The latest news in the long-running Japan Display saga is that Apple’s $200M investment in the company has now been finalized. Rather than a cash injection, the iPhone maker is purchasing equipment to be used by the display maker … Background For anyone fuzzy on the details, here’s a recap we prepared earlier. Apple’s $200M investment appeared to provide reassurance, as an asset manager then agreed to put in a further $830M....
As previously announced by Tim Cook earlier this year, Apple is preparing to open its first retail store in Turkey with a new store currently under construction in Istanbul. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has picked up around 21,000 square feet of space inside the Zorlu shopping center between Burberry and Louis Vuitton stores. The store is expected to open in early 2014 and would make for the 13th country that Apple currently operates at least one retail store in....
Aircel offers the iPhone 4 in India with the following prepaid tariffs Apple’s practice of limiting iPhone sales to cherry-picked wireless operators while leaving other operatorsout of the picture is raising red flags with the Indian government which is on the verge of probing the company for alleged anticompetitive behavior, reports PCMag. Apple on its parts says that both carriers sell unlocked iPhone 4s with optional data plans. Some third-party retailers also carry the handset separate of any wireless contract....
Apple yesterday set an April 2020 deadline for developers to build apps with the iOS 13 SDK. Now, Apple has announced a similar deadline for developers of watchOS apps. In a new post on its developer website, Apple touts that developers can now distribute applications via the native watchOS App Store and more thanks to watchOS 6. This will allow developers to distribute an app for Apple Watch without a companion iOS app....
In a statement to Re/code, Apple has announced that iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have set new records for overnight preorders. Earlier today, AT&T announced that it saw the best iPhone demand in two years. The phones have received immense interest today, despite Apple Online Store issues. T-Mobile’s systems have been crunched due to the demand, meaning sales representatives have had to resort to pen and paper to reserve iPhones for customers....
Apple has released macOS 11.3 beta 8 today. The software features new sorting options in Reminders, expanded support for Xbox/PlayStation controllers, autoplay in Apple Music, mentions of the first Apple Silicon Macs, and more. Update: Now rolling out to public beta users as well. macOS 11.3 beta 8 is available now and the OTA should be showing up in System Preferences > Software Update if you’re enrolled in the developer beta program (keep checking back if you don’t see it yet)....
Apple’s ‘Gather round’ event brought the introduction of the iPhone Xs, iPhone XR and Apple Watch Series 4. In a new post on its Newsroom site, Apple is celebrating the event with a collection of images from the big day at Steve Jobs Theater. The images shared by Apple range from exterior shots of the gorgeous Steve Jobs Theater to images of Apple executives on stage and the demo room afterwards....
Apple has replaced its iPad in Business apps website with a new site that is much simpler and more direct. The new page highlights multiple specific use cases for which a business could use an iPad, then presents specific applications to complete those tasks. The old website was more cluttered and less specific. The iPhone version of Apple’s business apps website still showcases the older format… The categories of the highlighted iPad business apps are: accessing content, communicating points, capturing data, analyzing reports, and processing transactions....
Apple today said that it will require developers to support the iPhone XS Max and 12.9-inch 3rd-generation iPad Pro (if available on iPad) for all new apps and updates starting March 27. Apple originally stated that app developers will need to support iOS 12 from March at the end of 2018. Today’s developer news statement serves as a reminder but also clarifies the details. The iOS 12.1 SDK had not been released when Apple first set out the deadline....
2017 was an incredibly active year for Apple retail, as the company’s refreshed store design continued its rollout across the world. As the calendar comes to a close, let’s take a look at every store location opened under the guidance of Apple’s retail chief Angela Ahrendts. Apple stores in 2017 could be described as taller, brighter, and more open. First previewed and later rolled out in 2015, the company’s new retail architecture style was directly influenced by design chief Jony Ive....
While Wall Street may have been slightly disappointed by some of the numbers Apple reported yesterday, they should feel reassured by Apple stabilising and growing its gross margins, say Apple bulls – analysts who expect the stock price to rise. Business Insider noted the above chart tweeted by Benedict Evans with the commentary: Very stable long-term gross margins. Painful contrast to rest of the industry … The sentiment was echoed by other Apple bears....
