Apple Music App Now Available On Samsung Smart Tvs From 2018 And Newer

Samsung has announced that beginning today, a new Apple Music app is now available for its smart TVs. The app can be downloaded on all Samsung smart TVs from 2018 through 2020. The Apple Music app for Samsung TVs works much like it does for Apple TV. You can simply sign in with your existing Apple ID and Apple Music account, or “begin the subscription process” right from the TV. If you sign up for an Apple Music account through your Samsung smart TV, you are eligible for the same three-month free trial as offered on other platforms....

June 22, 2022 · 4 min · 641 words · Robert Berry

Apple Music For Artists Webpage Redesigned With More Details About Spatial Audio

Following the launch of two new webpages earlier today to promote the Wallet app and Apple Pay, Apple has also introduced a redesigned version of the Apple Music for Artists webpage — which is the place where artists can find everything they need to publish songs to Apple Music. According to the company, the new webpage (available at artists.apple.com) is the new “centralized home” for artists to find the tools and information on how to get their music ready for Apple’s streaming platform....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 322 words · Taylor Glenn

Apple Music Gains Discounted 99 Year Membership Through New Gift Cards Effectively 8 25 Month

Apple Music just became more affordable for everyone. Apple stores and select retailers have rolled out a new 12-month Apple Music gift card, priced at $99. That comes out to $8.25 per month, which is about an 18% savings compared to the standard rate of $9.99. Or you could look at it like you’re getting about 2 months of service for free when you pre-pay for your upcoming year. The new gift card recently launched at Apple stores, but you’ll have to hit up another retailer if you’re looking to buy it online....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 330 words · Patricia Eguia

Apple Music Teams Up With Lady Gaga To Honor International Women S Day More

Apple Music is teaming up with Lady Gaga to celebrate female artists in honor of International Women’s Day. This comes after Gaga last week debuted her latest music video shot entirely with an iPhone. Billboard reports: In addition to Lady Gaga, Apple Music is also highlighting playlists curated by Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor, Hailee Steinfeld, and Kehlani. Beats 1 is also showcasing past interviews with Demi Lovato, Miranda Lambert, Dua Lipa and Halsey....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Veronica Johnson

Apple Now Set To Be Part Of All Three Bids For Toshiba S Chip Division

We reported yesterday that Apple was participating in two out of the three rival bids for Toshiba’s chip-making division, and it now seems we can up that count to three out of three … Reuters reports that the KKR bid, which includes Western Digital, is now also seeking support from Apple. The Cupertino company is already reported to be part of the Bain and Foxconn bids. It had earlier been thought that Western Digital might walk away from the bid in return for assurances about the strength of its existing joint venture with Toshiba, leaving the KKR consortium with a hole in its financing....

June 22, 2022 · 1 min · 171 words · Harry Whitley

Apple Patents Projector Technology And Shared Projected Workspace Concept For Macbooks And Ios Devices

There certainly isn’t a shortage of Apple patents being published today (probably more fuel for a legal battle a year from now). We just told you about a new Map related (Placebase acquisition) patent, and now Patently Apple reports Apple has been granted a patent that will allow them to integrate tiny projectors into future mobile devices. This latest patent describes, in rather clear detail, exactly how Apple could integrate projectors into iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks....

June 22, 2022 · 1 min · 203 words · Denise Puryear

App Rentals Arriving

You can rent movies and television shows on iTunes, but not apps for your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. That could change as compelling evidence surfaces just a day before Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event that app rentals might be in the works. The Tech Erra points to some code strings, uncovered by Sonny Dickson from iTunes 10.5 Beta 9, that strongly suggest such a feature could be unveiled at tomorrow’s press conference....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 217 words · John November

Apple Adds Compelling New Financing Options For China Online Store Customers

As noted by StreetInsider, Apple has added compelling new financing options for its customers in China via its official online store. Apple has teamed up with China-based China Merchants Bank to create the new offers. Now, customers in China can pay for Apple product purchases (that cost between 30 and 30,000 Yuan) in installments of 1(?!), 3 ,6, 12, 18, or 24 months. For the financing plans that are up to a year long (the first four plans listed), the customer will not be charged any interest....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 188 words · Otis Kramer

Apple Announces Third Party Map Support For Carplay Improvements To Stocks Books More

As part of iOS 12, Apple has announced changes to some of the core iOS applications. On stage, the company touted improvements to Apple Books, Apple News, Stocks, Voice Memos, and more. Headlining the announcements, Apple announced support for third-party map applications in CarPlay. The company says that Waze and Google Maps will be supported on CarPlay with iOS 12. In Apple News, Apple has included a new Browse tab that allows for discovering additional topics and channels....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 205 words · Danielle Hodges

Apple Begins Issuing Wwdc Scholarships To Winning Applicants

[UPDATE: Email can be seen below now, as well.] Apple today has started issuing WWDC scholarships to winning applicants. While the company has not yet sent out emails to winners, those who submitted an application can check to see if they’ve received one by logging into their account and looking under the “Events” heading. #WWDC16 pic.twitter.com/SoQ3BjUPJB — Amit Nivedan Kalra (@AMITNKALRA) May 10, 2016 Apple stopped accepting scholarship applications on Sunday, May 1st and those who applied were at least 13 years of age or older and a full or part-time student or a member/alumni of a STEM organization....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Jerry Jones

