Свежие новости и отзывы о Apple

За второе полугодие 2015 года Apple поставила в магазины 3,6 млн Apple Watch, что вывело компанию на второе место по объёмам поставок в категории носимых устройств в мире. Такие данные приводят аналитики компании IDC.... →

According to a new report out this morning from IDC, Apple is now the number two wearable maker, thanks to its Apple Watch, coming in just behind market leader Fitbit during the second quarter of 2015. And it’s a close race, the analyst firm found. Apple shipped 3.6 million units in Q2 2015, just 0.8 million units shy of Fitbit’s total 4.4 million units, the report states. Across… Read More... →

Бурный рост из «трех парней в гараже Лос-Альтоса» в гигантскую корпорацию, финансовые потери и мировой успех... →

While the long-term success of the Apple Watch remains to be seen, the new gadget got off to a roaring start, according to a new report from IDC. In its latest wearable tracking report, the marketing research firm said Apple shipped 3.6 million units of the Apple Watch in the second quarter of 2015. That’s […]... →

Apple continues looking at ways to improve its earbuds — including potentially ditching the iconic white cables which had such a starring role in iTunes ads, back in the day. According a patent published this week, Cupertino is eyeing up making wireless earbuds which also incorporate bone-conduction technology in order to improve voice communications. Read More... →

Руководитель Facebook Messenger Дэвид Маркус (David Marcus) сообщил о начале тестирования персонального ассистента под названием «М». Функционал, построенный с использованием технологий искусственного интеллекта, выполняет задания и находит информацию от имени пользователя. Это позволит пользователям освободить время для более важных дел. Помощник М может осуществлять приобретения, выбирать подарки, бронировать столики в ресторанах, организовывать поездки, встречи и многое другое. Новый продукт социальной... →

Shipments of tablets are straggling as as phablets like the iPhone 6 Plus became more popular. Enterprise users, however, may be the tablet’s saving grace, boosting sales of higher-end models like the Surface Pro 3 and the anticipated iPad Pro, which Apple is expected to announce in fall. Read More... →

Former Apple chief executive (1983-93) John Sculley caught the tech industry off-guard today when he revealed a pair of low-cost but sleek Android (uniquely-skinned, running Lollipop) smartphones. The two phones, which bring to mind elements from Nokia’s Lumia devices and HTC’s polycarbonate unibody mid-range phones, are the result of a collaboration between Sculley and Robert Brunner’s Ammunition Group. The Obi Worldphone SJ1.5 […]... →

Android Pay, Google’s forthcoming payments platform and rival to Apple Pay, will soon launch, allowing consumers to pay using their Android smartphones at point-of-sale as well as make purchases within mobile applications. However, according to sources familiar with Google’s plans, Android Pay is not arriving today – or any time this week, in fact – despite a… Read More... →

We’ve been hearing rumblings that Facebook was working on an “assistant” within Messenger, but today we’ve gotten the details that pull it all together. This puts the company squarely in competition with Apple, Google and Microsoft in the digital personal assistant space. In a Facebook post, Facebook Messenger lead David Marcus spoke a bit about Facebook’s… Read More... →

Coin, the device that wanted to replace all of your credit cards with a… card, is prepped and ready to dig into the future with Coin 2.0. Coin 2.0 uses NFC and is EMV-compatible so that users can not only tap to pay, the way you would with Apple Pay on an iPhone, but can integrate their chip-and-pin cards to the device. The original Coin, debuted in November 2013 on Kickstarter… Read More... →

Apple has lost a challenge in the German court system that sought to overturn an earlier ruling, which voided its patent for ‘swipe to unlock’ in Europe. The patent (EP1964022) was granted back in 2010 and was used to win an injunction against Motorola smartphones (back when Moto was owned by Google) in 2012. Motorola has since appealed the injunction, with a decision dependent… Read More... →

Portal, a recently launched Android app that lets you move large files between your computer and your smartphone via your Wi-Fi connection, has today made its way to iOS. The new version offers a better alternative to something like Apple’s AirDrop, for example, as it lets you transfer as many files as you’d like, with no file size limits, while also not counting against your data… Read More... →

Apps in search are a big deal and becoming a bigger deal every single day, both with Google, but also with Bing and even Apple...... →

Docady, an iOS app that lets you store and manage all your important documents, has been doing well in the App Store since its official launch in mid-July, including being featured by Apple as a ‘best new app’ for the last few weeks. And to help continue with that momentum, the Tel Aviv-based startup has just closed a $1.5 million funding round. Read More... →

Apple’s professional-level music creation tool, Logic Pro X, just received a major update today (10.2) that adds the well-known Alchemy synthesizer into the mix, while also allowing artists using the product a more seamless means of sharing their work with fans via Apple Music’s Connect feature. This is the second major update to come to Logic Pro X this year, and like the… Read More... →

Apple patents covering the “slide to unlock” feature on smartphones are invalid, Germany’s highest appeals court ruled on Tuesday, reaffirming a 2013 decision rejecting the U.S. company’s claims by a lower court. The ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals in Karlsruhe covers one of the Apple iPhone’s most popular defining features, of which makers […]... →

Верховный суд Германии 25 августа отклонил апелляцию Apple и признал недействительным патент компании на функцию Slide to Unlock, подтвердив тем самым решение нижестоящей инстанции. Об этом сообщает Reuters.... →

Суд США приговорил бывшую помощницу старшего вице-президента HP Холли Дон Коулман (Holli Dawn Coulman) к 1 году и 9 месяцам тюрьмы за незаконное списание около $1 млн с корпоративных кредитных карт ИТ-компании. Как сообщает The San Diego Union Tribune, женщина несколько лет тайно оплачивала за счёт работодателя личные расходы — от дорогостоящего отдыха в SPA-отелях до перелётов в Европу и покупок в Apple Store.... →

Чуть больше года назад ЦП узнавал у российских предпринимателей и инвесторов, что они носят на руке. Сейчас пришла пора спросить у них, перешли ли они на Apple Watch — и если нет, то почему. В скобках указаны модели часов, названные в предыдущем опросе.... →