Filip Brož Apple's new campus continues to grow, Apple Pay is doing well, and the California company's stock is hitting new records. It is said that we will not see an iPad Pro in the near future.
Work continues on Apple's new campus (11/11)
Another video was shot using a drone as the construction of Apple's new campus, nicknamed the spaceship, continues. In addition to these shots, the city of Cupertino also published an official photo, which also shows how significantly the entire structure is moving.
More than 12 employees will work in the new Apple headquarters, and according to assumptions, the employees should move in as early as 000. The new building is also supposed to be the most environmentally friendly construction. It will fully use energy from renewable sources in accordance with Apple's environmental policy.
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Source: 9to5Mac
At Whole Foods, Apple Pay already accounts for 1% of all payments, McDonald's is also doing well (12/11)
Only last month, Apple officially launched its new Apple Pay service, and already, according to the first reports brought by the New York Times, it is gaining a lot of popularity. The numbers and statistics from stores where Apple Pay can be used speak for themselves.
Whole Foods, for example, claims more than 150 transactions have been made through the service since it launched, making up nearly one percent of all payments at the popular health food chain. Fast food chain McDonald's is not far behind. According to statistics, Apple Pay accounts for exactly 000% of all transactions made using contactless payments.
Source: Cult Of Mac, 9to5Mac
According to KGI, iPad Pro postponed to the second quarter of next year (November 12)
Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes that the iPad Pro with a 12,9-inch display will not start production before the second quarter of 2015. Likewise, according to the latest available reports, it is evident that all new Apple products are getting gradually delayed . So it is likely that we will have to wait a little longer for the Apple Watch, the new MacBook Air and also for the iPad Pro.
All these assumptions and analyzes also correspond with the statement of the Wall Street Journal, which wrote at the beginning of the week that the production of the iPad Pro will be postponed due to production capacities that are focused on the production of the new iPhone 6. There is still a huge demand for this model, and Apple certainly has hands full.
Ming-Chi Kuo further estimates that iPad sales will be very weak in the coming year. According to him, the tablet market is already saturated and lacks new applications and features. They say that new technical specifications or lower prices will not help in any case. In the last quarter of 2014, Apple sold 12,3 million iPads. In the same period last year, it was 14,1 million. Further declines and a decline in Apple's financial revenues are expected in the following quarters, at least in the field of tablets.
Source: 9to5Mac
Apple to make 30-40 million watches to start with (13/11)
According to the latest reports and information brought by Digitimes, everything should be ready and tuned so that 30 to 40 million Apple Watch units leave the production line next spring. As announced, there will be several variants available and to choose from. They will differ in their bands or straps and also in material. Digitimes information thus confirms that chip suppliers for the Apple Watch have begun preparing mass production.
Source: Cult Of Mac
The value of Apple is higher than the entire Russian stock market (November 14)
Apple is doing exceptionally well on the stock market. Last week, Apple's market value jumped over $660 billion, a new record. Apple has never been so profitable before, resulting in the value of Apple being higher than the entire Russian stock market.
Apple thus surpassed its own record from September 19, 2012, when it reached a value of 658 billion dollars. The price of its shares also rose, which currently stands at $114 per share. In second and third place are Microsoft and Exxon with a market capitalization of just over 400 billion dollars. In fourth place is Google with its 370 billion dollars.
Source: Cult Of Mac
A week in a nutshell
In the past week, another security threat appeared for Apple users called Masque Attack, however a California company introduced, that it is not aware of any specific attack and it is enough to protect yourself by not downloading any suspicious applications. Security is also something to think about when forwarding text messages on a Mac, This bypasses two-factor authentication.
Other interesting information they set sail to the surface in the case of Apple vs. GTAT, when, according to the chief operating officer of the sapphire manufacturer, Apple used its power and pressured its partner. Similarly interesting is the information that Apple he paid only very low taxes from the income from iTunes, because he used the benefits in Luxembourg.
We also got one new product - Beats introduced the first new product since Apple bought them. It is about Solo2 wireless headphones.
Apple Pay would be great if it 1) worked like a normal contactless VISA/MC instead of trying to get around them in a complicated way and 2) if you didn't have to lug a kayak paddle around to pay...
ApplePay, on the other hand, uses Visa and MasterCard.
If cards from VISA/MC were bypassed, Apple would not conclude contracts and cooperation agreements with them ;)
I normally have a VISA card from CHASE in my phone and it works perfectly fine. I often pay at Subway and yesterday I bought cans at Petco for my dog. It is comfortable and light.
The expert called :D
They have already answered you for 1).
K 2) you can buy anything else and pay with it and you don't have to drag the kayak with you :-)