Apple could issue 200 billion yen, or $1.62 billion U.S., in Japanese bonds as soon as June, marking its first ever debt sale in the country, a report said on Tuesday.
Source: Apple Insider
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Apple issues fourth beta of OS X 10.10.4 to developers, public with focus on Photos & Migration
Apple on Tuesday issued a new beta of OS X 10.10.4, a forthcoming maintenance and security update for Yosemite, with an identical new build being supplied to both developers and public beta testers.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple hiring spree looks to improve iTunes search, discovery, video & more
A large set of Apple job listings posted on Tuesday suggests the company is looking to make major improvements to iTunes, particularly in search and music discovery at the iTunes Store.
Source: Apple Insider
Watch Effect: Apple’s iPhone, iPad could learn a new way to wake
In Apple’s post-Watch world, pressing a button to bring your iPhone to life just feels wrong, something akin to plugging a Retina MacBook into an ethernet jack –?a procedural relic of a time gone by. Tap-to-wake has arrived, and we hope it’s here to stay.
Source: Apple Insider
Charter confirms Time Warner Cable takeover in deal worth $55.33 billion
Charter Communications on Tuesday confirmed plans to buy fellow cable operator Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion, as well as smaller cable outfit Bright House Networks for $10.4 billion.
Source: Apple Insider
Citing ‘long tail’ of iPhone 6 & 6 Plus sales, Cowen raises Apple target to $140
Projecting that iPhone sales will again top 50 million in the current June quarter, investment firm Cowen and Company raised its price target on Apple stock to $140 on Tuesday, on continued strong sales of the flagship iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Source: Apple Insider
Microsoft bringing Cortana to Apple’s iOS via Windows 10 Phone Companion
iOS is set to become the epicenter of a battle between personal digital assistant technologies from Apple, Google, and Microsoft, as the Windows maker revealed Tuesday that Cortana would join Siri and Google Now on Apple’s mobile platform.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple’s multitouch ‘fusion keyboard’ invention with multitouch keys could replace touchpads
Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent describing a dual-purpose keyboard that sports touch sensors overlaid atop mechanical keys depressible to two more levels, affording users both multitouch gesture control and conventional key entry without having to remove their hands from the device.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple’s Jony Ive promoted to ‘Chief Design Officer,’ to work on Apple Stores
Longtime Apple designer Jony Ive has been promoted from SVP of Design to a new position called Chief Design Officer, which will see the star designer relinquish daily industrial design and user interface duties to oversee
Source: Apple Insider