Apple’s mixed-reality headset has been rumored for years, and it could finally see the light of day sometime in 2023. A new report from Bloomberg today points out that Apple is continuing to ramp up hiring for teams working on AR and VR technology, including new hires and recruiting a former Apple engineer who had departed the company last year… The latest on Apple’s AR/VR headset In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman runs through some of the areas Apple is focusing on as the potential 2023 release approaches....

Today the US Patent and Trademark Office posted 20 new patents granted to Apple Inc, two of which are valuable patents related to the iPhone, iPad, and iOS. Patents like these have been becoming more important as mobile device manufacturers take each other to court. According a report from Patently Apple, the three most noteworthy of the patents include one for integrated touch screen technology that allows the display to be “thinner, brighter and require less power” and require less parts to manufacture, another is related to the “Voicemail Manager” for iPhone, and the last appears to be related to “improved installation, retention and removal of hardware components” in Mac Pro or other tower-like personal computers....

Apple was granted 37 patents today, notably receiving approval for AirPower’s primary selling point, “multi-device charging.” The company was also granted a patent related to an iPhone with a full-body display spanning the front through rear and sides. The latter patent details having touch-sensitive input capabilities on the rear glass, with the patent specifying users could turn pages, scroll, and game while utilizing the rear input. The same patent further covers detecting device tilt, with “scroll speed proportionate to tilt angle” when viewing content while “detect absence of tilt and halt scrolling” would offer when the device was steady....

Apple is among a handful of companies that have filed a new amicus brief in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – or DACA. The amicus brief was filed in an appellate case before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in which some state attorneys general are challenging the legality of the program. Notably, this is the second amicus brief filed by Apple in support of DACA. For those unfamiliar, DACA is a program introduced during President Obama’s administration that gives children who were brought into the United States illegally the opportunity to remain if they’re registered and paying their taxes....

Alongside the new clear case for iPhone XR, Apple is also making the 18W USB-C power adapter bundled with the 2018 iPad Pros available as a separate purchase. This adapter offers a more cost-effective entry point to fast charging for iPhone X, XS, and XR. At a rather steep $29 price tag, the 18W power adapter will charge your 2018 iPad Pro at its standard charging rate, as well as fast charge previous iPad Pros, iPhone 8, iPhone X, or iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR devices with a Lightning to USB-C cable (sold separately)....

In light of the recent reporting in regards to the NSA and governments across the world and their connection to the data that technology companies hold on their customers, Apple has published a lengthy document detailing its customer privacy policies. Additionally, the company has published charts that detail how many customer data requests it has received Between the beginning of January and end of June this year from governments. Breakdown of important details:...

A new patent application published yesterday by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) outlines in excruciating detail new multitouch gestures based on physical metaphors letting users share documents between devices by the means of flicking objects outside the screen boundaries, “pouring” content from one device into another (depicted in the above illustration) and more. The system taps your device’s many sensors, namely accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope, in order to determine its physical position relative to other devices in the vicinity....

Filed in September 2007, the case Apple Inc.s bought against the Big Apple stems from the logo used for the city’s environmental awareness campaign, reports Crain’s. That logo uses the outline of an apple with a leaf on top – and Apple reckons it’s too similar to the logo it now uses with complete impunity, following the settlement of a long-standing dispute on the matter of the logo with The Beatles’ Apple Corps....

On Xbox One, 2019’s Anthem has a lower player count than 2016’s Battlefield 1, and this statistic alone might as well be Anthem’s death certificate. Publisher EA took an incredibly expensive risk while chasing gaming trends and mismanaging Anthem developer Bioware — now, they’re paying the piper. Anthem’s poor state isn’t exactly a secret, and players have had an increasingly hard time with matchmaking as the game’s playerbase dwindled after a constant string of controversies and disappointments....

Apex Legends is one of the most popular battle royale games out there, and Respawn Entertainment has done a pretty fine job of keeping the player base engaged even several months after launch. The game still has millions of active players and Respawn Entertainment has been frequently adding content to the game. With the recent update, some players are reporting that their Apex Legends game is not using 100% GPU. In this guide, we will help you troubleshoot to fix the Apex Legends game....

