Unnamed congressional staffers have accused Apple of trying to water down an anti forced labor bill that would place obligations on US companies to ensure their supply chain was not involved in such abuse. The bill aims to end the use of forced Uighur labor in the Xinjiang region of China. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passed 406 to 3 in the House in September and has now reached the Senate....
Apple has been highlighting loads of iOS games created by independent developers this week on the App Store. The promotion includes a special section at the top of the App Store where new apps and updates are usually promoted, several new indie game launches, and even discounts on a handful of popular indie titles. Apple first kicked off the App Store promotion last week and has promoted seven new indie game launches so far....
Ahead of opening later this year, Apple has posted several job listings for various positions at their new retail location in the District of Columbia. Located inside the historic former Carnegie Library, the new store will be Apple’s second in Washington D.C., and one of the company’s largest historic restoration projects to date. Apple typically posts job listings several months before opening new locations, indicating that visitors waiting to see the new store may still have to wait a little while....
Apple has shown a renewed focus on Maps with iOS 8. Although headline features like transit did not show at WWDC, recent iOS 8 betas are bringing improvements to the ‘Report A Problem’ features. The frequency at which these updates are passed through has also improved dramatically in the past couple of months. Apple has added a new explicit ‘follow-up by email’ option at the end of the Report A Problem form....
Apple will unveil one of its “grandest Forums in Europe” on November 18th. The opening of Apple Champs-Élysées in Paris will come just over one week after Thailand’s first store, Apple Iconsiam, opens its doors. Both monumental locations mark a significant expansion of Today at Apple around the world. Late last month, the works of 15 artists were highlighted on windows decorating the Paris storefront with the tagline “Open to your wildest ideas....
Apple has announced a handful of major changes for developers at WWDC 2021 this week, including updates to Swift, Swift Playgrounds, and more. In the latest episode of John Sundell’s Swift By Sundell podcast, Apple’s Doug Gregor joins the show to discuss new features in Swift and more. Gregor serves as a senior compiler engineer at Apple and has been at the company for over a decade. In the interview, Gregor goes in-depth on new features for developers in Swift 5....
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As Apple continues its efforts to move towards using its own ARM processors on the Mac, it has hired a key designer from ARM. In May, Apple hired Mike Filippo to join its chip architecture team based out of Texas. ARM has confirmed the departure. Filippo worked at ARM for 10 years, serving as its Lead CPU Architect and Lead System Architect, according to his LinkedIn. Prior to joining ARM, Filippo spent time at both AMD and Intel....
It’s always a difficult task when comparing iOS and Android devices, but this year it may be more important than ever. Samsung has finally stepped up its game with the Galaxy S6, and now we have something that is truly comparable to Apple’s iPhone lineup. Today we’re getting into the ultimate comparison between Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Apple’s iPhone 6… Apple iPhone 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 specifications In this comparison we’ll be looking at hardware, design, software, camera performance and specialty features that each device offers....
iPhone manufacturer Foxconn has posted a $5.3 billion bid to buy Sharp, the Japanese display manufacturer who has faced financial difficulties in recent years. iPhone displays are currently manufactured by Sharp, Samsung and LG and assembled at Foxconn’s plant. A successful Sharp purchase puts Foxconn in the position to make iPhone display components, going beyond assembly. Another possibility is that Foxconn will start producing its own branded electronics products, although competition with Apple is unlikely given their relationship....
Apple hasn’t talked about it publicly, but the company is hiring human editors that will curate content for its upcoming News app and work with publications to quickly surface breaking stories. When Apple showed off its News app coming to the US, UK, and Australia with iOS 9, it didn’t say much about how the content would be curated beyond publishers submitting their own RSS feeds. At first Apple is just pulling in news from RSS feeds ahead of rolling out publishing tools for creating rich content specifically for the platform, but how will the company present the news to readers?...
Apple has today unveiled tvOS 13, the newest Apple TV operating system, on stage at its WWDC 2019 keynote. Earlier on today’s keynote, Apple previewed one of its original shows, “For All Mandkind”, that’s coming to Apple TV in the Fall. The new version of tvOS will have support for multiple users, every user gets their own “up next” queue. Switching between users can be done through a brand new Control Center that’s available in tvOS 13....
Last week, Apple shared an ad promoting the durability of the iPhone 12 showing someone cooking at home while filling the smartphone with flour and dropping it several times. Today the company posted a new ad on its YouTube channel reinforcing the benefits of the Ceramic Shield glass used in the iPhone 12. Named “Fumble,” the fun 30-second advertisement shows a woman accidentally dropping her iPhone on the street while talking on the phone....
Apex Legends is the next evolution of online battle royale game that’s free of cost and available for PS4/PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows platforms. Respawn Entertainment has developed this game and Electronic Arts have published it. But sometimes PC players may experience several issues or errors something like Apex Legends Engine Error while Reading PAK file. Well, this is one of the common issues to the Apex Legends PC players and can be fixed manually by following a couple of possible workarounds below....
Apex Legends Mobile has over 100 million players worldwide, including PC players. The game is available only for devices like Vivo, Oppo, Huawei, Motorola, Samsung, Lenovo, and Xiaomi. Apex Legends Mobile can also be played on a PC using an Android emulator. These emulators are third-party emulators and don’t have any connection with Official Apex Legends Mobile developers. Players can use Android emulators such as Bluestacks, Gameloop, Memu, etc., to play Apex Legends Mobile on Pc/Laptop....
Following a similar report from the WSJ earlier this summer, a new report from Bloomberg today briefly mentions that the iPhone introduced in 2017 will not feature the iconic Home button that has been present from the start. The Bloomberg piece focused more broadly on an iPhone for Japan with support for FeliCa payments. A WSJ piece earlier this year went into more details concerning the 2017 iPhone, noting that Apple wants to create a device that has a full single piece of glass on the front....
Apple’s Everyone Can Code initiative is being picked up by another notable non-profit. “Girls Who Code” today announced that it is collaborating with Apple to implement the Everyone Can Code Swift curriculum into its clubs this fall. Girls Who Code is a non-profit designed to “inspire, education, and equip girls with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities.” The organization holds numerous clubs around the world, targeting all age groups....
Rockstar, a consortium backed by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and other tech giants, is planning to sell off most of its patent portfolio, according to Bloomberg. The group beat Google in a bidding war for these patents, which previously belonged to Nortel, but is now seeking to off-load them—or at least the ones that have served no purpose. Rockstar does plan to hold on to a few of the key patents, specifically the ones involved in lawsuits against Google and other companies....
Rumors flew around a few months ago saying that Apple was gearing up to open an Apple Store in New York’s famous Grand Central Terminal. It was even “Confirmed”. The projected size of the store as well as the M.T.A.’s strict guidelines almost made an Apple Store for this location too good to be true. Now, The Observer reports the rumors were too good to be true and although Apple was in early negotiations, the two main parties had a fall out....
Apple’s vice president of communications is departing the company next month. According to a memo obtained by Vox, Steve Dowling has informed his staff at Apple that he plans to leave after 16 years at Apple. Phil Schiller will take over on an interim basis. Dowling served as Apple’s head of corporate public relations for 10 years and was chosen by Tim Cook to lead Apple’s communications efforts in 2014. His promotion to vice president of communications was made official in 2015....
