WWDC 2018 Apple Music playlist released as attendees earn ‘Close Your Rings’ pins
Spotify has begun licensing songs directly from artists, could potentially sidestep music labels
Spotify has been a worthy competitor for Apple Music since the start. However, Apple arguably has the edge with artists and music labels because of the tight relationships Eddy Cue and Jimmy Iovine have with industry leaders.
Apple Music gains ‘Coming Soon’ featured section with ability to pre-add albums
Apple Music has received a few updates including a useful new ‘Coming Soon’ section that brings along expected album release dates and a pre-add feature. On Mac, Artist profiles are getting a refreshed look.
Today at Apple launching new design prototyping session to help app developers
Today at Apple is a great program that offers free educational and inspirational sessions. Now, the company will be expanding the available sessions with one aimed at helping new app developers getting started.
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Snapchat frees Bitmoji Friendmoji from its app to now work across iOS
In an update starting to roll out to users today, Snapchat is making its Bitmoji Friendmoji available to use in iMessages and more across iOS.
Apple Business Manager launches in U.S. ahead of global expansion with School Manager
After teasing a late spring launch for its new Business Manager platform for enterprise users, Apple announced the U.S. launch this week during a developer session at WWDC.
Apple Business Manager will then launch globally in 34 countries starting June 20, followed by an expansion to another 31 countries this summer alongside Apple School Manager. The Business Manager platform was previously in beta with a select group of partners since earlier this year.
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CMV: Macs and iPads will remain separate product lines for many years yet
Speculation about the convergence of Macs and iPads has been around for a great many years, and got a new lease of life when we first heard reports of Apple working on some kind of cross-platform initiative.
When Apple this week confirmed plans to bring iOS apps to the Mac, it answered the question about whether it would merge iOS and macOS with a huge ‘No’ on the screen. Some have responded by suggesting that may be true now, but this is just the first step.
There may be some truth to that – but I do think Macs and iPads will remain separate product lines for many years to come …
Foxconn spinoff becomes largest tech company in China as it looks beyond Apple
Foxconn recently spoke about some of its plans to become less dependent on iPhone assembly orders, and one of the company’s biggest initiatives is off to a good start …
AAPL stock falls as report claims 2018 iPhone orders down 20% compared to last year
Apple stock is taking a hit in pre-market off a report from Nikkei that Apple’s orders for new iPhones are down about 20% compared to last year.
The report claims that iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X orders topped 100 million. This year, orders for the new 5.8-inch iPhone X successor, 6.5-inch ‘iPhone X Plus’ and cheaper 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, are in the 80 million range according to this report.