Eddy Cue confirmed as SXSW keynote speaker, likely to talk Apple’s TV plans
SXSW, the popular annual event that features film, music, media, and tech conferences and festivals, has announced its latest round of featured speakers for this year which includes Apple’s own Eddy Cue. While Apple has played its original content efforts close to the chest so far, Cue might shed more light on what we can expect from Apple in this area.
Snapchat adds ‘Deluxe’ Bitmoji as Instagram introduces scheduled posts
Snapchat has unveiled new enhancements to its Bitmoji feature that will offer way more customizations than ever before. For business users, Instagram is also releasing new features with the ability to schedule posts.
New illustrations show Apple’s plans for striking new retail location in Scottsdale’s Fashion Square Mall
In a report from ABC 15 Arizona, Apple’s plans for an expansive new retail location in Scottsdale, Arizona have been detailed. The impressive new store, slated to open in the Fashion Square Mall, has now been revealed in new renders of the site.
How to stream President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Mac, iPad, iPhone & Apple TV
President Trump will give his first State of the Union address this evening, and all eyes will be on whether he manages to stick to the speech on the teleprompter or goes off script. Things didn’t get off to the best of starts when members of Congress were sent invitations which misspelled ‘Union’ as ‘Uniom.‘
The address will of course be broadcast on all the major networks, but you’ll also be able to watch it online on any of your Apple devices …
iPhone X a top-three seller globally, says Kantar, vindicating Apple’s pricing
While there may be many tales of doom-and-gloom surrounding the iPhone X at present, Kantar says that the flagship iPhone made it into the top three rankings in all of the regions it monitors during the last month of the year.
The flagship iPhone X made it into the top three best-selling devices in the month of December across Europe, Urban China, Japan, Australia and the United States …
Analysts downgrade Apple’s expected Q2 guidance by $7B on reports of poor iPhone X sales
Two days before Apple announces its earnings for fiscal Q1 2018 (calendar Q4 2017), analysts are already turning their attention to the company’s guidance for the following quarter.
We’ll find out two things on Thursday. First, whether iPhone X sales were high enough to hit the company’s predicted revenue of between $84B and $87B in the final quarter of last year. Second, what Apple expects to earn in Q2 (calendar Q1) …
iOS 11.3 will allow parents to approve family purchases using Face ID
iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID. While on devices with Touch ID it has always been possible to approve purchases using the biometric authentication, the feature had not been implemented for Face ID …
Censorship suggested as air quality data intermittently disappearing from Apple’s Weather app in China
A Reddit thread has suggested that Apple’s Weather app is censoring air quality data in China when it reaches unhealthy or hazardous levels.
Since iOS 11.1 or maybe 11.2, I’ve noticed that Apple’s weather and Maps default apps will intermittently censor air quality data for users in China. All other weather information remains available, but the AQI rating disappears. Alarmingly, this seems to occur more often when the AQI reaches levels that are defined as Very Unhealthy, and Hazardous …
Apple reportedly delaying some major iOS features to next year, in order to focus on performance and reliability for iOS 12
Axios is reporting that Craig Federighi instructed the software division to put aside some major iOS projects in order to focus on performance and reliability issues for iOS 12. The publication says a refresh of the homescreen and other features have been shelved to dedicate more resources to bug fixing, smaller tweaks and platform finesse.
There will be some new features in iOS 12 including augmented reality improvements, health features and improve parental controls, reports Axios. Bigger changes, including a refresh of the home screen, have been delayed to next year.
Court ruled emoji constituted apartment rental contract as lawyers struggle with interpretation
A judge in a court case has ruled that a series of texted emoji (shown) constituted a valid agreement to rent an apartment …