Свежие новости и отзывы о Apple

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Spotify wants to own big data about bands. Today it acquired analytics firm Seed Scientific to forge a new Advanced Analytics unit tasked with understanding and improving how artists, listeners, and brands interact with its streaming music service. Seed Scientific formerly served clients including Audi, Unilever, the United Nations, and importantly, Apple’s Beats Music. But with the… Read More... →

Казалось бы, все знают, что из себя представляет стартап-Мекка мира – Cан-Франциско. Но как она выглядит в цифрах и фактах? Юлия Кожевникова из Tranio.com проводит короткую экскурсию по городу и его окрестностям.    «Город состоит из молодых и амбициозных людей, которые легко попадают под влияние друг друга. Кажется, что все работают над чем-то новым. Концентрация энергии и общественное воздействие — часть магии Кремниевой долины»,— пишет Forbes о Сан-Франциско. Сан-Франциско — это цель №1 для предпринимате... →

A study of the quality of policymaking in 40 cities around the world, considering how supportive city governments are to entrepreneurs and tech startups, has ranked New York at the top of its ‘innovation friendly’ index, followed by London, Helsinki, Barcelona and Amsterdam. So Big Apple aside, the report suggests city policymakers across Europe are getting their grove on when it… Read More... →

Spotify today announced that it has acquired Seed Scientific, a consulting confirm that specializes in data science and analytics. The acquisition is helping Spotify start a new advanced analytics team “that combines cutting-edge math, science, design, and engineering to craft insights, models, and tools with data,” according to a statement. Terms of the deal weren’t […]... →

Apple is finally throwing its money around to help Apple Music win. Singer Pharrell today announced that his new single “Freedom” will be available exclusively on Apple Music the day of its launch, June 30th. Pharrell tweeted and Facebook posted a teaser still image and 15-second preview of the song, something Apple Music’s Connect feature is will likely allow users to do… Read More... →

El Capitan is already something I associate almost by default with Mac OS X, but it was a real mountain before that – millions of years before Apple previewed OS X 10.11, in fact, though it only got its name in 1851. Anyways, it’s the real mountain, not the Apple operating system, that Google now lets you virtually climb in Google Maps with its first ever vertical Street View… Read More... →

Groupon’s deal-finding iOS application was updated today to include support for Apple Watch. Like many Watch apps, Groupon takes advantage of its ability to tap into a user’s location by way of their connected iPhone, then uses this awareness to alert you to deals available near you. Unlike with Groupon’s mobile application, whose home screen features deals in your general… Read More... →

The upcoming Apple Watch software update gives third-party developers access to the hardware’s accelerometer data, and that’s the feature one company is using to add Wii-like motion controls to their Apple TV gaming title. Rolocule Games is already testing a working version of an update for Bowling Central, one of its games designed with AirPlay streaming from an iPad or iPhone to… Read More... →

Nick Lee, a dedicated programmer with access to WatchOS 2.0, has ported Mac OS 7.5.5 to his wrist. That’s right: the OS you used in the 1990s to make your zine can look keel can now boot – albeit slowly – on your Apple Watch. He used Mini VMac, an “early Mac emulator,” and recompiled it for the Watch. Can the Watch actually run these sorts of programs well? Sure.… Read More... →

Лев Хасис рассказал, сколько банк тратит на IT, как конкурировать с Google, правильно "спамить" клиентов и планирует ли банк увеличивать долю в «Яндекс.Деньгах» (не планирует).... →

The patent points to the possibility that Apple is pushing Beats technology into the gaming space.... →

This is just one of the magical things enabled by Apple's new Watch OS 2 operating system.... →

The previews show developers a mix of under-the-hood and new or enhanced consumer-facing features.... →

Often when we think of the wearable tech category, we imagine consumer-focused general purpose devices like Fitbit’s range or the Apple Watch. Google has unveiled a new niche device that’s designed to do serious work in a specific setting, however, with a health-focused wristband that provides constant patient information for participants in medical studies and clinical field… Read More... →

Fresh on the heels of the Apple Music launch, Google has just announced that Play Music will now offer a free, ad-supported version of the service to users who don’t want to pay $9.99/month. Play Music is Google’s music streaming service, meant to compete with the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc. However, unlike the paid version, the free version launched today… Read More... →

Цвет логотипа, торговых точек и продуктов компании играет большую роль в позиционировани бренда, а иногда определенный оттенок становится отличительной чертой марки.ЦП перевел материалы ресурса Future и издания Business Insider, где эксперт по цветам в бизнесе Карен Маллер (Karen Haller) объяснила, как те или иные оттенки могут влиять на отношение потребителей к компаниям, манипулирующим клиентами с помощью цвета.... →

While Spotify has been building up its own warchest in preparation for the battle with Apple and others to win more music streaming consumers, it’s also funding a smaller company that’s focused on building up another side of its revenue strategy: businesses and enterprises. Soundtrack Your Brand — makers of two services called Spotify Business and Spotify Enterprise that… Read More... →

Chevy announced earlier this year it would be bringing Apple’s CarPlay to production vehicles this year, and now those first cars with the infotainment feature from Apple are rolling off the line and going out to dealerships and consumers. The very first production Chevrolet with CarPlay installed was the silver, 650-HP Corvette Z06 pictured above and below, the company tells… Read More... →

One of Android Wear’s bigger bulletpoints over Apple’s Watch: it can run totally custom third party watch faces. You can be damned sure Google is going to play that card hard until Apple gets around to supporting it themselves. This morning, Google is lettin’ loose a big bundle of new watch faces in partnership with 17 mega brands. Hello Kitty! Angry Birds! And… a… Read More... →