Lukáš Gondek A gathering of tech giants in Sun Valley, free iCloud for the Greeks, a growing Apple campus, and also a golden Steve Jobs, that's the 29th week of this year…
Tim Cook Meets Bill Gates and Others at Sun Valley Conference (9/7)
The conference in Sun Valley is one of the few events during the year that the giants of the world of technology participate. Recently taken photos show Tim Cook together with other colleagues or competitors in the industry. In them, we can see Cook meeting with Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, and a photo with Bill Gates has also appeared. Apple's vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue was also spotted at the conference.
Source: 9to5Mac
Apple gives Greeks a month of free iCloud so they don't lose data due to insolvency (13/7)
Due to the situation in Greece, its residents cannot subscribe to iCloud. The country is trying to avoid the collapse of Greek banks by banning money transfers abroad, so Greeks cannot restore the service, which sometimes has most of their data. Apple accommodated these users and offered them to use the service for free for a month. If Greeks can't pay for the service even after this month, Apple warns them to find an alternative for their data in time, before they lose access to it completely.
Source: iMore
Apple's new campus has grown again (14/7)
Apple, together with the Californian city of Cupertino, published the latest photos of the so-called Campus 2. The images clearly show that the construction is constantly continuing - we can see the first outlines of the building, the construction of which began almost halfway around the circle. The futuristic building is still scheduled to open in 2016.
Source: 9to5Mac
Google Announces Competitor for Apple's iBeacon (14/7)
A possible competitor for iBeacon was announced by Google this week - it called its service, which uses Bluetooth to communicate with various devices, Eddystone. Together with it, he introduced an API for developers, which is much more open than Apple's. Eddystone will work with both Android phones and iOS devices and will, among other things, use the inaudible sound coming from the device's speakers that other nearby devices will pick up and use to communicate. Android developers can start working on their Eddystone projects today, and iOS programming is in the works.
Source: 9to5Mac
Golden bust of Steve Jobs in Shanghai inspires employees (15/7)
Even four years after his death, Steve Jobs continues to inspire his followers around the world. A Shanghai company recently unveiled a golden bust of Jobs, which is placed at the entrance for employees to inspire them to, like him, "look for the best way to do something."
Source: Cult of Mac
Xiaomi manager: All phones look the same (16/7)
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is often referred to as an imitator of Apple products, and often quite rightly so, as several of its devices actually resemble iPhones, for example. However, one of the representatives of Xiaomi, Hugo Barra, does not make too much of a fuss about the criticism, because according to him, "every smartphone today looks like every other smartphone".
“You have to have corners. You have to at least have a home button in some way,” Barra stated. "I just don't think we can allow a company to claim things as they are." At the same time, Barra said that he will always be the first to admit that Xiaomi products, specifically the Mi 4, look like the iPhone 5.
In addition, according to Barry, criticism of Xiaomi is often linked to the fact that people do not like China. "People just don't want to believe that a Chinese company could be a global innovator and create great, high-quality products," Barra added.
Source: Cult of Mac
A week in a nutshell
The music service Apple Music has successfully launched and now it is speculated whether some videos are not sponsored by Apple itself. This is extremely successful in the smartphone field where takes 92% of profits from the entire industry. Clock numbers are also positive, The Apple Watch is said to have already sold over three million units in the US alone. And also on them four new ads were released. We can also consider it a success launch of Apple Pay in Great Britain. Other industries that could be conquered in Cupertino is the world of broadcast television.
A very surprising news arrived this week from the world of iPods - Apple unexpectedly has released new versions of its music players. Although it is the most interesting iPod touch, it is necessary to ask whether us at all are they still interested in iPods.
Along with Samsung, maybe Apple will try to enforce a new SIM card standard and the California firm as well continues his mission for the most diverse employee structure possible. But less positive news came from sellers in California Apple Stores, who are suing the company for personal visits.
