Apple today released a fourth beta of the forthcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13 software update to its registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program.
macOS High Sierra 10.13 developer beta 4 rolling out on Mac App Store
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Fourth developer beta of iOS 11 launches
Apple today released a fourth beta of iOS 11 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to its registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program.
JCPenney now accepts Apple Pay
The United States department store chain JCPenney announced on Monday that it is now accepting Apple Pay at its retail locations nationwide.
Rivals adopt wait-and-see approach, believe iPhone 8 will “come with revolutionary features”
Apple's competitors have adopted a wait-and-see approach, pushing back smartphone chip orders as they're waiting to see the OLED-based iPhone 8 before making future plans.
Apple working on its own OLED technology to reduce reliance on Samsung
Apple has purchased sophisticated equipment to set up its own research and development facility in Taiwan to develop its own OLED technology in order to reduce its dependence on Samsung Electronics for iPhone OLED panels.
According to a repot Monday from Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes, the Cupertino giant has purchased chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machines from Korea-based Sunic System to build a 2.5G OLED panel line.
In-house OLEDs will allow Apple to differentiate its products from other handsets that use Samsung-built OLED panels. According to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report cited by DigiTimes, the move will break the dominance of Japan-based Canon Kokki, currently the primary supplier of CVD machines that ships the bulk of its output to Samsung.
“Samsung has bought five sets of OLED manufacturing equipment from Canon Tokki so far in 2017 and has signed contracts to buy five out of ten such machines to be rolled out by the Japan-based machinery company in 2018,” said the Commercial Times.
LG Display also purchased these machines but Apple has yet to validate its OLED panels.
iPhone 8 mockup via iDropNews.
Apple airs its best Siri commercial ever, featuring The Rock
Apple last evening uploaded on its YouTube channel arguably the best advertisement for Siri yet.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: SurpriseSelfie, Vigor, & more…
The jailbreak community is certainly going through one of its lulls, but that's not to say we haven't seen some exciting new releases in Cydia lately.
In this roundup, we'll discuss all of the jailbreak tweaks that launched throughout the following week, starting with our favorites and capping off with the rest afterward.
LG rumored to be exclusive supplier of L-shaped batteries for 2018 iPhones
A new rumor Friday from the Korea Economic Daily, citing an unnamed source in the chemical industry, alleges that Apple has chosen LG subsidiary LG Chem as an exclusive supplier of L-shaped two-cell batteries for next year's iPhone model, tentatively named “iPhone 9”.
Apple creates new Vice President of People role held by Deirdre O’Brien
Apple today announced that it is creating a new role, Vice President of People, to be held by its Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, Deirdre O’Brien, starting this fall.
Samsung to unveil “the ultimate multitasking device” on August 23
As rumored, Samsung will be unveiling an eighth-generation Note phablet next month.
Samsung, Google, Amazon, Intel, Facebook and others side with Apple in Qualcomm fight
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, an industry lobbying group which counts technology giants Google, Intel, Amazon, Facebook and Apple rival Samsung as its members, among others, has sided with the Cupertino giant in its escalating legal dispute with Qualcomm over smartphone royalties related to cellular technology.
Decryption keys for all S5L8942 devices released
Programmer and iOS expert axi0mX has just announced that he is posting the decryption keys for all S5L8942 devices on the iPhone Wiki today. The availability of keys will allow all sorts of fun hackery for devices which sport the processor in question.