Свежие новости и отзывы о Apple

Apple’s gargantuan enterprise-focused iPad Pro finally has a release date: The 12.9-inch tablet will be available to buy online from Wednesday November 11 in more than 40 countries. Announced exactly two months ago today, the iPad Pro sports s 5.6 million pixel screen, with a graphics quality that is “360 times greater” than that in […]... →

Ever wanted a giant iPad? Well, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be available for purchase in 40 country’s starting on Wednesday, November 11. It will first be available online with retail stores getting the device later in the week. The Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard will also be available on Wednesday. Pricing starts at $799 for the base model, which ships with 32GB of internal memory.… Read More... →

GUEST: The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus began shipping a few weeks ago, which means that iPhone fans everywhere are looking forward to the moment they can unbox their brand new device and start playing with Apple’s newest offering. For many, that includes downloading apps – both old and new – that can now be accommodated […]... →

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Apple has emerged victorious in a class action lawsuit brought against it by its retail workers over the company’s bag search practices. First cited by Reuters, a court filing indicates that Apple doesn’t need to reimburse employees over the time taken to search their bags in order to minimize the likelihood that its products would walk […]... →

When Apple released the original Macintosh in the mid-1980s, the percentage of women majoring computer science was on the rise: 37 percent of computer science graduates were women. But in 1984, the same year Steve Jobs unveiled the Macintosh, that trend reversed. In 2010 only 18 percent of computer science graduates were female. Onstage at an event in Palo Alto, the women who were closest… Read More... →

Apple seems to get caught in lots of patent fights. Since 2009, Nokia has sued Apple (they settled), Apple has sued HTC (they settled), Kodak sued Apple (Kodak is appealing), Motorola Mobility sued Apple (Apple is appealing) and Apple and Samsung filed more than 40 lawsuits against each other (still fighting it out in the U.S.). The list goes on. With so much energy spent in patent lawsuits… Read More... →

Confirming earlier reports, Apple today is debuting a new category to its App Store that will help consumers better locate mobile shopping applications. The “Shopping” category will be available worldwide, and will feature apps that span across omni-channel, auctions, price comparison, product reviews and more. These applications were previously listed in the App Store’s… Read More... →

Сооснователь и генеральный директор RooX Solutions Андрей Белевцев объясняет, как стартапы могут проникнуть на телеком-рынок. Телеком-компаниям приходится искать новые способы получения прибыли. Об увеличении абонентской базы речи больше не идет, в этом смысле рынок давно насыщен. Более того, денежные потоки постепенно перетекают из голосовых звонков и SMS в интернет-трафик: все больше людей общаются через VoIP-приложения, мессенджеры и социальные сети, которые предлагают практически бесплатную связь из люб... →

When first unveiled a few years ago, the Apple Campus II seemed like a gigantic wonderland for the company’s ballooning Silicon Valley workforce. But as big and ambitious as that project is, it turns out we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that Apple is in talks with the city of […]... →

5 ноября социальная сеть Facebook объявила о запуске своей новой функции, которая получила название Music Stories. Она поможет пользователям находить музыкальные треки и делиться ими с друзьями, сообщает издание The Verge.... →

California-based smartpen maker Livescribe has a big announcement today: it’s being acquired by Swedish digital-writing solutions company Anoto Group AB, which operates globally in industries including consumer, healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, and education. Livescribe has actually had licensing partnerships with Anoto since it was founded back in 2008. Anoto, meanwhile, says its mission is to enable […]... →

Facebook запустил Music Stories – новый формат публикаций, который призван помочь пользователям легко находить музыкальные треки и делиться ими с друзьями. Новый формат интегрирован со Spotify и Apple Music и предоставляет собой 30-секундное превью-версию трека или альбома, который можно будет прослушать непосредственно на Facebook. Музыка транслируется со Spotify или Apple Music, в зависимости от источника ссылки, указанной в посте. Те пользователи, которые решили прослушать превью-версию, могут сразу же... →

Populous countries in Asia Pacific — most notably China and India — are leading a nearly-$3 trillion boom in the consumer electronics market between now and 2020, with smart home devices growing the fastest of any segment, according to a new report out Thursday by Future Market Insights. Top players in the space include Apple (with its new Apple TV push), […]... →

Ads are coming soon to some of your favorite Apple TV apps, thanks to a new SDK that’s being released this month by AppLovin. Built around the tvOS platform, this offering lets developers incorporate videos ads into their apps in a clean and unobtrusive manner. Although Apple’s tvOS is an extension of the tech company’s long […]... →

We’re giving away the perfect package for fitness enthusiasts. The folks at Skulpt want to give one TechCrunch reader a Skulpt Aim fitness tracker ($199 value), an Apple Watch Sport ($349 value), and two Exhibitor Plus passes to CES 2016 ($200 value). Read More... →

Drug store chain Walgreens announced this morning its loyalty program will now be available through Apple Pay – making it the first U.S. retailer to integrate their customer rewards platform with Apple’s mobile payments service. The added support will allow the chain’s over 85 million Balance Rewards members the ability to use Apple Pay at checkout using either their iPhone… Read More... →

Facebook announced this morning a new feature called “Music Stories,” that will allow users to better discover new music or share tracks with their friends. Essentially a new post format for Facebook, Music Stories integrates with Spotify and Apple Music to provide a 30-second preview of the shared song or album that can be played directly on Facebook itself. The music is… Read More... →

The largest social network ever created started trading today worth $300 billion by market cap. Let’s put that into context: Facebook, a company designed to sell ads against the every whim of its 1.55 billion users, is now nearly half the size (44 percent) of Apple, the most valuable company in existence (Apple’s market cap today: […]... →

Издание «Лайфхакер» прекратило развитие своего проекта «МакРадар», посвященного продукции Apple. Архивные материалы «МакРадара» выведены в отдельный поток, сказано в сообщении «Лайфхакера».... →