You can almost taste the sarcasm in the press statement from Apple: JCPenny also released a statement with some interesting information: As JCP is up 12% on the hiring news, Johnson just made $6M on his first day. Not bad, but he’s still just went from the second biggest company in the world where he’d pull in double digit million dollar bonuses to a $7B company that sells unremarkable clothes....
Only a small number of employees have so far moved into the new Apple Park campus, but its presence has already created a boom in the number of property developments, reports the New York Times. Prices of existing properties are said to have doubled in price since 2011. Local businesses are also gearing up for an anticipated boost in demand … The flurry of new developments is benefiting both Cupertino and neighbouring Sunnyvale, says the NYT....
Apple this evening has announced a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China. As the company announced in a press release, The China Clean Energy Fund is a partnership between Apple and several of its suppliers to produce at least 1 gigawatt of energy through renewable means… Apple says that it and 10 initial suppliers will jointly invest $300 million over four years to develop clean energy projects....
A new patent unearthed today shows how Apple is working to make improvements Siri and its core capabilities. Apple originally filed for the patent in 2016, but it was just made public today Essentially, this patent covers how Siri could detect when a user is whispering and subsequently “whisper” all of its replies….. As first reported by Gizmodo, Apple writes in the patent that it governs “a digital assistant that is capable of detecting a whispered speech input and providing a whispered speech response....
Alongside the new clear case for iPhone XR, Apple is also making the 18W USB-C power adapter bundled with the 2018 iPad Pros available as a separate purchase. This adapter offers a more cost-effective entry point to fast charging for iPhone X, XS, and XR. At a rather steep $29 price tag, the 18W power adapter will charge your 2018 iPad Pro at its standard charging rate, as well as fast charge previous iPad Pros, iPhone 8, iPhone X, or iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR devices with a Lightning to USB-C cable (sold separately)....
In light of the recent reporting in regards to the NSA and governments across the world and their connection to the data that technology companies hold on their customers, Apple has published a lengthy document detailing its customer privacy policies. Additionally, the company has published charts that detail how many customer data requests it has received Between the beginning of January and end of June this year from governments. Breakdown of important details:...
A new patent application published yesterday by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) outlines in excruciating detail new multitouch gestures based on physical metaphors letting users share documents between devices by the means of flicking objects outside the screen boundaries, “pouring” content from one device into another (depicted in the above illustration) and more. The system taps your device’s many sensors, namely accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope, in order to determine its physical position relative to other devices in the vicinity....
Filed in September 2007, the case Apple Inc.s bought against the Big Apple stems from the logo used for the city’s environmental awareness campaign, reports Crain’s. That logo uses the outline of an apple with a leaf on top – and Apple reckons it’s too similar to the logo it now uses with complete impunity, following the settlement of a long-standing dispute on the matter of the logo with The Beatles’ Apple Corps....
Apple has been quietly adding custom artwork to its Apple Music playlists, designed by iconic artists. The Verge reports that Apple’s goal is to give its content some personality and recognition. The company will be updating the more popular playlists first, and will continue to work over time to update its vast catalog of curated playlists. Apple’s global director of editorial Rachel Newman says that the custom artwork is meant to “connect more directly with the communities and the culture for which they were intended....
While health tech has to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency will be taking “an almost hands-off approach” to fitness-oriented wearables like the Apple Watch, says policy advisor Bakul Patel in an interview in Bloomberg. Patel said the FDA would be drawing a distinction between products whose health claims focused on fitness rather than diagnosis … “We are taking a very light touch, an almost hands-off approach,” Patel, the FDA’s associate director for digital health, said in an interview....
With many students out of school and lots of companies having employees work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, we’re seeing business and education app downloads grow almost 300%. Meanwhile, Apple is now offering a 10% bonus when you add money to your Apple ID for the iTunes and App Store. When you head to add funds to your Apple ID for the App Store or iTunes Store, Apple is now highlighting that it’s adding a 10% bonus credit to whatever amount you purchase (up to $200 purchase limit)....
On Xbox One, 2019’s Anthem has a lower player count than 2016’s Battlefield 1, and this statistic alone might as well be Anthem’s death certificate. Publisher EA took an incredibly expensive risk while chasing gaming trends and mismanaging Anthem developer Bioware — now, they’re paying the piper. Anthem’s poor state isn’t exactly a secret, and players have had an increasingly hard time with matchmaking as the game’s playerbase dwindled after a constant string of controversies and disappointments....
Apex Legends is one of the most popular battle royale games out there, and Respawn Entertainment has done a pretty fine job of keeping the player base engaged even several months after launch. The game still has millions of active players and Respawn Entertainment has been frequently adding content to the game. With the recent update, some players are reporting that their Apex Legends game is not using 100% GPU. In this guide, we will help you troubleshoot to fix the Apex Legends game....
Apple announced sales of four million iPhone 4S units in the three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, the company said, more than 25 million customers have already upgraded to the new iOS 5 software in the first five days of its release and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud: Apple’s marketing honcho Phil Schiller was quoted in a statement: In 2010, Apple announced 1....
Characters from your favorite Apple Arcade titles are the stars of larger than life displays in Apple Stores around the world. The new interactive demos debuted this past week and are powered by a QR code-based experience. A grid of acrylic app icons fills the backdrop of the new Apple Arcade Avenue. Each icon is driven by an iPad playing an eye-catching animation. Current featured titles include Skate City, Crossy Road Castle, WHAT THE GOLF?...
Apple has already announced that they will be building a new mapping service based on crowd-sourcing, and in iOS 5 Apple is more clear about this. Apple is also more clear about their use location in iOS 5 beta 3, putting in a clear and descriptive boot screen (on first setup) that discusses the device’s location services. This screenshot is shown above. (Thanks, Devin and PiratX!) In addition, we are noticing speed improvements and bug improvements throughout the operating system....
All signs are pointing to Apple’s iPhone 8 arriving with new technologies that will replace Touch ID as we know it. So far the predicted possibilities include an optical fingerprint sensor, facial and gesture recognition, a next generation on-screen capacitive touch method, and as we reported last year when Apple filed the patent, ultrasonic imaging. More details have just come out about how sound imaging technology will work in a patent filed today by Apple....
Apple today launched a new Lightning to USB-C cable that allows 12.9″ iPad Pro users to take advantage of faster charging afforded by its 29W USB-C Power Adapter. The cable, which comes in 1 meter and 2 meter varieties, is priced at $25 and $35 respectively. The new cables are now available for purchase on Apple’s online store, and will only work with the larger 12.9″ iPad Pro model, not the just-launched 9....
In addition to launching its annual Back to School promotion today, Apple is also now offering students an extended Apple Music trial. Now, when you sign up for Apple Music’s student plan, you get a six-month trial of the service, double the length of a normal trial. Apple typically offers a three-month free trial of Apple Music though promotions from retailers, and carriers sometimes extend that to four months. This is the first time, however, that Apple itself has offered an extended six-month trial....
Apple has made a nice change to the Mac purchasing experience. Starting this month, the company is no longer charging users for Data Migrations with the purchase of a new Mac. Previously, Apple charged $99 for this service. The change was first noted by TidBITS, which confirmed the change with an Apple Store Operations Specialist: Data migration with new Mac purchases was originally part of Apple’s One to One training program at retail stores....
