By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) The US National Labor Relations Board is again accusing Apple management of illegally deterring employee discussions of pay and bias issues, part of a general anti-union campaign by the iPhone maker.Apple has faced numerous employee allegations across 2024.In addition to a raft of ongoing complaints, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel said that Apple forced engineer Cher Scarlett to quit the company. She claims she faced pressure to leave after she attempted to post an online survey about pay, experience levels, and other Apple employee information.The board also accuses Apple of barring workers from creating a channel in the workplace messaging app Slack to discuss pay inequities and performance incentives. Apple has rebutted the new complaint, the third time the NLRB amplified employee concerns in just the month of October. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Financial firm Berkshire Hathway has spent a year reducing its shares of AAPL stock, which once took up half of chairman Warren Buffett’s entire portfolio.Buffett meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Image credit: AppleFor the fiscal third quarter 2024, which ended on September 30, Buffett still held $69.9 billion in AAPL, or around 300 million shares. One year ago, his firm had four times as many shares in the iPhone maker.Berkshire Hathaway has given no reason for the year-long selloff, though other financial analysts have speculated that Buffett may consider the stock overvalued. AAPL is up 20 percent for the year so far, which compares to the average performance of the S&P 500 overall for 2024. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim are anticipated once again to get ProMotion support, as rumors about the high refresh rate feature continue to roll in.The display on an iPhone renderProMotion has been a Pro-level feature for the iPhone for quite some time, with rumors occasionally claiming it will be on all models in the future. After the introduction of the iPhone 16 without ProMotion, those rumors are focusing on it coming to the iPhone 17.According to an industry source of ETNews on Sunday, Apple is preparing to use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) panels for all four iPhone 17 displays. That would include the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim, as well as the existing two Pro models. Rumor Score: Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Apple finally updates its Mac peripheral lineup, but it may not wholly be the update everyone hoped for. We picked up the new Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard to see what all changed.Apple’s new USB-C peripheralsWe’ve always been fans of Apple’s peripherals. They have a lot of nice benefits being made by Apple and the quality is always top-notch from the aluminum bodies to the responsive keys on the keyboard.But lately, they’ve been neglected as Apple hasn’t released an updated version since 2015. As Apple made the move to USB-C, these Lightning-equipped products were basically the last to transition. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) While the fourth quarter was good for Apple, analysts only care about the holiday quarter’s massive revenue. A period that will be heavily influenced by the rollout of Apple Intelligence.Apple CEO Tim CookOn Halloween night, Apple offered a treat to investors in the form of its financial results. Its fourth-quarter figures for 2024 hit a lot of good notes for the company.For a start, the $94.93 billion in revenue it reported for the period is a 6.1% year-on-year increase. In fact, it’s higher than the $91.8 billion Apple reported in its Q1 2020 results. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) If Apple’s surprise acquisition of Mac developer Pixelmator passes the regulators, the future of its beloved apps may be bright — or there could be dark skies ahead.Dark Sky (left) was shut down, Apple Music Classical (right) came from an acquisition, so what will happen to Pixelmator?The Pixelmator company has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Apple, pending only regulatory approval. Assuming the acquisition goes ahead, it means that Apple gains Photomator, Pixelmator, and perhaps most significantly, Pixelmator Pro.Pixelmator has been an independent developer for 17 years and when it first introduced what would become Pixelmator Pro, it did look like a cheaper alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It looked like it, it was it, and to this day it remains that lower-cost option, but it’s also become much more than that. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) In a surprise Friday announcement, Pixelmator, the team behind the Mac image editing app, announced that it is being acquired by Apple.Pixelmator – Image credit: PixelmatorPosted to the company’s blog on Friday, Pixelmator shares the news that it has been picked up by Apple. The acquisition, the terms of which are unknown, brings the Pixelmator, Pixelmator Pro, and Photomator apps under Apple’s ownership.The team has signed an agreement for acquisition, but it still needs to receive regulatory approval before it completes. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has highlighted how three college football conferences have adopted the iPad Pro, and say the nano-texture display makes them useful on the sidelines.Using the iPad Pro with nano-texture during a gameIt was in May 2024 that Apple released the first iPad Pro with a nano-texture display that was designed to cut down glare. Now Apple says that the release was idea for college football teams, because of a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruling.The NCAA approved the use of up to 18 active tablets in the locker room, in the coaching booth, and most significantly on the sidelines during games. Apple says that the ACC, SEC, and Big Ten conferences have all chosen the nano-texture iPad Pro. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The M4 Max is the most powerful chip in Apple’s collection, with an early benchmark showing the MacBook Pro leaving the Mac Studio or Mac Pro with M2 Ultra in its dust.The MacBook Pro line now includes M4 Max chipsLate on Thursday, supposed benchmarks for the M4 Pro surfaced on Geekbench, seemingly showing that the M4 Pro is an extremely powerful chip. On Friday, benchmarks for the M4 Max have practically cemented the M4 range’s status as the most powerful chips Apple’s ever made.The benchmark for the Mac16,5, a 16-inch MacBook Pro, appeared in the Geekbench results browser early on Friday morning. The listing states it uses an M4 Max chip with 16 cores, divided into 12 performance cores and four efficiency cores, and a clock speed of 1.5GHz. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is committing over a billion dollars more to its existing satellite provider GlobalStar in order to have it expand its ground bases and add more satellites for iPhone messaging.Image Credit: AppleTwo years after it first launched Emergency SOS via Satellite with the iPhone 14, Apple is now working to greatly expand the facility. It’s already added features such as Roadside Assistance via satellite, and expanded to non-emergency messaging.Now its satellite provider GlobalStar has announced a new expansion of its Apple deal, which comes in two parts. The first has Apple paying up to $1.1 billion in upfront payments specifically so GlobalStar can add what it describes as a new satellite constellation. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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