Apple Blocking Push Notifications On Hactivated Iphones

Is Apple trying to block Push Notifications on SIM-unlocked iPhones running on non-Apple blessed carriers? Czech-based PoweryBase reports that Hactivated iPhones don’t get a response from Apple’s Push Notification servers. Further investigation shows that Apple may be blocking Push Notification Service on purpose to fight users who break carrier monthly plan agreements and unofficially unlocking these subsidized devices to work with other carriers which Apple is not partnered with. “When the Push based application such as NotifyMe requests an ID from APNS, the server responds within a second and identifies the device with the unique token....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · Clifford Goldberg

Apple Comes Under Fire For Independent Repair Program Contract That Lawyers Are Calling Crazy

Apple announced its Independent Repair Program last August that’s designed to let small businesses that aren’t Apple Authorized Service Providers a way to get Apple-genuine parts, training, and resources. The launch of the program was seen as a positive move for small shops that would give more customers access to legitimate repairs. However, the contract for the Independent Repair Program has recently leaked and Apple is seeing heavy criticism from lawyers and members of the repair community who are calling the terms of the contract “crazy” and “onerous....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 388 words · Aurea Pope

Apple Discontinues Ipod Nano And Shuffle Update Confirmed

Update: We’ve confirmed with Apple that iPod nano and shuffle are indeed discontinued and will eventually be removed from sale in retail stores too. Apple has also updated the iPod touch lineup in the process, now offering only 32GB and 128GB models at reduced prices. Apple today quietly removed its iPod nano and iPod shuffle product pages from its website, indicating that the company could be moving towards officially discontinuing the products....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 222 words · Christopher Gambles

Apple Expands In Cupertino With 290M Deal

Apple is further expanding its footprint in Cupertino, according to a new report from The Mercury News. Apple has acquired a large office complex in the city, located at the corner of Stevens Creek Boulevard and Torres Avenue. According to documents filed with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office this week, Apple has purchased the two buildings for a total of $290 million. Apple has previously housed some of its employees in these buildings, but now it is taking things a step further by purchasing the real estate outright....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 211 words · John Wells

Apple Hiring Data Shows It Has Augmented Reality Ambitions For Apple Maps

Apple’s interest in augmented reality has become pretty clear over the last couple of years, and just this past week it acquired a startup focused on building lenses for AR glasses. As if Apple’s growing AR ambitions weren’t already clear enough, diving into the company’s hiring trends reveals even more. Thinknum is out this week with a closer look at Apple’s hiring trends related to augmented reality. Job postings from the company show a clear ramp in positions related to “AR Application....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Michael Rankin

Apple Maps Gains Amtrak Routes Boston Transit Partners With Yellow Pages In Canada For Business Data

Apple delivered a major upgrade to Maps in iOS 9, OS X El Capitan, and watchOS 2 with the addition of transit directions in select cities, and now its rolling out additional cities and transportation methods to bolster that feature. In addition to expanding transit, Apple has found a new partner in Canada to provide rich local business data for use in Maps. Transit in Apple Maps already supported buses, ferries, subways, and trains in supported cities including San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, DC, and today users noticed Amtrak train routes between major Northeastern cities in the United States (via MacRumors)....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 269 words · Anastasia Dickhoff

Apple May Face New Tax Based On Employee Count From Cupertino

Apple’s hometown, Cupertino, is looking at possible ways to tax large companies based on workforce size. According to the SF Chronicle, Cupertino is looking to pass a similar proposal as the one in Mountain View, California, which would rake in roughly $5.4M from giants such as Google. Cupertino is currently polling residents about the new tax proposal and how money from it should be spent. Google’s hometown Mountain View is planning similar moves as it wants to raise its head-count tax to $10M, where Google will only pay half, if the city could use the revenue towards transportation and housing....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 129 words · Bryan Settle

Apple Only Accepting Credit Cards For Iphones

Engadget this morning pointed us to the news that Apple was now only selling iPhones to people with credit cards – no Cash/Check money order. In addition, the limit on phones is now down from 5 to 2 per purchase. Why? According to Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris, the official Apple Line is, um: YEOUCH! The 1st 1/2 of that statement would seem to be untrue – there are plenty of iPhones out there no one is complaining of store shelves being bare – in fact, Apple will have to ramp up sales (Europe/Asia help) to meet its 10 million by the end of 2008 forecast....

June 21, 2022 · 3 min · 545 words · Thomas Knapp

App Controlled Wearable Button Offers Oled Display And Panic Feature For 99

The iPhone X isn’t the only new gadget to boast an OLED screen. A startup that says it wants to spark conversations between strangers has launched Beam, a wearable OLED button that allows you to display anything you want, and update it as often as you like … Beam has a 400×400 pixel 24-bit color AMOLED display, and supports GIFs and slideshows as well as static images. It claims a battery-life of 24 hours....

June 20, 2022 · 1 min · 198 words · Timothy Smith

App Store Revenue Grew 31 Last Quarter Helped By Coronavirus

Apple’s App Store revenue grew 31% year-on-year in Q3, climbing from $14.5B last year to $19B this year, according to Sensor Tower analytics data. Google Play revenue grew even faster, with 33.8% growth, but still only managed a little over half of Apple’s numbers at $10.3B … Sensor Tower says that consumers stuck at home due to the coronavirus boosted demand for entertainment apps. TikTok topped both app store charts....

June 20, 2022 · 2 min · 391 words · Agnes Powell