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Vimeo reworks iPhone video editing app Cameo so it’s easier to create cinematic videos

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 23, 2015

The movie-editing app category has been receiving some renewed love from iOS developers, big and small alike. In addition to Apple's own iMovie for iOS—free with new iOS device purchases, otherwise a $4.99 download—Camera+ makers have recently launched a video editing app called Vee for Video.

And now Vimeo, the popular video sharing service, has re-released a mobile app called Cameo that the company purchased in May 2014. After rebuilding the app from scratch, it's now even simpler and more enjoyable to edit cinematic videos on your iPhone, add themes and soundtracks and share with your friends.

Apple becomes Promoting Member of Bluetooth SIG, gains voting rights

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 23, 2015

Apple has become a Promoter Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit industry organization that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers.

As one of the biggest proponents of Bluetooth, the iPhone maker now holds a continual seat on the SIG Board of Directors and can influence future development of the standard even more than before.

Chevy’s first CarPlay-enabled vehicles heading to dealers

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Chevrolet's first CarPlay-enabled vehicles have begun shipping from production facilities, reports TechCrunch. The automaker shared the above image of the cars rolling off the assembly line, and says that they are on their way to dealers and consumers.

The cars are of the 2016 Corvette Z06 variety, which features a staggering 650 horsepower and a base price of $80K. The Vette is the second CarPlay-enabled vehicle to become available for purchase, after the Ferrari FF, since it was introduced last year.

Video: life, death and black-market reincarnation of an iPhone, seen from its point of view

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 22, 2015

Most smartphones are built to last until a user's two-year contract expires, and that's just a fact of life. True, iPhones tend to last markedly longer than the industry average but even their life expectancy isn't particularly long either.

To capture the essence of what being an iPhone is like, filmmaker Paul Trillo set out to create a smart and funny movie depicting what the world's most popular handset typically goes through in just twelve months before it's replaced with a newer, sexier model.

Apple lays out why it relented to compensate artists during free Apple Music trial

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 22, 2015

Apple is in full-on PR damage control mode with a sudden change of heart after pop artist Taylor Swift posted her strongly worded editorial on the controversial and much maligned decision to not pay musicians during Apple Music's free of charge three-month trial period. Eddy Cue, Apple's Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, took to Billboard to discuss what prompted this decision.

Apple to eliminate Home button by integrating Touch ID fingerprint scanning into iPhone screen

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 17, 2016

In addition to getting rid of the unsightly bands on their back, future iPhones could create more room for the screen without enlarging the whole device by putting a virtual Home button along with Touch ID sensors right into its screen.

Not only would such a solution eliminate a “chin” at the iPhone's bottom but the Cupertino firm has already developed necessary technologies in-house, claimed a report Monday by Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes.

Future iPhones could get rid of unsightly antenna bands as Apple invents a new metallic material

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 22, 2015

In addition to a protruding camera, those antenna bands represent the most controversial design feature of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Blame the unsightly bands on the law of physics.

Though iPhones and cellular iPads and iPods would have decidedly looked sleeker without the bands, the radio waves cannot penetrate metal so an all-metal iPhone would be quite useless despite a stunningly seamless appearance.

But if a patent application Apple filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office is an indication, future iPhones could easily get rid of the antenna bands on the back as Apple has apparently invented a metallic looking material that doesn't interfere with the functioning of RF antennas.

Initial developer interest in Apple Watch higher than in early iPhones and iPads, Cook says

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 22, 2015

During his China tour last month that took him to the eastern city of Hangzhou, home to the largest Apple Store worldwide, CEO Tim Cook said the Apple Watch has attracted greater adoption by developers than the earliest iPhones and iPads had, according to an interview published Monday by the Chinese language edition of Bloomberg Businessweek.

He said developers have been working on more than 3,500 apps for the watch, a data point Cook reiterated during the WWDC keynote earlier this month. By comparison, the App Store launched with 500 iPhone apps back in the summer of 2008 and there were about a thousand apps available for the first iPad in 2010.

Apple will pay artists for streaming their songs during Apple Music free trial after all

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated September 6, 2017

Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue put an end Sunday night to several days of controversy by saying that Apple will pay artist for streaming their songs during the customer's free trial period of its new Apple Music service.

In a series of tweets representing a change of stance for the company, Cue clarified that Apple will always make sure that artists are paid.

Apple denies claims that it’s threatening artists to force Apple Music deals

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Apple denies claims made by some artists that it's threatening to remove their songs from iTunes if they don't sign up for Apple Music, reports Rolling Stone. A company spokesperson told the outlet that music "will not be taken off" as a result of license negotiations.

The controversy arose earlier this week when Anton Newcombe of psychedelic rock group Brian Jonestown Massacre took to Twitter to complain about Apple and its bullying tactics. "I said what if I say no, and they said we'll take your music off itunes. hard ball?"

Watch this now: politician Newt Gingrich publishes his video review of Apple Watch

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 19, 2015

In case you haven't yet seen the video everyone's talking about, stop what you're doing, grab some popcorn and watch former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination Newt Gingrich review the Apple Watch. And he gets a little help from his friends, too: Senator Cory Booker and Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Samsung allegedly taking on iPhone 6 Plus with giant-sized Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 19, 2015

It is no secret that Samsung has taken quite a beating on the high-end since last fall's release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. According to the latest in the rumor-mill, which comes from the blog Sam Mobile and serial tech leaker @OnLeaks, an unreleased jumbo-sized Galaxy phone is about to increase pressure on Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.

According to a purported render that leaked earlier this morning, the tentatively named 'Galaxy S6 Edge Plus' will keep the industrial design largely unchanged but have a screen measuring between 5.5 and 5.7 inches diagonally.

It's hard to tell from the renders as anyone can scale up the official press shots, but the device appears to be both taller and wider than the original S6 Edge, measuring approximately 155mm wide, 76mm tall and 6.85mm deep.