Friday, August 25, 2017





Maybe next year

Apple's "Smartglasses" opportunity "could be enormous" says Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi 






Apple stockpiling 'massive' supply of camera lens modules ahead of 'iPhone 8'







Tim Cook was live in Des Moines, IA Thursday.

Two buildings is typical of the way Apple starts Data Centers.

They could end up with 16 of these server halls on this site eventually, as they have elsewhere.

Apple confirms $1.3 Billion Iowa data center, says operations will start in 2020










Apple CEO Tim Cook to make announcement in Austin on Friday [u]






Apple's "App development with Swift" curriculum expanding to dozens of community colleges







Apple CEO Tim Cook in Cincinnati: Local firm inspires "the next thing"







Apple Supplier of Speaker Models and a new Hybrid Lens Solution for the iPhone 8, Posts Record Profits





Inside the Arctic Circle, no less

Apple and others build the world's largest data center







It's obvious by now that Apple has decided to hold Apple Park opening until September, probably coinciding with iPhone 8 announcement.

Apple Park: Duncan Sinfield's late August drone flyby






The magenta tint is from the source video

Apple Park: Late August 2017 Construction: Duncan Sinfield



Above: The Steve Jobs Theater needs to be ready in 17 days for new iPhone launch


Above: Either very green sod or AstroTurf laid out as the ring gets ready for its close-up


Above: Steve Jobs Theater lobby





Apple to debut Apple TV with 4K HDR support at September event






12 reasons to learn Apple's open source Swift language 






Siri on iPhone and HomePod: 'Two very different animals'






Good-bye

Samsung in Shock as Vice Chairman Lee Jae-young is Sentenced to a Five Year Jail Term







Thursday, August 24, 2017




We talked to the most bullish Apple analyst (Katy Huberty) on Wall Street about the iPhone 8, AR and China (AAPL)






A Gartner Report on Wearables sees Apple as the Dominant Player in the Smartwatch Sector through to 2021






If not this year for Apple, next? 

The Largest LED Manufacturer in Taiwan puts his money on Apple using Micro-LED in a Future AR/VR Headset





Apple is rumored to have autonomous electric shuttle vehicles for employees on the new Apple Park campus.

Apple scales back self-driving car ambitions, according to the NY Times






Soon, Apple's autonomous electric vehicle will be hiding in plain sight on the Apple Park Campus

Three cheers for Apple's self-driving shuttle-bus



Above: A small shuttle bus that could run on batteries

Below:  Bus drop-off at Apple Park Wolfe Rd entrance, the front door to the ring 





Loyalty of iPhone owners likely to overcome iPhone 8 price resistance - survey






This is the new iPhone iOS 11 App Store coming in September






Iowa has a great deal of renewable wind farm energy.

Apple sets sights on new Iowa data center to handle growing cloud demands










Apple updates News Publisher with redesigned dashboard, UI tweaks






NY Times: 10 years of Apple's iPhone: Why pay less?


heart iPhone





Disney uses 'Pokemon Go'-like AR in iPhone app to promote upcoming 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'






Wednesday, August 23, 2017




Carrier-sourced rumor suggests 'iPhone 8' launch event will take place on September 12






Chinese report suggests A;;e to sell iPhone 8 with 64 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB 






Apple & Qualcomm squabble, lay out early arguments in San Diego court hearing






Apple Strategically Gains an Indian IT Market Partner by Signing a Distribution Deal with HCL Infosystems





Apple Central & Wolfe Campus November Completion 





Hmmm?

Apple scales back its ambitions for a self-driving car





What configuring the HomePod will look like on iOS 11 (gallery)






Users dump AccuWeather iphone app after learning it sends location data to a third party






Android staying true to their business model: Copy Apple, copy Apple, copy Apple 

Oreo brings Android closer to iOS with better control, efficiency






Google secretly records your conversations and stores the creepy audio files











Tuesday, August 22, 2017




Apple holds commanding lead over Qualcomm in 3D sensing tech development by nearly two years






Basically, it's the age old tradition on passing notes

Let's face reality: US Teens engage with iMessage more than any other social platform






Apple's new iPhone will focus on Delivering Quality Features and a Killer AR Platform


Mark Gurman and more than a little sour grapes re: iPhone 8




Latest tvOS 11 beta points to HDR-equipped 'J105a' model for Apple TV






How Apple machine learning is different from Android ML







Apple Pay likely to get boost from Visa & Mastercard mandating contactless payment terminals






New iPhone 8 rumor from Korea: A face in microseconds






WSJ: iPhone 8's deep-sensing 3D scanner works in complete darkness






Samsung Retaliates against Qualcomm for Switching to TSMC for 7nm Processors





Political Intrigue: Foxconn said to be using U.S. Pressure to gain Favoritism in Toshiba Takeover





Foxconn Plans to Build Three Plants on their Wisconsin Campus that could be in Operation by 2018






iOS 11 squashes a bug which let a %500 guessing box crack iPhone 7 passcodes





2 things to expect from the AppleWATCH series 3





AirPods shipping estimates improve to 2 to 3 weeks





Alleged "iPhone 8" component leaks continue with OLED display assembly, Lightning and Power Flex cables










Apple AI expert Tom Gruber's TED Talk video about Siri's 'humanistic AI' viewable on YouTube






But their properties are worth a fortune now

Apple "spaceship" neighbors: Some say life has been hell


The upper rim of the Apple Park spaceship building can be seen directly behind homes in the Birdland neighborhood in Sunnyvale, California, on Thursday, August 3, 2017. The opening of the new Apple spaceship campus hasn't drawn raves from the surrounding residential neighborhood. (Gary Reyes/ Bay Area News Group)