Apple picker Even outside of Apple, Tony Fadell shows his first-class artistry. Americans will be able to enjoy free data roaming. Apple has shown a model of its new campus and maybe we will see a cheaper iMac from it next year...
Tony Fadell created a smoke detector after the thermostat (8/10)
Nest, founded by former head of the iPod division Tony Fadell, is coming out with a new product. After the successful thermostat that is sold in Apple Stores, Nest has now introduced its second product called Protect – a smoke detector for home use. Fadell has done a similar thing to the (smoke-based) fire alarm as it did to the previously mentioned thermostat - completely re-engineered it to offer it as a very simple addition to any home.
At first glance, Nest Protect certainly does not resemble Apple products, Fadell's handwriting is recognizable here. Protect aims to make a device like a smoke detector an interactive and more user-friendly product. In addition, it works with the thermostat from Nest and can prevent the gas supply in case of problems. A clever feature is the backlight, which can serve as an unpretentious light fixture in some parts of the house.
Nest is now accepting pre-orders for the Protect, the price was set at $129 (2 crowns).
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Source: iMore.com
Qualcomm retracts claim that A7 chip is just a marketing gimmick (8/10)
Qualcomm, one of Apple's prominent suppliers, had to iron the behavior of its high-ranking official, who declared that the 64-bit A7 processor that Apple introduced in the iPhone 5S was just a marketing ploy. “I know there's a heated debate here about what Apple did with the 64-bit A7 chip. But I think it's just a marketing ploy. The customer will not benefit from this in any way," reported Anand Chandrasekher, director of marketing at Qualcomm.
However, his statement was not too well thought out. Some have also been shaking their heads at the fact that Qualcomm is also rumored to be coming out with its own 64-bit processor soon. Therefore, Qualcomm issued a corrective statement: “Comments made by Anand Chandrasekher about 64-bit technology were inaccurate. The mobile hardware and software ecosystem is already moving towards 64-bit technology, bringing desktop performance to mobile.”
Source: AppleInsider.com
Used iPhone buyback program expands outside the United States (9/10)
At the end of August, Apple launched a program to buy back used iPhones, after which customers could purchase the latest phone at a discount. Somewhat surprisingly, this program appeared only in American Apple Stores, customers in other countries were out of luck. However, according to the latest reports, it looks like the program will expand beyond the United States. At least Great Britain, which has the largest number of Apple Stores after the United States, is an almost certain participant in the program. It is not yet certain whether other European countries will be added, but nothing prevents the program for buying back used iPhones from coming to them as well.
Source: 9to5Mac.com
American T-Mobile will launch free data roaming (October 9)
According to a tweet posted by T-Mobile CEO John Legere earlier this week, and a teaser posted at the same time on singer Shakira's Facebook fan page, it looked like all smartphone users' dreams of unlimited data roaming may be about to come to an end. soon to become a reality.
Currently, everyone who uses mobile internet services is troubled by FUP (Fair User Policy), which is actually a data limit that a given user can use up in a certain period of time, and after exceeding which certain sanctions will be imposed, such as slowing down the internet speed or increasing fees for transferred data. Exceeding the FUP can become very expensive when using mobile internet abroad, when data roaming alone is expensive in itself.
When John Legere tweeted that the day was coming when T-Mobile would change the way the world uses cellphones, and when a map appeared on Facebook showing 100 countries that could get unlimited data roaming starting this month, many hoped that the internet on mobile flashes to better times.
Unfortunately, this is only an action by the American T-Mobile, which will actually offer its users data roaming in a hundred countries completely free of charge. However, it probably won't cause any widespread revolution across operators and countries yet.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Apple sees opportunity in laid-off BlackBerry employees (10.)
Less than a week after Blackberry announced it would cut its workforce by up to 40 percent, Apple has held a hiring drive in Canada. According to the Financial Post, Apple reportedly undertook this recruitment of new talent on September 26 in Waterloo (Ontario). Invitations to the event were sent to Blackberry employees via the professional social network LinkedIn.
In the invitation, Apple informed potential employees that most of the jobs were at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, and further promised assistance and compensation for moving costs to those candidates who were hired.
Just six days earlier, BlackBerry had announced it would lay off 4,7 percent of its workforce, and a few days after that revealed it had agreed to a $XNUMX billion buyout from the Toronto holding company.
Apple is not the only company looking for talent from BlackBerry, they are also recruiting at Intel, but in fairness only a few days later.
Source: MacRumors.com
Photos of a model of Apple's new campus have appeared (11/10)
In Cupertino, approval for the construction of the new giant Apple campus is now being intensively dealt with, and an exact model of how the entire building should look has now also appeared on the scene. Apple CFO Peter Oppneheimer revealed the mockup to The Mercury News. Cupertino then also posted video lesson from the meeting where the entire project was presented.
Source: 9to5Mac.com
In short:
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7. 10.: iTunes Radio is currently only available in the US market (although you can use it with a US iTunes account) and should expand to other English-speaking countries in early 2014, namely Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Australia.
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10. 10.: Apple plans to open its first Apple Store in Turkey in January. As expected, the chosen location should be Istanbul. Turkey would become the 13th country to have at least one official Apple Store.
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11. 10.: Apple will reportedly reduce production from the current 5 devices per day to 300 due to less interest in the new iPhone 150C. So far, the iPhone 5S is selling much better.
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12. 10.: We could expect a cheaper version of the iMac from Apple next year. The current models reportedly did not meet the company's expectations, so a cheaper variant could come, which would boost iMac sales again.
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