Following the announcement earlier this year that Apple and IBM would be teaming up to provide custom enterprise iOS software and services to businesses, the Cupertino-based company has finally published its enterprise support webpage. The page advertises features of the program such as one-hour response times for urgent support issues and a personal account manager at Apple, as well as advantages like next-day device replacement and on-site service hardware service. Twenty-four-hour support will also be available to partner employees....

Apple today has added a new featured section to the App Store in which it is highlighting apps that take advantage of the iOS VoiceOver feature. Last month, Apple was recognized by the American Foundation for the Blind for its efforts to accommodate users who suffer from vision loss. A gala is being held this evening in New York City by the American Foundation for the Blind to honor the recipients of the Hellen Keller Achievement Award, which Apple received, and to celebrate, the company has added a new App Store section showing off apps using VoiceOver....

Apple might have just leaked plans for a new line of Beats headphones to launch alongside the iPhone 7, according to an email that was reportedly sent out mistakenly by Apple’s Beats PR team and posted online by igen.fr. The news is the first confirmation of new headphones arriving from Apple with iPhone 7, its first device expected to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack and require wireless headphones or those using its proprietary Lightning connector....

TrendForce reports that Apple has overtaken ASUS in global laptop shipments, moving up from fifth to fourth place. The firm is also predicting that Apple’s notebooks will achieve double-digit market share this year … Apple doesn’t get all the credit for this, says TrendForce – it was partly due to ASUS deliberately reducing its own shipments. But with notebook sales climbing, Apple is expected to increase its own market share to 10....

Update 11:45 a.m. ET: Three hours after the outage started, Apple says the issues are now resolved. Update 1:49 p.m. ET: Apple now reports outages affecting iCloud Photos, Notes, Backups, and other cloud services. If you’re having trouble playing Apple Music right now, you’re not alone. Apple’s servers appear to be experiencing a blip in performance that’s affecting Apple Music streaming and more. Apple Books and the App Store are also affected....

Apple Music has seen a leadership shift for the UK and Ireland markets. Ryan Newman who was until now the head of artist relations for the same market is stepping up to become the head of editorial. Reported by Billboard, Newman’s promotion to head of editorial for Apple Music in the UK and Ireland comes as Austin Daboh created the role’s vacancy to take the position of executive VP at Atlantic Records UK....

Apple is pushing its special edition (PRODUCT)RED iPhone aggressively this year. While the iPhone X didn’t get the red treatment this go-around, Apple has dedicated its homepage to the new red iPhone 8 and its (PRODUCT)RED accessories lineup. Included in the campaign is a super sleek new ad dedicated to the new red and black version of the iPhone 8 Plus… Last year marked the first time Apple offered a version of the iPhone in a special edition red finish with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus — which was discontinued when the iPhone 8 and iPhone X debuted....

Last year, Apple launched an “Apple Music for Artists” platform that displayed things like analytical data, milestones, and more. That dashboard, however, was only available via the web and to a small group of artists. All of that changes today, with Apple launching a new Apple Music for Artists app for iOS and more. As detailed by TechCrunch, Apple Music for Artists is now out of beta, allowing all artists to see data on how many times songs have been played, listeners reach, and more....

One might assume Ant-Man is used to strange allies by this point since he commands an army of ants. However, in Ant-Man #2 by Zeb Wells and Dylan Burnett, Scott Lang finds himself reluctantly teaming up with the bee-powered Nazi supervillain Swarm. As it turns out, the bee-powered Nazi supervillain proves to be the very lesser of two evils. Swarm first appeared in Champions #14 way back in 1977. A Nazi fugitive, Fritz von Meyer became a beekeeper in South America while on the run....

By now, Anthem’s reputation has been essentially solidified. EA and BioWare’s ambitious title has become synonymous with squandered potential, despite an adamant and large number of Freelancers still populating the title’s gorgeous, empty world. There’s something so enticing about what could have been with Anthem that, a month after it launched and without much hope in the way of it being salvaged. Thousands of people are still desperately digging at the world’s surface, clawing at the dirt, just to try and uncover the bones of a game that, structurally, remains quite appealing....

