Month: June 2020

Apple developers have started receiving their Developer Transition Kit hardware, which Apple is distributing to developers to help them get their apps ready for the upcoming range of Apple Silicon Macs, which will replace Intel CPUs with Apple-designed ARM CPUs. Despite the confidentiality clauses in the developer agreement, benchmarks for the Developer Transition Kit have already…

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The Apple/Google contract tracing API may incorporate ‘Turing algorithms’ to improve the accuracy of determining the coronavirus infection risk … more… The post Turing algorithms may improve accuracy of Apple/Google contract tracing API appeared first on 9to5Mac. Go to Source Author: Ben Lovejoy

One of the more timely WWDC announcements was Apple Watch handwashing detection. The coronavirus crisis means everyone is being encouraged to wash their hands more frequently, and to ensure that we’re doing so thoroughly. But the handwashing detection feature wasn’t developed hastily in response, says Apple, but was rather years in development … more… The…

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A new Kuo report suggests that Apple may for the first time sell an iPhone without a charger this year. It follows an earlier report that the iPhone 12 box will lack a second standard iPhone accessory: a pair of EarPods. Both moves would save Apple money, and by more than the cost of the…

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Following a full week of WWDC announcements, Apple today has officially announced the winners of the annual Apple Design Awards. The goal of these awards is to recognize developers for “outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement. more… The post Apple reveals eight winners of the 2020 Apple Design Awards following WWDC appeared first…

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Apple Watch Series 3 returns to $169 in today’s best deals, plus a new Anker sale starts at $10. You can also save big on previous-generation MacBook Pro, as well. Hit the jump for all that and more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. more… The post Monday deals: Apple Watch Series 3 $169, new Anker…

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The initial benchmarks for the <a href=”https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-silicon” target=”_blank”>Apple Silicon</a> Developer Transition Kit reveal Apple is very slightly under-clocking the A12Z Bionic chip inside the developmental hardware, with Rosetta 2 also impacting performance. Go to Source Author:

June 29, 2007: The first iPhone goes on sale, giving excited Apple fans lined up outside stores their first chance at owning the game-changing smartphone. The queues that greet the iPhone launch around the world prove that Cupertino is onto a good thing with the smartphone, first shown off by Steve Jobs earlier that year….

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Thanks to people working from home and coronavirus lockdown, 2020 has been the year of videoconferencing apps — and Google Meet is adding a few new features to try and take on rival Zoom. According to a new report from 9to5Google, Google Meet is working on new features that will allow users to add images…

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Popular run-and-gun franchise Metal Slug looks to be returning to iOS for the first time since 2016’s Metal Slug Attack. Over the weekend, Tencent’s Timi Studios released a trailer for what they are currently calling Metal Slug Code: J. From the look of it, it picks up the gameplay that the Metal Slug games are…

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