Apple has finally approved a mobile app, developed by India’s telecom regulator TRAI, which helps users avoid spammy phone calls and unsolicited text messages, VentureBeat said Friday.
Apple finally approves India’s anti-spam app
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45-day Apple Watch refund policy allegedly tied to heart health features, including the ECG app
Apple's usual 14-day refund policy for the Watch will extend to up to 45 days after purchase if a customer has a heart health-related refund request greater than 14 days.
Apple Music hits 56 million paid subscribers, Spotify still growing at a faster pace globally
Apple Music has reportedly amassed 56 million paid + trial accounts, adding six million customers in the past six months since zooming past 50 million subscribers back in May 2018.
FT: rumored iHeartMedia deal & Apple’s increased efforts to work with record labels
The Financial Times at the beginning of November alleged that Apple was mentioned as one of the potential investors in iHeartMedia, and now the paper has published new details on the iPhone maker's negotiations with the struggling US radio group.
Apple’s raised $200 million via its (RED) partnership to fight AIDS
Apple today published a nice article about the HIV-positive caregivers who are working to help end AIDS in Africa, in which the company reveals that it has so far raised a cool $200 million through its PRODUCT(RED) sales for the Global Fund to help fight this disease.
tvOS 12.1.1 beta 4 for Apple TV now available
A fourth beta of the upcoming bug-fix tvOS 12.1.1 software update for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV is now available for developer testing. The over-the-air update with build number 16K5045a can be downloaded and installed on your Apple TV by using Apple's standard Software Update mechanism within the Settings app. The standalone installer is available through Apple's Development Center portal.
Watch Apple’s ad rocking Elvis impersonators who sing to each other via group FaceTime
Apple on Thursday via its official YouTube channel published a new commercial, titled “A Little Company,” that doesn't just feature “There’s Always Me” by Elvis Presley but also a bunch of Elvis impersonators to show off group FaceTime calling.
Apple to attend the world’s largest machine learning conference, recruit new ML engineers
Apple on Thursday announced via its Machine Learning Journal blog that it will be attending NeurIPS, or the conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, which is running next week from December 2 through December 8 in Montréal, Canada.
The inexpensive Google Fi phone service finally expands to iPhone, with caveats
Google Fi (formerly known as Project Fi), the search giant's inexpensive and super-simple cellphone service, on Wednesday expanded to a broader range of devices, including Apple's iPhones, nearly four years after making its debut in 2015.
macOS Mojave 10.14.2 beta 4 now available for developer testing
Apple on Wednesday seeded a fourth beta of macOS Mojave 10.14.2 to its registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program. The software will mark the second major update to Mojave since its September 2018 release.
Mixpanel pegs iOS 12 adoption at 75 percent, outpacing iOS 11
Having crossed the 75 percent adoption rate, Apple's iOS 12 software has outpaced iOS 11's adoption around this time last year, according to fresh data from analytics firm Mixpanel.
Apple says iPhone XR has been the best-selling model each day since launch
Apple has now officially confirmed that the colorful iPhone XR, which starts at $750 unlocked in the United States, has been its most popular, best-selling smartphone model since launch, passing even the flagship iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max models in terms of unit sales.