A couple of weeks since Adele launched her new single “Easy on Me” and opened pre-orders for her new album 30, Apple Music has announced that both of them have broken records on the platform. According to Apple Music on Twitter, 30 is now the most pre-added album ever on the streaming platform. Not only that, but it has also broken the record for the largest single-day pre-add in the platform’s history....
Apple Supplier BOE is making OLED screens for the iPhone 12, according to a supply-chain report. Although BOE has long made LCD screens for Apple, and later graduated to making OLED ones for the Apple Watch, it will be the first time the Chinese company has made OLED screens for iPhones. When Apple first switched to OLED for flagship iPhones in the form of the iPhone X, Samsung was the iPhone maker’s exclusive supplier of the screens …...
Apple is apparently preparing to debut its first cellular MacBook models next year, with 5G-enabled MacBooks coming in the second half of 2020 according to Digitimes. Apple will purportedly be using a ceramic antenna component for better 5G performance. At this stage, nobody but Digitimes is making these claims — and it’s always worth treating Digitimes reporting with a healthy dose of skepticism. Apple may well be exploring possible designs for cellular-enabled notebooks, but we wouldn’t put too much stock in the 2020 timeframe just yet....
Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to move its Tokyo, Japan-based headquarters from its current location, the Shinjuku region of Tokyo, to something more magnificant: the 54-story Robbongi Hills complex in central Tokyo. The company plans to make its move as soon as April of this year, according to the report. Also, Apple reportedly told its current office landlord that it would not be renewing its lease after June 2013. The report says that Apple plans to occupy one or two floors of this new building....
Apple doesn’t seem like its slowing it’s original content efforts anytime soon. The company has been aggressively gaining rights to more original content over the past several months and today is no exception. The New York Times reports that Apple has just landed rights to Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change, a novel written by Nathaniel Rich. The report also includes a rather buried mention of when we should expect the new video service to finally go live…...
All of today’s best discounts are now up for grabs following Apple Watch Series 7 models falling to new lows ahead of spring. That’s alongside the latest M1 Pro MacBook Pros at up to $250 off and Satechi’s new 165W USB-C GaN charger at 20% off. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple Watch Series 7 discounts land in time for spring There’s all of the expected features that make it an ideal fitness companion, as well as new improvements this time around like a noticeably larger screen....
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has told USA Today that Apple will still be around in 2075 – alongside Google and Facebook. He made the prediction ahead of the Silicon Valley Comic Con, whose theme is ‘The Future of Humanity: Where Will We Be in 2075?’ and said that he and Steve Jobs made that assumption from the start … He told USA Today that when they founded the company, they both assumed it would last forever....
Although Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has grossed around $872 million worldwide to date, it failed to pass the $1 billion (as some had predicted) and was far from being a critical darling. Since the film’s release, there have been changes made behind the scenes on the DC Extended Universe that Batman V Superman and the upcoming Justice League movies (including director James Wan’s Aquaman) are part of; most notably, DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns being appointed the architect of the DCEU....
After a number of dramatic situations behind the scenes of DC Extended Universe movies, particularly Justice League, Aquaman makes it look like Warner Bros. learned some important lessons - but could have learned a few more. Aquaman is a major milestone for the DCEU, becoming the second movie in the franchise to garner an overall positive critical evaluation, while also becoming the highest grossing DC movie of all time. The franchise has been profitable (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman are all in Warner Bros....
While Apple saw a huge 54% increase in revenue for Q2 compared to the previous year, both and Mac and iPad saw even higher revenue growth at 70%+. Notably, during the company’s earnings call, Apple revealed half of its tablet and Mac sales were to new customers. iPhone remains the biggest portion of Apple’s revenue at $47.94B out of the total $89.6B. And the revenue for every main product category was up double digits for its March quarter but Mac and iPad grew the most at 70% and 79%, respectively....
