Southwest Airlines this week integrated Apple Pay transaction support in its mobile app, allowing customers to purchase tickets, in-flight meals, baggage options and more with Apple’s payment service.

Source:: Apple Insider

Apple is making it possible for subscribers of Apple Music to be able to listen to songs on the streaming service via a browser, with a public beta launch enabling users to log into their accounts via a web-based player for the first time.

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Changes in iOS 13 to improve privacy may be affecting more apps than first thought, with developers of secure messaging “scrambling” to keep the encrypted communications services functional before Apple cuts off access to a specific API.

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Apple’s iPads and iPhones are great for listening to streaming audio, but they’ve not been great at recording it. They still aren’t, but there are ways to make certain types of recordings that can be useful.

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Apple has updated the Apple Events app for the Apple TV in preparation for its “innovation only” iPhone launch event on September 10, confirming there will be a publicly-accessible stream of Apple’s product launches on that day.

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With limited supply available at the special price, Apple’s loaded 2018 15-inch Core i9 MacBook Pro is on sale for $3,499, a discount of $2,800 off MSRP and $650 less than a 2019 MacBook Pro with similar specs.

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Apple is exploring the possibility of working on a cryptocurrency-related project, the company’s vice president for Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey has suggested amid a wide-ranging discussion on personal finances, but while there is potential to expand its monetary portfolio, a project announcement is unlikely to occur anytime in the near future.

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Apple is thought to be working on Augmented Reality glasses that are perhaps two years out. But in moving the AR experience from the handheld screens of iOS devices to a fixed panel you look through, users will need a new way to navigate AR worlds. Little attention has been given to the role of game controllers in AR navigation, but Apple’s patent filings and its recent announcements suggest that its next new play in hardware could be an advanced gaming controller, perhaps even a wearable one.

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Sonos has just made its new portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker official with the announcement of the Sonos Move, alongside the Port and the One SL. AppleInsider was in New York City with Sonos to try the speakers.

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Eve Systems has debuted several new accessories for HomeKit users including new Eve Light Switch, Eve Thermo, Eve Water Guard, and the availability of the Eve Extend.

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