It was a bleak day for action cam maker GoPro, as the company said it planned to axe about 7 percent of its workforce on lower than expected fourth quarter sales, an announcement that sent shares tumbling.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: January 2016
First look: Night Shift mode eases nighttime eye strain
With its latest iOS 9.3 beta, Apple is for the first time allowing users to access and control display temperature on their iPhones and iPads, albeit in limited fashion, through a feature called Night Shift.
Source:: Apple Insider
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi checks her Apple Watch on camera during State of the Union
During last night’s widely televised State of the Union address, California Representative Nancy Pelosi appeared on camera just in time to receive a notification on her Apple Watch and respond to it with a touch.
Source:: Apple Insider
New York state considers bill mandating backdoors in smartphone encryption
A bill up for consideration by the New York state assembly would force Apple and other smartphone makers to ensure their products can be decrypted for the sake of law enforcement.
Source:: Apple Insider
How to create and rename app folders with tvOS 9.2 on Apple TV
Just a few months after the platform launched, folders are already coming to tvOS, in the form of an upcoming 2.2 update that will make it easier for Apple TV owners to organize their apps.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple to reportedly exit ad business, hand over iAd management to publishers
Nearly six years after its debut, Apple is reportedly planning to take a much less active roll in its in-house iAd advertising platform, as it intends to hand over ad management duties — and revenue — to publishers in the near future.
Source:: Apple Insider
First look: tvOS 9.2 redesigns Apple TV app switcher to mimic iOS 9
Apple’s newly released tvOS 9.2 beta for the fourth-generation Apple TV has revamped the platform’s app switcher, bringing visual consistency with iPhones and iPads running iOS 9.
Source:: Apple Insider
Antutu: iPhone 6s performance thrashes high-spec Androids Huawei Mate 8, Samsung Note 5 & Nexus 6p
Performance benchmark vendor Antutu presented iPhone 6s as the best performing smartphone of the year, despite being compared against high end Androids with more RAM and faster CPU clocks driving four times as many cores.
Source:: Apple Insider
Office 2016 for Mac updates with fullscreen Outlook, other new features
Microsoft on Wednesday updated Office 2016 for Mac, adding not just bugfixes but new features for all of the apps in the suite, such as Outlook and PowerPoint.
Source:: Apple Insider
Obama administration planning to speed up development of self-driving cars
The White House will reportedly announce efforts to speed up the development of self-driving cars on Thursday, something that may be of extreme interest to Apple as it readies its own such vehicle.
Source:: Apple Insider