Huawei set to overtake Apple in smartphone sales, but that’s before the iPhone 8
Apple managed to achieve a little year-on-year growth in iPhone sales in its most recent quarter, but market intelligence data from both Strategy Analytics and Canalys show that the company looks set to be overtaken by Chinese brand Huawei …
New report offers more detail on Apple’s work w/ Cochlear to improve iPhone accessibility
Earlier this month, it was reported that Apple was working with hearing-aid manufacturer Cochlear on Bluetooth and other technologic challenges to offer a direct connection to iPhones. Now, a new piece from Wired offers more detail on the efforts and talks about how “Apple is putting voices in users’ heads” with the technology…
Fitbit says it plans to unveil ‘the best health and fitness’ smartwatch later this year
While several wearable companies have exited the market recently, Fitbit is still working on its new smartwatch. According to CEO James Park, the company hopes to release the accessory “ahead of the holiday season.” Park made the announcement in Fitbit’s Q2 2017 earnings release.
Apple shares more iPhone 7 ads from its partnership w/ Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Last month, Apple partnered with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for an extended advertisement highlighting Siri. The ad was called “Dominate the Day” and showcased using Siri at various points to speed up basic tasks.
Today, Apple has uploaded a series of shorter advertisements from its partnership with The Rock…
iPhone 8 camera may support ‘SmartCam’ scene selection, Apple Pay Face ID
The iPhone 8 camera may introduce support for a new ‘SmartCam’ scene selection feature according to code discovered by Guilherme Rambo from the leaked HomePod software. The code suggests SmartCam may be used by the new camera app to intelligently capture the best photos when shooting specific scenes like sunrises and fireworks. Additional code references authenticating Apple Pay with what is believed to be facial recognition.
AAPL performance to decide if Tim Cook will receive $44M bonus later this month
Earlier this year it was reported that Tim Cook’s 2016 pay was cut by $1.5M as Apple missed its revenue and profit goals. Today, Bloomberg reports that Cook’s yearly performance award window is about to close later this month and 280,000 AAPL shares are on the line…
How to create a bootable macOS High Sierra USB install drive [Video]
If you want the ability to perform a fresh and clean install of macOS High Sierra, then you should consider creating a bootable macOS High Sierra USB install drive. Not only will this walkthrough work for the macOS High Sierra beta, but it will also work for the final public release once available. In the following video tutorial, we’ll show you how.
Lyft is matching Apple Pay donations from riders to charity programs this month
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Instagram users are spending more time in the app after it copied Snapchat Stories
It’s been a whole year since Instagram rolled out its Snapchat-cloned Stories feature that lets users share ephemeral photos and videos on the service, and today Instagram has shared new data on Stories changing user engagement.
Earlier this summer Instagram shared that its Stories feature has 250 million users. Now Instagram says Stories has also helped increase the amount of time users spend in the app.