Apple granted patent for iPhone with 360-degree wraparound curved display
Apple was today granted a patent for what it describes as a ‘consumer electronic product [which] includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display.’ The accompanying drawings show a device which has a display which completely wraps around the device – covering front, rear and sides – with only tiny bezels at the top and bottom.
While Apple uses generic language throughout most of the patent text, it does use the example of a smartphone in places, and the main drawing clearly shows an iOS device with a phone icon present, indicating that the company has an iPhone in mind.
If you’re wondering about one oddity in the drawings, there’s a reason for that …
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: 10th anniversary iPhone, Curved display, Curved screen, iPhone 8, Patent
How Siri works in iOS 10 for third-party apps: Rich integration with six kinds of application
Siri unlocks a new dimension of functionality in iOS 10, allowing third-party apps to integrate inline into the Siri voice assistant experience. Any developer integration expands utility of Siri dramatically but it’s important to note the limitations of the system Apple announced.
For iOS 10.0, the Siri API will only work with six kinds of application: ride booking (think Uber), messaging, Photo Search (find photos and videos in a particular app), payments (‘Send $100 to John with SquareCash’), VoIP Calling (e.g: Skype) and Workouts (for starting health and fitness activities) …
Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices, Tech Industry Tagged: iOS 10, messages, payments, ride booking, Siri
Cryptography professor from John Hopkins questions security of Apple’s plans to collect more personal data
One of the challenges Apple has faced in making its services truly personal and proactive is its focus on privacy. While Google unashamedly collects masses of data about its users, even going to far as to scan emails for boarding passes and restaurant reservations in order to provide automated reminders, Apple has been extremely conservative in the amount of data it collects.
We even learned a few months ago that any collection of customer data requires sign-off from three ‘privacy tsars’ and that getting permission can take a year.
A feature Apple mentioned yesterday almost in passing seems to allow the best of both worlds – collection of data while ensuring user privacy – but a leading cryptography expert has questioned whether Apple’s approach is really safe …
Filed under: iOS Devices
Parallels celebrates its 10 years of innovation with its virtualization software
Parallels, the virtualization software infamous for being able to run Windows on the Mac, is celebrating its 10 years of innovation this week. Parallels has seen a cornucopia of changes since its initial launch in 2006 and it shows no signs of slowing down. Today marks the 10th anniversary since Parallels’ launch and they’ve decided to spend the next week highlighting the decade of features that made its way onto the Mac. To further show their appreciation towards previous, current, and future customers, Parallels is offering 25% off Parallels Desktop software. This includes Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition, and Parallels Desktop Business Edition. We’ve decided to take a deep dive with the Parallels team into showcasing their trajectory from where they came, and where they might go in the years to come.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: Boot Camp, Parallels 11, Parallels for Mac, virtualization
Apple releases App Store Review Guidelines comic book in partnership with Madefire
During Apple’s State of the Union and 15th annual Apple Design Awards, Apple explained that the App Store Review Guidelines would be receiving new updates this year. Currently on Apple’s own App Store Review Guidelines page there are two different guidelines listed, pre- and post- June 13,2016. Apple has decided to take these changes one step further into a partnership with Madefire. At the end of the Apple Design Award ceremony this year, Apple announced a collaboration with Madefire to make reading the newly updated guidelines easier. By releasing it as a comic book.
Filed under: Developers Tagged: Apple Design Awards, Comic book, Madefire, WWDC
Here are the iOS & Mac apps that won this year’s Apple Design Awards
Apple has just wrapped up its exciting WWDC 2016 keynote announcing macOS Sierra, iOS 10, watchOS 3, and the latest installment of tvOS. The event was mostly focused on what Apple would be releasing at the end of this year, but Apple also likes to put the attention back on the amazing developers in the community. Every year Apple celebrates developers and the work they’ve accomplished across the various software platforms at its Apple Design Awards. This year’s 2016 Apple Design Awards showcased apps for iOS, OS X, watchOS, and tvOS.
Filed under: Apple TV, Apps, Developers, iOS, Mac Tagged: ADA 2016, Apple Design Awards, Apple Design Awards 2016, iOS, MacOs, tvOS, WWDC 2016
Apple again reverses stance, will no longer require Apple TV developers to support the Siri Remote
When the fourth-gen Apple TV was announced last year, Apple initially said that it would be a requirement for games to support the included Siri Remote. Shortly thereafter, however, Apple reversed that stance and said that all games “must support the Apple TV remote.” Hidden inside today’s tvOS announcements though, is yet another reversal on Apple’s part. The company now says that developers can “require the use of an MFi game controller.”
Filed under: Apple TV
Hands-on: watchOS 3 Apple Watch tidbits
Developer previews of watchOS 3 are now live and we’re starting to go hands-on with the next big release. Below are some of the tidbits we’re collecting of changes we’ve discovered on watchOS 3 on the Apple Watch.
- Screenshots on watchOS 3 can be enabled or disabled from the Apple Watch app on iOS
- watchOS now supports Find My Watch within the Find My iPhone iOS app
- There is now support for more granular control with wake screen times when in a session (a session is an activity like Workout, and Maps)
- New Breathe application and complications are available
- New Music complication available on watch faces
- New Apple Watch faces available: Activity Digital, Activity Analog, Numerals
- Two individual complications can now be added to the Timelapse watch face
- New small app shortcut complications for Find My Friends, Heartrate, Home, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Phone, Reminders, Remote, Stocks, Weather Conditions (both this and Weather launch the Weather app currently) and Workout.
- New application loading view when launching apps on watchOS
- Primary Maps view has a white background on icons making it easier to see
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Filed under: Apple Watch Tagged: watchOS 3
Hands-on: The all-new Music app in iOS 10 [Gallery]
Apple earlier today unveiled a major redesign for the Music app as part of iOS 10. We reported earlier this year on many of the changes, but now we’ve had the chance to get our hands on the redesign in all of its glory. The Music app in iOS 10 brings a host of changes, many of them visual, but also a few new features as well.
Filed under: Apple Music Tagged: Apple Music, gallery, iOS 10
Apple removes Game Center app from homescreen with iOS 10 beta 1
After years of considering removing Game Center from iOS, it appears Apple has decided to officially pull it as evidenced with today’s first iOS 10 beta. As this is a first beta, there is a possibility we could see the application’s return before this fall when iOS 10 is officially released to the public.
As stock apps have hit the App Store, and users can now delete most of them on iOS 10, it’s entirely possible Apple falls back to allowing Game Center as an App Store download. Personally, it will be nice to have one less app I no longer use on my home screen.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: Game Center, iOS 10 Beta 1, WWDC 2016