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Patently Apple today reveals a patent filed all the way back in 2009 that relates to Cloud music streaming with iTunes. Calling the service “seamless and invisible to the user,” Apple details how the service picks the location to retrive data whether it is local or stored on a server. So, that means Apple could decide to store the beginning of a song, for instance, locally while choosing to store the rest of the song in the Cloud....

An Australian surfing instructor has told 7 News that an iPhone 7 left in a car caught fire, destroying the vehicle. It hasn’t yet been confirmed that the phone was the cause of the fire: Apple says that it is aware of the incident and is investigating. Mat Jones says he had left the phone under clothes in his car while taking a surf lesson. When he returned, he was shocked to discover the vehicle filled with smoke....

Apple’s iTunes Match had several issues when it was first released, problems like like losing your music and not finding matches were just a few. While there are still problems with it, since the iTunes 10.5.2 update the service has improved. Here I’m using iTunes for Windows and matching my music collection stored on my Windows Home Server. For best results, make sure you’ve upgraded to the latest version of iTunes, which at the time of this writing is 10....

When Apple unveiled the new 4K Apple TV earlier this month alongside iPhone 8, iPhone X and Apple Watch Series 3, it also mentioned a new live sports feature arriving with tvOS 11. Now the company is searching for a sports editor to help lead content curation for the feature: Not surprisingly, Apple is looking for someone with “extensive experience in, knowledge of, and enthusiasm for sports, both domestically and internationally, as an editor,” and it also notes experience in the broader television business as a key qualification....

According to the statistics for the second calendar quarter of 2008, Apple remains the number one PC manufacturer in the education segment across Europe, a position its held for eight successive quarters. In fact, Apple sold 19.2 per cent of all CPU’s sold in the sector – including servers. The company also remains the leading manufacturer in the UK – eclipsing Dell – for notebooks and now also desktops, holding 17....

Earlier this year, we outlined a few possibilities as to what could come to Apple’s AirPods with future iterations, noting specifically of more advanced fitness features. Paving the way for such improvements, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published three patents that it has granted Apple related to new fitness and biometric features for earbuds… As noted by PatentlyApple, Apple’s series of new patents is simply called “Earbuds with Biometric Sensing....

With Apple’s big fall product launches behind us and the last of its 2015 lineup launching with the iPad Pro, we now turn our focus to what’s on deck for 2016. Should you buy a new Apple Watch, MacBook, iPad, or iPhone now? Or wait until Apple’s inevitable refreshes coming later this year? Below we roundup all of our info on what we expect from the company this year, starting with a March Apple Watch 2 event through the much rumored 4-inch iPhone, new MacBooks, iPad Air 3, an Apple TV streaming service and much more…...

This week, Apple has upped the cellular download limit for iPhone and iPad that prevents users from downloading large files from Apple’s stores, including apps, games, video podcasts, iTunes Store films and more. The cellular download limit has been increased from 150 MB to 200 MB. This means more apps and games are now allowed to be downloaded over cellular networks. The file size limit prevents iOS users from accidentally downloading a big game on LTE and blowing through their carrier’s data cap....

Apple is busy realizing a major retail expansion in Japan. New stores have opened, and classic locations have been steadily remodeled over the past year. In Tokyo, Apple is now putting the finishing touches on a brand-new store opening soon in the Marunouchi district. Last October, Apple began teasing a new project for 2019 on its Japanese website. A mysterious Apple logo mosaic appeared alongside the reopening announcement of Apple Shibuya, a classic location completely modernized and rebuilt....

Apple is planning to introduce new iPad hardware at an event in mid-March, according to sources, with the most likely device being a new iPad Air. This new iPad with a 9.7-inch screen, presumably to be called the “iPad Air 3,” will be launched alongside the a new 4-inch iPhone known as the “iPhone 5se” and a series of new Apple Watch models. Apple is currently planning to hold its keynote during the week of March 14th, but the final date is still in flux, according to sources....

New for the holiday season, Apple is offering some bundles for the photographer and videographer. The iPhones have a great camera, as demonstrated by the Shot on iPhone 6 campaign and Apple is certainly looking to capitalize on these capabilities. With these bundles, they are making it easier for a hobbyist or a professional to get started with accessories. The Photography Kit consists of five different accessories: Olloclip Active Lens – comes with ultra-wide and telephoto lens and it is $99....

iCloud is a new service that comes with every new iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The service lets you to access your apps, music, videos, photos and other data from anywhere you have an Internet connection. It’ll keep your email, calendars and contacts up to date across all of your iOS devices and Mac. iCloud gives you 5GB of free storage. If you need more, upgraded storage plans start at $20/year for an additional 10GB....

First, open Settings on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Then go to General » Keyboard. Next, tap International Keyboards. Tap Add New Keyboard. On the next screen, scroll down and tap Emoji. You’re brought back to the Keyboards screen — you’ll see Emoji listed. Close out of Settings. Now open an app that requires the Keyboard. You’ll see the International key – tap it. The Emoji keyboard displays. Now you have access to a fun and diverse array of Emoji emoticons....

When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, he made much of the fact that other smartphones of the time had physical keyboards. That was, he said, an inflexible approach when you didn’t need a keyboard all the time, and where the optimal keyboard layout may depend on which app you’re using. The same argument could be made for a laptop, but while an on-screen keyboard is fine for small amounts of typing, it can never replace a physical laptop keyboard – unless it could act and feel like a real one....

As noted by MacRumors, Apple has been denied the tradmark for multi-touch, which they applied for on January 9, 2007 after the first iPhone was introduced. Once the decision was reached by the the Board, Apple then filed for an appeal which was then again shot-down. Excerpt from the decision that is embedded after the break: Apple was denied the trademark simply because it is too broad, and lacks distinctiveness to Apple alone....

Apple has just released iOS 14.5 beta 6 to developers, and while this version already comes with several new features, the company has added one more in its latest beta. iPhone users will now have a tool to recalibrate the device’s internal battery when it’s not performing as expected. Apple expects the new battery recalibration tool will help users to “address inaccurate estimates of battery health reporting for some users.” For an unknown reason, this feature is only compatible with iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max for now....

‘Course. what makes the analysis just the tiniest bit speculative is that Portelligent has released its estimated cost of iPhone 3G manufacture based entirely on educated guesses as to what components are used in the device. The raw cost of materials to build the iPhone 3G could be nearly half that of the original model, according to Portelligent. While the first model had a build cost of c. $170, the new breed could cost as little as $100 to make, said Potelligent president, David Carey....

Apple TV+ is less than a month away from launching with the company’s first original shows. However, Apple doesn’t own any of that content but that’s set to change moving forward. Apple is launching its in-house studio as it gets set to produce a new WWII drama called Masters of the Air, a follow-up to HBO’s popular Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple is launching its own in-house studio to create original content....

Citing insider sources, the report explains that fewer than 15 per cent of all the iPhones sold by O2 when it slashed prices on the 8GB model actually ended up in use on the carrier’s network. The rest of them were unlocked for use on other UK networks, or were sold abroad. That move likely reflects habit and custom among mobile users in the UK, who are now well-versed in switching networks to get the best deal....

The company is continuing a fight-back which began in 1999, when Dell surpassed Apple in the US education market for the first time. Apple finally pressed pass the competing PC firm on the basis of laptop sales in the first quarter of this year, as then confirmed by COO Tim Cook. Apple remains number two to Dell in the US education market overall, because of Dell’s strength in desktop PCs – Dell had 38....