Tuesday, May 31, 2016



Indian Apple Stores still on the table, minister says







ARM is gunning for you, Intel.  

The 2017 ARM Processor Powering the 2017 iPhone will Pack a Powerful Graphics Punch






Apple takes the money, again, and again.

Apple's iPhone is no Blackberry: a closer look at AI and the world's biggest company






Rumor Suggests Apple is extending the iPhone's Product Cycle






More memory

Apple plans to fix this major iPhone problem






Reuters: Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight






Jony Ive on what he learned from Steve Jobs (video)






Dewitt lives among the Hippie Farmers of Massachusetts now

I lived in both The Hub of the Universe and the Leafy, Liberal, and Loaded parts of Massachusetts

Tonight on TWIT: Apple is doomed






Covering tunnels and cleaning up the basic landscape, more solar panels, out buildings, etc.

Apple Campus 2: June 2016 construction update 4K















Street view: The first R&D building on AC2 is moving right along

May 26, 2016 - A very brief look at Campus 2











Monday, May 30, 2016

 


Apple's route to virtual reality







Apple reportedly planning huge upgrade for Siri






Apple likely to Adopt Game Changing Silver Nanowire-Based Flexible Touch Displays for Future iOS Devices






Apple "working rapidly" to bring Apple Pay to more countries






The next logical step for ApplePay: a loyalty program






Made in China: These apps are killing it on iPhone






Apple spent $1 million on the stairs in the new San Francisco Apple Store







Vertigo

Apple spent more than $1 Million for their new San Francisco Store Staircase alone






Ego probaverunt colores (I just liked the colors)

Progress...



Supra: Circus Maximus en Cupertino

Infra: Temple of the goddess Siri en Tantau





Completed by 2017 with only 7 months to go?  

Not at the pace it has progressed so far. 

They'll have to hire more construction crew, maybe double them, and equipment too.

Cupertino: Apple Campus 2 construction update photo






Apple details efforts to ease environmental impact at Irish data center


In an effort to allay local concerns over a massive data center project in Galway, Ireland, Apple this week offered greater detail on environmental initiatives it has planned for the site, from forest repopulation to the creation of a public woodland walkway. 


Apple details efforts to ease environmental impact at Irish data center



Apple defends Irish data center plans, says will meet needs for 10-15 years, be green






Maybe this will help with the data center

Wozniak: Apple must break mould with next product





Problems in the provinces

Apple Stores suffering from 'cult' atmosphere, advancement barriers, says UK staffer






MacBook Pro 2016 may replace MacBook Air





Airport Extreme and TimeCapsule out of stock at US Apple Stores





Foxconn hires robots to assemble iPhones in China





Apple in talks about charging stations for electric vehicles






Apple Distributor Redington Discusses Apple Stores in India on TV Show ET Now






Indian government publicly rejects Apple's desire to sell used iPhones







These patent suits have gotten way out of control.

Universities and colleges are now patent trolls.

Furthermore the university's "patent ownership" was coerced when they forced professors to sign employment contracts giving the university their patent ownership rights.

In other words, these contracts are extortion and should be subject to the RICO act.

If the university never produced a product from a filed patent, they should not be allowed to protect a theoretical assumption, no matter how closely it resembles a real product that is already viable in the marketplace.

The California Institute of Technology Sues Apple over Wi-Fi Technology






Patent troll VirnetX asks court to ban FaceTime & iMessage, increase damages award by $190M






Duh!?

Microsoft's Panay makes it Clear: Surface is to Compete Directly with Apple






Samsung has a New Smartphone for China that Mirrors the iPhone 6 at about the Half Price







Friday, May 27, 2016



Morgan Stanley is bullish on the Apple Car






Apple R&D way more than Detroit, says Morgan Stanley; Big Cloud spending?





Apple is working rapidly to launch Apple Pay in more countries in Asia and Europe






If his greatest fear is the removal of the old headphone jack, then not to worry, Apple will sell you an adapter for $19.95 would be my guess.

I have a bad feeling about this Apple rumor





Wouldn't it be nice if the new MacBook Pro had built in 4G like this patent shows?





Apple's secret AI technology: Meet vocal IQ the self learning technology that is a part of Siri2





See above:

I think it was always obvious that either the tv or the combination of the tv and iPhone were going to fill this niche.

Apple's rumored Amazon Echo competitor could be a next-generation Apple TV



Also Siri's creators have a new tecnology




Pixelmator 3.5






This photo was supposedly shot from the other end of San Francisco Bay

This is some kind of lens: Look-up where Hunters Point is located in relationship to AC2

Apple Campus 2 from Hunter's point 







What we think we know about the Indianapolis Apple Store 2 at Keystone Crossing


First of all, the store, under construction since February 2016, is quite large for an Apple mall store, much, much larger than the next step up from the current Apple Store in the mall and is as large or larger as some of the free standing Apple Stores.


It will have two glass-wall entrances opposite each other, one facing the interior of the mall (north) and the other facing the parking lot (south)

The interior of the store has a lot of "back-of-house" construction on both sides of the main floor area, both east and west, leaving a large main floor that could be divided into two areas, north and south, with a wall between them.

The south parking lot side could look similar to the back of the upper section of the new San Francisco store below.


The store will have high ceilings, high enough that it will have trees inside the store.

Below: What appear to be tree mock-ups to test the number of trees and to judge ceiling height were constructed on-site on April 8, 2016.


Below: On the north side of the wall, facing the Mall interior, the store will have a jumbo HD screen as seen in other large Apple Stores.

The Mall entrance could have the large rotating glass doors like those below in the test store at Apple's HQ.


Above: Angela Ahrendts showing Charlie Rose of 60 minutes the test store on the Apple Campus

Will Apple designate this a flagship store for Indianapolis? 



We may have to wait until Angela Ahrendts visits Indy on October 6, 2016 to speak at the 20th anniversary of the Women's Fund of Central Indiana dinner at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

I'm going to guess that there is a deadline to finish the store in time for her visit to her home town.


Apple Board of Directors' member Andrea Jung will accompany Ahrendts to Indianapolis.



You can get tickets to the dinner here:





Apple makes big changes in Safari technology preview 5







Patent for 3D Camera Technology that could be used in Apple's iPhone 7 Dual Lens Camera Surfaces






Project Titan: Apple is Granted Patent for Advanced Vehicle Access Control System







Congress won't consider mandatory encryption bill after Apple battle - report


The bill — backed by Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein — didn't have the support of the Obama administation, the sources told Reuters. Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden in fact claimed that the White House has "dropped anchor and taken down the sail."





With the Election Season Heating up, the Democrats put the Encryption War on Hold






Google preps self-driving car facility near Detroit as Chrysler partnership ramps up