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Along with Beats, Trent Reznor is also heading to Apple. Apple is to introduce a new product category in October and is apparently also preparing an iMac with a Retina display. Opening up Touch ID to third-party developers is set to use PayPal…

As part of the buy Beats Apple also acquired Trent Reznor (3/6)

Po acquisition of Beats Apple now has several big names in the music industry available. One of the other musicians working for Beats is, for example, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. He has been creative director at Beats Music since the beginning of 2013 and also participated in the development of the streaming service. Trent Reznor in one of his tweets confirmed that he remains with Beats Music under the leadership of Apple and looks forward to the new directions set by this company.

Source: Cult Of Mac

Beta OS X Yosemite hints at the arrival of iMacs with Retina displays (4/6)

Speculations about the introduction of iMacs with Retina displays have now been supported by code in the OS X 10.10 beta. This contains a file pointing to the new resolutions for the machine marked as iMac. This file contains a larger resolution of up to 6 × 400 pixels or 3 × 600 as a Retina display. The display itself would likely have a lower native resolution of around 3 x 200 pixels, which would be double the current resolution of the 1-inch iMac, but like the MacBook Pro, the resolution would be scalable.

Source: MacRumors

PayPal is already working on integrating Touch ID into its apps (5/6)

The company behind the online payment system PayPal has already started working on integrating Touch ID into its iOS mobile app. PayPal wants to use fingerprint technology, which was made available to third-party developers after Monday's WWDC conference, to authorize payments more quickly. Developers from PayPal have already attended a conference held by Apple to introduce them to how iTouch ID works. The PayPal app now allows payments in stores and restaurants, among other things, features that should make using iTouch ID more enjoyable. According to Tim Cook, mobile payments are one of the main reasons for developing iTouch ID, and PayPal certainly wants to take advantage of this purpose as soon as possible; the company was even negotiating a possible cooperation with Apple.

Source: MacRumors

Jony Ive and Bono performing at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity (5/6)

Organizers of the Cannes Festival of Creativity have confirmed that U2 singer Bono will receive an award for his work on Project (RED), a campaign to raise money to help fight AIDS. As Apple is also involved in this campaign, Bono will be joined on stage by Jony Ive to discuss their collaboration on the project. Thanks to its (RED) products, Apple has already earned 70 million dollars for the campaign account. Jony Ive, for example, also participated last year with designer Marc Newson in the auction of a unique red version of the Mac Pro and other unique Apple products made directly for charitable purposes. This 45-minute interview will take place on June 21.

Source: MacRumors

Apple is said to introduce the first wearable device on the body in October (6/6)

According to Re/code magazine, which has been very successful in predicting when Apple will introduce its new products in the past, the Californian company should introduce its first wearable device in October. This device should be tightly integrated with the Health app, Nike should also be involved in its development, and 3 to 5 million of these devices should be produced every month. Further details are not yet known.

Source: The Verge

Beats extend their trademark to "iBeats" (6/6)

Beats had registered the "iBeats" brand for several years, using it for example for its line of headphones designed specifically for use with iPhones and iPads. This registered mark originally included audio and video equipment such as headphones, as well as clothing, musical performances and various advertising methods. But now the company has expanded it into several different spheres, including social networks, music downloads, music streaming, etc. What exactly is behind this move is not clear, but Beats already made it on April 25, apparently while the details of the acquisition were being worked out Apple.

Source: MacRumors

A week in a nutshell

The past week was marked by the developer conference WWDC, which took place in San Francisco, where Apple presented its new operating systems as well as big news for developers. We waited OS X Yosemite (in more detail, news in design, functions a applications), iOS 8 and the developers could also rejoice, for them Apple has opened up hundreds of new possibilities.

If you are wondering whether the latest operating systems will also run on your devices, you can find an overview of supported products <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>. In iOS 8, we will see i third party keyboards A even Apple didn't have time to talk about many news.

While at WWDC he presented only software, in the fall he should present a whole range of new hardware, among which would the MacBook Air could also be fanless. It is also possible that, in collaboration with Beats, Apple will develop headphones that they will connect with a Lightning connector.

We also received news in the advertising field. A spectacular invitation to the World Cup presented Beats and iPhone connection and sports again showed Apple. However, as it turned out, she started to squeak a bit his collaboration with the long-standing advertising agency TBWAChiatDay.

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