A document briefly available from Intel’s website intended for system manufacturers like Apple has shed some light on new Kaby Lake processors suitable for desktop computers that could be used in a new iMac or Mac Pro, but still shows no sign of the long-overdue Kaby Lake quad-core laptop processors.
Apple has hired on Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, formerly the director of mobile strategy at Duke University and an early adopter of Apple’s HealthKit and ResearchKit platforms, according to a report.
Noted KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sees slow demand for Apple’s recently released MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models, as the notebooks ship at higher than expected prices and present disappointing specifications to core Mac users.
Apple is reportedly investigating a major price drop for its Apple Music streaming service, a move that could potentially trim $2 off the going rates of both individual and family plans by the holiday season.
Apple plans to spend $62 million on a retail outlet currently under construction in Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue shopping district, according to a construction permit issued by the city’s planning department on Friday.
Continuing a day of software releases, Apple on Monday pushed out a new version of iTunes bearing what appears to be minor bug fixes and performance enhancements related to last week’s 12.5.2 release.