celebrating International Women’s Day this year. Two ways Apple is celebrating International Women’s Day is with special Today at Apple sessions and a new Apple Watch Activity Challenge. Now it’s also shared a new moving Behind the Mac video that features seventeen highly accomplished women set to Beyonce’s “***Flawless Feat....

To find the version of iPhoto you have installed, click iPhoto » About iPhoto. The version you’re running will display. Here I’m running 8.1.2 – an upgrade is required. Open the Apple Mac Store and search for iPhoto. Because the upgrade is from version 8 it’s not free. Click Buy. Wait while iPhoto ‘11 installs. It will take several minutes – the download is 727MB. When the new version is done installing, relaunch iPhoto....

UI concept for VR iPhone case Pinć from Cordon Labs Apple is hinting at its interest in developing apps for virtual reality experiences and hiring engineers to assist in the efforts. The evidence comes from a new job listing that Apple posted over the weekend seeking app engineers experienced with 3D graphics, virtual reality, and augmented reality. More specifically, Apple is looking for app developers to build user interfaces and “high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems for prototyping and user testing....

According to a report from Mercury News, Apple agreed to lease “a big research and office complex” outside Cupertino in Sunnyvale, Calif. The publication spoke to Colliers International, the realtor currently advertising the 215,000-square-foot section of Sunnyvale Research Center that Apple is now renting. Senior Vice President for Colliers Donald Reimann said Apple is slated to move in early this year: Sunnyvale Research Center is a four-building research center located on East Arques Avenue and according to the report — it is just a seven-mile drive from the company’s main campus in Cupertino....

Apple has acquired digital marketing startup DataTiger, according to a new report from Bloomberg. DataTiger is aiming to “re-think the whole marketing experience,” according to its CEO’s LinkedIn page. While Apple has not confirmed the acquisition, Bloomberg says a regulatory filing from December indicates Apple now owns DataTiger’s legal name of Operatedata Ltd. DataTiger touts that it creates tools to help “put your data to work,” increasing marketing retention and monetization:...

Apple and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced that their recent Apps for Earth campaign raised $8 million in proceeds for the organization. Apple launched the initiative in April as part of its environmental efforts surrounding Earth Day with several app developers participating by offering themed content and donating 100% of the proceeds during the campaign to WWF. Apple notes that the recent Apps for Earth campaign was its second partnership with WWF following the announcement last year that it will work with the organization to protect responsibly managed forests in China....

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down for an extended interview with NDTV while in India this week and in it discusses the latest on Apple Pay negotiations, bringing Apple retail to India, and discussions with carriers and government officials while visiting the country. While noting several large investments Apple is announcing in India, including the opening of a new development office that will create 4,000 jobs and a new accelerator program for app developers, Cook also confirmed talks with Indian banks for Apple Pay and much more:...

On the heels of Apple revising its Q1 2019 earnings guidance, Nikkei reports today that Apple has cut iPhone production yet again. Citing supply chain partners, Nikkei says production volume for the January to March quarter of 2019 is being reduced by 10 percent. Apple has reportedly notified suppliers that it is reducing orders for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR for the January quarter. While specifics for each model are unclear, the reduction is said to be around 10 percent from what was initially planned (translated):...