Apple today announced that it has $390 million in Finisar, a leading manufacturer of optical communications components. This investment is from its $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund as part of its commitment to support innovation and job creation by American manufacturers. Continue reading “Apple invests $390 million in US manufacturer Finisar, maker of iPhone X TrueDepth Camera lasers”
Apple unveiled its top-end iMac Pro desktop PC at its WWDC 2017 annual developer’s conference back in June. Today it has announced that it will start taking orders for the iMac Pro from December 14th.
Apple has launched a new feature to the App Store which now lets developers offer new apps for pre-orders on the App Store and automatically download upon the release. Developers can put up their apps for pre-order prior to 90 days its release. Continue reading “Apple now lets developers offer new apps for pre-order on the App Store”
Just as it was reported last week, Apple indeed has acquired London-based music recognition service Shazam and has finally announced the news on Monday just as expected. Apple’s acquisition aims at integrating Shazam’s music recognition capabilities into the company’s music service. Continue reading “Apple confirms acquisition of music recognition app Shazam for $400 million”
Jonathan Ive; the man responsible for the design of many of the company’s most popular products has regained back his position of direct management of product design teams after two years. Jony Ive was named as the Apple’s chief design officer in 2015. Continue reading “Apple’s design team director Jony Ive regains his position after 2 years”
Apple is on the verge of buying Shazam Entertainment Ltd. which would value the company at $404 Million according to the sources close to the matter and the official announcement could be made as soon as Monday, reports TechCrunch. Shazam recognition app is already integrated into Siri and was valued at about $1.02 billion in its last funding round back in 2015. Continue reading “Apple could acquire music recognition app Shazam for about $400 million”
As usual Apple has named the best iOS apps and games for 2017 worldwide and for India. It has also posted Trends of the year as well as top apps and games charts for 2017 for several countries, including India.
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As Apple is done with its iPhone launches for the year, the company is said to have started working on 2018 iPhones, and according to a new report from Nikkei, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker is said to launch a low-cost 6.1-inch iPhone with LCD display and metal back case. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on low-cost iPhone with LCD display and metal back for 2018”
Apple has successfully stopped Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad tablet in Europe as an EU trademark as the name was too similar to Apple’s iPad. The European Union’s second-highest court, the General Court has ruled against Xiaomi and said that it should not register as a trademark. Continue reading “Apple wins EU trademark case preventing Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad in Europe”
Amazon Prime Video has finally launched on AppleTV and is also optimized for iPhone X as well. Apple tvOS owners will no longer have to rely on AirPlay to stream content through Prime video. Amazon Prime Video for tvOS first leaked in May, and it took close to 6 months of time for the company to finalize the deal with Apple. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Video finally arrives for Apple TV, gets optimized for iPhone X”
Quanta Computer Inc., who is one the major manufacturing partners of Apple has struck a deal with Israel-based augmented-reality component maker Lumus Ltd to build lenses for smart glasses. The displays for AR glass designed by Lumus will project information into the wearer’s field of view. Continue reading “Apple manufacturer Quanta teams up with Lumus to make AR displays”
A month after officially launching; Apple starting today has finally started selling the SIM-free, unlocked model of the iPhone X in the U.S. Though the iPhone X was technically available since November 3rd, the supply and demand became stable just recently. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X Unlocked, SIM-free variant goes on sale in the U.S.”
According to sources of upstream suppliers, Apple is said to be working on an inexpensive 9.7-inches iPad that will be launching in 2018. The low-cost model is aimed at attracting more buyers and will also allow Apple to maintain its present 10 million-unit tablet shipments a quarter. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on most affordable 9.7-inch iPad for 2018”
Apple just released iOS 11.2, a major update for iPhone and iPad, a month after the release of iOS 11.1. The update brings Apple Pay Cash, peer-to-peer money transfer feature in iMessage in the U.S. The update also brings faster 7.5W wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third-party Qi-based wireless charging accessories.
Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, faster wireless charging and more”
In a move to bid its dependency on suppliers, Apple is said to be designing its own in-house power management chipsets as early as 2018, according to reports from Nikkei Asian Review. The company currently relies on Dialog Semiconductor for chipsets. Continue reading “Apple said to design in-house power management chips as early as 2018”
