Month: May 2016

Apple’s Notebook Sales Drop to Estimated 2.5M as Buyers Await New MacBook Pro

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Apple reported its first negative-growth quarter since 2003 last month as iPhone, iPad, and Mac sales all declined compared to the year-ago period, and new data shows that notebook sales unsurprisingly fared no better when broken out. MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro sales totaled an estimated 2.53 million in the first quarter of the…

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Report: Foxconn set to open $10 billion iPhone manufacturing plant in India

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According to a new report from The Economic Times of India, Apple supplier Foxconn is close to signing a deal with the Indian government to open an iPhone manufacturing plant in the country. The report claims that Apple and Foxconn have narrowed the location for the factory down to Maharashtra. more… Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Apple,…

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Opinion: Rumored iOS 10 HomeKit app is welcomed, but alternatives have a healthy head start

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Since HomeKit was introduced with iOS 8, one major missing piece from Apple’s home automation effort has been a built-in app that provides a user interface to the underlying framework. Interacting with Siri is the only Apple-supplied HomeKit UI; users rely on third-party apps instead for all visual HomeKit management. The downside to this approach is that there isn’t…

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New Apple Site Lets Users Create Custom ‘Shot on iPhone’ Mother’s Day Video

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Following the launch of its “Shot on iPhone” Mother’s Day ad, Apple has created a dedicated website that allows customers to create their own Mother’s Day video by uploading images of their mom. The simple site, first shared by iPhone in Canada, opens with an upload image link, which allows users to upload a photo….

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iTunes 12.4 will reportedly introduce new sidebar, refreshed media picker, more

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A refreshed version of iTunes has been in the pipeline since Eddy Cue teased it in February of this year. While the Apple executive didn’t specify exactly what would change, a new leak from MacRumors shows that Apple is planning a relatively minor update in iTunes 12.4 that doesn’t dramatically overhaul the interface of the application like…

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iOS 10 Likely to Include Standalone HomeKit App Designed by Apple

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A unified, Apple-designed HomeKit app has been desired by HomeKit users since HomeKit first debuted, and it appears Apple is planning to introduce such an app in the near future, perhaps in iOS 10. The hint on Apple’s HomeKit plans comes from an Amazon reviewer who works in the marketing department at Apple. The name…

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Apple Meets With Podcasters to Hear Wide-Ranging Community Grievances

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Apple has held a special meeting with leading podcasters in an attempt to address concerns that the company is failing to adequately support the iTunes broadcast community, reports to The New York Times. According to the piece published today, the meeting took place last month at the company’s Cupertino headquarters, where seven top iTunes podcasters…

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Report: Apple holds private meeting with top podcasters to hear complaints

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According to a new report from The New York Times, Apple recently held a closed-door meeting with seven of the top iTunes podcasters to discuss the company’s support for the community. The meeting took place last month at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters and offered a place for the podcasters to express complaints in “frank terms” to…

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iTunes 12.4 Update to Feature Minor Redesign With New Sidebar, Improved Navigation

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Back in February, iTunes chief Eddy Cue promised a new version of iTunes would be coming out with OS X 10.11.4, featuring a simpler design that makes Apple Music easier to use. That update wasn’t included in OS X 10.11.4 and has been delayed, but a source has shared some screenshots of the upcoming iTunes…

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Tweetbot 4.3 on iOS launches Topics, making tweet storms a breeze

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Live tweeting aficionados and tweet storm lovers may welcome Tweetbot’s latest update for iOS, and coming soon to the Mac. The app has introduced ‘Topics’, an intuitive way to link tweets together with an optional hashtag without having to reply to each one of your previous tweets. A very small, but welcome feature for those who find…

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