Apple Store app for iOS adds ‘Sessions’ feature, improved in-store experience, more
The Apple Store app on iOS has today received a major update, bringing it to version 5.0. The update includes a new Sessions screen for finding Apple Store, improvements to the in-store experience, and more…
Where to use or buy GymKit workout equipment with Apple Watch
GymKit for Apple Watch is brand new technology that will hopefully one day be in all gyms and personal fitness equipment, but for now you need to know where to look to find it. The good news is there are several models of workout machines that work with GymKit today, but you may want to seek out a fitness club with the right equipment for now.
Apple shows off the ease of Apple Pay with iPhone X & Face ID in new ad [Video]
Apple is continuing its release of iPhone X ads today with a new video focused on using Face ID to quickly make purchases with Apple Pay. The whimsical new ad highlights how Face ID and Apple Pay makes impulse purchases even easier…
Snapchat adding new ‘Map Explore’ feature to make it even easier to stalk your friends
Analyst: Apple Watch and services will overtake iPhone as main growth driver over next five years
A new report today from Business Insider shares new projections about how valuable Apple services will be to the company’s growth as iPhone shipments stagnate. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty believes the company’s services and Apple Watch will be the primary revenue growth drivers over the next five years.
AirPlay: Naming Apple TVs and HomePods to avoid (2) and other issues
While it’s perfectly reasonable to have an Apple TV and a HomePod in the same room, Apple hasn’t optimized parts of its software to handle this very well. For example, if you name both your Apple TV and HomePod ‘Kitchen’ as the software will suggest, the result is the second device appending a (2) to the device name.
That’s clunky but it works. The trickier issue this creates is how AirPlaying system audio from macOS works. iOS and iTunes provide device icons to distinguish between Apple TVs and HomePods, but the system audio menu omits these which makes naming devices by room even more confusing.
Instagram listens to user feedback, making several improvements to its feed algorithm
Instagram today announced that it will be making several updates to its feed algorithm to help improve the experience for its users.
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AR app turns your iPhone X into a useful IKEA furniture instruction manual [Video]
A new app concept gives us a look at how AR can be leveraged to create a better experience than using paper instruction manuals. Specifically, AssembleAR shows what it looks like to use AR to help put together IKEA furniture.
Opinion: What I’d like to see Apple announce at the March 27 ‘education’ event
Apple set expectations for the March 27 event with the invite: ‘creative new ideas for teachers and students’. It’s going to be themed and directed at education markets, no question.
But that doesn’t mean the event will be irrelevant to an average consumer outside of a school. Whilst software announcements will almost certainly focus on things like Apple Classroom, any new hardware revisions affect normal customers just as much as schools. Here’s what I’d like to see happen.