Apple’s new app store for the Apple TV platform now features over 2600 apps, with an average of 447 new apps coming each week, according to recently-published third-party data.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: December 2015
UK prisoners might receive iPads to study and communicate with family – report
The UK’s Ministry of Justice is reportedly considering a proposal that would give prisoners iPads to use in their cells for studying and keeping in touch with family members.
Source:: Apple Insider
GoPro brings camera controls to Apple Watch, teases ‘Karma’ drone for 2016
Action-cam maker GoPro will now let Apple Watch owners control their cameras from their wrist. Meanwhile, the company is teasing its first-ever drone — officially called the Karma — due to ship in 2016.
Source:: Apple Insider
Pixelmator gains Apple Pencil, 3D Touch support in latest update
Popular iOS image editor Pixelmator was updated on Thursday to support Apple’s latest hardware, including iPad Pro optimization with full Apple Pencil compatibility and 3D Touch integration for iPhone 6s.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple invention uses self-healing elastomers to weatherproof iPhone connectors, audio jack
An Apple patent application on Thursday suggests a method of portable device weatherproofing that buries sensitive electrical device contacts beneath a layer of self-healing elastomer, allowing connectors to penetrate without leaving lasting aesthetic or structural damage.
Source:: Apple Insider
Walmart launches QR code mobile payment system to rival Apple Pay
Walmart on Wednesday announced it will be entering the mobile payments business with a branded system called Walmart Pay, a direct competitor to existing solutions from the likes of Apple, Alphabet and Samsung.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple adds Maps support to 8 Flyover destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Europe
Following news that Apple Maps is now used three times as often on iOS as Google Maps, Apple on Wednesday added eight locations in the U.S., Mexico and Europe to its rolling list of Flyover-supported areas.
Source:: Apple Insider
Cook says Apple won’t race Google to bottom of education market, calls Chromebooks ‘test machines’
At an Apple Hour of Code session in New York on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company is interested in building powerful, meaningful products for students and teachers, not inexpensive “test machines” like Google’s Chromebook.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple TV gains Pandora app, but tvOS 9.1 still lacks Bluetooth keyboard support
Streaming music service Pandora launched an official tvOS app on Wednesday, while separately, users have noticed that the fourth-generation Apple TV continues to lack Bluetooth keyboard support, even after Tuesday’s tvOS 9.1 update.
Source:: Apple Insider
Tim Cook lauds new iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case design as easy to use
Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to negative criticism over the company’s new Smart Battery Case, saying the “hump” battery cell is designed for easy-on, easy-off use.
Source:: Apple Insider