Lukáš Gondek A parody of Apple's keynote by a well-known comedian, a few unusual messages from musicals and also an interesting patent that could change the Home button on iPhones in the future...
Scott Forstall Produces His Second Broadway Play (7/3)
Scott Forstall, the former head of iOS development who left Apple after the initial failures of the Maps app, is staying on Broadway and after the hit musical Fun home returns with a play Eclipsed, which tells the story of sex slaves during the Liberian civil war.
How much he participated in the production of the game this time is not clear, in the production Fun home but in addition to financing the game, he also actively participated in marketing. About the new play, which premiered in New York last week, he wrote Forstall on Twitter and also mentioned that he is proud that Eclipsed is the first game to have an all-female creative team. Forstall doesn't appear much in public and rarely uses his Twitter account - this was his first tweet since June 2015.
I'm proud to be co-producing @eclipsedbway—the first Broadway show with an all-female creative team and cast starring Lupita Nyong'o.
— Scott Forstall (@forstall) 7. March 2016
Source: AppleInsider
Apple received a patent for the Home button from liquidmetal (March 8)
Among the forty new patents that Apple received last week, one of the most interesting is the one for using a material called liquidmetal to make the Home button. Apart from its durability and light weight, Liquidmetal is particularly important for its flexibility. If Apple used it on iPhones, the Home button would become one of many pressure-sensitive components, and it would also flex slightly with each press. Liquidmetal would also allow Apple to use a much simpler and more efficient mechanism. Apple has had the right to use this material since 2010. It was previously speculated that it would use it for example for a SIM card slot, which never materialized. But the emerging patents suggest that Apple continues to see many possibilities in liquid metal.
Source: MacRumors
The musical about the rivalry between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates will not be after all (8/3)
The anticipated musical titled Nerds, which was supposed to premiere on Broadway as early as next month, had to be canceled due to the loss of sponsors. Nerds captured the story of the rivalry between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in an entertaining form that included both holograms on stage and an app through which the audience could vote on the ending of the story during the game. The actors were already in full swing with preparations, and it is still possible that the play will eventually be presented to the audience. For now, however, her fate is largely uncertain.
Source: AppleInsider
15 17-inch and 2010-inch MacBooks already obsolete (8/3)
Apple has renewed its list of vintage and obsolete products after three months, last week marking 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pros made in 2010 as vintage in the US and Turkey, and obsolete everywhere else in the world. According to Apple's characteristics, vintage products have not been produced for more than five years, and obsolete products for more than one year. In general, the inclusion of products on one of these lists means the end of hardware support by Apple. However, the OS X El Capitan system is still supported even by MacBooks whose production dates go back to 2007.
Source: MacRumors
Borat promotes his new film with a parody of Apple's keynote (9/3)
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who is behind successful satirical characters such as Ali G or Borat, is promoting his new film Grimsby decided to imitate Apple's keynote. On stage in front of a large audience, he introduced his new character Nobby, as if Steve Jobs had introduced the new iPhone.
#SachaBaronCohen It's about to revolutionize the world. Again. #TheBrothersGrimsby. https://t.co/PtKWm5mfjYhttps://t.co/vooP5wUMAQ - The Brothers Grimsby (@BrothersGrimsby) 8. March 2016
According to Cohen, Nobby is 12 percent more likable than Borat and 15 percent dumber than Ali G. Cohen also takes issue with Apple's constant pursuit of the thinnest products possible. In the video, he mentions that Grimsby has the smallest and lightest story any film studio has ever produced. While there are innumerable parodies of Apple presentations on the Internet, rarely is it authored by one of the most successful comedians of today.
Source: Cult of Mac
A week in a nutshell
Apple officially last week he announced keynote, which will take place on March 21, at which it will most likely introduce the four-inch iPhone and the new iPad. The world still resonates with the FBI's request for access to data on iPhones. According to Eddy Cue, Apple would by breaking the encryption he helped criminals and terrorists. Application don't like nor Steve Wozniak, disappointed so is Apple's head of software, Craig Federighi. He also commented on the manual closing of applications in iOS and confirmedthat it is unnecessary.
Samsung presented new phones, which undoubtedly significantly pushing on Apple. California company also on its new campus is finishing construction of a unique theater where new products will be presented, on the other hand, based on the decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of e-books pay 450 million dollars.
