After two years of exploration work, Google is said to be “folding” its web-based Chrome OS into its mobile Android platform, creating a single operating system strategy that it expects to unveil in 2017.
Source:: Apple Insider
New Apple TV supports 3DTV content, developer reveals
It appears Apple’s fourth-generation Apple TV is capable of supporting 3DTV content, as a third-party developer on Thursday released a compatible title on the tvOS App Store.
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Amazon yanks Apple TV and Chromecast from digital shelves
Making good on promises to halt sales of set-top streaming devices competing with its own Fire TV lineup, Amazon on Thursday removed all Apple TV and Google Chromecast products from its online store.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s secrecy hampering AI development, report says
Apple’s intense levels of secrecy are preventing the company from making real leaps in the quality of its artificial intelligence, a report said on Thursday.
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Apple seeds OS X 10.11.2 beta to public testers
Two days after Apple seeded the first OS X 10.11.2 beta to developers for testing, the company on Thursday issued a build to consumers taking part in the public beta program.
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First look: SteelSeries Nimbus wireless controller brings multiplayer gaming to Apple TV
Online buyers of the new fourth generation Apple TV get a “personalized” recommendation to also buy the SteelSeries Nimbus, a wireless video game controller designed to enhance gameplay on the new device with physical joysticks, a D-pad and buttons. Although it won’t be required for standard play on any games, it is needed for multiplayer gaming.
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Apple begins delivering 4th-gen Apple TV, launches App Store and final tvOS build
The first online orders of the new Apple TV are beginning to reach customers, just as Apple is officially launching the device’s App Store and seeding the finished version of tvOS.
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Apple asks US Supreme Court to toss ruling upholding e-book antitrust verdict
Apple has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower appeals court ruling from June, which upheld a judgment that Apple violated antitrust laws in its 2010 e-book dealings with publishers.
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Popular iPhone camera app VSCO launches new GIF maker called DSCO
Photography-focused startup Visual Supply Co. on Thursday launched a new app entirely exclusive to iOS: DSCO, a quick and easy way to make animated GIFs on your iPhone.
Source:: Apple Insider
Eddy Cue dodges questions about original TV content, says Apple TV not for cord-cutters
In a TV interview posted on Thursday, Eddy Cue — Apple’s senior VP for Internet Software and Services — dodged questions about original programming, while downplaying the possibility of using the new Apple TV as a cord-cutting option.
Source:: Apple Insider