Apple stopped disclosing preorder numbers for iPhone sales a few years ago, so exact metrics on iPhone performance will have to wait at least until the earnings call on November 2. However, Apple has released a statement confirming that demand is indeed very strong for the radically redesigned iPhone X … In a statement, Apple said that response to iPhone X was ‘off the charts’ and is working hard to get more stock available as quickly as possible:...
As Apple has been removing popular apps in Iran from the App Store, the company has been sharing a message with developers saying that U.S. sanctions are the cause of the issue. The New York Times reports that a popular app in Iran which was similar to Uber was pulled from App Stores today. In previous weeks shopping and food delivery apps have also been removed. Apple is reportedly now “…moving aggressively to shut down Iranian apps....
After launching the first macOS Monterey 12.1 beta at the end of October, Apple has seeded developers with macOS 12.1 beta 2. It arrives as Apple has slated the launch of Universal Control and SharePlay as coming “later this fall” for Mac. Update 11/10: The second macOS 12.1 beta is now available for public testers. Also, Universal Control still isn’t available to fully test in 12.1 beta 2. Meanwhile, the macOS Big Sur 11....
While the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition has been receiving a lot of attention due to its premium pricing and aesthetic, Apple will sell far more of the lower-priced Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport models, and has created a different customer journey for those customers, according to sources briefed on the plans. Most of the sales process will be familiar to buyers of other products from the Apple Store, but a number of steps are different, including the process of visiting a “magical” display case, trying on different models, playing with demo units, considering Apple Watch accessories, and actually finalizing the purchase....
Apple seems to be spending its December adding new products to its online store and today is no exception. The company has added a new LaCie USB-C 6TB hard drive to its lineup. The hard drive is compatible with any modern Mac, including the new MacBook Air, iMac and iMac Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Pro. Starting at $249.95 the external drive comes in a stealthy black/space gray color with its own stand....
When Apple TV+ first debuted on November 1, few series were as welcome a surprise, or as critically acclaimed, as Dickinson, starring Hailee Steinfeld. A super modern sitcom, with darkly comedic and often inappropriate flair, the series is a loose but still accurate adaptation of the life of a young Emily Dickinson, the famous 19th-century poet from Amherst, Massachusetts. The series is framed as a coming of age story and finds Emily experiencing love and loss over the course of her artistic journey as she struggles to make her name known as a poet....
Apple’s impressive health features have been expanding over the years and reach beyond devices like Apple Watch. Now in a new interview, Apple’s VP of health, Dr. Sumbul Desai revealed how the company approaches designing, validating, and testing health features, and more. Sitting down for an interview during Heath Month with Rene Ritchie, Dr. Desai shared that having the leadership team at Apple fully behind innovation in health is empowering and important....
Apple Watch Series 4 sees price drops on various models Woot’s one-day refurb iPhone 7 sale is great for kids Today only, Woot is offering refurbished iPhone 7 models in unlocked condition priced from $190. As a comparison, Apple is currently charging $379 for a 32 GB model in certified refurbished condition. This is a match of our previous mention. Apple is continuing to offer the latest version of its software on these phones, and likely will for the next few years....
The Apple Watch Sport’s Ion X glass has been put through a torture scratch test and we’ve seen it survive 15 minutes under water but now that Apple Watches are being shipped en masse, we’re going to see many full-on torture tests. The first such test is from Cnet which takes it through some (admittedly unlikely) kitchen destruction scenarios. The Apple Watch and its white band survived admirably through the gauntlet but you could tell this video was going to end with a broken watch and it finally broke when smashed with a iron skillet....
Warning: SPOILERS below for Aquaman. Director James Wan sheds light on why he chose to use Pitbull’s song “Ocean to Ocean” in one of Aquaman’s key scenes. There’s a lot of remarkable sequences in the latest DC Films installment, but arguably what stuck with most viewers was the slow-mo shot of Arthur (Jason Momoa) and Mera (Amber Heard) walking out of the water. It’s an expected sight in a film set both on land and sea, but what made it so memorable is the fact that it’s set to the tune of Pitbull’s aforementioned song....
