Apple Indonesia Agreement Could Force Company To Hand Over Icloud Data

An Apple Indonesia agreement could force the company to hand over to the government the personal data of iCloud users. Other tech companies also signed the agreement after the government set a deadline to avoid fines or even being banned from operating in the country. Apple Indonesia agreement The Financial Times reported: For social media companies, the agreement means that they can be forced to remove content critical of the government....

January 18, 2022 · 3 min · 523 words · Cynthia Herrera

Apple Acquires Metaio A Firm Behind Augmented Reality Software

Apple has acquired Metaio, a company specializing in several application related to augmented reality. Metaio mysteriously announced that it will stop selling its services last night, and filings with the German government this week indicate that the Apple acquisition is a done deal: Metaio offers six distinct services related to augmented reality, ranging from an SDK to cloud services to business tools. A video from the company demonstrates some of its work:...

January 17, 2022 · 1 min · 140 words · William Martin

Apple And At T Team Up With Delta To Give Pilots The New M1 Ipad Pro With 5G

Following a big move to bring the iPhone 12 to almost 20,000 Delta flight attendants back in April, the airline is again partnering with Apple and AT&T to upgrade all of its pilot’s electronic flight bags with the new M1-powered iPad Pro and 5G. The major iPhone 12 upgrade for Delta was part of its push to “lead the commercial airlines industry into the 5G era.” That effort continues with the airline upgrading “all pilot electronic flight bags (EFB) —one of a pilot’s tools for use in pre-flight management tasks and processes — to the new iPad Pro, powered by Apple’s M1 chip and 5G....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Jerry Burgess

Apple Announces New Single Day Record For App Store Purchases 386 Million Spent On New Year S Day

Apple today announced that it set a new single day record for the App Store, with $386 million worth of sales on New Year’s Day, an increase of 20% over last year. The App Store also set a new record for sales between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, with $1.42 billion in revenue. Apple announced the numbers as part of a press release that looked back on Apple’s “landmark” year of services offerings....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 311 words · Mary Twehous

Apple Announces Record Holiday Q1 2020 Earnings Revenue Of 91 8 Billion More

AAPL’s Q1 2020 earnings day is here, covering the lucrative holiday shopping season. For the first fiscal quarter of 2020, Apple had forecast revenue between $85.5 billion and $89.5 billion. That compares to the $84.3 billion it reported in the same quarter one year ago. So how did Apple perform during Q1 2020? The company has announced revenue of $91.8 billion and profit of $22.2 billion. That’s an all-time record for both net income and revenue, Apple says....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 307 words · Christopher Croce

Apple Asking Developers To Return Dtk Mac Mini Offers 200 Credit For Buying M1 Macs

When Apple announced the transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon chips, the company offered a custom Mac mini with the A12Z Bionic chip so that developers could update their macOS apps to support the new ARM platform. The company is now asking developers to return these DTK Mac minis as the M1 Macs were introduced in November last year. In an email sent to developers today, Apple says that soon developers will have to return the Developer Transition Kit (DTK) as it was only designed to test the apps on the Apple Silicon platform....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 328 words · William Ash

Apple Begins New Green Effort

New additions to Apple’s website include: Life Cycle Impact, Product Usage Impact, and Product Environmental Reports. There is also a new section section dedicated to environmental updates which is both a news feed and a timeline of Apple’s history of green-ness. var so = new FlashObject (“http://bizweektv.pb.feedroom.com/businessweek/bizweektv/pboneclip/player.swf”, “Player”, “300”, “249”, “8”, “#FFFFFF”); so.addVariable (“Environment”, “”); so.addVariable (“SkinName”, “pboneclip”); so.addVariable (“SiteID”, “bizweektv”); so.addVariable (“SiteName”, “businessweek”); so.addVariable (“ChannelID”, “”); so.addVariable (“StoryID”, “ea5d517b5b8a07d4b69a955eb77ab8ad914b759a”); so....

January 17, 2022 · 1 min · 126 words · Albert Gray

Apple Ceo Steve Jobs Called To Answer Questions In Itunes Antitrust Suit

Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs will have to testify in an anti-trust suite which alleges that Apple operated a music-downloading monopoly. At issue was Apple’s blockage of RealNetwork’s Harmony software which briefly allowed users to use RealNetworks’ music in iTunes and on iPods. A few days after Harmony was released, Apple updated its own software to block Harmony from working in Apple’s Music ecosystem. Apple has tried to fight any testimony from Jobs....

January 17, 2022 · 1 min · 171 words · Crystal Tucker

Apple Chip Guru Johny Srouji Reportedly Not A Candidate For Intel Ceo Position

Last week, a report suggested that Apple chip guru Johny Srouji was on Intel’s shortlist of CEO candidates. The Motley Fool’s Ashraf Eassa, however, now reports that Srouji is not a candidate for the CEO position and has told his staff at Apple that he’s not going anywhere. Eassa doesn’t share any additional details, but regularly covers Intel for The Motley Fool and is rather well-connected. Intel announced its Q4 2018 earnings on Thursday, but did not make any announcements regarding its vacant CEO position....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 330 words · Dong Bliss

Apple Cuts Beatsx Pricing Color Options But They Re Still Cheaper Elsewhere

Update: New colors are also now available. Apple has simplified its lineup of BeatsX headphones. Prior to today, the company sold seven color options of the W1-enabled headphones at $149.95, but that lineup has been cut to just two colors and a more affordable $119.95 price point. Despite the BeatsX pricing changes at Apple, however, you can still find them for less at various other retailers. Up until today, BeatsX were available in black, silver, space gray, gold, blue, white, and a ‘Defiant’ brand option in red and black....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 266 words · Ronald Parker

Apple Drops 5 7 To Fourth Place Or Rises 28 In Q4 U S Pc Shipments Depending Who You Ask

IDC has announced preliminary PC shipment numbers for the fourth quarter of 2013, with Apple dropping from third to fourth place on the list. Apple shipped about 438,000 fewer machines than the same quarter in the previous year, allowing Lenovo to catch up and overtake them, despite Lenovo’s gain of only 163,000 shipped units. HP, Dell, and Toshiba maintained the same positions as the previous year. While most companies lost a portion of their market share this year, Lenovo and Dell managed to claim most of the free space in the market....

