Some users are again claiming that Apple has raised the song upload/matching limit for iTunes Match and Apple Music libraries over 25,000, as promised in June by SVP for Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue.
Source:: Apple Insider
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Last Chance: to use $150 coupons on all of Apple’s 2015 iMac 4K and iMac 5K BTO models
Pricing on Macs and other Apple devices are slowly creeping back up following the cyber shopping week and our $150 coupons on over 130 custom configurations of Apple’s new iMac 4K and iMac 5K with Retina display will not be immune to this trend come Monday.
Source:: Apple Insider
This week on AppleInsider: Samsung pays out, 4-inch iPhone rumors, World AIDS Day & more
The aftermath of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday kept news relatively quiet, but rumors of a new 4-inch iPhone persisted, and Samsung finally agreed to pay out $548 million to Apple — with conditions.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple adds shuffle option for custom Apple Music playlists on Apple TV
Apple recently rectified a niggling oversight in its somewhat slipshod Apple Music app for tvOS, adding a shuffle option for created playlists that saves users the hassle of executing a cumbersome workaround involving playlist sharing.
Source:: Apple Insider
IBM Swift Sandbox lets you test Apple’s newly open-source programming language in your browser
Just hours after Apple made its Swift programming language open source, IBM has introduced a new, simple, and free browser-based way for developers to get started writing code.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple camera supplier Sony picks up Toshiba’s image sensor business for $155M
Sony on Friday confirmed the takeover of Toshiba’s image sensor business, in a deal that could potentially reinforce its position as a supplier for cameras in Apple devices.
Source:: Apple Insider
Deals: 32GB iPad Pros for $774 ($25 off); 13″ MacBook Air (1.70GHz, 8GB, 512GB) for $1,299 ($500 off); 27″ iMac 5K (3.5GHz, 8GB, 1TB, M290X) for $1899 ($500 off)
AI readers get the first material discounts and lowest prices anywhere on 32GB iPad Pros. Meanwhile, two killer deals knock $500 off both Apple’s 13″ MacBook Air (1.70GHz, 8GB, 512GB) and 27.0″ iMac 5K (3.5GHz, 8GB, 1TB, M290X). Plus free 32GB Apple TVs with new MacBook Pros and iMacs.
Source:: Apple Insider
As ‘iPhone 6c’ rumors heat up, 20% of US consumers say they prefer 4-inch smartphones
A new survey of U.S. smartphone users has revealed that 20 percent of consumers prefer a smaller handset in the 4-inch range, potentially signaling the market size for a refreshed entry-level iPhone from Apple.
Source:: Apple Insider
Users complain VIP mailboxes still not working properly in OS X El Capitan
OS X El Capitan users are continuing to deal with a problematic bug that prevents messages from showing in the Apple Mail app’s VIP mailboxes, AppleInsider has learned.
Source:: Apple Insider
Unlikely rumor claims fifth-gen Apple TV will go into mass production in early 2016
A dubious rumor on Friday from the Far East claims that a fifth-generation Apple TV is starting trial production this month, and will go into mass production as early as the first quarter of 2016, just a few months after the fourth-generation model arrived in consumers’ living rooms.
Source:: Apple Insider