Ondrej Holzman At Facebook, employees have to return iPhones, the four-inch iPhone could return next year, in San Jose Apple is buying up huge plots of land, and HTC released an ad in which it kicks apples.
Some Facebook employees had to switch to Android (2/11)
Facebook faces an unusual problem - most of the company's employees use iPhones, making it harder to find bugs in the Android version of the app. Facebook Product Director Chris Cox has now decided to order a large part of his team to switch to Android. By using the app on Android every day, finding errors in the system will be much easier and more efficient for Facebook employees. In addition, Android is the most popular operating system, so it is a priority for Facebook.
The company also tries to bring its employees closer to the experience of the ordinary user. One of the ways is, for example, the tradition in which employees must use Facebook mobile applications only with 2G internet for a certain part of their working hours, because 3G internet is still a rarity in developing countries.
Source: cult of android
Apple could introduce a Force Touch keyboard in the future (3/11)
Last week, Apple registered a patent for a new technology for keyboards. According to the patent, the individual keys would each have their own sensor that detects the pressure under which the key is pressed. A similar set of sensors in each keyboard would then allow Apple to do away with mechanical buttons, resulting in a thinner keyboard and more room for other internals. Such a keyboard would not have to be directly Force Touch, like a trackpad is now, but it would work with pressure sensing.
Source: Cult Of Mac
The iPhone 7 Plus is supposed to have 3 GB of RAM, the four-inch iPhone could return (November 3)
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a decent history of predicting Apple's moves, released a new report on Tuesday regarding the upcoming iPhones expected to be released in 2016. According to him, the iPhone 7 Plus will get 3GB of RAM, while the smaller version will continue to operate with 2 GB of RAM. Both iPhone 7s will use the A10 processor, according to Kuo. In addition to the size and optical stabilization, the Plus model of the iPhone will differ in its more powerful operating memory.
Kuo also mentioned a third version of the iPhone that could be introduced even earlier than the fall. According to him, Apple will return the 4-inch iPhone to its offer next year. This model will be powered by an A9 processor, and to differentiate it from the rest of the iPhone 7s, the smallest iPhone is expected to not support Force Touch. The 5-inch iPhone 5 could become a more affordable phone, similar to the iPhone XNUMXC, but unlike it, it is not supposed to have a plastic body. According to Kuo, it is more reminiscent of the iPhone XNUMXS.
Source: Apple Insider
In San Jose, Apple is eyeing a giant plot of land (4/11)
Apple is working on an agreement with the city council of San Jose, California, to build a giant campus in the northern part of the city. If Apple's plans go through, the company's largest ever campus could grow on the land, with an area of up to 385 square meters. The draft agreement is not yet complete, but should be presented to the city this month. The California-based company already owns a large portion of the land, having leased or purchased certain portions last month. The reason for the construction of another center is not clear. The development of the desktop could be related to plans to expand the offer to include a self-driving car, which Apple could start selling as early as 2019.
Source: Apple Insider
New Apple Music ad features Kenny Chesney (5/11)
American country singer Kenny Chesney became the center of a new advertisement for Apple Music. The TV spot, which follows the singer's day as he prepares for a concert performance, premiered at the CMA Country Music Awards. In the ad, the singer creates his own playlist and manages to exercise with an Apple Watch on his wrist. The end of the clip then entices customers to a three-month trial period, which is free for new users.
Source: MacRumors
HTC kicks apples in its One A9 ad (November 5)
About HTC thanks to the One A9 model, which very strikingly reminiscent of the design of the iPhone 6, talking all the time. That's apparently fine with the Taiwanese company, so now they've come up with another reason to get the conversation going. It is an ad for the same phone model, in which HTC reminds all users of the importance of being different, and conspicuously points out all iPhone users, who are actually no different at all, and portrays them as identical mannequins. The main character of the advertisement with the One A9 phone runs around the table, on which he breaks open a pyramid of apples, and then gets free with his phone.
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Source: The Verge
A week in a nutshell
Apple last week he added to the App Store in the Apple TV category and discreetly Issued an application for mapping the interior of buildings. On two out of three active iPhones already running iOS 9, however, problems with the new iPhone 6s se occurred for users across Europe – phones lose GPS signal in the LTE network. In the future, Apple, as we know, is most likely counting on the production of its own car, which is said to be the case he thought already Steve Jobs, but also with one hundred percent coverage fast internet.
Designer Marc Newson si he thinks, that the Apple Watch will be as groundbreaking as the iPhone, and bankrupt sapphire supplier GT Advanced Technology with Apple he agreed to settle a debt of almost half a billion.
