Ondrej Holzman Another rare piece of Apple history is being auctioned, a photo of an alleged iPhone controller has appeared, but also in the past twenty-fifth week of this year, problems with the Wi-Fi connection of the new MacBook Air have been solved...
First image of an authorized iPhone driver? (17/6)
Last week we informed you that iOS 7 will officially support game controllers, and we also wrote, what these drivers will look like. Server Kotaku then managed to obtain a photo of an alleged prototype iPhone game controller from Logitech's workshop. According to Kotaku, the photo should be authentic, which was also confirmed by one of the presentations at WWDC, where a prototype of the same controller appeared.
Source: 9to5Mac.com
Jony Ive reigned supreme on social networks during WWDC (19/6)
The most mentioned name on Twitter and Facebook of all Apple executives involved in some way in the recent WWDC keynote was Jony Ive. At the same time, the head of design did not even appear on stage in person, he spoke to the audience only via video, but his big interventions in iOS 7 still made him a popular topic. Ive was mentioned 28 times on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, CEO Tim Cook 377 times. At the same time, people were also more positive about Ive – 20 percent of posts were positive, compared to only 919 percent for Cook.
Source: CultOfMac.com
Apple signs a $30 million contract with California schools to supply iPads (June 19)
Apple scored a major deal in education when it signed a $30 million contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the largest public school system in California and the second largest in the nation, to supply iPads to schools. Apple will provide schools with iPads for $678 each. That's a bit more than the tablet normally sells for, but it comes with loads of pre-loaded learning software for students. At the same time, Apple provides a three-year warranty. At LAUSD, they reportedly chose iPads because they were the best quality, received the highest ratings in student and teacher voting, and were the least expensive option. Apple will begin shipping iPads to classrooms this fall, with 47 campuses expected.
Source: CultOfMac.com
Owners of new MacBook Airs report a problem with Wi-Fi (June 20)
Thousands of customers who bought new MacBook Airs with Haswell processors are reporting problems with Wi-Fi connectivity. On the official apple forums, problems with the Wi-Fi protocol 802.11ac are solved. Although the computer connects to the wireless network, the connection immediately stops working and the whole thing is solved only by restarting the system. It is expected that Apple should fix the whole problem by releasing a firmware update, which is a common practice. In addition, the 802.11ac protocol is a brand new technology, so similar problems can occur.
Source: CultOfMac.com
Apple will probably meet with Amazon in court over the name dispute (June 20)
Apple still can't solve the long-standing problem dispute with Amazon over the name "Appstore". Both sides have been trying to come to an agreement since January of this year, when the court ordered them to do so, but so far unsuccessfully. Apple doesn't like that the name Appstore, which Amazon normally uses, is too similar to its App Store. However, Amazon counters that the name has become a generic word and does not exclusively evoke an Apple store. So it looks like the whole matter will go to trial, which is scheduled for August 19.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Rare Apple I should fetch up to half a million dollars at auction (June 21)
A very rare piece of apple history will be auctioned at Christie's auction house. The Apple I computer from 1976 will start at 300 thousand dollars (roughly six million crowns) and it is estimated that the final price could climb up to half a million dollars, which is less than ten million crowns. Around two hundred Apple I computers were produced, but most of them no longer exist. There are about 30 to 50 of them so far.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Apple reminded that iOS 6 is installed on 93% of devices (June 21)
Apple updated the developer section of its website to note that the majority, 93 percent, of iOS users are running iOS 6 and above. iOS 5 is only on 6 percent of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches, with just one percent running iOS 4 and below. These statistics were measured by Apple over two weeks based on accesses to the App Store from iOS devices. Apple therefore gives developers a clear comparison with the competition, which is, for example, very fragmented in the case of Android. Only 33 percent of users are using a version of Android released in the last year, and only four percent are using the latest Jelly Bean system. Google made its measurements during the same time period as Apple.
Source: iMore.com
In short:
- 17. 6.: Apple will apparently build a new flagship store in Palo Alto. The new Apple Store, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2011 and approved by Steve Jobs about six months before Tim Cook took office, should be built in the Stanford shopping center, near the Microsoft store.
- 17. 6.: Apple edited Jony Ive's position on its website. He now not only commands industrial design, but the design of the apple company as a whole. This is nothing surprising, Apple just confirmed the changes from the last months, which were also reflected in iOS 7. Jony Ive now has "senior vice president, design" under his name.
- 19. 6.: Boris Teksler, who was in charge of patent and licensing matters, left Apple. Teksler is leaving for a senior position at the French technology company Technicolor.
- 19. 6.: Apple released OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 beta to developers. It is possible that this version will be the last before the release of OS X Mavericks, which Apple presented at WWDC.
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