The Apollo program’s mission and eventual success in landing humans on the moon will forever be a story worth revisiting. It’s also one that has received the feature documentary treatment twice in 2019 alone, with the IMAX Apollo 11 and Nat Geo’s Apollo: Missions to the Moon. The latter may not have the advantage of a gigantic screen with which to take in all the spectacle and glory of NASA’s efforts and Neil Armstrong’s momentous first steps onto the lunar surface, but it does have the benefit of being a comprehensive account of the Apollo program, from its determined, seemingly impossible beginnings to its eventual end with the Apollo 17 mission, in 1972....

In this episode of the Apple @ Work podcast, Matt Codling from Claris and Cris Ippolite of iSolutions join the show to talk about ECF Records Manager in Claris. Sponsored by Mosyle: Managing Apple devices at work shouldn’t be difficult. Mosyle makes it easy. Sponsored by Direct Mail: Bring the power of email marketing to your internal communications, with Direct Mail for Mac. Create, track, and securely send right from your desktop....

Apple announced sales of four million iPhone 4S units in the three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, the company said, more than 25 million customers have already upgraded to the new iOS 5 software in the first five days of its release and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud: Apple’s marketing honcho Phil Schiller was quoted in a statement: In 2010, Apple announced 1....

Characters from your favorite Apple Arcade titles are the stars of larger than life displays in Apple Stores around the world. The new interactive demos debuted this past week and are powered by a QR code-based experience. A grid of acrylic app icons fills the backdrop of the new Apple Arcade Avenue. Each icon is driven by an iPad playing an eye-catching animation. Current featured titles include Skate City, Crossy Road Castle, WHAT THE GOLF?...

Apple has already announced that they will be building a new mapping service based on crowd-sourcing, and in iOS 5 Apple is more clear about this. Apple is also more clear about their use location in iOS 5 beta 3, putting in a clear and descriptive boot screen (on first setup) that discusses the device’s location services. This screenshot is shown above. (Thanks, Devin and PiratX!) In addition, we are noticing speed improvements and bug improvements throughout the operating system....

All signs are pointing to Apple’s iPhone 8 arriving with new technologies that will replace Touch ID as we know it. So far the predicted possibilities include an optical fingerprint sensor, facial and gesture recognition, a next generation on-screen capacitive touch method, and as we reported last year when Apple filed the patent, ultrasonic imaging. More details have just come out about how sound imaging technology will work in a patent filed today by Apple....

Apple has updated its aerial screensaver video feed for the Apple TV 4K this week with a handful of new videos. There are now a total of fourteen aerial videos for the Apple TV 4K, most are copied over from the 1080p Apple TV at higher resolution … However, with this latest update, Apple has included one wholly brand new video of the Los Angeles skyline at night. You can see that new video embedded below (unfortunately at non-4K resolution) and watch all the Aerial screensavers on my personal blog page, which automatically updates with new videos as they come in....

Alongside the brand new Mac Studio desktop, Apple today announced a new addition to its external display lineup: the Apple Studio Display. The Studio goes on sale on March 18, with prices starting at $1599. The Studio Display measures 27-inches on the diagonal, with 5K display resolution. You can also get a nano-texture display option to minimise glare. The Studio display integrates an A13 chip to provide rich integration and features, including powering the speaker system and a Center Stage-enabled webcam....

A new report today from Variety shares that Apple has hired two new executives for its original content efforts with one coming from Hulu and the other from Legendary Entertainment. Apple has brought on legal executives Philip Matthys and Jennifer Wang Grazier for what Variety calls “key business affairs roles” for its video programming team. Matthys reportedly started at Apple last month as the head of business affairs, after leaving the same role at Hulu....

Apple has expanded beta testing of its upcoming iWork for iCloud service to all Apple employees, according to an email sent to employees. Since the mid-June WWDC conference, iWork for iCloud beta testing has been limited to members of Apple’s developer program. Apple says that employees can use iWork for iCloud on their personal computers. iWork for iCloud is a Google Docs-like service that allows Pages, Keynote, and Numbers users to create, edit, and view documents, presentations, and spreadsheets via iCloud....