Lukáš Gondek Steve Jobs' actor uses an iPhone 4 with a broken display, business cards of the real Jobs were sold for a quarter of a million crowns, and soon we should finally see the first HomeKit devices.
Warner Music's streaming revenue surpasses downloads for the first time (11/5)
Warner Music released its financial results last week, and for the first time ever, revenue from music streaming surpassed revenue from music downloads. While the recording studio received 33 percent more revenue from streaming services such as Spotify, those from services such as iTunes declined significantly. The chief executive of Warner Music added: "The speed of this growth only confirms to us that in the coming years, the majority of our customers will enjoy listening to music through streaming."
Companies from the music industry could now finally start believing in the stream and invest in new technologies for listening to music, so as not to repeat the situation at the beginning of the millennium, when many of them fell asleep to the advent of digital music. Warner Music itself is said to be looking to expand streaming of its artists to other platforms.
Source: Apple Insider
Steve Jobs' business cards sold for $10 (12/5)
Steve Jobs business cards from 1984 to 1990 we are talking about they wrote in the week before last, they were sold for 10 thousand dollars, roughly 242 thousand crowns. It is interesting to see who won the auction in the end. The business cards were purchased by Tim Knowles, executive director of the startup Stacks.co - a company that aims to expand the electronic version of business cards. The conclusion of the sale is so poetic when we consider the fact how many companies and industries Jobs caused problems with his innovative thinking. The business cards in Knowles' possession will thus be a reminder of how things are constantly evolving.
Source: Cult of Mac
Steve Jobs Actor Still Using iPhone 4 With Broken Screen (13/5)
Michael Fassbender in a magazine interview Variety he admitted that he still uses the iPhone 4. "The 4 had the best design," he explained his decision. When a journalist pointed out that it had a broken screen, Fassbender only added: "But it still works." Keeping the old model is no doubt against Apple's marketing logic, but the actor, who will play Apple's co-founder in Danny Boyle's new film this year, is said to have tend to keep things as long as they work. The iPhone XNUMX was also the last iPhone released during Steve Jobs' lifetime, so it might help him feel better about his role.
Source: Cult of Mac
The first HomeKit devices will arrive in June (14/5)
Last week, two pieces of news related to HomeKit technology appeared on the Internet, which will allow Apple devices to control supported home accessories such as thermostats or garage doors. Fortune magazine reported that the introduction of the first devices that will support HomeKit will be postponed until September. But in turn, the Wall Street Journal came with a statement from an Apple spokesperson that HomeKit has been a huge success among developers and that several of the first products should be available as early as June. When Apple introduced the technology a year ago, it didn't mention when home devices that would support it would start going on sale. Since then, he's been largely silent on the technology, but that could change at the upcoming WWDC conference.
Source: The Verge, WSJ
Oculus Rift will not arrive on Mac for now (15/5)
The Oculus Rift, a device that immerses users in virtual reality, will not, at least during its launch in early 2016, support the operating system OS X. The developers behind the $800 Oculus have confirmed that they are now focusing on development for Windows products, but that it will return to development on other systems in the future.
Source: Cult Of Mac
A week in a nutshell
Apple for its environmental efforts, which include, for example, improvement conditions in forests used to produce paper packaging in China, he waited recognition by Greenpeace. Former iOS boss Scott Forstall is said to be delighted, that Apple continues to create great products. Among them, he certainly has in mind the Apple Watch, which according to the latest reports they can bear more water than Apple officially states, and whose Sport version will come Apple maybe as low as $84. On the other hand, the Mac App Store, which recently reminds city of Ghosts. Another expected product Apple Music has have and social elements and developers they have new access to interesting statistics thanks to App Analytics.
