Apple is set to take the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in less than a day, but some of the biggest surprises of the iPhone 7 keynote have already been revealed.
While Apple usually comes out with a generational leap for the iPhone every two years, this year’s update is expected to have some of the most boring and controversial changes ever made. Get ready to get your dongle on, because the iPhone 7 is ready to rock.
Here’s what Apple will reveal:
Photos are personal, and no one knows this better than Apple, the company behind the acclaimed “Shot on iPhone” ad campaign. With that in mind, macOS Sierra boasts a new “Memories” feature, letting you rediscover favorite and forgotten moments from your library by automatically creating gorgeous slideshows and curated photo collections.
Here’s how to take advantage of this feature when running the latest Mac operating system, which is currently in public beta and will be released this fall.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer has been very bullish about AAPL in the past, but he’s not sounding so sure about the iPhone 7. In fact, on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street show this morning, Cramer said that there was the “least amount of hype” ahead of tomorrow’s Apple event for any iPhone debut he could remember.
“The press ahead of this is like unless you’ve cracked your screen, you’re not going to buy it,” Cramer said, referring to the iPhone 7.
When you spend a lot of time typing, you waste a lot of it by typing the same thing over and over. TextExpander is a well-known, award-winning app for cutting down on your most-used phrases and text-based tasks with custom shortcuts and automatically populated fields.
Using this software will add up to a saving of precious minutes and hours. And right now, you can get a year-long TextExpander subscription for $19.98 at Cult of Mac Deals.
Tim Cook may believe China is Apple’s future biggest market, but that belief is challenged by new data showing the iPhone’s market share in “urban China” continues to decline.
The iPhone fell 4.4 percentage points to 14.3 percent for the three months ending in July, according to the latest figures from Kantar Wordpanel ComTech. Android, by comparison, rose 5.6 percent to a dominating 85 percent during that same time period, representing an all-time high for Google’s mobile OS in China.
The Apple Watch 2 is going to pack a much bigger battery if you believe a new video, which purports to show off the body of Apple’s next-gen smartwatch. Fortunately, the bigger battery is not going to make the device any thicker.
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September 6, 2007: Apple deals with its first iPhone PR crisis, when early adopters complain about the company dropping the price of its new smartphone by $200 just two months after introducing it.
In response, Steve Jobs offers affected customers $100 credit which can be used toward the purchase of any Apple store product. “Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these,” he writes.
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 series will deliver even greater 4K video recording at 60 frames-per-second, according to a new report. Both devices are also expected to offer Force Touch home buttons and new SIM trays designed to block out water.
Demand for the iPhone 7 is expected to be higher than many people expected, and Apple suppliers are taking on more employees to accommodate.
According to a new report, Foxconn is so desperate to employ new people to work on its production line that’s it been offering bonuses of more than $200 to any employees who can recommend other workers qualified for the job.
Purported benchmark results for the upcoming iPhone 7 Plus reveal Apple’s next-generation A10 processor could be a big improvement over last year’s A9. Despite maintaining only two cores, the A10 achieves significantly higher scores in single- and mulit-core tests.
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For many of us, Instagram is the primary place to get our daily fix of fresh images and videos. We’ll spend hours browsing the feeds of friends and family, and our favorite artists, public figures or journalists. But all that addicting content — including what you post yourself — stays on Instagram’s servers, where it’s a bit of a hassle to find and only accessible by logging in.
After insisting nobody wanted a stylus, Apple went ahead and made the best one money can buy. It’s the perfect companion to iPad Pro if you like writing and drawing on touchscreens, but will it ever be compatible with iPhone? One interview with Tim Cook seems to suggest so.
We’re all interested in being more secure online, but it can feel like an overwhelming task. Privatoria operates on the principle that anonymous and secure communication, surfing, and file transfers should be easy and accessible. They offer secure VPN access without any tech expertise, and it’s going for a massive 97 percent off — right now you can get a lifetime subscription to Privatoria for $29 at Cult of Mac Deals.
Samsung’s most successful smartphone launch quickly turned into its most miserable last week when it announced a worldwide recall of the Galaxy Note 7. The South Korean company has now confirmed that the move will cost a “heartbreaking amount” of money.
JK Scheinberg, the Apple engineer who worked more than 20 years with the company and persuaded Steve Jobs to port the Mac from PowerPC to Intel processors, was reportedly turned down for a Genius Bar job at the Apple store.
Apple is seemingly confident that the iPhone 7, set to make its first appearance this week, will be a big hit.
The evidence? According to a new report, it’s just upped orders for the handset by an impressive 10 percent.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the eurozone’s finance ministers, has accused Apple of “[failing] to grasp” the public outcry concerning tax avoidance by multinational corporations.
He was referring to last week’s landmark decision, which handed Apple an enormous tax bill of 13 billion euros ($14.52 billion), based on its supposed underpayment of taxes in the Republic of Ireland. Apple paid a reported 0.005 percent tax on its European profits in 2014.
Want to find out which apps were gracing our iPhones, iPads and Macs this week? Check our list below.
From a neat Facebook Messenger update to a tremendous new puzzle game, this is the perfect way to spend the remainder of your weekend.
We never quite know what to expect in our deals inbox from week to week, which means we’re often pleasantly surprised. This week was no exception — from a game changing app for making writing more efficient, to a 4-port USB charger, waterproof Bluetooth earbuds, and an awesome train simulator. Now who could’ve predicted that rogue’s gallery of righteous deals? Read on for more details:
Lensbaby and GoPro. Pair the creator of artistic effects lenses with the king of the action cam and things could get interesting.
Lensbaby hopes so has it rolls out its Circular 180+ lens to fit the Hero series of GoPro point of view action cameras.
This week brought in some of the coolest deals we’ve seen. From a military-grade Lightning cable to a Bluetooth speaker that’s shower-ready, a stylus specifically designed to integrate with Adobe Creative Cloud and a sexy Bluetooth boombox. This gear and gadgetry was already attractive, but with discounts of up to 60 percent they’re damn near irresistible. Take a look for more details:
This week The CultCast: What new hardware will Apple bestow upon us at next week’s iPhone 7 event? Don’t miss our predictions! Plus: New video shows iPhone 7 Plus in the wild, and we explain Apple’s Irish tax woes (then argue about the situation).
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All hell broke loose last week when Nike relaunched its much loved Nike+ Running app with a new offering called “Nike+ Run Club.” Plagued with bugs, sluggish performance and missing features, this update has infuriated some of Nike’s most loyal users, including me. Nike+ Running used to have an impressive 4.5 star rating on the App Store. Since the update, this has plummeted to just 1.5 stars. And Nike’s Facebook and Twitter accounts are now flooded with gripes.
So what happened? How could a single update turn one of the best iPhone running apps into one of the worst?
The past week has been one to forget for both Apple and Samsung. While Cupertino was handed a hefty tax bill by the European Commission, Sammy has had to recall every Galaxy Note 7 unit sold so far for fear of them exploding.
But which one will be most damaging, and which will quickly be forgotten? Apple’s tax fight is sure to rage on for months, but will faulty phones leave a bad taste in the mouths of Samsung fans a lot longer?
Join us in this week’s Friday Night Fight as we discuss the sad start to September for Apple and Samsung.
Apple isn’t expected to make any design changes to the outside of the Apple Watch 2, but when Jony Ive does give it a makeover we wouldn’t mind if it came with some chamfered edges like in this concept from designer Jan Petrmichl.
In his concept, Petrmichl imagines a slimmer, sharper Apple Watch that also looks more like a shiny piece of jewelry.
Take a look: