Apple considering allowing third-party music apps like Spotify and Pandora on HomePod
Spotify, Pandora and other third-party music apps may soon be allowed to stream directly on the HomePod speaker.
Mark Gurman
Broadcom will sell Apple $15 billion of wireless components
Apple and Broadcom have reportedly stricken a chip-supply deal worth fifteen billion dollars for a “range of specified high-performance wireless components and modules” that Apple will use in its products.
Apple to show off its HomeKit smart home system at CES
Apple will make an official appearance at the world’s biggest annual technology trade show next week, according to Bloomberg.
Apple wants to beam data directly to iPhones and other devices within five years
Apple reportedly has a secret team specializing in satellite technology. It’s apparently tasked with finding ways to beam data such as Internet connectivity directly to devices.
iPhone 11 will debut a new coprocessor, let you apply effects when shooting video in real time
This year’s high-end iPhones will reportedly have significantly upgraded video recording capabilities, “getting them closer to professional video cameras,” and be outfitted with a third sensor for capturing ultra-wide-angle photos and videos.
Don’t expect perks beyond better cameras and chips for the next iPad Pro and budget iPad
After launching the new mid-tier iPad Air and iPad mini 5 earlier this year, Apple is now planning to refresh the high-end iPad Pro lineup as well as its low-end iPad for schools.
Jony Ive began relinquishing his responsibilities in 2015 because the Apple Watch project was straining him personally
Not much will change initially because Apple has been operating with partial input from Ive for a few years.
Bloomberg: Apple to kill off the iTunes app
Bloomberg has it on good authority that iTunes will be retired this year following its public debut 18 years ago at the Macworld expo on January 9, 2001.
Alleged 2019 iPhone case moldings give another look at that unsightly camera bump
Apple will apparently integrate the camera bump into the rear glass in order to make it less pronounced, but that won’t change the fact that this year’s iPhones will have some whacky design.
Apple is readying an external 6K monitor with HDR support for a possible WWDC 2019 debut
The external monitor pro customers were promised a year ago should feature, among other things, HDR support for richer colors, better contrast and smoother gradients.
2020 Apple Watch could sport a sleep monitor
Apple is reportedly holding studies at its headquarters to track sleep habits as it preps to add a sleep monitor to a future version of Apple Watch to better compete with wearables from Fitbit and Withings.
Apple is considering previewing its upcoming modular Mac Pro architecture at WWDC in June
Apple is apparently mulling internally whether it should preview its modular high-throughput Mac Pro at WWDC this summer, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
