Indonesia’s smartphone shipments increased by 20% year-over-year (YoY) in quarter two (Q2) of 2024, according to Counterpoint’s Monthly Indonesia Smartphone Tracker. And Apple continued to lead the premium segment (>$600) with a 40% share. The iPhon…
Lees meerTaiwan’s Foxconn, Apple’s largest partner, has hired around 50,000 new workers at its Zhengzhou factory in China, reports BusinessKorea. This “significant recruitment drive” comes as the factory ramps up production of the iPhone 16, which is schedul…
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Lees meerOura, the company behind the most popular smart ring on the market, has hired Miklu Silvanto, formerly of Jony Ive’s Industrial Design Team at Apple, reports iMore. The Finnish designer will join Oura as its chief design officer. Eight-year veteran …
Lees meerApple has been granted a patent (US 12056339 B2) for a “Device, Method, and Graphical user interface for providing and interacting with a virtual drawing aid.” It involves more CAD (computer-aided design features on the iPad). About the patent The p…
Lees meerApple TV+ has revealed its first teaser for “Disclaimer,” the upcoming psychological thriller starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline. Told in seven chapters, the limited series will make its global debut on Friday, October 11…
Lees meerApple has pivoted on the Jon Watts-directed George Clooney/Brad Pitt starrer “Wolfs” reports Deadline. Instead of having a wide theatrical release before it lands on Apple TV+, it will receive a limited theatrical release September 20, and then debu…
Lees meerApple has released macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 with “important bug fixes.” According to Apple’s release notes, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 fixes an issue that prevented the enabling or disabling of Advanced Data Protection. There are apparently also fixes for oth…
Lees meerApple and Major League Baseball (MLB) have announced the September game schedule for “Friday Night Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader available to Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays throughout the 2024 regular season. Fans in 60 countries and regions c…
Lees meerThe iPad Pro appears to have cut into the sales of both iPad mini and also the iPad Air, according to new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Apple launched upgraded Air models at the same time as the iPad Pro models. As CIRP has see…
Lees meerThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM CORE) has announced that it has overwhelmingly ratified a historic three-year agreement with Apple that improves work-life balance, …
Lees meerApple has been granted a patent (number US 12056581 B1) for “Training a Character Through Interactions.” It involves virtual characters in 3D environments. About the patent The patent involves creating three dimensional (3D) content, and in particu…
Lees meerApple has released the third public betas of macOS 14 Sonoma, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, and watchOS 11. Public betas are available on Apple’s Beta Software Program website. Just remember that beta software is unfinished software, so proceed with …
Lees meerOpenAI has updated its ChatGPT app for the Mac with multitasking improvements. The desktop app now gives you side-by-side access to ChatGPT. You can use Option + Space to open a companion window, which stays in front so you can use it more easily wh…
Lees meerAccording to the latest Canalys data, worldwide tablet shipments increased by 18% year-on-year in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, reaching 35.9 million units. And it’s good news for the iPad. In Q2 2024, Apple maintained its lead in the global tabl…
Lees meerApple TV+ has set a fall premiere date for Season 2 of “Shrinking.” Deadline reports that the dramedy starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford will be released on Wednesday, October 16. Here’s how the series is described: “Shrinking” follows a grievin…
Lees meerTyler Labine (“New Amsterdam”) has been tapped for a recurring role in the fifth season of Apple TV+’s “For All Mankind,” reports Deadline. He’ll play Fred, a Mars Peacekeeper. Apple has announced that “For All Mankind” had been renewed for a fifth …
Lees meerApple has seeded the fifth developer betas of macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2 to developers. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer portal. Or they can be downloaded over-the-air…
Lees meerBeginning today, Disney+ subscribers will be able to access a new immersive environment from National Geographic with the Disney+ app on Apple Vision Pro. According to National Geographic Executive Vice President David Miller, it will transport user…
Lees meerA federal judge has ruled that Google has illegally monopolized the search market, “handing the government an epic win in its first major antitrust case against a tech giant in more than two decades,” reports Bloomberg. Judge Amit Mehta in Washingto…
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