‘The Epicenter of Change’ – Apple WWDC15 – Live Coverage Today! – TheAppWhisperer
#WWDC15 #AppleMusic launching in 100 countries later this month! #WWDC15 #AppleMusic $14.99 per month – up to 6 family members #WWDC15 #Beats1 #connect OMG – coming to Android this autumn/fall – first 3 months free #AppleMusic #WWDC15 #AppleMusic #MyMusic #ForYou – recommends playlists and albums #WWDC15 #AppleMusic ‘Revolutionary Music Service’ #WWDC15 #AppleMusic ‘Revolutionary Music Service’ #WWDC15 #AppleMusic #Connect – allows artists to share music – even unreleased music with fans and also photos too! #WWDC15 #AppleMusic – ‘The next chapter in music’! #WWDC15 #watchOS can play #Vine videos #WWDC15 #watchOS new #TimeTravel #WWDC15 #watchOS #Complications -show flight times on United, view charge status on electric car – new UI when watch is charging #Nightstand #WWDC15#watchOS new Photos face – make your own from your photos #WWDC15#AppStore 850 apps downloaded every second #WWDC15@Tim_Cook ‘Apple has paid out $30 billion to developers during this period #WWDC15@Tim_Cook –…
Apple – Shot on iPhone 6 – World Gallery Mobile Movie Campaign
We are all aware of Apple’s incredible ‘Shot on iPhone’ campaign with billboards, print and transit ads published with artists’ photographs but today Apple have expanded the iPhone World Gallery campaign to mobile movies too. Demonstrating what users of an iPhone 6 can capture with the built in video tools and available apps. Seven videos have been selected to appear within the iPhone World Gallery on Television, cinemas and rich media ads and of course on Apple.com. The videos demonstrate various techniques available to the user including time-lapse, slo-mo and all hand held. At TheAppWhisperer.com we have been ahead of the game for sometime with our Mobile Movies Column, yesterday…
Stephen Fry meets up with Jony Ive and Tim Cook and laments his words to Steve Jobs
The Telegraph have published an exclusive conversation between Stephen Fry, Jony Ive and Tim Cook. It’s a poignant read and towards the end Fry reveals his regret of speaking out to Steve Jobs. Fry says, “I stood last week at the entrance to 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, the coolest address in the universe, remembering the time I had gone inside and managed to annoy Steve Jobs. For me that man was Willy Wonka and every time I went to Cupertino I was Charlie visiting the Chocolate Factory. I don’t mind saying that there was no one alive in the world I admired more and no one I wanted to rile…
Apple Introduces 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch Trackpad & New $1,999/£1,599 iMac with Retina 5K Display
Apple today updated the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, longer battery life and faster discrete graphics, delivering even more performance and capabilities to the MacBook Pro line. Apple also today introduced a new $1,999/£1,599 configuration of the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display featuring a breathtaking 14.7 million pixel display, quad-core processors and AMD graphics, and lowered the price of the top-end iMac with Retina 5K display to $1,999/£1,849. “The response to the new MacBook and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display has been amazing, and today we are thrilled to bring the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 8 at San Francisco’s Moscone West
Apple today announced that it will hold its 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 8 through June 12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with more sessions than ever before streamed to developers. At WWDC, Apple’s renowned developer community will come together to learn about the future of iOS and OS X, helping them continue to create the most innovative apps in the world. WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers, hands-on labs to help developers integrate new technologies and fine tune their apps, as well as the Apple Design Awards which showcase the best new apps in the last year. “The App Store ignited an app…
The Guardian – ‘Camera-makers focus on adapting to smartphones’ market surge’
Interesting article by my friend Charles Arthur (Contributing Writer for The Guardian, previously the Guardian’s Technology Editor) this morning. He talks about the demise of camera sales since 2006, starting there of course with film. Arthur discusses the research & development and money that is being poured into smartphone development. He cites my partner (Kevin Carter’s) test results in DXOMark’s testing in October where the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reached the top of the camera site – see here. The conclusion to this piece focuses on sensors, smartphones are in need of larger sensors. "Sony announced recently that it’s going to increase its production of image sensors…
Apple Unveils All-New MacBook
Apple today unveiled the all-new MacBook, a new line of notebooks reinvented in every way to deliver the thinnest and lightest Macs ever. Every component of the new MacBook has been meticulously redesigned to create a Mac that weighs just two pounds and is 13.1 mm thin. The new MacBook features a stunning 12-inch Retina display that is the thinnest ever on a Mac, an Apple-designed full-size keyboard which is dramatically thinner and highly responsive, the all-new Force Touch trackpad that brings a new dimension of interactivity to the Mac, an incredibly compact USB-C port for data transfer, video out and charging in a single connector, and a new battery…
Apple – ‘Spring Forward’ Event – Join us for Live Coverage Today – 10 am PDT/5 pm GMT
We’re hoping and quite sure today’s Apple event will see the launch of the much anticipated Apple Watch. This is going to be exciting and we expect to see a good deal of demonstrations, showing us all how this can work. Also, rumours abound of a new 12" Retina MacBook Air announcement, powered by Intel’s new Broadwell processors. Could there be a 4-K enabled Apple TV? Well, stay tuned! We’ll be covering the event here and also on our very popular Twitter feed @theappwhisperer, follow us – we’ll keep you informed. Refresh this page to see new coverage…the audience are enroute… Apple is opening with a look at some stores…
Apple Bows To iPhone 6 Mobile Photography – World Gallery – TheAppWhisperer
Apple has ‘quite rightly’ taken over their homepage with a new section entitled World Gallery. It’s a curation of images taken with either the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6+. This is a global selection and will in its entirety feature 77 photographers across 70 cities and 24 countries. From Sydney to Beijing to San Francisco to New York City to London and more, Apple will feature iPhone photographers and their work on posters at bus stops and train stations in newspapers and on billboards. It’s pure delight and a testament to all that we do here at TheAppWhisperer.com that Apple are featuring the artists’ work in this campaign. This is…
Accessibility Education – Pairing Hearing Aids to Your iPhone or iPad
As many of you will know, I was very recently fitted with some totally fabulous high end digital hearing aids. I’m so excited about these devices! We have a Photo Education and Accessibility section within TheAppWhisperer and our editor Luis Perez covers this. Luis is an Apple Distinguished Educator whose work focuses on accessibility and inclusive design. He received his doctorate in special education from the University of South Florida in 2013 and is the author of Mobile Learning for All from Corwin Press. His work has appeared in THE Journal, The Loop Magazine, and the New York Times Bits Blog. I wanted to include a section about pairing hearing…
