In an update posted to the program’s website this week, Apple and Stanford University announced that they are no longer accepting new participants to its Heart Study. Apple first announced and launched its Apple Heart Study in November of 2017… While Apple and Stanford have closed the Heart Study to new participants, that doesn’t mean the actual program is closed. Those participants already in the program will continue to participate until the end, which is currently slated as January 31st, 2019....

Earlier this year, it was reported that Apple had dismissed over 200 staff members from its Project Titan self-driving vehicle department. Now, in a new filing with the California Employment Development Department, Apple has offered more detail on those layoffs. As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Apple’s filings indicate that the majority of affected positions are engineering roles. The layoffs include 38 engineering program managers, 33 hardware engineers, 31 product design engineers, and 22 software engineers....

As we reported last night, Apple this afternoon confirmed that the SIM-free iPhones the company is selling via its stores in the UK, France and Canada are being sold truly unlocked and can be used with your choice of provider, including providers outside of the country in which your iPhone is purchased. Does iPhone work with any SIM card or carrier worldwide? iPhone 3GS works with SIM cards and iPhone 4 works with micro-SIM cards from compatible carriers, including prepaid cards....

Following an overwhelming launch day for the iPhone 4S in China plagued by massive crowds of scalpers, Apple suspended in-store sales of the device to walk-in customers and employed a lottery system for reservations that did not operate on a first-come-first-serve basis. Customers also had to bring government-issued ID when picking up their device. Apple confirmed on its website it will be doing the same for the new iPad launch with reservations beginning the morning of March 15 and pick ups available March 16 at the IFC Mall store in Hong Kong....

Ahead of its grand opening on June 29th, new details about Apple’s Cotai Central retail store paint the picture of a striking design never before seen in an Apple store. Apple Cotai Central is the second Apple store in the Chinese district of Macau, and the first with a prominent view of the Cotai Strip, a bustling stretch of the city lined with luxury hotels, casinos, and other retailers. The store headlines “phase four” of the Sands Cotai Central resort....

Apple’s Vice President of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is no stranger to giving interviews about the Apple Watch and what goes into what shapes the software experience. Dye’s latest Apple Watch conversation can be heard on the Hodinkee Radio podcast where he discusses how Apple Watch faces are designed and much more. From Hodinkee’s episode description: Read More: Apple actually set things on fire to create those gorgeous new Watch faces [Video] Apple’s human interface chief on the obsessive details you’ll never notice in your Apple Watch New interview with Kevin Lynch reveals more Watch details, early prototypes used timeline UI

Top mobile operating systems. Source: Global Statcounter, November 2011. Click for larger. A pair of reports released today reveal that Apple’s iOS mobile platform increased its lead over Android for the month of November, while Symbian remains the most commonly-used mobile operating system globally. This follows last month’s trend when iOS increased its lead over Android as well. Per Global Statcounter data, a mobile analytics service tracking three million sites, iOS in November 2011 accounted for nearly one-quarter of mobile OSs, growing from 23....

Apple just updated its End User License Agreement for the iBooks Author application, and the changes clearly outline the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company only requires .iBooks formatted products created in iBooks Author to sell through the iBookstore. With that said, Apple aims to sell the packaged format without claiming the content nor restricting where else authors can distribute the content. iBooks Author released alongside iBooks Textbook last month and controversy immediately brewed over its terms and conditions, which many claimed infringed upon software rights and imposed unjust requirements…...

As promised, Apple has opened up a new portal at me.com/move for developers that the MobileMe service to migrate their entire account over to iCloud. The process is quite simple as you can see in the screenshots above and below. Apple lets you take your Mail, Contacts, and Calendar information over to iCloud and also tells users that they can continue using iWeb, iDisk, and Photo Gallery up until June 30, 2012....

As noted in a report today from Ad Age (via MacRumors), Apple is now allowing non-developers to access and use the iAd Workbench platform. Previously, iAd Workbench users had to at least be enrolled in Apple’s $99/year registered developers program, but now opening an iAd Workbench account will only require an Apple ID which is free to create with any Apple service or device. Ad Age reports that customers using iAd Workbench can choose between payment based on cost-per-click or cost-per-thousand impressions, although rates are currently not clear....

