Dropbox will shut down its Mailbox app on Feb. 26, and its photo management app Carousel on Mar. 31, the cloud storage service announced in a Monday blog post.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Beatles ‘1+’ with 50 restored ‘mini movies’ is exclusive to Apple’s iTunes Store
Legendary group The Beatles launched a new digital collection of films and videos exclusively on the iTunes Store on Monday, featuring 50 completely restored and remastered presentations from the Fab Four.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple supplier TSMC to set up $3B independent factory in mainland China
Taiwan-based Apple supplier TSMC on Monday announced plans to launch a $3 billion chip production factory in Nanjing, China, forgoing the help of any local corporate partners.
Source:: Apple Insider
Rumor: Apple again said to use OLED display for ‘iPhone 8’ in 2018
Yet another report from Japan claims that Apple is planning to jump to OLED panel displays for its iPhone lineup starting in 2018, using the same display technology found in the Apple Watch.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s Craig Federighi talks Hour of Code, dismisses findings on value of educational tech spending
Apple’s senior VP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, promoted the company’s participation in Code.org’s annual Hour of Code events in a Monday interview, while downplaying suggestions that school spending on technology hasn’t provided any meaningful advantages over regular education.
Source:: Apple Insider
Ginza Apple Store calls off promotional event in wake of bomb threat
The Ginza Apple Store in Tokyo was forced to cancel an event on Sunday following the delivery of an anonymous letter, which threatened a bombing unless the event was called off.
Source:: Apple Insider
Users once again say iTunes Match/Apple Music upload limits raised over 25,000 songs
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
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