An Any Person, Living Or Dead movie is in the works, with Kumail Nanjiani set to star. The upcoming film is based on a short story from author and comedic actor Simon Rich, who appeared on SNL for four seasons, from 2007-2011. The film will be one of three upcoming projects with screenplays by Rich. In addition to his work as a writer and star of SNL, Rich’s career is a rapidly growing one....

Reuters reports today that Apple, Google, Adobe, and Intel have settled in the long running antitrust lawsuit filed by employees alleging the companies entered into agreements to not hire employees from one another. Apple previously settled out of court in a lawsuit brought on by the Department of Justice for the same practices, but the class-action suit from employees settled today was given the go ahead last year. The lawsuits have exposed many emails between Steve Jobs, Google executives and others showing the companies regularly discussed agreements in place to prevent hires from the other companies....

If you’re missing a couple of Activity achievements after upgrading to iOS 12, you’re not alone. Specifically, a few of the limited edition achievements are missing. Apple says it is aware of the issue and these should reappear in a future update to iOS 12. In a new support document, the company says for now you may not see the following achievements in iOS 12: Thanksgiving Day Challenge 2016 Mother’s Day Challenge 2017 Veterans Day Challenge 2017 Thanksgiving Day Challenge 2017 China National Fitness Day 2018 Are you missing any of these achievements after updating to iOS 12?...

With Apple widely believed to be planning to drop the headphone socket in the iPhone 7 in favor of Lightning-connected and wireless headphones, a patent application published today describes how a single set of headphones could switch smoothly between wired and wireless modes without any interruption of playback. There’s of course nothing new in headphones that support both wired and wireless use – many Bluetooth headphones come supplied with a plug-in audio cable that allow them to fall back to wired use if they run low on battery power or you just want the higher quality a wired connection typically delivers....

Apple Card arrived yesterday with a limited invite-only launch. Now a new study from J.D. Power has taken a look at how consumers feel about Apple Card ahead of its full rollout this month, and the firm believes it should be a “hit.” As it explained its latest survey, J.D. Power noted some of the challenges Apple is facing with its new credit card including the market having record high customer satisfaction rates with only 11% of customers switching their primary credit card so far this year....

Do you receive payments with Apple Cash on your iPhone or iPad but want to change it to require you to manually accept payments? Read on below… When receiving payments from others in iMessage via Apple Cash you can do so automatically or manually. Setting Apple Cash payments to manual acceptance may offer peace of mind if you would like to verify incoming payments before they are deposited into your bank account....

Apple today finally released iOS 14.5 to the public, which comes with the long-awaited App Tracking Transparency feature. With this new option available in the iOS settings, users can opt-out of being tracked by third-party apps across other apps and websites. To further highlight this new feature, the company has now shared a new video explaining how App Tracking Transparency works. The two-minute video explains that apps often ask for access to data such as your location, health information, and photos in order to work....

Apple has formally appealed the Department of Justice’s ebooks antitrust case, via the Associated Press. Previously, Apple has only officially complained about the power of the appointed monitor — now they are asking for the entire case to be re-evaluated. Apple claims it was ignorant of any inter-publisher price fixing and that Apple setup iBooks through legal arrangements without knowledge of any behind-the-scenes collusion. Apple said that the ruling is a “radical departure” from modern antitrust law....

Apple plans to launch the iBookstore in Brazil ahead of its media event tomorrow, according to a new report by BlogDoiPhone (translated). The store is not currently live (update below), but screenshots of its existence are above and below. BlogDoiPhone noted a few books have begun to appear in Brazilian Portuguese when doing a search. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams, for instance, now has a live link....

Nearly a year ago, it was reported that Apple was planning a new flagship retail location in Paris on Champs-Élysées. Now, French news site Mac4Ever has uncovered Apple’s building permit for the location, further confirming the company’s plans to open the store… The permit, dated December 20th, 2016, doesn’t offer additional details for the Champs-Élysées location, but it does confirm that Apple is moving forward with its plans. Last year, it was reported that Apple had secured a lease for a 20,341-square-feet seven story building at 114 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, using the lower levels as retail and space and the upper levels for office space....