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A recent leak of the 4K version of the Aquaman movie could have originated via a breach on Apple’s iTunes. Movie piracy goes way back to the early days of the Internet, with many pirates originally just going into theaters and recording movies with video cameras. Those files would then get shared on the Internet, mostly through torrent sites, with some fans downloading the file to watch an inferior quality version of the movie, rather than pay to see it in theaters....

Apple Stores and Apple.com will soon have a new Apple Watch buying experience for customers. The all-new Apple Watch Studio will allow customers to pair watch models and bands separately at purchase for the first time. Apple says the new experience will allow customers to create nearly 1,000 watch and band combinations. This previously required buying the Apple Watch paired with select bands preconfigured in the box. Apple started packaging the Apple Watch and paired strap separately in the same box starting with Apple Watch Series 4 last year....

Little more has been heard since then, but a new Bloomberg report says that the product now exists in prototype form and has begun testing outside the lab … Bloomberg says that work on the product began more than two years ago. The report also corroborates the rumored facial-recognition camera, but says that it may go even further than previous reported. It had been reported at one point that Apple was considering building the functionality into the Apple TV, but Bloomberg says that the company decided against this....

Apple’s wearables category is set for strong growth over the next four years, according to the latest predictions from IDC. It says that the ‘earwear’ market – comprising headphones with smart features like Siri – is set to hit 139M shipments this year, rising to 273M shipments by the end of 2023. That would represent a cumulative annual growth rate of more than 40%… IDC said that ‘earwear’ dominates the wearables market....

Update: Apple is now releasing tvOS 15.1 beta 2 to public beta testers. Not only that, but the company is also seeding beta 2 of HomePod 15.1 to selected developers. One week after releasing tvOS 15.1 beta 1, Apple is now seeding the second beta of tvOS to developers. Here’s everything new with it. Today’s build is 19J5552f. With tvOS 15.1 beta, Apple reenabled SharePlay testing. This is one of the most important features announced during the WWDC21 keynote that was postponed....

It’s happening. If you were early enough to get in on day-one delivery for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE, and the Apple TV 4K, then you’ve probably begun receiving shipment notifications from Apple. Due to the anticipation of the reportedly production-strapped iPhone X, it was much easier to score the direct successor to the current model this time around, even days after the product became available to pre-order....

Apple has announced on its developer site that apps submitted to the Mac App Store starting on May 1st will no longer be allowed to incorporate garbage collection, which was deprecated in OS X 10.8. Instead, developers will be required to switch to ARC, Automatic Reference Counting, which was introduced in 10.7. This change affects both new apps and updates to existing ones. Developers who need to make the switch to ARC can do so using the migration utility in Xcode....

The news follows hot on the heels of the recently leaked image of the new Apple notebook, and the information is decribed as coming from a reliable source, says Inquisitr.com. “According to the source, Apple retail stores have been given price sheets that list 12 price points for the new range, with prices between $800-$3100.” This indicates some diversification of the existing range: MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, with 12 standard configurations rather than 8 claimed by the source, presumably an Apple retailer....

Apple is searching for European TV shows and movies to bulk out its Apple TV+ streaming service, as new rules to be introduced by the European Commission will force all streaming services to up the proportion of EU-made content. As reported by Variety, the EU wants to introduce legislation by the end of 2020 that at least 30% of streaming service catalogs must be composed of European-produced content. If Netflix, Disney+, or Apple do not comply, it could become illegal for them to offer their video service in the region....

After being announced alongside the iPhone 13 last month, Apple Watch Series 7 pre-orders are set to begin this Friday, October 8. Head below as we round up everything we know so far about Apple Watch Series 7 pre-orders, plus some questions that we still have… What time do pre-orders begin? Apple says that pre-orders for the Apple Watch Series 7 will begin on Friday, October 8, at 5 a.m. PT/8 a....

