Lukáš Gondek iPhone the most searched word on Bing, a giant presentation room and a fitness center at the new Apple campus, clumsy robots at Foxconn and Tim Cook visiting the capital of the United States...
Tim Cook visits Apple Store in DC on World AIDS Day (1/12)
On AIDS Day, Tim Cook along with the head of the RED campaign, Deborah Dugan, came to visit the Apple Store in the capital of the United States, Washington, DC Cook mentioned this visit by sending a photo on his Twitter, where he also explained that the red logos on Apple Stores all around the world, they are a symbol of support for the fight against AIDS. This was immediately followed by a tweet from Dugan herself, who thanked Apple for the $75 million that Apple raised for the foundation.
As of last week, users can purchase from the App Store selected applications, which will forgo earnings to benefit the RED campaign. All Americans who bought an Apple product while shopping on Black Friday also helped the campaign - they were given a red iTunes gift card at the checkout, which represented the money that would go to the campaign account. The collaboration between Apple and the RED campaign began in 2006, when Apple started selling red iPods to support it.
Source: Apple Insider
iPhone 6 is the most popular device of 2014, according to Microsoft (2/12)
Microsoft released a ranking of the most searched phrases on its Internet search engine Bing, and among the technology companies, Apple appeared at the top of the ranking. iPhone 6 was the most searched word in technology, followed by iPad in fourth place. Among them, people were still looking for an Xbox One and a Fitbit wristband. The iPhone's biggest competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S5, didn't even make it to the tenth place and is therefore not included in the list at all. However, the ranking should be taken with a grain of salt, as it is at least strange that Playstation 4 or Android, for example, do not appear in the ten most searched phrases from the field of technology, while Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile system climbed to seventh place in the ranking.
Source: Cult Of Mac
Russians sell banned statue of Steve Jobs (December 2)
The monument in the shape of an iPhone, which until recently in St. Petersburg commemorated Steve Jobs, will go up for auction. In Russia, where there is a law prohibiting any homosexual practices, there was a memorial a few weeks ago removed due to the publication of the homosexual orientation of the current head of Apple, Tim Cook. The initial price of the monument is 95 thousand dollars, and the winner of the auction is forbidden to build it again on the territory of Russia, they must even take it out of the country. The money raised from the auction will go to support Russian technology developers.
Source: Cult Of Mac
Apple will spend 161 million for a presentation hall and 74 million for a fitness center in the new campus (4/12)
Construction of Apple's new headquarters is in full swing, and information about campus amenities is starting to trickle out. According to the latest news, Apple employees should have access to a large fitness center of over 9 square meters, for which the Californian company will pay $74 million. It is also expected to have a slightly larger presentation hall, for which Apple will pay 161 million dollars. The campus, which should open during 2016, will cost Apple an incredible $5 billion in total.
Source: MacRumors
iTunes Connect will be down from December 22-29 (5/12)
Traditionally, Apple shuts down iTunes Connect during the Christmas holidays. Application developers will therefore not be able to upload updates for their applications between December 22 and 29. New apps and updates can appear in the App Store during Christmas, but developers must send them to Apple before December 18.
Source: The Next Web
Foxconn's new robots do not meet Apple's requirements, they are not as accurate (December 5)
Foxconn has introduced robots into production in recent months to help with the huge demand for Apple products. However, the ambitious plan of the Chinese company is not working as it first wished. The robots that were brought to the factory from the car company are large and unsuitable for working with small products such as iPhones and iPads. The first tests showed that the robots did not meet the conditions that Apple set for them: when assembling parts and tightening screws, the robots performed with an accuracy of 0,05 mm, which is above Apple's set tolerance limit of 0,02 mm. Foxconn is working on the development of new robots of its own, which should manage the production of Apple products more precisely, but their implementation may take several years.
Source: MacRumors
A week in a nutshell
Last week, Apple started making headlines again in connection with the lawsuit. He took off $350 million lawsuit - Apple allegedly broke the law with iPod and iTunes. Prosecutors he claims, that Apple deleted music from iPods and thus blocked competition, Apple naturally disagrees. Eddy Cue Apple in court he defended by making it impossible for others to open iPod and iTunes because the record companies directly required it for protection. Samsung also spoke up, which at the appeals court he asked on the cancellation of 930 million in compensation.
Despite all the lawsuits that are constantly associated with Apple, Jimmy Iovine he wanted apparently to Apple all the time. Google, whose Chromebooks are in American schools, has reason to celebrate bought more than iPads for the first time. And we will conclude the weekly review with a court again: a law firm from Calgary trying data from the wearable to be used in court for the first time.
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