iDevices launches HomeKit-enabled Dimmer Switch to upgrade your existing lights
iDevices is expanding its HomeKit lineup with the launch of its new $99 Wi-Fi Enabled Dimmer Switch which works without a hub. iDevices first showed off the new smart lighting solution back in January at CES. Dimmer Switch replaces traditional wall light switches to add smart home features to traditional lights.
Three Apple suppliers hit by Taiwanese power outage, but iPhone production on-track
Three Apple suppliers in Taiwan say that production was hit by a widespread power failure across many parts of the country. One of the companies, which assembles and tests radio and Touch ID chips for the iPhone, says that the outage did have a significant impact on production …
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Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a one-off purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a great deal of criticism. Here’s a sprinkling of views from the comments.
Subscribe to a text editor? I’m out.
I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I’m concerned, that was a total waste of money now they’re moving to this subscription model.
This “rent your software” crap needs to stop, and people need to stop defending it.
Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I’m out, looking for alternatives.
Read: “Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets In”
The company, of course, has its own rationale …
ESPN for Apple TV can now live stream four games simultaneously
ESPN is launching a new version of its Apple TV app that lets viewers watch up to four live streams simultaneously. The new MultiCast feature is designed for following multiple games at the same time so you don’t miss key plays or have to flip between streams to see a score.
Apple & other tech companies ask U.S. Supreme Court to apply 4th Amendment protection to location data
Apple has joined with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon and others in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that 4th Amendment protections apply to cellphone location data. This would mean that location data could not be accessed without a warrant or court order.
The issue is before the Supreme Court as a result of a 2011 conviction …
Crazy rumor time: blurry images claim to show a ’60-inch OLED Apple television’
Four photos have been posted to Chinese social media site Weibo claiming to show an ‘OLED Apple television’ of around 60 inches. There are, however, just a few problems with this claim …
Apple to spend $1bn on original content and produce up to 10 new shows over the next year, according to report
Apple appears to be taking original content production very seriously. Building on significant talent hires, the Wall Street Journal writes Apple has readied a $1 billion budget to ‘procure and produce’ content over the next year.
The report says the sum is about half what HBO spent on production last year. Apple could launch up to ten new shows, with Apple SVP Eddy Cue said to have ambitions to offer shows that rival Game of Thrones.
As high quality 4K video goes mainstream, Apple’s HEVC will help keep file sizes at bay
Upcoming support of the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding ) codec in macOS Sierra and iOS 11 will help to improve file efficiency of high quality video files. With an added emphasis on high quality 4K content in upcoming Apple hardware and software, the deployment of such technology is occurring at an ideal time. more…