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To help aspiring and experienced podcasters grow their audiences and create more engaging shows, Apple has developed a toolkit of Marketing Best Practices for Apple Podcasts. The guidelines arrive alongside the release of watchOS 5, which includes an all-new Podcasts app. In June, Apple announced that Podcasts was now offering over 555,000 active programs in over 100 languages. At the time, the show Stuff You Should Know became the first show on the platform to cross 500 million streams/downloads....

Apple has just started seeding out the sixth beta for tvOS 10 today to all current testers and developers. To update, check through the Software Update section on the Apple TV, or grab the Configuration Profile from Apple’s Developer center if you’d like to install it for the first time. Apple’s newest tvOS software introduces Dark Mode, Single Sign-on, HomeKit, and YouTube search to the latest Apple TV. tvOS 10 beta 3 brought in more language support with Siri, and some improved functionality within the Music app....

Last month, Apple partnered with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for an extended advertisement highlighting Siri. The ad was called “Dominate the Day” and showcased using Siri at various points to speed up basic tasks. Today, Apple has uploaded a series of shorter advertisements from its partnership with The Rock… The new ads are essentially smaller, chopped up video from the larger ad. These new ads, however, will likely be deployed across social media networks and aired on television where time is more constrained....

Today’s best deals include Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro at $1,879, plus iPhone XR sees a rare discount, and Apple Watch bands are discounted, too. Hit the jump for all that and more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple Watch Bands from $13 Pad & Quill takes 20% off leather Apple Watch bands Just after Apple unleashed its next-generation wearables, Pad & Quill is offering some solid deals on its leather Apple Watch bands....

Update (9/10 7:30am): Apple has posted the entire 2 hour 4 minute Keynote as a free HD video download (1.40GB) on iTunes. Update (9/9 7:50pm): It’s back! Update (9/9 7:00pm): Looks like Apple is having even more issues with the stream. We’ll let you know when it’s back. This morning’s iPhone 6 and Apple Watch unveiling is now available for replay. There’s no doubt you probably missed a large chunk of the presentation due to video dropouts and random translators talking over presenters....

iPhone and iPad The operating system updates in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 share many of the same design changes across both platforms. Most of these UI changes focus on shrinking borders and pop-ups and giving the space to other processes. The result is a more refined look that better maximizes the screen. Key Changes The next time you receive a phone call on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll notice the banner no longer takes over the entire screen....

Apple today announced a new accessibility service called SignTime coming to Apple Store and Apple Support customers. The service will connect people with AppleCare and Retail Customer Care teams using sign language. SignTime launches May 20. Apple says SignTime will be available in American Sign Language (ASL) in the US, British Sign Language (BSL) in the UK, or French Sign Language (LSF) in France. Sessions connect within a web browser....

Our sources nailed it. What is being referred to as Apple Store 2.0 internally has officially launched Down Under. Australia is close to a day ahead of us in the United States. Just like we told you, paper signs and information cards have been swiped from Apple’s wood tables and have been replaced with super-interactive iPad 2s. These specially equipped tablets provide a simple and easy-use-view into the product right beside it....

You can now make purchases from the Apple Store with just a few taps on your wrist. The latest version of the Apple Store app for Apple Watch lets you actually purchase accessories that you’ve favorited from your account. You can favorite items from Apple’s website or the Apple Store app for iPhone and iPad. Payments are made using Apple Pay right on the Apple Watch. The new feature doesn’t apply to Macs and other high dollar products; purchasing from the favorites section is limited to just accessories for now....

A series of weekend Apple Store closures in Italy are being implemented as the country struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. Italy has suffered the second-highest number of deaths after China. Three Italian Apple Stores were closed last weekend, and another one has been announced for the upcoming weekend after a government decree … AppleInsider spotted tweets by setteBIT. We learned yesterday that Apple has been installing hand sanitizers at store entrances, as well as heavily restricting staff travel....

Apple’s worldwide digital music sales through iTunes have dropped up as much as 14% in 2014, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal citing sources close to the situation. That’s a big decrease, as the report points out, when compared to data available for digital sales last year: The dive in download sales is stark compared with a much shallower dip last year. Global revenue from downloads fell 2....

Apple and social networking don’t have such a great history, but the Cupertino tech firm is ready to give it another go, if new rumors regarding a potential acquisition of the Path social app are true. According to PandoDaily, Apple is already in talks with the mobile social network and the merger is “essentially a done deal.” Path, for the uninitiated, is a mobile-only social networking app launched in 2010 that features photo sharing, private messaging, and other features you’d expect from a basic social service....

Apple has updated its classic iTunes Remote app for iOS with two-factor authentication support when signing in to Home Sharing. This lets you use stronger security on your Apple ID and iCloud account and makes iTunes Remote prompt you for 2FA when someone attempts to sign in. iTunes Remote was previously known simply as Remote and worked with iTunes as well as older Apple TV models. Apple released a new standalone app called Apple TV Remote back in August with Siri Remote features, however, but the classic Remote app has stuck around for Home Sharing features....

In addition to beta 5 for watchOS 3 and iOS 10 developers, Apple today has also released beta 5 of tvOS 10. To update, check through the Software Update section on the Apple TV, or grab the Configuration Profile from Apple’s Developer center if you’d like to install it for the first time. For screenshots of the new Music UI introduced in tvOS 10 beta 2, check back on our previous article....

(Before and after screenshots via The Guardian) Just over a week ago at WWDC, Apple announced several changes and improvements coming to the App Store this fall with the public release of iOS 8 including new ways to navigate through the App Store as well as explore new apps. As The Guardian points out (via MacStories), App Store customers across Europe will notice improvements in the following categories: health, lifestyle, music, photo and video, productivity, and sports....

Today, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Services has launched a new iTunes section accessibly solely to Apple employees. The new section is designed to highlight media (such as books, songs, TV shows, and movies) worked on by Apple employees. Cue introduced the new initiative to employees via email: This new employee perk is yet another addition to Apple in recent years. Apple has been offering employees free apps, books, gift bags, and significant product discounts....

Following the release of the third OS X 10.10.2 pre-release version, Apple has seeded individual Safari betas for testing via its developer program. While the pre-release version of OS X 10.10.2 included Safari 8.0.3 beta, Apple has made beta versions for OS X Mavericks and OS X Mountain Lion available to download from the developer portal. The latest Safari beta versions include Safari 6.2.3, Safari 7.1.3, and Safari 8.0.3. Apple lists the following focus areas for the latest beta versions of its web browser:...

Apple has a new web page up today sharing exclusive holiday offers available for customers who use its newly launched Apple Pay on the web feature. Some of the companies offering deals for using Apple Pay on the web this holiday season include Adidas, Casper, Grubhub, lululemon, Overstock, Shopify, seamless, and more. Some retailers like 1-800 Flowers.com and Adidas are offering free shipping for using Apple Pay on the web, while others are offering gift cards and other discounts....

The iPhone Apple Store app has been updated over-the-air today to offer a free iBook download to customers. The book is Away in My Airplane by Margaret Wise Brown. According to a note sent to Apple retail employees today, the free book download is meant for employees to have context when discussing and pushing the iBooks app and iBookstore to customers. As we reported last month, Apple will be pushing free content to the Apple Store app in order to entice customers to download the app....

Apple issued an email notice to developers today, informing them it has been able to resolve an issue with faulty code signing certificates. The company’s update on developer certificates reads as follows (hat tip to our reader Jan!): This could be the reason for this morning’s outage over at the Apple Developer Center portal. A quick look at recent posts on Apple Developer Forums reveals that programmers have experienced various issues with faulty code signing certificates since Friday....