Starting with the launch of the iPhone 14 lineup one year ago, Apple introduced a revolutionary feature called Emergency SOS via satellite that allowed users to request help when outside of ordinary cellular signal range.
Starting with the launch of the iPhone 14 lineup one year ago, Apple introduced a revolutionary feature called Emergency SOS via satellite that allowed users to request help when outside of ordinary cellular signal range.
Apple's customers who live in Australia and New Zealand can now take advantage of Emergency SOS via satellite when cellular and Wi-Fi coverages are unavailable.
Customers in Austria, Belgium and four other European countries can now use Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite feature as long as they've updated to iOS 16.4.
Take advantage of satellite connectivity to share your precise location via satellite using Apple's Find My app and your iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro.
This year's upcoming iPhone 14 models is rumored to add satellite connectivity for SOS response features and emergency contacts anywhere there's satellite coverage.
iPhone satellite communication features are thought to be limited to emergency uses, with support for the rumored capability understood to be limited to certain markets.
Apple has reportedly tasked its secret team of satellite and wireless technology experts with findings solutions for an alleged satellite broadband service which would beam data and provide Internet connectivity directly to its devices, bypassing the traditional carriers.
If you've been wondering why Apple Maps isn't getting any outward-facing enhancements in iOS 12, here's your answer: the company has been busy working on a massive Maps update.
Apple Park began construction in 2014. A new time-lapse video based on high-resolution photos by satellite imaging provider Planet Labs has condensed nearly two years of work on the main ring-shaped building in an 18-second time-lapse video. Uploaded Tuesday to Planet Labs' YouTube channel, the clip was shared yesterday by Business Insider.
Aside from the main ring-shaped building, the video also depicts construction progress on Apple's twin research and development buildings, the 1,000-seat Steve Jobs Theater, a wellness facility for employees and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZZXOmC-J8
For those wondering, they used the high-resolution imaging SkySats constellation to capture the construction of Apple's new Cupertino campus.
If the Planet Labs name rings familiar to you, that's because Google recently sold its previously acquired satellite-imaging startup Skybox Imaging to Planet Labs.
The search giant acquired Skybox Imaging in 2014 for a reported $500 million.
That startup was founded by Michael Trela, who was a spacecraft engineer at John Hopkins University, and John Fenwick, who served in the U.S. Air Force. Both men joined Apple this April following Planet Labs' acquisition of Skybox from Google.
As part of the acquisition, Planet Labs now has seven satellites and plans to sell high-resolution aerial imagery starting next year.
The company best known for the iconic smartphone may be working on satellites, as per Bloomberg. This is cool, but here's something even cooler: back in 2015, Apple acquired a startup called Aether Industries LLC that specialized in “near-space technology.”
That's interesting because no one knew about this deal before Bloomberg's write-up today.
Among other technologies, Aether Industries developed high-altitude balloons used for capturing aerial images, anywhere on Earth, at up to ten times the resolution of the highest-resolution commercial mapping satellite in orbit today.
Today's report from Bloomberg on Apple's latest high-profile hirings includes a passage that sheds light on Boeing's alleged talks with Apple regarding a broadband satellite service. According to Boeing's regulatory filing, the aerospace giant is planning to blanket the Earth with more than a thousand satellites providing fast Internet coverage throughout the United States and internationally. According to authors Mark Gurman and Mark Bergen, Boeing has talked with Apple about investing in or partnering on the project.