AT&T offering buy one, get one iPhone or $.99 iPad with DirecTV subscription
AT&T today announced a pair of promotions for those interested in an iPhone and DirecTV. The carrier is running a buy one get one promotion for the iPhone 7, as well as a deal that could get you a free iPad…
Report: Kushner moving forward with efforts to modernize gov IT, seeks help from Apple & others
Several reports in the past have highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to modernize the government and now that work is moving forward. As detailed in a new report from Recode, Jared Kushner announced the new efforts to Trump and a group of major tech companies today, including Apple…
iPhone 8 may support 4K video at 60 FPS with front & rear cameras
The iPhone 8 leaks from Apple’s HomePod firmware continue today. Following earlier details such as design and face recognition information, Portuguese news site iHelp has found code that seemingly indicates the iPhone 8 will be capable of 4K video at 60 frames per second with both the front and rear cameras…
Apple shares two additional teaser videos for upcoming ‘Carpool Karaoke’ series
In the build up to next week’s full release, Apple this week has shared two new teaser videos for its Carpool Karaoke series. One of the videos was uploading to Apple’s YouTube channel, while other was shared on The Late Late Show’s channel.
LastPass shares pricing info for ‘Families’ plan, doubles Premium cost, and removes Free features
Last month, LastPass announced that it would soon be introducing a new “Families” plan for sharing passwords, bank account info, and other sensitive data among family members. We finally have pricing details on how much LastPass Families will cost, but in addition to that, the existing Premium option is seeing a price hike and a couple features from the Free plan are being removed.
Large iPhones have nearly killed off small screens among US users despite SE growth
iPhone 8 concept explores how iOS 11 could reimagine the status bar and navigation
Thanks to the leaked HomePod software last week, we now expect the rumored iPhone 8 design with a top notch for the speaker and sensors to be what Apple ships later this year. If the nearly bezel-less design is accurate, there are several possibilities of how iOS could be designed around the top notch. Designer Max Rudberg shares three possible scenarios for the iPhone 8 and iOS 11…
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Opinion: There are signs Apple is starting to target mid-market consumers too
If there’s one certainty in life where Apple is concerned, it’s that it targets the premium end of the market. Apple would tell you that it aims to make the best products, and that these cost money to make. A more cynical observer might say that Apple aims to make the highest margins and makes the products (and adds the marketing) it takes to achieve this.
But either way, the company has always targeted those customers willing to pay the big bucks for premium products. That approach has meant that while Samsung sells almost twice as many smartphones as Apple, it’s the Cupertino company that hoovers up almost 80% of the total profits in the industry.
But there are signs that Apple may be broadening its horizons …
Beyond Portrait Mode … next-generation computational photography technique demonstrated [Video]
A former Google SVP recently praised Apple’s use of computational photography to achieve shallow depth of field shots with the dual camera on the iPhone 7 Plus. A research team has now developed a next-generation computational photography technique that allows you change the perspective of a photograph after it has been taken – including achieving effects not possible with conventional cameras …