Tagged: business

Apple v Android

Apple / Apple Business / Apple Retail

May 7, 2019

3 business tips from Angela Ahrendts: ‘Be you, move fast, be responsible’

“You’re just coming in as a steward in a very short period of time. You’re going to turn the baton over,” Apple’s ex retail VP Angela Ahrendts explains.

Apple / Apple Business / Apple Business / iOS

June 8, 2018

WWDC: Apple Business Manager launches in U.S., globally in summer

Apple made one stealthy but meaningful update at WWDC, where it announced its own enterprise-focused Apple Business Manager solution is...

Apple in China stats

Apple / Apple Business

December 5, 2017

24 rather interesting facts and stats about Apple in China

Apple’s Tim Cook was in China to speak at an Internet conference recently. While his appearance was controversial in light...

Apple / Apple Business / Apple Business / Apple Services / iPhone

November 3, 2017

The 57 Most Important Numbers from Apple’s Q4 2017 Earnings

As iPhone X mania hit the planet, Apple announced yet another quarter that proved the company that has been declared...

iPhone 2020: The rumors so far July 22, 2019
Take these with plenty of salt, but silly season has returned and tongues seem to be wagging about what to expect from the 2020 iPhone. Here's some of the more credible claims:Apple to ship a 5G iPhone Apple is expected to introduce support for 5G in the iPhone in 2020.The modem will likely be manufactured […]
How Apple is improving Siri Shortcuts in iOS, iPadOS July 19, 2019
Apple understands that the greatest benefits technology provides can only be realized when technology becomes accessible and easy-to-use. That’s why the company has taken giant steps to improve Siri Shortcuts in iOS 13.Automation for the people Workflow begat an Apple acquisition which itself begat Siri Shortcuts, and while the original solution had passionate adherents, the […]
How and why Apple users should switch to DuckDuckGo for search July 18, 2019
Like liberty for all, privacy demands vigilance, and that’s why Apple users who care about those things are moving to DuckDuckGo for search.Why use DuckDuckGo? Privacy is under attack.It doesn’t take much effort to prove this truth. At time of writing, recent news is full of creeping privacy erosion: We’ve seen video conferencing solutions that […]
Alexa wins the Apple App Store as voice control takes over July 17, 2019
We are all spending more time talking to our computers. This is a changing interaction with machines. Amazon’s meteoric climb up the Apple App Store charts should be all the proof you need that the age of voice is here.Hey Siri, speak to Alexa While most of the tech press involved itself in writing endless […]
How to take control of Face ID (with tools you may not know exist) July 15, 2019
If you travel frequently and use an iPhone or iPad, then you simply must familiarize yourself with these two tips – they’ll make it much easier to secure your device and its contents when you are on the move.In praise of Face ID I’ve become very used to using Face ID. It’s seamless.On the iPhone, […]
Apple’s AR glasses may be coming sooner than we think July 12, 2019
There’s a claim Apple has canned development of AR glasses. This makes no sense to me – I think it means they are coming sooner than we thought.Through an (augmented) glass darkly “Apple has suspended the development of head-mounted display (HMD) AR/VR headsets, and already disbanded its team for the development of AR/VR HMDs,” Digitimes claims […]
One day you’ll wear your Mac like sunglasses July 10, 2019
What happens if your AirPods become your primary connection with all your computing devices, accessed in the cloud?What if you could interact with remote systems using Voice Control? That’s a nice dream, I guess, but the big challenge to developing voice-based user interfaces is authorization. How does a computer know who you are?Nuance just might […]
How Apple is improving iCloud this year July 9, 2019
Apple quite evidently plans many interesting improvements in its iCloud service this year. So, what’s going on?What we know so far about Apple's iCloud plans Apple at WWDC made several announcements that will be reliant on iCloud – these include obvious things like new services and support for new functions, and less evident topics around […]
How to use your iPad as a second Mac display with Sidecar July 8, 2019
We’ve already looked at many of the multitasking features you’ll find in iPadOS, but one of the most useful may be the Mac-compatible Sidecar mode, which lets you use your Apple tablet as a secondary display.What is Sidecar? Available to Mac users who have iPads running the most current edition of the OS, Sidecar enables […]
The big picture on Apple's vision for computer vision in iOS 13 July 3, 2019
Apple has been firmly focused on photography since the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007, and this devotion comes into its own with the on-device computer vision AI it brings in iOS 13.On-device image intelligence Apple has developed powerful image intelligence features in its devices, creating tools iOS users and developers can make use […]