(Also on Electrek) Chris Lattner isn’t the only high profile Apple executive who departed for Tesla over the past month, rather than sticking around to work on Titan. 9to5mac has learned that Matt Casebolt, a high profile Senior Director of Design for Apple’s Mac lineup left the company last month for a role at Tesla as Sr. Director Engineering, Closures & Mechanisms. A job meant for a man named Casebolt …...
Apple today issued a letter responding to the growing coronavirus pandemic and outlining steps the company is taking to protect the safety of customers and employees. As part of the precautions, all Apple retail stores outside of Greater China will temporarily close until March 27, effective immediately. Tim Cook: Closing stores is just one of several steps Apple is taking to do its part in mitigating the effects of coronavirus. Apple says deep cleaning will continue at all of its sites....
Apple has just revised its plans for its massive upcoming new headquarters, scheduled to be completed by 2016. The revised plans, known as Submittal 6, focus less on the structure of the building itself, instead highlighting the surrounding land and facilities, showing off new bike paths, larger parking areas, and photos of street renderings. The parking areas have been increased in capacity from 9,000 to 9,240 in the main lot, and 1,500 to 1,740 in an additional location, the report states....
The original documentary ‘808: The Movie’ which covers the history and broad influence of Roland’s TR-808 drum machine is now available for Apple Music subscribers. The film is also available for pre-order for $16.99 on iTunes. As previously reported, the soundtrack can be heard on Apple Music and iTunes. Lastly, the ‘808’ soundtrack album, apparel, and bundles are now live on the Warner Music Store website with free shipping. Created by You Know Films in association with Atlantic Films, the documentary is narrated by Apple Music’s Beats 1 DJ, Zane Lowe....
Apple’s Senior Vice President of Retail Angela Ahrendts sat down for a 25-minute plus interview at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit last night and during the appearance shared some interesting upcoming retail news for the company. While discussing how she joined Apple, including that it was her idea initially to merge both retail and online, Ahrendts also shared some new details about Apple’s recent store redesigns and upcoming initiatives. Highlighting the newly updated store design which first debuted in mass at the San Francisco Union Square location, Angela noted that Apple expects to have 95 stores converted to the new design by the end of the year....
Apple has apparently hit the delete button on a proposed rifle emoji that was previously accepted. Unicode, the group behind the character standard, ultimately decided to pull the rifle character from the next emoji set in Unicode 9. Buzzfeed reports, however, that Apple (which has voting rights within the group) largely led the opposition to the rifle emoji: Apple’s reported influence on Unicode bumping the rifle emoji means the gun character won’t be available to users on non-Apple platforms like Android and Windows as well, because Unicode 9 is a standard; platform vendors are responsible for specifically depicting the style of each character but not the subject....
One week after releasing watchOS 7.5 beta 3, Apple has seeded the release candidate for the build to both developers and public beta testers. The update brings the ECG app to two new countries, Apple Card Family Sharing support, Podcasts subscriptions, and more. If you’re enrolled in the developer or public beta program, you should see the watchOS 7.5 RC on your device (Watch app > General > Software Update) shortly if it’s not showing up already....
iPad sign inside of Chinese Apple Store (Credit: Yahoo) According to the Associated Press, Apple has ended their long-running iPad name dispute in China with Proview with a $60 million settlement. The ruling was made Monday by the Guangdong High People’s Court. While it got $60 million, Proview wanted even more: Apple had purchased the iPad name from Proview in 2009 under a shell company, but the use of the name iPad in China by Apple was ruled to never officially been granted....
Apple today has spoken out against a controversial new bill in Mississippi that was signed into law by the state’s governor earlier this week. House Bill 1523 is spun as protecting religious freedom but has been criticized for enabling LGBT discrimination. Apple today has joined a variety of technology companies in voicing its opposition to the law. In a statement shared by The Clarion-Ledger, Apple said that it believes the new law “empowers discrimination,” while also reiterating that its stores are open to anyone, as is the company as a whole:...