January 17, 2022 · 1 min · 152 words · Juanita Wilson

Apple Event News Hub Iphone 12 Homepod Mini More

Apple is holding its annual iPhone event in just a few hours. We expect full details on the iPhone 12 lineup, a new HomePod mini, new wireless charging accessories, and much more during the event. Apple’s live stream will begin at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, and you can follow along in our Apple Event News Hub for the latest coverage. Head below and refresh throughout the event for more....

January 17, 2022 · 5 min · 931 words · Olivia Keiser

Apple Expands Social Media Presence With New Applemusichelp Twitter Account To Answer Support Questions

Apple is continuing to expand its presence on social media services, today launching a brand new @AppleMusicHelp Twitter account to answer queries and support questions live over Twitter related to its Apple Music service. The account is manned each day of the week from 6 AM – 8 PM Pacific Time. Apple representatives will watch the account’s mentions timeline and try to help resolve people’s problems. The service is completely free, but the account will only help with Apple Music-specific questions....

January 17, 2022 · 2 min · 253 words · Charles Blades

Apple Focuses On Developer Features For Ios 8 Testflight Beta Testing Biggest Sdk Ever Inter App Communication And More

Alongside a whole of other changes to the App Store, Apple is integrating TestFlight. This allows developers to do seamless beta-testing for free. There are also a whole host of ‘extensions’ apps can access, enabling integration into share sheets, Notification Center widgets and more. Apple is heavily stressing that this is the biggest developer release since the App Store was announced. The SDK includes over 4000 new developer APIs. This starts with extensibility, an inter-app communication system for apps....

January 17, 2022 · 6 min · 1218 words · Floyd Montgomery

Apple Hires One Of Nike S Top Fuel Band Designers To Work On Wearable Devices

Apple has lured away top Nike design director Ben Shaffer, according to a source at Nike with knowledge of the details behind Shaffer’s departure. At Nike, Shaffer was the Studio Director of the Innovation Kitchen. This is Nike’s research and development lab where new product designs are created. Under Shaffer’s lead, Nike was named the most innovative company in 2013 by Fast Company. Nike’s Innovation Kitchen has been connected to wearable products like the popular Nike Fuel Band, and most recently, the Flyknit shoe....

January 17, 2022 · 3 min · 567 words · Priscilla Jordan

Apple Ii Classic Karateka Hits App Store Snapguide For Ipad Calendars By Readdle Say What Word Game Imo Messenger For Ipad Deals More

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JH47u8d1M4] Just released: 1. Karateka | $2.99: Jordan Mechner, creator of the popular Prince of Persia franchise, and developer of the original fighter classic “Karateka” for the Apple II, is today bringing an HD remake of the game to iOS. Available on the App Store now for $2.99 for iPhone and iPad, the remake of the original 1984 fighter looks to essentially be a port of work done on the HD remake released on consoles last month....

January 17, 2022 · 10 min · 1945 words · Brock Nicholson

Apple Ios 10 2 1 Should You Upgrade And What S Included

Should You Upgrade Your iPad or iPhone to iOS 10.2.1? The 10.2.1 update is relatively small, coming in at 72 Mbs. Users can download the latest iOS update by launching Settings > General > Software Update. This took about 15 minutes to download and install on an iPhone 6s. Although this is a recommended update, make sure you perform a backup just in case. I personally like waiting a bit just to see if early adopters come across any show stoppers....

January 17, 2022 · 5 min · 967 words · Ramona Bell

Apple Ipad Air 2 First Look Unboxing Benchmarks And Camera Performance Video

Today we’re taking a look at Apple’s fastest and thinnest tablet to date. The iPad Air 2 is more than just a pretty shell. This tablet packs some decent performance over its predecessor. While we haven’t had enough time with it to put together a full review, there are some main points we wanted to go over. First up, this thing is crazy thin. Apple wasn’t exaggerating when claiming that it was thinner than a pencil....

January 17, 2022 · 4 min · 681 words · Megan Unrein

Apex Legends Wiki Guide Tips Tricks And Fixes

Apex Legends is a squad-based battle royal game that resides in the Titanfall universe. The game is quite interesting as there are multiple characters, weapons, armor, location maps, and different tricks guide to win the battle. Although the game can be overwhelming at first because of the plethora of gaming options to choose from. However, once you enter the game, it gets quite exciting as all the competitors are equal in terms of strength, speed, and firepower....

January 16, 2022 · 12 min · 2371 words · Shonda Bullard

App Store Stops By 950K Apps On Its Way To 1 Million

Last time Apple checked in during its Q3 2013 earnings report it announced the App Store was home to 900,000 apps and over 375K designed specifically for iPad. Today, the App Store has now reached 950,000 apps and quickly approaches 1 million with Apple accepting 50K new apps in the last two months alone. The news comes from app discovery service Appsfire, which regularly tracks new and updated apps added to the App Store....

January 16, 2022 · 2 min · 224 words · Marisha Obrien