According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal (citing e-commerce trade publication Internet Retailer), Apple has managed to overtake Staples and claim the number-two spot in the world of online retail. Apple’s online sales data jumped a significant 24% last year, although this jump is mostly due to the fact that Internet Retailer now includes the company’s online hardware sales along with digital download data from iTunes and the App Store and doesn’t seem to reflect an actual sales increase of that magnitude....

While we’re waiting for new redesigned MacBooks next year, a new patent application was published by the US Patent & Trademark Office today revealing a new version of the Touch Bar that looks exactly like the current one, except that this new model features Force Touch. Force Touch sensors were introduced for the first time with the first generation Apple Watch and they allows the screen to identify the touch pressure in order to perform different actions based on touch intensity....

WARNING: Major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Anthony Mackie learned about the ending of Avengers: Endgame and Falcon’s big future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe straight from Captain America himself, Chris Evans. It was only five years ago that Mackie made his MCU debut as Sam Wilson aka Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and continued to pop up throughout Phase 3. His inclusion in the universe not only gave Steve Rogers a new friend, but also was quietly laying the foundation for Sam to potentially be chosen as the one to pick up the shield if Steve ever retired....

In this episode of the Apple @ Work podcast, Bradley is joined by Naveen Pitchandi from VMware to talk about the latest trends in macOS management in larger organizations. Sponsored by DEVONthink 3: Manage documents the smart way on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Apple @ Work listeners get 10% off with this link. Links VMware Workspace ONE Connect with Bradley Twitter LinkedIn Listen and subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Pocket Casts Castro RSS

Following our reports detailing the new service, Apple today officially kicked off its new Apple Store iPhone trade-in program that will see customers trading in old iPhones in exchange for credit towards an upgrade to a newer model. The initiative is part of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s new iPhone sales strategy and meant to be “competitive” with other trade-in services, but is it really the best option for getting the most out of your old iPhone before new devices get announced?...

Apple today has shared a new advertisement on its YouTube channel. This one focuses on support for sticker packs in iMessage. While the ad is part of Apple’s iPhone 7 “Practically Magic” series, support for stickers in iMessage is an iOS 10 feature, thus meaning they’re supported on most recent devices, not just the iPhone 7. The ad depicts the idea of bringing sticker packs to the real world… The fast-paced ad comes in at 1 minute long and is cleverly called “Sticker Fight....

Apple’s iPhone 5 media event just kicked off with CEO Tim Cook hitting the stage and providing some updates on numbers for various products. Among them: Mountain Lion downloads are up to 7 million since Apple announced 3 million copies in July, 17 million iPads were sold between April and June this year, and a total of 400 million iOS devices have been sold through June: 400 million iOS devices sold through June 83 million visitors to retail stores 380 stores 7 million copies of mountain lion 17 million iPads last quarter 84 million iPads sold through June 250,000 iPad apps 200 million iTunes in the Cloud users iTunes is in 63 countries 26 million songs on iTunes/ 20 billion songs purchased 435 million iTunes accounts with credit cards 350 million iPods sold Related articles:...

CFO Oppenheimer confirmed Apple wants to introduce the iPhone into China, but offered no time scale, ad he reiterated company management’s regret Apple didn’t delay the launch of MobileMe. “I don’t have any announcements today regarding China,” Oppenheimer said, “but for those who haven’t seen it, we’ve had three in Russia in the last 24 hours. Couldn’t be happier with where we are with iPhone distribution. Oppenheimer’s most critical statements – particularly as economists continue to warn of recession – stress the company’s move to lower product prices…“We plan to keep offering products at a reasonable margin, but not so high to benefit our competitors,” he said, advising that Apple has outgrown maret averages for the last 14-15 quarters, and confirming Apple’s 80% market share of consumer notebooks priced above $1,000....

As it has done for other causes in the past, Apple today launched a Red Cross donation program to benefit those facing the death and destruction of Hurricane Matthew. Via iTunes and the App Store, Apple is collecting donations in the denominations of $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, and $200. “Help people affected by Hurricane Matthew by donating to the American Red Cross,” Apple writes in iTunes. The company also says that 100 percent of all money pledged will be sent to the Red Cross, with Apple itself not taking any sort of cut....

Apple continues its crackdown on the App Store in China this week. Citing local reports, The Telegraph today highlights that Apple has removed over 700 apps from the Chinese App Store this week – some those apps coming from large developers. The apps in question have been removed for skirting Apple’s requirement that apps be updated through the App Store. In such cases, developers were pushing software updates to their applications without going through proper App Store mechanism....