Before the spaceship: A look back at the previous campuses that Apple called home
Apple’s design studio at Infinite Loop
On November 17th, Apple will welcome the general public to its expansive new campus for the first time, marking an important milestone in the history of the company. This isn’t the first time Apple has moved their campus, though. Let’s take a look back at the corporate offices that preceded Apple Park.
KGI: Apple adding 6.5-inch OLED and 6.1-inch LCD bezel-less iPhone to lineup in 2018
KGI Securities has released its 2018 iPhone product mix forecast, and in it reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted two new iPhone form factors coming next year. Specifically, KGI expects Apple to introduce two new iPhone display sizes next year with a mix of OLED and LCD screens.
Limited edition Midnight Fog Nike Apple Watch launching tomorrow ahead of matching Air Vapormax shoes
Nike is releasing a version of Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE that features a new band color that will color match an upcoming version of the company’s Air Vapormax running shoes.
How to turn your iPad into the best digital photo frame
You can easily spend between $100 and $200 on a Wi-Fi digital photo frame, but these often have clunky interfaces for syncing photos and the displays can be quite poor. A better solution may be repurposing an old iPad or putting your current iPad in photo frame mode for special occasions.
Apple used to include a handy photo slideshow button on the iPad lock screen years ago, but this feature was abandoned with iOS 7 and later. While I’d love to see this feature return in the future, it’s possible to create a Wi-Fi digital photo frame mode for your iPad using built-in features in iOS today.
Report: Apple to bring Face ID to the HomePod with next-generation model
$130 billion isn’t enough for Broadcom to take over Qualcomm
A week ago we reported that chipmaker Broadcom had offered to buy rival chipmaker and Apple supplier, Qualcomm for $130 billion. According to a press release from Qualcomm, its board of directors unanimously vetoed the purchase. more…
Opinion: Breadcrumb back button navigation on iPhone X is strangely ‘undesigned’
With the iPhone X, Apple had to redesign the top of the iOS user interface significantly to accommodate the notch in the display.
Rather than just dividing the status bar in two, Apple designed and engineered a significant overhaul to status items. New icons, new animations, new transitions … with one strange exception that was seemingly left unchanged.
Users report battery drain with YouTube app on iOS 11
There are many reports to the YouTube customer support account on Twitter complaining about battery drain when running the app on iOS 11. The company is apparently ‘actively working to fix this’.
Cybersecurity experts ‘beat’ Face ID with carefully constructed 3D mask
A cybersecurity firm have apparently successfully tricked Face ID into unlocking with a specially made mask, imitating a real person’s face. The security researchers say they only unlocked the iPhone X with a real person’s face, so the iPhone could not learn false data from the mask.
How much of a security flaw this really represents is up for debate of course. Making the mask only cost $150 in materials, but required access to a detailed scan of the person’s facial features and many hours of work by artists …
Apple launching first redesigned Apple Store in Australia on November 24
Apple has been slowly updating its Apple Stores around the world with the major new redesigns led by Jony Ive, during a redefining of the retail stores as ‘town squares’ by Angela Ahrendts.
The new look will now make its debut in Australia for the first time later this month, with a new Apple Store in Chadstone opening November 24.