Apple on Thursday sent out an email blast notifying users of the erstwhile Beats Music service that they have until Jan. 19, 2016, to transfer playlists, song picks and preferences to Apple Music before that data is flushed.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: December 2015
HP abandons low-end Android tablets to focus on profitability with iPad-like prices
HP, the world’s third largest PC and tablet maker in unit volumes behind Lenovo and Apple, is exiting the low-end tablet market to focus on smaller volumes of higher-end products priced similar to iPad.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s Federighi positions open-sourced Swift as ‘primary,’ scalable programming language
Apple has grand ambitions for its newly open-sourced Swift programming language, senior Software VP Craig Federighi suggested in a Thursday interview, including making it a “front to back” development option.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple expands iTunes carrier billing options to Russia’s Beeline
Russian iPhone owners can now bill iTunes purchases to their carrier, instead of having to pay via a credit or debit card, a report said on Thursday.
Source:: Apple Insider
IDC expects Apple’s iPhone to handily outpace a slowing global smartphone market in 2015
Citing continued consumer demand for the latest models, IDC on Thursday said it expects Apple’s iPhone shipments will post 17.3 percent growth across 2015 — nearly doubling the performance of the overall global smartphone market.
Source:: Apple Insider
iPhone 6, iPhone 5s top most popular cameras used on Flickr in 2015
The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 5s were by far the most popular cameras on Flickr during 2015, the photo-sharing service announced during its regular Year in Review feature.
Source:: Apple Insider
IDC estimates 3.9M Apple Watches sold in Sept. quarter
Apple shipped approximately 3.9 million Apple Watches in the September quarter, according to new IDC research estimates for the wearables market published on Thursday.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s iPad Pro arrives in South Korea, Taiwan & Philippines
The iPad Pro on Thursday launched in South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines, as part of a slow expansion of sales beyond the product’s initial 40 markets.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple programming language Swift goes open source
Apple’s software team has officially made Swift, its proprietary iOS and OS X development software, open source and available for modification by all developers, via the new website Swift.org.
Source:: Apple Insider
Authors Guild, Barnes & Noble, others file brief supporting Apple in Supreme Court appeal of e-book antitrust case
Several organizations — the Authors Guild, Authors United, Barnes & Noble, and the American Booksellers Association — have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, backing Apple in its attempt to appeal a 2013 antitrust case over e-book deals.
Source:: Apple Insider