Friday 24 October 2014

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iTunes sales down 13% this year as Apple plans to rebuild, rebrand Beats Music subscription service


Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:57 AM PDT


Sales from Apple's iTunes Store have fallen significantly thus far in 2014, helping to push forward the company's alleged plans to revamp the recently acquired Beats Music and make it part of the iTunes brand.



Getting the most out of the revamped OS X Spotlight search in Yosemite


Posted: 24 Oct 2014 07:35 AM PDT


One of the biggest changes in OS X Yosemite is Apple's Spotlight search, which has gained a completely new, front-and-center look, and also adds the ability to search well beyond your Mac.



Amazon Rewards Visa Card adds support for Apple Pay


Posted: 24 Oct 2014 06:35 AM PDT


Owners of the popular Amazon Rewards Visa Card, which awards 3 percent back on all Amazon.com purchases, can now add their card to Passbook for the newly launched Apple Pay service.



Apple CEO Tim Cook says privacy talks with Chinese government were 'very open'


Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:28 AM PDT


Tim Cook's tour of China continues with another interview with local media, this time with the Apple CEO telling users in the country that he had "very open" discussions on privacy and security with the Chinese government, following a series of attacks in the country targeting Apple users.



Former Apple exec Ron Johnson wants to make online shopping personal with new startup 'Enjoy'


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 06:50 PM PDT


Ron Johnson, Apple's former head of retail widely recognized as spearheading the Apple Store initiative, took the wraps off a startup called Enjoy, which seeks to aid shoppers making online purchases.



iPhone 6 Plus users report persistent unexplained crashing issues, possibly tied to large app libraries


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:50 PM PDT


A number of iPhone 6 Plus users have reported an issue in which the phone inexplicably crashes or enters a reboot loop, prompting many to take it in to Apple for service, where it is usually swapped out for a new unit. Some owners are on their fourth replacement 6 Plus.



Facebook introduces anonymous chat app 'Rooms'


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:27 PM PDT


Facebook is taking a stab at anonymous group messaging with its latest app "Rooms," which combines the idea of traditional chatrooms with modern smartphone conveniences.



After gaining U.S. government approval, Samsung Knox security for Android found to be "completely compromised"


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 03:07 PM PDT


Samsung's Knox security layer for Android generates weak encryption keys, stores passwords locally and gives users login hints in a fatal "security by obscurity" design "compromising the security of the product completely," a researcher has detailed.



iHeartRadio & Rdio are latest iOS apps to add support for Apple's CarPlay


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 01:14 PM PDT


Though Apple doesn't appear to have opened up CarPlay access to its wider development community, the number of compatible apps does continue to expand, with streaming radio services iHeartRadio and Rdio adding support in recent updates.



Apple expands TestFlight iOS app beta invitations to 1,000 users


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 12:09 PM PDT


Developers can now invite up to a thousand people to test their beta applications for iOS via its TestFlight tool with just an email address, Apple announced on Thursday.



Apple says its 'ambitious' sapphire manufacturing process is 'not ready for production'


Posted: 23 Oct 2014 10:59 AM PDT


Following the news that GT Advanced Technologies will spend up to four years paying back Apple's $439 million prepayment, Apple has revealed that the two companies were working on a new method of manufacturing sapphire that never actually went into production.




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