As part of a special Today at Apple session, locations with video walls will invite fans to watch a stream of the event, live from the Steve Jobs Theater. You can sign up now to take part.
The Wall Street Journal would be a great launch partner for the service. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
The Wall Street Journal has reportedly agreed to participate in Apple’s paid news subscription service. Apple should offer details on the new service during the “It’s show time” media event.
News of the WSJ’s participation comes shortly after reports that The New York Times and Washington Postboth opted out.
Updated iMacs, AirPods, and iPads have all debuted this week. What’s next? Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Apple isn’t following its usual strategy for product launches. Rather than holding a press event during which a collection of devices gets shown off, it spread the news out across multiple days this week.
This bold new approach brought plenty of attention to products that might otherwise have gotten lost in the furor around bigger announcements. And it’s also creating excitement about what’s coming next.
Update: Heads up developers! Today is the last day to register for WWDC 2019.
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference officially has a date.
This morning, Apple revealed that it will host WWDC 2019 in San Jose, California, from June 3 to 7. The event brings together thousands of developers from across the world, giving them access to Apple’s engineers for hands-on training. It’s also the place where Apple unveils its biggest software updates of the year. Based on early rumors, it could be one of the most exciting WWDC’s in years.
Apple is cracking down on fake news. By helping fight the scourge of disinformation, Apple is taking a pre-emptive step to protect itself as it prepares to launch a new subscription news service.
In other words, Apple’s battle against fake news comes at the perfect time.
You want your app to look as good as possible, right? Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
All new apps and app updates must support the iPhone XS Max and latest 12.9-inch iPad Pro starting March 27.
In a post on its developer portal, Apple notes that apps must be built with the iOS 12.1 SDK or later. New Apple Watch apps must also support the Apple Watch Series 4.
The number of tablets that can use the Apple Pencil expanded with the debut of the iPad Air 3 and iPad mini 5. Curiously, these support the original version of this pressure-sensitive stylus, not the newer one that launched in the fall.
But it turns out there are several good reasons for this move.
Eddy Cue is one of the biggest sports fans at Apple. Photo: SF Chronicle/Twitter
Apple appears to be planning to become a bigger influence in the world of watching sports as it prepares to announce its TV streaming service next week.
The iPhone-maker invited Sports Illustrated inside its geeky “Sports Ball Room” where a team of employees track pretty much every major and minor sports game in progress. While competitors like Facebook and Amazon are pursuing exclusive rights to air certain games, Apple is taking a different approach. It wants to curate all the must-see moments and alert subscribers when they’re happening.
Don't expect the service to be a comprehensive one on day one. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Major newspapers including The New York Times and Washington Post are yet to sign up to Apple’s news subscription service, a new report claims.
With less than one week to go, Apple will be working overtime to hammer down partners for its Apple Music-of-publishing service. However, while there are some big names on board, others could be absent.