Lukáš Gondek An absolutely unique collection of Apple computers is for sale, the keynote at WWDC will be on June 8, both new iPhones are to receive Force Touch, and soon we will also see HomeKit accessories...
A fire broke out in Apple's control center in Arizona (May 26)
A fire broke out on the roof of Apple's control center in Mesa, Arizona. Firefighters there quickly dealt with the fire and the fire did not result in any loss of life. Apple bought the building from of the bankrupt GTAT company, which was originally supposed to produce sapphire for the Californian giant, and plans to use as a data center.
Source: Cult of Mac
WWDC will start with the traditional keynote on June 8 (May 27)
Apple has updated its WWDC application, to give journalists a look at a program full of seminars that will focus on the new operating systems. At the same time, he revealed that this year's keynote, at which Apple will present not only iOS 9 and OS X 10.11, but most likely also a music application for streaming music, will last two hours and, as usual, will open the entire developer conference. So we will learn about all the Apple news on Monday, June 8. The keynote starts at 19:XNUMX our time.
Source: Cult Of Mac
It is said that Force Touch was originally supposed to receive only larger iPhones, but in the end Apple changed its mind (May 28)
After the Force Touch technology appeared not only on the Apple Watch but also on the latest MacBooks, Apple is expected to introduce it on iPhones as well. However, it was originally supposed to be only on the iPhone 6s Plus, which would be against Apple's strategy, which traditionally tries to keep as little difference as possible between its individual devices. This is said to have been confirmed by one of Apple's suppliers. Force Touch will most likely appear on both new phones, which is good news for everyone who expects to be able to use the latest technology when buying a new device.
Source: Cult Of Mac
The first accessories connected to HomeKit are due to arrive next week (May 29)
As early as next week, you could buy home accessories that will be controlled using Siri and the Apple HomeKit application. Some companies had their devices ready as early as January when they presented them at CES, and they will most likely be the ones whose products we will be able to purchase first. Apple will most likely mention these devices at the June keynote, just a few days after Google introduced its own competing application, which consists of the so-called Project Brillo, i.e. platforms for the Internet of Things.
Source: 9to5Mac
Apple once again dominated the ranking of customer satisfaction with technical support (May 29)
Apple has once again topped a ranking of customer satisfaction with technical support over the phone and online forums compiled by Consumer Reports, and maintained the highest overall customer satisfaction rating for computer support. Four out of five Mac users found a solution to their problem with AppleCare. On the other hand, support for four brands of Windows computers out of six tested was successful in only half of the cases. Apple also leads in support directly in stores, but its leading position there is not so significant, close behind Apple Story is, for example, Best Buy.
Source: Apple Insider
Collector auctions amazing collection of Apple computers (29/5)
A small Apple museum is available for one hundred thousand dollars (2,5 million crowns). Steve Abbott's collection is truly massive - over 300 mostly working Macs and hundreds of different accessories. Abbott keeps it in several rooms in two buildings. Abbott started collecting in 1984 when he bought his first Mac. He is now 71 years old and would like to hand over his collection to someone who would use it to create a full-fledged museum. His goal was to have every type of every Mac model, and he really succeeded in some of them - from the G3 line of iMacs, he owns every color, even the rare ones Dalmatian.
Abbott is said to wish Tim Cook himself would buy his collection. "I would be thrilled if Tim Cook bought it all," he revealed to the pro Cult of Mac Abbot when listing ideal buyers for his collection. "However, it would mean that he would want to display them, unlike Steve Jobs, and also that Apple would be a sponsor of its own history ... The next buyer could be a mobile Apple fan, and then whoever convinces me to display everything."
Source: Cult of Mac
A week in a nutshell
During the past week, several interesting changes took place in the management of Apple - Jony Ive, after years spent in the position of senior vice president of design shifted in the position of design director. In this way, new interesting faces could come into vacant positions - Richard Howard as vice president of industrial design and alan dye as vice president of user interface design.
A change also occurred in the ranking of the world's most valuable brands, which it topped after a year returned Apple. The unpleasant news was the Unicode error that in iOS restarted iPhone when a specific message arrived. Tim Cook on the other hand donated Apple shares worth $6,5 million to charity.
IBM wants to state the biggest company supporting Mac, but Google he pulled into the fight with several new services such as Android Pay. Apple last week too he bought the company Metaio dealing with augmented reality and he promised a native application with access to sensors that should appear on the Apple Watch already with iOS 9.
I'm looking forward to WWDC and the expectations are getting bigger and bigger :) – iOS 9, OS X, Apple TV, stream, Watch OS, Siri, homekit…
the paradox is that more than half of it will not concern the Czech Republic and the other will be available only in a quarter of a year :D