Apple is embracing artificial intelligence for the first time in years. Photo: Partnership on AI
Apple is reportedly set to join an artificial intelligence research group, Partnership on AI, which also includes Amazon, Alphabet, Google, Facebook and Microsoft among its members.
Apple being admitted into the group could be announced as early as this week, claim sources familiar with the story.
Pocket-sized drones like the Mavic Pro seem poised to be the photography of the future, but one company is taking things to the next level by slapping a tiny drone inside an iPhone case.
It’s called the Selfly and while the little drone is not as powerful as its larger rivals, it packs a ton of incredible features that fit in your pocket and won’t hurt your wallet.
Panols makes Instagram a place where panoramic pictures can stretch. Photo: Panols
Instagram got the hint from users that they had grown tired of just squares and now allows mobile photographers to present horizontal or vertical pictures. But it’s still not a platform for sharing panoramic images.
A developer and frequent traveler, who grew tired of crops to his majestic captures, has created an app to bring sweeping panos to Instagram.
Apple is taking another big step to make sure it can utilize 100 percent renewable energy for its operations by expanding the solar farm it uses in Nevada.
The company revealed today that it has reached an agreement with NV Energy to add infrastructure that will generate 200 megawatts of additional solar energy by 2019. Energy created by the project will go to power Apple’s Reno data center, but some of the power will also be available to residents.
There's a lot to love in iOS 10.3. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple gave developers their first look at the next big update for iOS 10 yesterday, and it packs a surprising number of new features.
The public will have to wait a few weeks (or months) to get their hands on the new goodies packed inside iOS 10.3, which brings improvements for AirPods, iPads and more.
Here are all the new additions coming soon to iOS devices near you.
Random iPhone shutdowns are still happening. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple promised “bug fixes” with its most recent iOS 10.2.1 update, but it failed to fix an annoying issue that causes the iPhone to switch itself off with around 30 percent battery life remaining.
If you drop your iPhone 7 Plus down an ice fishing hole, find a friend with a wet suit. It just might still work. Photo: emfedor1983/Instagram
A Russian man claims his iPhone 7 Plus he dropped in a frozen river while ice fishing was still working after it was retrieved 13 hours later.
Now if there are two kinds of stories that deserve skepticism, it would be news out of Russia or a story from a fishing trip. But a convincing looking video of the alleged recovery was posted on Instagram a few days ago. It shows a diver emerging from an ice fishing hole holding a lit-up iPhone.
Pop art for the tech generation. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Kitting out your dream geek-room, but don’t know what to put on the walls? Well, have no fear because Retro Patents are here — and they’ve got some unique Apple posters to sell you.
Giving a new lease of life to the original patent illustrations for devices like the iPhone and Macintosh 128K (both of which celebrated their birthdays this month), each $25 print includes the names of its inventors, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office reference number, product name, and the date of the original patent filing.
Apple Pay is headed in the right direction! Photo: TXN
Monthly Apple Pay transactions grew by 50 percent year-over-year in 2016, although they still account for a relatively small percentage of all credit card transactions.
According to a study by consumer spending analytics company TXN, Apple Pay has been a “success story,” although the fact that is still still new technology means that there’s “lot of room for future growth.”
Setapp is like Netflix for Mac apps. Photo: MacPaw
The way Mac users get apps is about to become a lot more like Netflix, thanks to a service launching today called Setapp.
Created by the folks at MacPaw, Setapp is a new app subscription service that provides Mac users with an alternative way to try and buy apps instead of going through the Mac App Store.
Its not filled with loads of crap either. Top apps like Ulysses, Blogo, CleanMyMac, iMazing, Pixa, Polarr and Flume are all included. Instead of buying apps individually though, Setapp lets users pay a flat fee for access to hundreds of popular apps.
Learn Apple's latest coding language, Swift 3, from the ground up. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you want to develop apps for iOS, you’ve got to know Swift 3. Apple’s latest and greatest programming language, it’s an essential element for developing for iPhone and iPad.
