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My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• Apple on track for 3nm silicon iPhones and more in 2022 March 1, 2021
  iPhones, iPads, and Macs seem set for even steeper performance and power management gains come 2022, as it looks like the company’s plans to switch to 3-nanometer (nm) chips are falling into place.Apple’s processor development road map We’ve considered the road ahead for Apple Silicon, and those predictions seem to be on the right track […]
• Apple's indoor maps format is now a standard; here's why that matters February 26, 2021
  Apple Maps is essential to future innovation, from autonomous vehicles to AR experiences, so it's noteworthy that Apple’s own Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) has been adopted as a community standard for indoor positioning services.What is IMDF? IMDF has been accepted as a community standard by the Open Geospatial Consortium in response to proposals from […]
• Driven by pandemic, the US enters the world of Apple Pay February 25, 2021
  Apple’s decision to invent arguably one of the world’s best mobile payment systems seems a really great move now as US consumers shift away from cash in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Apple Pay advances in the US We know the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated global digital transformation projects, nurturing new respect for fron- line […]
• Amazon switches on macOS Big Sur for AWS February 24, 2021
  Delay may be the deadliest form of denial, but Amazon’s decision to introduce Mac support via AWS illustrates Apple’s growing importance in enterprise IT, as vendors across the board follow the money.Big Sur in the cloud That importance is this week reflected by Amazon’s decision to offer macOS Big Sur in the cloud within AWS. […]
• Something new, something old in Apple’s 2021 MacBook Pro upgrade February 23, 2021
  Apple plans something old and something new in the refreshed MacBook Pro it's expected to introduce in the latter half of 2021. What’s new includes M-series processors, while old returnees allegedly include MagSafe and an SD card reader.Interest is already high We know there’s a lot of interest in Apple’s new processor, which means as […]