Apple is planning to implement a pair of interesting improvements to its Find My software on iOS 14, including augmented reality mode and new location triggers.
iOS 14’s Find My rumored to gain augmented reality mode and new location triggers
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Kuo: iPhone gaining a bigger sensor & sensor stabilization in 2020, periscope lens in 2022
Apple is allegedly working on interesting photography improvements for future iPhones.
Apple drops restrictions on iPhone, iPad and Mac online purchases made outside of China
After placing per-customer restrictions on bulk iPhone, iPad and Mac orders last week, the company has now lifted restrictions on purchasing multiple devices by a single customer.
Free-to-view “Oprah Talks COVID-19” interview series launches on Apple TV+
Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Apple on a new free-to-view series in which the popular talk show host and producer holds remote interviews with people personally affected by COVID-19.
Apple donating millions of N95 industrial masks to healthcare providers fighting COVID-19
Apple is donation N95 masks to healthcare providers fighting COVID-19 in the US and Europe.
Editor’s Desk: new Apple hardware, trackpad support in iPadOS, fresh tutorials & more
If you needed any more proof that we were supposed to get a spring Apple event, Wednesday's unexpected hardware launches via a pair of press releases and an Apple website refresh probably have you covered. We got a new dual-camera iPad Pro with a laser scanner (a first for Apple), a faster MacBook Air with scissor keys, a new pair of Powerbeats with "Hey Siri" and 3 additional hours of battery life, refreshed Apple Watch bands for the spring and other tidbits.
See the world from a new perspective in “Spyder,” the latest Apple Arcade arrival
Sumo Digital's "Spyder," a spy-on-the-wall adventure video game set in a retro universe in which you play as the most sophisticated miniature robot spider on earth, is the latest addition to Apple Arcade's stable of exclusive titles.
Geekbench: the mid-range 2020 MacBook Air is significantly faster than the 2018-2019 models
Jason Snell of Six Colors ran the Geekbench synthetic benchmark from Primate Labs on a mid-range version of the new MacBook Air, equipped with Intel's quad-core 1.1GHz Core i5 CPU.
Video: Steve Jobs predicted home premiere of movies still in theaters a decade ago
As iDownloadBlog reported this morning, Hollywood studios are starting to experiment with releasing some films early digitally as theaters remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The studios breaking their traditional theatrical window is major news, but Steve Jobs actually predicted digital home premiere of flicks still in theaters... well, a decade ago.
Pixar’s “Onward” and other new theatrical releases hitting digital platforms early
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and coronavirus pandemic, major entertainment companies such as Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerBros are breaking their traditional theatrical window as Hollywood starts to grapple with cratered box office ticket sales due to the current public health crisis that has prompted audiences to avoid crowded venues.
YouTube, Netflix and Amazon are cutting streaming quality across Europe
Major video-streaming platforms like Netflix, Google-owned YouTube and Amazon's Prime Video have reduced streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the Internet as millions of employees switch to teleworking amid the coronavirus pandemic.
iOS 14 Maps: deeper Apple Store integration, movie theaters with IMAX sessions, more
Apple is apparently working on much deeper integration of relevant Apple Store information for its Apple Maps services in the upcoming iOS 14 update.