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Revisiting Past Collections, Vol. 1 Managing Calendars & Reminders In Issue 1 of the Classic MacStories Weekly we featuredFantastical, Sunrise Calendar, Calendars 5, Week CalendarandLogacal. Today we add 2Do and Outlook. 2Do
2Do has been around for a long time, and it’s gone through multiple visual transformations and feature updates that make it one of the most...
Apple today debuted seven new adverts for the Apple Watch, which follow in the same style as the six Apple Watch adverts that debuted on October 5. These short 15 second pieces highlight various features of the Apple Watch including Apple Pay, different watch bands, music controls and some third party apps including Uber and eBay.
You can view all the adverts below the break or on Apple’s website.
Tim Cook revealed today that Apple will start taking orders for the new Apple TV next Monday, October 26, with units shipping by the end of next week. Cook made the comment whilst speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJD Live 2015 conference.
As Apple announced at its September Keynote, the new Apple TV will be sold for $149 for the 32GB model and $199 for the 64GB model. Apple said the initial late October launch of the Apple TV will see the product launch in over 80 countries, but by the end of the year it will be available in 100 countries.
Cook also revealed on stage tonight that there are now 6.5 million paid members of Apple Music and a further 8.5 million Apple Music members who are still in their 3 month trial phase. For comparison, Spotify announced on 10 June 2015 that it had over 20 million paying subscribers and more than 75 million active users.
Some of the other topics that Cook addressed in his interview at WSJD Live was the Apple Watch (where he declined to provide sales figures), debates over privacy and security, the future of cars and Apple’s broader role in public life. If you want to read more, be sure to check out the live blogs from The Verge, The Wall Street Journal and MacRumors.
[via The Verge]
Q&A Question: I am wondering if there is any downside to running multiple ad-blockers, like decrease in performance or faster battery life drain? I notice you run 3, and would like to hear more about your justifications for doing so. (Ken Ng, @runestar3)
In theory, there is a downside to enabling multiple Content Blockers. With...
Apple today introduced a new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display, plus a new Magic Trackpad 2, Magic Mouse 2 and a Magic Keyboard. In addition, the existing iMac line was also refreshed, from the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display to the bottom of the line 21.5-inch iMac.
“From the first iMac to today, the spirit of iMac has never wavered — deliver the ultimate desktop experience with the latest technologies, gorgeous displays and cutting-edge designs,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “These are the most stunning iMacs we’ve ever made. With our gorgeous new Retina displays, more powerful processors and graphics and all-new Magic accessories, the new iMac continues to redefine the ultimate desktop experience.”
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AUD/USD from 4 April 2014 (when App Store prices were last adjusted in Australia) to 13 October 2015.
As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple is set to increase the prices of apps in Australia, Indonesia and Sweden within the next 3 days. The new prices will affect all paid apps, In-App Purchases and In-App Subscriptions. As an example, in Australia, the App Store pricing Tier 1 will be increasing from $1.29 to $1.49.
In an email to developers, Apple explained that the price increases are a result of changing foreign exchange rates. In the case of Australia, the above chart shows how the Australian dollar has depreciated in value against the US dollar since the last pricing change in April 2014.
Apple is also introducing the Alternative Tier A and Alternative Tier B pricing tiers to Australia. Apps sold at these price tiers will cost Australian App Store customers AU$0.99. These tiers have previously been used by Apple to enable developers to sell their apps at very low prices in some developing countries such as China where Alternative Tier A (¥1) is equivalent to US$0.16.
If you want to know a bit more about App Store Pricing Tiers, I wrote an article about them which has more information on how they operate and why Apple needs to adjust them occasionally.
Relax, It’s the Weekend iZombie TV Series Purchase Season 1 on iTunes Stream on Netflix I skipped iZombie when I first heard about it earlier this year, almost entirely because of its terribly cheesy name. Well, I ended up watching it last week and it turns out to be a really enjoyable show to watch. It’s a light-hearted and...
Q&A Question: When you’re testing a different email, calendar or to-do app, what is your process for conducting the test? Do you completely limit yourself to the new app for a given period of time? Do you break down the features in a document? (Scott Peterson, @scott_peterson4)
Usually, I don’t immediately jump into a new...
Now that we’re approaching the one year anniversary of Apple Pay on October 20 and with Apple’s Vice President of Apple Pay speaking at the Code/Mobile conference later today, I thought it might be interesting to take stock of what has happened with Apple Pay so far, and what’s next for it.
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