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Pebble watch creator wants your iPhone to charge your AirPods
Okay, I’m not sure this is what people had in mind when they suggested bundling AirPods with the iPhone. Pebble smartwatch founder Eric Migicovsky and friends are back with a new Kickstarter campaign for the PodCase, an iPhone battery case that also stores and charges your AirPods.
Google Drive/Backup and Sync app now compatible with macOS High Sierra and APFS
For the past several months, users running the beta version of macOS High Sierra have been out of luck when it comes to support for the Google Drive Mac app. Now, shortly before we’re likely to see the official release of macOS 10.13, Google has updated its software to work with the new Apple File System.
Report: iPhone 8 may not ship until October, September 22 launch for 7s and 7s Plus
We’re just five days out from Apple’s September 12 event where the new iPhone lineup will be unveiled, but Japanese blog Macotakara suggests the redesigned iPhone 8 may not reach customers until sometime in October.
This is a possibility that was frequently raised earlier in the year, although recent reports predict all three new iPhones launching at the same time with the high-end model shipping in limited quantities.
While Apple Music is the least popular streaming music service, it’s #1 for younger listeners
Apple Music is the least popular streaming music service across the U.S. population as a whole, according to a new Fluent report seen by us, coming behind YouTube, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Google Play Music, Spotify and Amazon Prime Music. But that’s not surprising, for two reasons …
Apple hedges bets on Toshiba, getting 20% stake in either Bain or Foxconn bids
In what’s beginning to feel like the world’s longest-running takeover battle, Foxconn has been pressing the case for its own bid for Toshiba’s chip division. It faces competition from two rival bids, from KKR and Bain Capital …
Spotify and Hulu now offer an incredible $5 bundle for students
This morning, Spotify and Hulu announced that the two services will now be bundled together for students for $4.99 per month. Considering the streaming music already offers an education-focused plan for the same price, this essentially delivers Hulu for free. We’ve already seen Apple and Amazon both announce aggressive offers for the all important student demographic, so it’s no surprise that Spotify is making this move to remain competitive.
New ARKit demo apps preview hair coloring, and a fun way to leave messages for kids [Videos]
Augmented reality looks set to have quite an impact on the beauty sector. After recently looking at a demo app for lipstick and other make-up, AR specialist ModiFace is back with a new demo app – this one allowing you to see how different hair colors would look before you take the plunge.
Using AI powered by analysing a staggering 220,000 hair color photos, the app shows in real-time video how your hair would look in any color of your choice …
Apple patent describes using backlight to strobe to music, and to act as safety light for runners
The iPhone will see massive growth in 2018, predicts Guggenheim, tailing off into 2020
Last year wasn’t the greatest one for Apple, with all of its hardware lines – iPhone, iPad and Mac – experiencing year-on-year declining sales. Guggenheim Securities believes that there’s both good news and bad ahead.
The good news, it says, is that the iPhone 8/Edition/X will see massive iPhone revenue growth in 2018 …