No, it’s not a typo in the headline. Appcessories, third-party hardware add-ons for your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that interact with your device through dedicated apps, could soon be featured more prominently in Apple Stores, if there’s any substance to T3‘s report. Citing Jawbone’s vice president and head of special projects Bandar Antabi, the publication speculates Apple could in the near future expand its retail experience with a new section dedicated to app-connected hardware....

Following yesterday’s meeting, European authorities released a joint statement in collaboration with Apple, music rights bodies and smaller online music operators detailing a series of agreed principles that should make online music sales in Europe more consumer friendly. Apple and others agreed to the statement during a round table meeting in Europe yesterday, the fourth meeting of the Roundtable on the Online Distribution of Music, chaired by European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes....

Apple has upgraded the version of its Notes app on iCloud.com this week to the much more capable version shown off on Monday at WWDC. The beta version of Notes is available specifically for iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan testers. Users logging in with accounts not using the new beta operating systems will not see the beta version of Notes, instead seeing the previous IMAP-based version. In the past, Apple has reserved beta versions of its web apps for the beta....

With iOS 14.5, Apple introduced some interesting changes to the interface of the Podcasts app, which had already been improved with the release of iOS 14 last year. However, one small change that users may not have noticed is that Apple is now replacing the word “subscribe” with “follow” for podcasts. As reported by Podnews, Apple will no longer associate the word “subscribe” with Podcasts. According to a research from Edison Research, about 47% of users associate “subscribe” with paid content....

iPhone 12 The new iPhone 12 models all bring 5G network connectivity. It includes a 6.1” OLED display that is 11% thinner than last year’s iPhone 11. It has a Super Retina XDR display with twice as many pixels as iPhone 11. The display includes “Ceramic Shield” which is tougher than any display coating with 4x better drop performance. It uses Apple’s A14 Bionic chip with better energy efficiency and performance than the A13....

At WWDC, Apple has unveiled the next update to OS X for Macs, branded as macOS Sierra. The update will ship in the fall. macOS Sierra includes Auto Unlock functionality which automatically unlocks your laptops and desktop if in proximity to your iOS devices and Apple Watch. More features after the jump … macOS Continuity will also share the Desktop files between devices, including the iPhone. It’s as seamless as using iCloud Drive....

Following the special event, Apple has updated the navigation on apple.com with several new dedicated tabs. There are now dedicated tabs for AirPods, TV & Home, Apple services, and Accessories. The new AirPods page better shows off the revised family of headphones, while the new TV & Home tab merges the HomePod and TV sections previously seen on the site. The new “Only on Apple” tab is a new home for all of Apple’s services from TV+ to Arcade to Podcasts....

Digitimes relays a report from the Commercial Times newspaper that claims Apple is exploring the possibility of adding yet another supplier to their tablet-making process. This time the new supplier is a company called Everlight and they have reportedly built and sent LED backlights to Apple for “verification.” Everlight’s LED technology is said to be bright at 2,000 millicandelas (mcd). Everlight has been producing these types of bright LED displays for tablet PC manufacturers since March of this year....

Just a day after a pair of reports shed more light on Apple’s progress in starting a manufacturing presence in India, a new report from Reuters offers a few new details. The report claims that while some Indian officials are eager to have Apple in the country, others aren’t convinced at this point. The most interesting tidbit, however, is that Apple executives will be meeting with Indian government officials next week to discuss plans…...

Apple’s Vice President of Global Human Resources Denise Young-Smith emailed all Apple employees last week regarding diversity and inclusion. The email continues Apple’s recent string of events to promote diversity within the company. In mid-August, Apple released diversity data and held events on campus to promote inclusion. Young-Smith was promoted to head of all Apple HR earlier this year, and she received additional attention last month when she was added to Apple’s official executive biographies web page....

Gamers hoping to become the best at Apex Legends are going to need to know tips and tricks that’ll help them win. Respawn Entertainment’s first foray into the battle royale genre is something very unique from other shooters, though. This is all thanks to its setting within the Titanfall series, diverse and unique characters/classes, and unique three-member teams. Admittedly, there’s a lot to learn here, but gamers eager to master the Apex can take a few tips into battle with them....

Apple today added new additions to Flyover, the feature offering high resolution 3D imagery of select locales in its Maps app. The 11 new locations include cities from around the globe in places such as Puerto Rico, Texas, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, France, and Denmark. A full list of new cities below: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Amarillo, TX Arecibo, Puerto Rico Beziers, France Brno, Czech Republic Cittadella, Italy Clermont, France Hamburg, Germany Helsingborg, Sweden Liverpool, England Odense, Denmark...

As expected, Apple today released a new tool created in collaboration with SAP for developing business software. The new cloud platform aims to make it easier to develop business software and comes following Apple’s enterprise-focused partnership with SAP last year. Apple announced on its developer blog this evening that the SAP Cloud Platform SDK is now available to developers: Apple’s VP of Product Marketing Susan Prescott says that the new tools will help developers “transform their businesses” and combine the security of iOS with innovation:...

One of the areas where Apple has seemingly fallen behind its competition — or, more likely, not yet ready to disclose its technology’s full potential — is artificial intelligence. However, there’s no denying that the company is pushing hard towards bettering its existing products (like Siri) behind closed doors, and the latest AI hire is but another proof of such commitment… The Cupertino firm has just hired Carnegie Mellon University professor Russ Salakhutdinov, who will lead an “AI research” team as director....

Apple’s version of “classic MTV,” Apple Music TV, has now expanded to the United Kingdom and Canada after debuting in the US last year. The channel plays an endless stream of music videos all day, every day, as well as incorporating live event content from time to time. Apple users can watch Apple Music TV for free through the TV app or the Music app. To find it in the TV app, scroll down on the Watch Now page for the Apple Music TV carousel....

Apple is in a global fight to protect its App Store business model, and the latest development lands us in Russia. Apple is taking legal action after objecting to a ruling by the country’s Federal Antimonopoly Service that would allow developers to promote alternative payment methods to Apple’s in-app purchases. Apple takes a 15% to 30% cut of revenue generated through the App Store, and apps on iPhone and iPad are only distributed through the App Store....

Apple has been facing a lot of criticism from its employees recently for multiple reasons, and now, Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, has revealed that the company has placed her on administrative leave after she complained on Twitter about sexism at work. According to Gjøvik in an interview with The Verge, she has been raising concerns about sexism at Apple for years, ranging from sexual harassment to retaliation from other employees....

A pair of patent applications from Apple that surfaced this morning in the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) database prove Apple’s been researching 3D displays for mobile devices and personal computers. As always, Apple’s solution is one with a twist. The company is calling for a device with two displays, one on the front and the other on the back, which can be interacted with in order to enhance the e-reading experience on mobile devices, automatically turning on and off as you flip the device around....

As reported by Bloomberg late on Friday, Apple has hired away Tesla’s former Autopilot software director Christopher Moore. Bloomberg says Moore will report to Stuart Bowers, another former Tesla employee. Apple has been not-so-quietly working on a self-driving electric car project for more than five years, codenamed Project Titan. The group has seen much leadership turnover with reports claiming Apple keeps shifting the goalposts on what it wants to achieve....

While we haven’t heard much about Apple’s Project Titan for quite some time, that doesn’t mean the company isn’t actively working on the project. The Information reports that Apple has hired senior engineer Jaime Waydo from Google’s Waymo self-driving project. It believes that this could speed up and potentially put Apple ahead of other players in its self-driving car efforts. This could also potentially lead to its first prototype vehicle....