Recap 5/2018 - what interesting happened in the past week

January flew by and we can look forward to the month of February. This year is so far rich in news, you can see for yourself in the recap of the past week. Let's take a look at the most interesting things that happened in the past seven days.

This week was once again riding the wave of the HomePod wireless speaker, which officially went on sale last week. During the last week we were able to look at the first four commercials, which Apple released on its YouTube channel. In the course of the week, it became clear that Apple was able to cover the demand in the case of the HomePod, as even five days after the start of pre-orders, HomePods were available on the very first day of delivery. Whether it is a small interest or sufficient stock, no one knows...

At the end of the week, we also remembered the eighth birthday of the popular iPad. In the article, we brought you a translation of eight interesting memories that the former head of the software development department, who was in charge of preparing the operating system and the first applications, kept for this time. You can take a look inside the "good old Apple" in the article below.

Sometime in the spring, a new version of the iOS 11.3 operating system should arrive. In addition to new tools related to battery management, it will also feature an updated ARKit, which will bear the designation 1.5. You can read about what's new in the article below, where you can also find some practical videos. ARKit 1.5 should motivate developers to use augmented reality a little more in their applications.

The good news came in the middle of this week. Information has become public that Apple will focus on bug fixes for its operating systems this year. So we won't see any more fundamental news in the case of iOS and macOS, but Apple engineers should work significantly on how the systems work.

Although the above-mentioned iOS 11.3 will arrive in the spring, closed and open beta testing is already underway. One of the most anticipated features (the ability to turn off the iPhone's artificial slowdown) will arrive in the beta version sometime in February.

On Thursday, the first benchmarks of the new 18-core iMac Pro appeared on the web. Customers waited almost two months longer for those than for classic models with basic processors. The increase in performance is considerable, but the question remains whether it is justifiable given the nearly eighty thousand extra.

A conference call with shareholders took place on Thursday evening, where Apple published its economic results for the last quarter of last year. The company recorded an absolute record quarter in terms of earnings, although it managed to sell fewer units as such due to the shorter period.