Apple’s new iPad Pro pre-orders launch at authorized retailers w/ up to $50 gift cards, tax benefits
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Yesterday’s Keynote address at WWDC 2017 delivered a wide-range of new products, including fresh iPads. Today we’re seeing Apple’s latest tablets pop-up for pre-order and there are already a few ways to save.
Report: Apple Music exec Bozoma Saint John leaving company for Uber
It was reported Friday night that Apple Music exec Bozoma Saint John was planning to leave the company one year after her widely praised on stage debut at WWDC 2016. Saint John drove Apple Music’s marketing effort after joining the company through Apple’s Beats acquisition. Now TechCrunch reports that Bozoma Saint John’s next role will be at Uber…
Easily share your WiFi with friends on iOS 11, automatically sends passwords to nearby devices
iOS 11 includes many automatic features regarding first-time setup and account login. This extends to WiFi networks too. If a friend comes over with an iPhone running iOS 11, you can automatically log them in to your WiFi in one tap.
The UI looks like the AirPods pairing process. When the WiFi password screen pops up on the new device, other nearby iOS devices that are already on the network will try to help …
Uber provides free rides to polling stations for wheelchair users in three UK cities
Apple TV now included in public beta program starting with tvOS 11
Apple has expanded its Apple Beta Software Program to include the fourth-gen Apple TV for the first time. Apple’s public beta program has previously been limited to iOS and macOS while tvOS betas were only available to developers with paid accounts.
Tempted to run iOS 11 and the other new betas? You should probably wait
If you’re curious about whether or not you should run Apple’s brand new software betas, the answer is probably just wait for now. In short, iOS 11 and the other new betas are very beta which is to be expected for a major new pre-release.
iOS 11 allows you to play FLAC files, albeit in a clunky way
Audiophiles who keep their music in FLAC format will be pleased to find that you can now play these on an iPhone or iPad. FLAC is a completely lossless compressed audio format that works in a similar way to Zipped files, meaning that you get the full quality of the original recording.
Comment: What does the iMac Pro tell us about the all new Mac Pro to follow?
When Apple promised that new iMacs later in the year would include pro machines, it wasn’t messing around. The new iMac Pro slated for release later this year won’t just be the most powerful iMac Apple has ever made, it will be ‘the most powerful Mac ever.’
That means that Apple’s new all-in-one desktop machine will be faster and more capable than the current version of the standalone Mac Pro.
The specs certainly bear out Apple’s description …
Does the HomePod offer hifi audio quality? Here are the early verdicts …
When Apple finally confirmed HomePod, the long-rumored Siri speaker, Tim Cook said that before anything else, a home speaker had to deliver great audio.
Apple is a company that deeply cares about music and wants to deliver a great audio experience in the home. We feel like we re-invented it in the portable player area and we feel we can re-invent it in the home area as well.
At $349 – against $130 for Google Home and $180 for Amazon Echo – the HomePod will need to live up to that promise in order to justify its price. Apple provided a number of journalists with the chance to compare the sound quality with both the Echo and the Sonos Play 3, and we’ve got a roundup of the early verdicts …
Tim Cook said Apple cooperated with UK investigations into terrorist attacks
Tim Cook last night told Bloomberg that Apple had helped the UK with its investigations of terrorist attacks.
There have been three recent terrorist attacks in the UK, a suicide bombing in Manchester and two incidents where a vehicle was driven into people on bridges in London …