Tag Archives: apple

Inside Apple and IBM’s App Making Machine (Fast Company)

Apple’s role in the MobileFirst partnership involves mandating that the apps be simple, and pointing out the native features that they should be using. The company's designers ho... More

It’s Not McLaren Racing, but McLaren Applied Technologies, that Apple is Likely Lusting After (TechCrunch)

When racing cars have only hundredths of seconds between them, in a race where the time to change a tire means the difference between winning and losing (and the impact on millions... More

Apple Chief says AR Will Trump VR in Commercial Scenarios (CIO)

As the CEO of a company that shrouds its product development in secrecy, Apple's Tim Cook knows how to fan the flames of speculation. In an interview with ABCNews last week, Cook s... More

Apple and Google Browser Tweaks Could Boost Mobile Video (WSJ)

Get ready for more mobile video. Apple Inc. and Google made tweaks to their popular mobile web browsers recently to enable video content to play automatically in web pages, provide... More

How Apple Will Use AirPods and Data Science to Create the World’s Most Powerful Bot (VentureBeat)

Apple’s virtual assistant Siri is about to be the most well-fed data science algorithm on the planet. Over the past year, Siri hasn’t looked good compared to her peers in the b... More

This Move Says Apple Is Serious About a Cable TV-Style Service (Fortune)

There have been rumors for some time about Apple offering a Netflix-style streaming TV service to users through its Apple TV box. Nothing has ever come of them but there are signs ... More

Apple iTunes Hikes Prices of Studios’ 10-Movie Packs to Up to $50 (Variety)

After offering six different 10-movie bundles for a special one-day price of $9.99 on Monday, Apple’s iTunes is keeping them around for a while longer — but has raised the pric... More

How Virtual and Augmented Reality Could Play a Role in Apple’s Future (AppleInsider)

Video gaming and education has depended for many decades now on computer simulations of the real world. Physics engines for engineers visualizing and testing products are both bill... More

How AI and Machine Learning Work at Apple  (Backchannel)

If you’re an iPhone user, you’ve come across Apple’s AI, and not just in Siri’s improved acumen in figuring out what you ask of her. You see it when the phone identifies a ... More

Apple Acquires Personal Health Data Startup Gliimpse (Fast Company)

Apple's ambitions in the health sector continue to expand, with its digital health team making its first known acquisition—personal health data startup Gliimpse, Fast Company has... More

Apple Music Has Now Sent Three Albums To Number One This Year (Forbes)

A streaming music platform having an album that isn’t available anywhere else isn’t a new tactic, but so far, Apple has been the only competitor that has been able to send a re... More

Apple’s New TV Plan is a TV Guide (Recode)

Last year, Apple shelved its plan to sell you TV. Now Apple has a new plan: Tell you what’s on TV and help you watch it. Apple has started talking to TV programmers and other vid... More

Apple’s Cook: Company Bullish on Augmented Reality (MESA)

Apple has been one of the main beneficiaries of the success of the augmented reality (AR) mobile game “Pokemon Go” so far and the company is bullish on AR’s possibilities, CE... More

‘Carpool Karaoke’ Series Coming Exclusively to Apple Music (Billboard)

Apple Music is taking a ride with Carpool Karaoke. The viral segment that broke out on the Late Late Show with James Corden is being turned into its own series, which will air fir... More

Apple Proposes Simplified Statutory Licensing Scheme to D.C. (Billboard)

Apple submitted a preliminary proposal to the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board to simplify the way music-streaming companies pay songwriters and publishers -- in a way that could make ... More

Apple, Facebook, Coinbase Offered Data to Finger Alleged Pirate King (The Register)

The United States case against alleged Kickass Torrents (KAT) boss Artem Vaulin is built on data obtained from Apple, Facebook and Coinbase. The criminal complaint (PDF) against... More

Apple Music Gets iTunes Match With Audio Fingerprint For All Subscribers (IBT)

Apple Inc. has brought a much-needed fix to its Apple Music service that, in its one year of existence, prompted many complaints from users who found songs in their iTunes librarie... More

Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal – Report (Variety)

Apple is in negotiations to acquire Tidal, the struggling streaming service owned by hip-hop mogul Jay Z, reported Wall Street Journal on Thursday. While talks may not result in a ... More

Spotify says Apple Won’t Approve a New Version of its App (Recode)

Spotify says Apple is making it harder for the streaming music company to compete by blocking a new version of its iPhone app. In a letter sent this week to Apple’s top lawyer, S... More

What The Next iPhone Really Means For Music Copy Protection (FastCompany)

Here’s the nightmare scenario if Apple removes the headphone jack on the next iPhone, as rumored: Years from now, you’ll try to plug your phone into a speaker or set of headpho... More