Alongside its work in creating tools to create Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality experiences, Apple is also looking at how such work can be recorded, shown again, or transmitted to others.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Google Maps turns 15, rolls out new app features
Google Maps turns 15 today, and in honor of the service’s birthday, Google is revamping its Google Maps app for both iOS and Android.
Source:: Apple Insider
Future Apple Watches may have Digital Crown with touch and light sensors
Apple continues to work on maximizing the benefits and capabilities of the Apple Watch’s Digital Crown, with research surfacing regarding how the physical rotation could be supplemented or replaced by sensors that detect light or touch.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple flash deals: Save up to $680 on 13-inch MacBook Pros
Today only, Amazon-owned Woot is delivering the lowest prices anywhere on Mid 2018 13-inch MacBook Pros with Touch Bar. These 13-inch notebooks are refurbished by Apple, but come packaged in a generic white box with a Woot 1-year warranty. Previous Apple deals have sold out at Woot, so check out the savings while supplies last.
Source:: Apple Insider
Health records firm Epic, some 60 client hospitals urge against data sharing rules supported by Apple
A report on Wednesday revealed the contents of health records giant Epic Systems’ letter opposing proposed government policy that would allow patients easy access to their medical data, an initiative supported by Apple and other tech industry players.
Source:: Apple Insider
NYPD ditching paper patrol logs for iPhone app
On February 17, the New York Police Department will retire the tradition of handwritten memo books in favor of documenting a patrol on a custom iPhone app.
Source:: Apple Insider
All the changes in iOS 13.4: CarKey, iCloud folder sharing, Memoji, & more
Apple has seeded the first beta of iOS 13.4 to developers and in it come a slew of changes, many of them quite substantial. Let’s take a look at what you can expect when it is eventually released.
Source:: Apple Insider
Amazon knocks $50 off CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock for MacBook Pro
In what is the lowest price ever recorded at Amazon, the retail giant has issued a $50 limited-time discount on the CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock for Apple’s MacBook Pro, iMac Pro and more.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple Watch outsold all of the Swiss watch industry by sales volume in 2019
Apple’s wildly popular Apple Watch had a record-breaking year in 2019, with analysts now saying it outsold an entire industry historically known for making watches.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple lays groundwork to use iPhone as a car key via NFC
Apple is seemingly taking the first steps to making an iPhone or Apple Watch function as a key for a car or van, with the presence of references to a “CarKey” API within the first iOS 13.4 beta indicating it could be used to unlock or even start a vehicle.
Source:: Apple Insider