The Swift 3 Master Coder Bundle will give you the skills you need to develop iOS apps. Broken into four sections, the bundle includes hundreds of lectures and clocks in at 85 hours of training. This is a great resource for aspiring and seasoned coders alike, and right now you can get the whole bundle for just $45 at Cult of Mac Deals.
iPhone's switch to OLED could be temporary. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple supplier Japan Display has found a way to reduce the cost of flexible displays by swapping OLED panels for LCD. The company plans to start mass producing its new screens in 2018, and they’re likely to appear in future iPhones.
Tim Cook just made a cool $3.6 million. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac
Tim Cook has cashed in on his Apple stock again, with regulatory filings revealing that he has sold AAPL shares worth $3.6 million.
This comes shortly after he made an almost identical trade last week for another $3.6 million. It seems that being Apple CEO comes with some advantages!
Texting while driving caused a car crash. Photo: Apple
Apple is being sued for something it didn’t do, by a car crash victim who claims Apple has the technology to stop iPhones working while drivers are behind the wheel — but fails to implement it.
The driver in question, Julio Ceja, was rear-ended by another motorist who was distracted while texting on their iPhone.
Which font did you prefer? Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
As part of its ongoing attempt to unify its platforms, Apple has switched the font for its official Apple.com website to the blockier San Francisco typeface.
Prior to this, Apple used a lighter Myriad font, which first debuted in 2001 as a replacement for the the company’s Apple Garamond typeface.
Help turn these awesome ideas into reality! Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Your iPhone 7 is already water-resistant, but it’s not designed for deep sea diving. Fortunately, LenzO is, and it’ll let you snap stunning pictures in water up to 100 meter deep.
It’s just one of the awesome picks in this week’s Crowdfund Roundup. We’ve also got an adapter that brings MagSafe back to your MacBook, a wearable Lightning cable that you won’t lose, the world’s smallest 4K action camera, and more!
Theater Mode is coming to Apple Watch first. Photo: Apple
The first beta for watchOS 3.2 hasn’t even been made available yet, but developers are eagerly anticipating two new features that will come with it: Theater Mode and SiriKit.
Cables never looked so good. Photo: JustTSK/Reddit
You can spend hours on cable management when trying to create the perfect home cinema setup, but you don’t need to. Why hide the wires away when you can make them look as good as they do in the sweet setup above?
All you need is a tube of superglue, steady hands, and patience.
You'll soon be able to turn off app review requests. Photo: Apple
Apple is planning to make big changes to the way iOS and Mac users leave reviews for developers.
With the release of iOS 10.3 beta 1 and macOS 10.12.4 beta 1 this morning, Apple introduced two highly requested features for the developer community: a standardized method to ask for reviews, and a way for developers to reply to individual reviews.
This app converts audio files into MP3, removing their DRM restrictions so you can play them on any device. Photo: Convertanymusic.com
This post is brought to you by Convertanymusic.com, maker of Apple Music Converter.
When we download music from iTunes, or audiobooks from Audible, the files that get onto our devices are DRM-protected. That means they can’t be played on “unauthorized” devices. This, let’s face it, is pretty inconvenient.
A new macOS beta finally brings the popular Night Shift feature from iOS to the Mac.
Apple seeded macOS 10.12.4 beta 1 to all registered developers today, bringing Night Shift plus a host of bug fixes and performance improvements for Apple’s computers. The new macOS beta comes alongside the first betas for iOS 10.3 and tvOS 10.2.
AirPods now work with Find my iPhone Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Finding your tiny AirPods charging case is about to get a lot easier, thanks to a new iOS 10 beta that adds a Find My AirPods feature to iPhones and iPads.
Apple seeded iOS 10.3 beta 1 to registered developers this morning, bringing new hope for lost AirPods, plus a host of other new features and bug fixes. Unfortunately, there’s still no sign of the long-rumored Dark Mode.