The recent survey of 400 IT leaders, commissioned by Insight and conducted by IDG, finds “modernization efforts to-date are already generating measurable improvements in service quality, user experience, and cost-efficiency,” the survey’s authors state. So what is “modernization” in a 2022 context? Just few years back, it meant pulling away from mainframes and midrange-class servers to Windows and Linux (and Unix). Then it became moving from Windows/Linux server collections to cloud-based services....

App analytics firm Adeven is launching its new Apptrace tool today that provides statistics on iOS apps including the number of countries an app is available in, its global ranking, overall ratings, and daily rankings for specific markets. Also, the ability to compare apps to one another is coming in a future update to the free tool. Speaking with GigaOm, the company shared some pretty interesting stats about the App Store—approximately 400,000 apps have no downloads or rankings:...

Following this week’s release of iTunes 11.1.6 and OS X 10.9.3 betas to AppleCare employees, Apple has pushed the updates live to developers as well. The iTunes update restores the ability to sync contacts and calendars to an iOS device, which had been removed in favor of iCloud in previous versions of iTunes. The OS X update (with the build number 13D21) includes the ability to output at 4k resolution with a 60Hz refresh rate on the latest MacBook Pro models....

[Update: Party’s over! Older OS versions are no longer being signed once more. As suspected, it was an accidental change and has been reverted. Original story below …] Apple is currently signing iOS 10 version updates for many devices including iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models as shown by IPSW.me. Whilst the upgrade servers remain in this state, users are able to downgrade from iOS 11 by restoring their firmware to iOS 10....

Update 3/12: Apple has shared new iPhone how-to videos on YouTube today. Apple today has continued its release of iPhone how-to videos on YouTube. The company this afternoon uploaded five new videos covering camera features, Wallet, Face ID, and more. Update 3/12: Apple today has shared four new iPhone tutorial how-to videos on YouTube. These videos cover dual-SIM, Find My iPhone, the A12 Bionic processor, and Apple Pay Cash. Watch them all below....

As it has done for the past several years, Apple is celebrating Chinese New Year with a short film as part of its “Shot on iPhone” series. The short film comes in at 8-minutes long and is entitled “Daughter.” “Daughter” stars the popular actress Zhou Xun and was directed by Theodore Melfi. It was shot entirely on iPhone 11 Pro. Here’s Apple’s description for the video: Apple has also shared a behind the scenes video showcasing how Melfi and used iPhone 11 Pro to “bring the touching story ‘Daughter’ to life....

A significant number of Apple Stores in the United States will likely begin offering iPhone sales via the latest carrier financing programs later this month, according to several sources. We previously detailed that Apple Stores will soon offer iPhones on AT&T Next, Verizon Edge, and the T-Mobile Jump plans, and now we’ve learned some new information on the matter. We’re told that Apple is tentatively planning to begin rolling out the programs on Wednesday, August 20th as a pilot....

Apple’s Your Verse advertising and marketing campaign for the iPad, depicting some of the inspiring ways in which people are using iPads to help with everything from ice hockey coaching to concussion treatment, has been expanded to include mountaineering. Elevating the expedition is a new addition to the Your Verse microsite illustrating the ways in which mountaineers Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington use iPads to assist them with preparing for a climb, navigating the route and live-blogging their experiences and photographs … While an iPad might be seen as something of a luxury on a mountaineering trip, the two describe it as a key part of their kit....

A country-wide import and export ban on Apple’s iPad that ProView is pushing for over an ongoing litigation with the iPad moniker will not be easy to implement, or at least that is what Chinese customs officials told Reuters this morning. Chinese company ProView owns the “iPad” trademark and is petitioning Chinese customs to stop shipments of iPads in and out of the country. The plan reportedly is not working as expected, because local customs think implementing a country-wide ban on such a successful and globally popular product would be impractical, to say the least....

Earlier this morning, we found out that Apple TV users would have access to a live stream of Apple’s special media event today where the company is expected to unveil the 7-inch iPad mini, 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, new Mac minis, and much more. For those without access to an Apple TV, the company just confirmed you can also get a live stream of today’s event on its website here....