Apple Music Web Player If you are a subscriber to Apple Music, launch your favorite browser and head to beta.music.apple.com. Then sign in with your Apple account credentials. The site offers the entire Apple Music catalog as well as tracks you’ve synced to your libraries. The site looks much like the standalone music app that Apple is launching with macOS Catalina in the coming months. It includes all the basic features....
Apple is looking to spur the growth of its subscription news service Apple News+. The company has announced a new affiliate program for Apple News+, which pays out a bounty of 400% per conversion. The Apple Affiliate program has a complicated history. In 2018, Apple removed App Store purchases and in-app purchases from the program completely. Since then, it has focused on Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Books. The new Apple News+ affiliate program is another step in this direction....
Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference is happening this week and the social network just announced new integration with Apple Music coming soon. Facebook is introducing new music sharing features through its Messenger platform, and Apple Music is officially confirmed as a partner. Messenger’s new music sharing feature will launch with Spotify initially, which will let users share song snippets with friends over the platform. Apple Music is already committed to integrate as well and will similarly be available in the near future....
If you are excited about Apple’s upcoming music subscription service, you probably have a few of questions that are still unanswered. And one of them, of course, is the ability to download songs for offline playback. In a statement released to Re/code, Apple has confirmed that this feature will indeed make its way into Apple Music: “As an Apple Music member you can add anything from the Apple Music library — a song, an album or a video — to your collection,....
Apple has filed a motion to drop a cross-appeal in the seemingly eternal patent battle between the Cupertino-based tech giant and rival Samsung, as noted today by FOSS Patents. As the appeals process drags on, Apple has decided to let go of certain points and accept the court’s rulings. In this case, Apple has decided not to seek an injunction against certain Samsung devices from its first trial in 2012. Apple has already tried to get an injunction against these devices twice in the past, but was denied both times....
An Apple patent battle with healthtech company AliveCor has been won by the Cupertino company, likely saving the Apple Watch from a potential import ban next week. It’s a big step forward for Apple, but doesn’t end the legal fight between the two companies … Let’s start with the background … Apple patent battle with AliveCor The tale dates back to 2015, when AliveCor showed how its patented technology could be used to allow an Apple Watch wristband to take ECG readings....
Apple is trialing a new retail store format geared for fast and easy pickup of online orders with safety in mind. The concept design furthers Apple’s comprehensive response to COVID-19 and may help effectively serve customers during a busy upcoming season of new product launches. Apple Burlingame in Burlingame, California is the first location to pilot what Apple calls “Express,” a simplified version of the Apple Store experience that resembles a bank teller window....
Update: The new Apple Sanlitun opens on July 17 at 10 AM. Apple opened its first store in China in July 2008 at Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun mall. 12 years later, that original store is set to be replaced by an enormous new flagship location. The all-new Apple Sanlitun will bring Apple’s most prestigious tier of retail design to Beijing and one day elevate Today at Apple programming in the Chaoyang District....
Following our report earlier this month that Apple was preparing to deliver a bug fix in an upcoming iOS 7.1.1 update, today the update is going live as an over-the-air update for iOS users. Apple’s release notes say the update includes “improvements, bug fixes and security updates” including enhancements to Touch ID fingerprint recognition and fixes for keyboard responsiveness and Bluetooth keyboards used with VoiceOver: This update contains improvements, bug fixes and security updates, including:...
Following the release of watchOS 8.4 last week, Apple today is rolling out watchOS 8.4.1 to some Apple Watch users. That’s because the update seems to be exclusive to Apple Watch Series 4 and later. It’s unclear what exactly changes with the update, but the release notes say that watchOS 8.4.1 comes to fix bugs that only affect Apple Watch Series 4 and later. Although Apple Watch Series 3 also supports watchOS 8, it seems that today’s update has not been made available for it....
Apple has made its case against Samsung in the patent lawsuit that never ends, and the company’s attorneys rested today after an expert witness testified that Samsung should pay the full $2.191 billion in damages. As CNET reports, Quantitative Economic Solutions economist Christopher Vellturo told the court today that Apple’s claim to over $2 billion is valid based on estimated profits lost to Samsung’s infringing devices as well as royalties owed to Apple for use of its protected software designs....
According to local newspaper DongA, Apple is set to announce a major contract with Kia Motors, worth about $3.6 billion as the company ramps up its efforts to build an electric car. According to the papers, the news could be officially announced as soon as February 17. Apple is apparently looking to produce about 100,000 cars a year, starting in 2024. A previous report had suggested that Apple was looking to sign a deal with Hyundai by March....
Apple has shared its latest white paper via its machine learning journal. Today’s entry is “Learning with Privacy at Scale” and covers specific algorithms Apple is using with differential privacy to improve product features with some specific use cases like discovering popular emoji. Launched this past summer, Apple has used its machine learning journal to share about the evolution of Siri, how ‘Hey Siri’ works, its facial detection, and more....
The 10th-generation iPad is positioned as a budget model, with a cheaper price than the iPad Air or iPad Pro. You still get a 10.9-inch screen, Wi-Fi 6, a USB Type-C port (the previous model had Lightning), Touch ID on the power button, and a camera along the landscape edge. That last improvement means the camera is above the screen when the tablet is in landscape/laptop orientation. Apple went with the A14 Bionic for the chipset on this model, which is the same chip that powers the iPhone 12 series and fourth-generation iPad Air....
Apple has officially announced its first processor designed specifically for the Mac, dubbed the M1. The M1 chip features an eight-core design alongside a powerful Neural Engine and GPU, offering dramatic efficiency and performance improvements for the Mac. If you’re buying a new Mac today and are confused by Apple’s M1 chip option in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, read along for all of the details on what you need to know....
Apple Music is showing off its love for the industry in a new collection called Behind the Songs. Here, Apple Music members can discover music with an emphasis on songwriters, producers, and session musicians who may not otherwise receive top credits. Behind the Songs features episodes from Apple Music Radio that highlight songwriters who created the songs we know and love, playlists that dive into specific songwriters, including artists who write their own lyrics, as well as playlists that promote the work of specific producers....
If you’re stuck in a group chat in Messages with devices that use SMS (such as Android phones), you can’t leave the group text, and that makes iPhone owners vulnerable to abuse and bullying. Apple should fix this immediately—here’s how. How Group Texting Abuse Happens Here’s the core problem: Using their phone, anyone can send a text message to multiple phone numbers at once, creating a texting group. Any time someone replies to that group, the reply is sent out to every single phone number on the list....
Apple today has introduced support for reader demographics and third-party advertisers for Apple News. In the shared updates, Apple announced that publishers will now be able to see reader demographics under the News Publisher Analytics section. The analytics provide insight into male and female readership and their age ranges for those that have read content within the News app on iOS 10.3. In updates to the advertising platform, Apple News now supports new ad format sizes more inline with standard web advertising sizes....
Apple’s long-rumored over-ear headphones are officially here. AirPods Max feature an over-ear design, deep integration with the rest of Apple’s ecosystem, the H1 chip, and more. They are available to order today for $549, with the first orders arriving next week. AirPods Max feature Apple’s latest H1 chip with support for spatial audio, automatic device switching, and more. They are available in five colors and include a carrying case as well....
This time it’s official. After a bank in Chile spoiled the news of Apple Pay’s arrival in the country before Apple was ready to announce, the Cupertino company is now teasing the launch of the service in one more South American country. It’s weird, because Apple is already teasing users to “add a credit card” on the page, although it’s impossible for now. Pisapapeles notes that Banco de Chile, Banco Itaú, Banco BCI, and BICE could be some of the institutions ready to support Apple Pay....
