Exclusive Ed Sheeran documentary ‘Songwriter’ now available to watch on Apple Music

Apple bought the exclusive rights to an Ed Sheeran documentary earlier this year. The documentary, Songwriter, has now been released. With an active Apple Music subscription, you can find the 1 hour, 24 minute film in the TV & Movies section in the Music app’s Browse tab, or in iTunes on the desktop.
Apple begins offering one-on-one Photos training for US customers over the phone

Apple retired its One to One customer training program several years ago, and replaced it with its free workshops and Today at Apple program. Now, the company is offering free one-on-one sessions over the phone for training on its Photos app.
AirPort Express firmware update adds AirPlay 2 and Home app support in iOS 12

Apple’s AirPort line may be discontinued, but AirPort Express got one heck of an update today. Firmware update 7.8 for the latest AirPort Express hardware (no longer sold) adds support for AirPlay 2 and Apple’s Home app on iOS 12. The teaser for support has been present since iOS 11.4 beta, but support hasn’t been live before today’s version 7.8 firmware update.
Apple releases second supplemental update for 2018 MacBook Pro owners running macOS 10.13.6

Apple has today released the second supplemental update for 2018 MacBook Pros running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.’
Instagram opens verification process, third-party authenticator app support
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Adobe XD adds third-party plugin support, new integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira

As part of a refocused effort to improve the world of user experience (UX) design, Adobe today has revealed several significant changes to their XD Creative Cloud desktop application. The new features open the door for rapid growth of the software with help from third parties.
Bose unveils new smart speaker and soundbars with Alexa voice control, AirPlay 2 and Google Assistant coming soon
Apple granted design patent for the exterior of the Steve Jobs Theater
Samsung announces speedy new NVMe-based Portable SSD X5 featuring Thunderbolt 3

Piggybacking off the success of its wildly popular T3 and T5 series of portable SSDs, Samsung today officially announced a new portable X-series NVMe SSD featuring Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. The Samsung Portable SSD X5, the company’s first portable NVMe external SSD with Thunderbolt 3, promises eyebrow-raising read speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s, 5.2 times faster than SSDs based on SATA III. more…


