Lukáš Gondek The Chinese minister inspected the Apple Watch, which should begin mass production in January. Another Apple 1 computer has been auctioned, and American airline flight attendants can look forward to iPhone 6 Plus.
Apple Strengthens Audio Team, Dana Massie Joins Audience (8/12)
After a few work assignments from Apple in the past, Dana Massie, an expert in digital audio processing, will once again return to the Californian company. Massie worked at Apple in 2002 as an audio hardware manager and is responsible for the audio inputs and outputs for Apple's notebooks and desktop computers. Most recently, he was employed by Audience, a company with which Apple has worked closely in the past.
iPhones 4 and 4S used voice processing chips from Audience, and Siri used a noise canceling system, which was again supported by Audience. Of course, it's unclear what role Massie will take on at Apple now, but he'll likely be working on improving voice recognition or audio quality.
Source: MacRumors
Tim Cook showed the Chinese minister an Apple Watch (December 8)
China's "Internet Minister" Lu Wei visited Northern California last week to meet with representatives of several American companies. Of course, Wei also visited Cupertino, where Cook allowed him to try out the Apple Watch. The exact reasons for the visit are not known, however, for Apple, China is a very important market where it would like to expand as much as possible in the coming years, so a meeting with the highest representatives of the Chinese government may be important. Lu Wei also visited the management of Facebook and Amazon.
Source: Cult Of Mac
United Airlines equips flight attendants with iPhone 6 Plus (10/12)
Over 23 United Airlines flight attendants will be equipped with iPhone 6 Plus from the middle of the new year. According to the company's vice president, the iPhones will be used by flight attendants to handle purchases on board planes, access work email and flight and safety manuals. United Airlines also plans to develop several tools for iPhones that should be aimed directly at passengers. United equipped its pilots with iPads back in 2011 and is looking to replace them with the latest Air 2 iPads next year.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple Watch production to begin on a large scale in January (December 11)
Apple together with component supplier Quanta solved the problems with the production of the Apple Watch, and the start of mass production of Apple's newest product is planned as early as January. Previous reports said that production would not begin until the end of February. Quanta has recently increased the number of employees from 2 to 10 and plans to hire as many workers as possible to meet Apple's demands as quickly as possible. The Californian company plans to sell 2015 million watches in 24.
Source: MacRumors
Functional Apple 1 auctioned for "just" $365 (December 11)
A functional Apple 1 is a rarity in the world, and despite that, or maybe because of that, a few of them have recently gone up for auction. One of them, which was bought in 1976 directly from the hands of Steve Jobs in his parents' garage, was auctioned in New York for 365 thousand dollars (8 million crowns). What is an unimaginable sum for some, is relatively little compared to other auctions. In the past, the Henry Ford Museum even paid $1 for a working Apple 905. In the last auction, it was expected that the buyer would pay around 600 dollars for a working computer together with the original check written for Steve Jobs, but in the end it was a significantly lower amount.
Source: MacRumors
A week in a nutshell
Last week, Tim Cook had reason to rejoice, became Namely the Financial Times Person of the Year. The company Bose can also rejoice, whose products are back after two months returned to the Apple Store. On the other hand, the not so happy news was received by a former Apple manager who was in favor of revealing secret documents convicted to a year in prison.
Not only Apple he came with a new advertising campaign for the iPad Air 2, but at the same time he announced, that he is going to open a new research center in Japan. iOS 8 he is active on 63 percent of devices, and yet another star turned down a role in a Steve Jobs movie — this time she decided Oscar winner Natalie Portman. For this film, its screenwriter Sorkin extra wished, to star Tom Cruise.
