Adam Kos It's a new year, and if the end of last year was in austerity mode for you, you may have missed many interesting things from the technological world. This article is enough for you, in which you will find everything important to keep you informed.
Real stories from Apple Watch users
Apple has published a new video called 911, which tells the stories of people who have used the unique functions of their Apple Watch in practice. However, the advertisement does not focus on the watch itself, but on the emergency calls made through the user's watch, which are played here from an authentic recording.
AirPods Pro in a special edition
As well as celebrating the Year of the Ox in 2021, Apple has released a new special edition of its AirPods Pro that is exclusively available in select markets. 2022 is the year of the Tiger, and Apple has created AirPods themed with his emoticon engraved on its charging case. The tiger is also depicted on the packaging box, and Apple also adds 12 themed red envelopes with additional emoticons representing the Chinese zodiac.
BlackBerry is ending support for its smartphones with its own OS
Although today's iPhones are some of the most popular smartphones on the market, around 2000 it was primarily BlackBerry phones that enjoyed great popularity among users. Although the company hasn't been making the phones themselves for a long time, it still offered support for them. And now it ends too. These are devices with the BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 systems, on which even basic functions such as calls, SMS or receiving mobile data do not have to work as of January 4. This does not apply to Android devices.
Chinese suppliers
While Apple has long been associated with Foxconn as its primary product assembly partner, the news from The Information details Apple's newfound relationship with Chinese electronics manufacturers. He explains that Apple has increased its reliance on Chinese partners here, both in an effort to cut costs and as a certain "favor to Beijing". Foxconn may soon replace Luxshare.
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Settlement of employee bag searches
The dispute dates back to 2013, when employees at Apple Stores complained that they had to wait an extra 10 to 15 minutes after their shifts ended to undergo bag searches and checks of their personal belongings to make sure they were not taking anything out of the store. Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted prior consent with a $29,9 million settlement to be paid by Apple to 14 current and former employees who worked at 683 Apple stores in California from July 52 to December 2009.
Foxconn factory in South India
Apple ordered Foxconn suspend production in the Indian factory until they solve the problems with the living conditions in the dormitories there. 259 employees fell ill there, of which 17 had to be hospitalized, and the remaining almost 30 then stopped their work. At least four different government agencies then conduct their own on-site investigations into working conditions. Foxconn's defense is that to help meet demand, it ramped up iPhone production too quickly and therefore needed to have as many workers on site as possible. They operated here without flushing toilets and with spoiled food, where up to XNUMX people usually shared one room.
Beats Studio Buds to celebrate the Lunar New Year
Not only AirPods but also Beats headphones have arrived special edition, in which the new year and the Tiger play the main roles. The red Beats Studio Buds thus come with gold accessories that reflect the appearance of this feline.
Tiger AirTag
And until the third, all the best. Indeed, in Japan Apple started selling and a special edition AirTag, which also of course reflects the new year of the Tiger with its engraved emoticon.
Ads for iPhone 13 camera quality
Apple has released a trio of new ads that showcase the optical capabilities of the latest iPhones. Detectives shows movie mode, Basement aimed at video recording in low-light conditions and Paul in turn highlights the triple optical zoom of the iPhone 13 Pro. Although these are fairly simple clips, they really cleverly show what you can achieve with iPhones. You can see them below.
10 useful tips for iPhone users
In a video shared by Apple Support on its YouTube channel, the company provides helpful tips on how to get the most out of your iPhone. This is, for example, the pinning of shared content in messages, or a demonstration of drag and drop gestures. Of course, the video is mainly intended to help those who got their new iPhone for Christmas.
Otherwise, it's really nice how Mr. Roman Zavřel in the article about BB showed both his complete ignorance of the issue and also proved his regrettable immaturity when he started deleting posts pointing to his ignorance in order to finally close the whole discussion. Really level.