Свежие новости и отзывы о Apple

Apple has reportedly acquired Flyby Media, a startup that developed technology for mapping spaces using smartphones. This technology could be useful for tracking head-mounted displays in virtual reality or augmented reality systems. And that fits with Apple’s current interest in virtual reality, including the recent Metaio and Faceshift acquisitions. News of the Flyby acquisition was […]... →

Apple втайне сформировала большую команду специалистов в области виртуальной и дополненной реальности для создания устройства, которое может стать конкурентом Oculus Rift или Microsoft Hololens. Об этом сообщает Financial Times со ссылкой на источники, знакомые с ситуацией.... →

Apple’s VR ambitions continue: according to a new report from the Financial Times, Apple has acquired an augmented reality startup called Flyby Media, which developed technology that allows mobile phones to “see” the world around them. The company, notably, had worked with Google in the past, as it was the first consumer-facing application to use the image recognition… Read More... →

Ad-supported iTunes Radio stations have today gone off the air. As we reported earlier this month, Apple decided it would shutter its free streaming iTunes Radio offering, a competitor to Pandora, in an effort to boost subscriptions to its paid service, Apple Music. Going forward, the only free radio option is Apple’s Beats 1 radio – the DJ-hosted station, which Apple is now… Read More... →

Компания-разработчик мобильных игр ZeptoLab, создавшая легендарные Cut the Rope и King of Thieves, открыла регистрацию на участие в международном конкурсе гейм­дизайнеров ZeptoLab Game Designer Challenge. Среди призов — поездка на конференцию GDC 2016 в Сан-Франциско, а также техника Apple.... →

Apple is reportedly developing technology that would allow iPhone and iPad users to charge their device without needing to plug it into the wall or place it on a charging mat. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg which claims the wireless charging tech could work over unspecified long distances. Read More... →

Федеральная таможенная служба (ФТС) приравняла «умные» часы к наручным, пишет «Коммерсант» со ссылкой на источники, знакомые с ситуацией. Теперь эти устройства от Apple, Samsung, Sony и LG облагаются дополнительным сбором в 10% от импортной стоимости товара.... →

Both Bank Of America and Wells Fargo are working on integrating Apple Pay into their ATMs, according to a source familiar with the teams on the projects. Engineers at both companies have been placed on multi-month assignments to build the Apple Pay options. I’ve confirmed the identity of at least one engineer who publicly lists themselves as a Bank Of America employee. Wells… Read More... →

Apple has acquired education-technology startup LearnSprout, Bloomberg reported a bit ago and TC just confirmed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LearnSprout is a three-year-old, San Francisco-based software startup whose online data insights help K-12 educator track students’ performance. The company had raised $4.7 million from investors across two rounds, including… Read More... →

A video news application with hundreds of thousands of active users is now coming to Apple TV. Watchup, as the app is called, offers a combination of national, international and local news content from 160 news sources, including newly added CNN, as well as big names like Bloomberg, CBS Interactive, PBS, Fox News, WSJ, Sky News, Washington Post, Financial Times, Fusion and others. The company… Read More... →

Apple is “voluntarily” recalling certain Mac and iOS AC wall plug adapters made “for use in Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil.” If you bought a Mac, iPhone, or iPad in any of those regions — or an Apple power adapter or travel kit — over the last 12 years, you may want to call the company or […]... →

A rare Apple product recall — the company has announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters made for certain regions because of what it says is a “very rare” risk of the two-prong adapters breaking and potentially giving the user an electric shock. Read More... →

Pandora today rolled out a series of new features that, again, are aimed at making the streaming music service more competitive with the likes of Spotify and other competitors. As you may recall, the company recently introduced “thumbprint radio” – a way for the service to create a mix of user favorites and recommendations, which seemed a shot against Spotify’s… Read More... →

На презентации iPad Pro в сентябре 2015 года Apple анонсировала выход двух официальных аксессуаров к планшету: стилус Pencil для более точного управления устройством и клавиатура Smart Keyboard. Предполагается, что аксессуары Apple расширят возможности большого iPad — можно печатать длинные тексты на физической клавиатуре, создавать скетчи и прорисовывать детали с электронным пером. И всё это работает на iOS — операционной системе для мобильных устройств с тач-интерфейсом.Шеф-редактор vc.ru на неделю отказа... →

Обозреватель vc.ru изучил историю азиатской компании Foxconn, которая производит комплектующие для крупнейших мировых игроков рынка высоких технологий и регулярно подвергается критике за тяжелые условия труда на своих заводах.... →

Стартап Easy ten прошел отбор в американский акселераторов 500 Startups и получил от него инвестиции в размере $125 тысяч. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе.   По словам основателя проекта Дмитрия Зарюты, оценка компании составила $5 млн. Доля нового инвестора не раскрывается. «Полученные инвестиции мы направим на привлечение новой аудитории. Надеемся, что по окончанию акселерационной программы, мы не только выйдем на 6 новых рынков, но и получим еще один раунд от фонда», – прокомментировал Дмитрий Зарюта.... →

SEOUL (Se Young Lee for Reuters) — Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday warned of possible weaker earnings this year compared with 2015 due to softer sales of gadgets such as smartphones, a trend that is also hurting rival Apple Inc and major chipmakers. The South Korean firm’s warning came a day after Apple […]... →

Because Apple dominates the smartphone market in the U.S., it’s easy to forget the company only has the silver medal worldwide. Even with 74.8 million iPhones sold last quarter, Samsung continues to dominate the worldwide market. In Q4 2015 and in all of 2015, the South Korean company shipped more smartphones than any other company. […]... →

Venmo’s intriguing transformation from popular peer-to-peer payments app to Apple Pay competitor is going to take some time — a long time, actually, if you consider PayPal’s progress so far. Starting today, PayPal tells us “a small subset of Venmo users” can now pay for stuff with Venmo within two iOS apps, event ticketing service Gametime and meal […]... →

Normally, a 6 percent drop in a stock price is somewhat significant but probably wouldn’t be considered a huge deal. But it’s a different story for Apple, where a 6 percent drop erases tens of billions of dollars in value. That’s exactly what happened during trading today following the company’s earnings report last night, which signaled the company’s first… Read More... →