Month: December 2015

Apple expanding carrier billing for iTunes/App Store to Russia

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(Photo by Ryan Emberley/Invision for Apple/AP Images) A month after rolling out carrier billing for iTunes and App Store content with German carrier O2, CNBC reports Apple is expanding the initiative with a similar service in Russia. The carrier billing feature allows customers to have purchases made from Apple’s iTunes and App Store charged directly to their…

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Apple’s Swift programming language is now open source

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As promised earlier in the year, Apple’s Swift team has now posted source code for the Swift compiler and standard library functions and objects. Open-sourcing Swift is a big win for the developer community as it means Swift can now be setup to run on a server and many other use cases, bringing Apple programming talent and expertise beyond ‘just’ making apps iOS…

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9to5Mac’s Entertainment Holiday Gift Guide: best picks for every budget

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Welcome to our Entertainment Holiday Gift Guide! Apple this year has breathed new life into its kick-back offerings with the new tvOS-powered fourth-gen Apple TV and the larger iPad Pro. Both offer new ways to relax with your Apple products and binge watch your favorite TV show, listen to the new Coldplay album, and more. The…

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Apple Announces 2015 ‘Hour of Code’ Workshops for Students

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Apple has announced that it will once again be participating in “Hour of Code” this Computer Science Education Week on December 7-13, hosting free workshops and special events for kids ages six and up at Apple Retail Stores throughout the U.S. and around the world. Apple will be hosting an “Hour of Code” free one-hour…

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2016 U.S. CarPlay Vehicles: Chevrolet, Honda, Volkswagen and More

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Most carmakers in the U.S. are now clearing out 2015 models to make way for new 2016 vehicles, a growing number of which feature CarPlay for the first time since Apple introduced the software platform at WWDC in 2013. Apple’s in-dash software provides hands-free or eyes-free access to Maps, Phone, Messages, Music, Podcasts and third-party…

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British Airways reports near-quadrupling of Apple Watch app usage, will soon handle bag-drop too

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British Airways has revealed that use of its Apple Watch app rose by 386% between June and October, and the airline is responding by introducing new scanners to allow Watch owners a faster way of dropping any hold bags, reports Advance. Customers will be able to slide their wrists under the new ‘Scan and Go’ devices…

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AT&T to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans From $30 to $35

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AT&T will raise the price of its grandfathered unlimited data plans from $30 to $35 in February of 2016, reports CNBC. The upcoming rate change is detailed on a page on AT&T’s website and is the first price hike the unlimited plan has seen in seven years. Though AT&T no longer offers unlimited data plans…

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