Apple’s WWDC 2018 event is about to kickstart on June 4th where the company will be introducing the iOS 12. But before the official announcement, it is now revealed that iOS 12 will be giving some third-party developers full access to the NFC chip inside iPhones for additional features beyond just payments. Continue reading “Apple iOS 12 said to include new NFC features beyond payments”
U.S Jury after nearly five days of deliberations has decided that Samsung should pay $539 million to Apple over patent retrial. This ruling comes seven years after the start of a global patent battle. Apple had filed for patent battle back in 2011 on Samsung mobiles and tablets for bluntly copying its products. Continue reading “Apple wins $539 million over Samsung patent retrial”
Apple has been hit with class action suit over MacBook, MacBook Pro butterfly switch keyboard failures. The complaint lodged in the Northern District Court of California claims that owners of MacBook models manufactured from 2015 and MacBook Pro models produced from 2016 feating the company’s butterfly keyboard mechanism have experienced some type of failure. Continue reading “Apple hit with class action suit over MacBook, MacBook Pro butterfly keyboard issues”
Reliance Jio has accused Airtel Apple watch service over breaching security and violating license norms. It has asked telecom ministry to take severe action and levy penalties against rival Bharti Airel. It alleges Airtel for using a network of nodes based abroad to offer its services on the latest Apple watch. Continue reading “Jio accuses Airtel’s Apple Watch service over violating license norms; Airtel calls it frivolous complaint”
Apple launched the iPhone SE back in 2016, and for some time now there have been numerous leaks and rumors about the successor; the iPhone SE 2. It is also reported that the company will be announcing it at the WWDC event that will kickstart in June. Now according to a new report from Mobilefun, the phone will be called as the iPhone SE (2018). Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE 2018 with iPhone X-like bezel-less display and notch surfaces in render”
Apple has launched the Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) in India, as it had promised, after it went on pre-orders starting from May 4th starting at Rs. 39,080. You can now buy it from Airtel Online Store and from Jio on jio.com as well as Reliance Digital and Jio Stores.
Apple is likely to launch at least one new iPhone model with a triple-lens rear camera in the second half of next year according to a report from Taipei Times, citing a research note from Yuanta Securities analyst Jeff Pu. Continue reading “Apple iPhone with triple-rear cameras said to launch in 2019”
20-years ago today, Apple officially introduced the iMac. While the present perception of the iMac might have been taken for granted, Steve Jobs presentation and the official unveiling of the iMac is worth watching even after 20-years. It’s also safe to say that the machine has made a lasting impact on technology at a large scale. Continue reading “Apple’s iconic iMac turns 20”
Apple had acquired the Next Issue Media LLC’s digital magazine service Texture back in March and it is also said to be planning to launch a News subscription service in 2019. Today the company announced that it is shutting down Texture’s Windows magazine app at the end of June. Continue reading “Apple shutting down Texture’s Windows magazine app on June 30”
Last month Apple announced that the Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) will be launched in India on May 11th with pre-orders starting from May 4th. Today Reliance Jio has started pre-orders for it on its website. Airtel has started pre-registrations for the new Apple Watch, and says that it the bookings will begin on May 11th. Continue reading “Apple Watch Series 3 with built-in cellular connectivity now available for pre-order in India starting at Rs. 39080”
Back in October 2017, Google launched advanced protection program, which is its strongest level of account security, and today Google announced that it is bringing Advanced Protection to Apple’s native applications on iOS devices, including Apple Mail, Calendar, and Contacts. Continue reading “Google’s advanced protection program now expands access to Apple native apps”
Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $61.1 billion, up 16% over last year with a record Q2 net profit of $13.8 billion, up 25.4% YoY in their earnings for the financial year Q2 2018 that ended March 31, 2018. During earnings call Tim Cook said that the growth was broad-based, with iPhone revenue up 14%, services up 31% and wearables up almost 50%. He said that the company grew in each of its geographic segments, and in Greater China and Japan, revenue was up more than 20%. Continue reading “Apple reports $13.8 billion profit on $61.1 billion revenue in FY Q2 2018, 52.2 million iPhones sold”
We had heard about entry-level 13-inch retina MacBook Air last month, and in today’s new report Digitimes claims that Apple has pushed back assembly of the new laptop into the third quarter and won’t be launching at the WWDC in June. Continue reading “Apple’s 13-inch entry-level retina MacBook Air production said to be pushed to Q3”
Back in November we first heard that Apple is aiming ramping its technology for AR headset by 2019 and ship the headset by 2020. Today, we are seeing reports that Apple is working on a headset capable of running both AR and VR technology. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on wireless AR and VR headset with 8K display”
Apple introduced special edition (Product) Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this month and said that they will go on sale in India in May. Now these new phones are already available from through Apple Authorised Resellers in the the country, few days before announced date and are also available for pre-order from Flipkart that ships from April 30th.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Special Red Edition launched in India”
