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Geekbench founder: Apple is slowing down some old devices
The founder of the famous Geekbench website, which is a reference for performance tests of various devices, announced that the news that Apple is slowing down some devices is indeed true, as it appears in the statistics of his site a clear discrepancy between the performance of devices of the same model and said that this matter has recently become the iPhone 7 also
Apple admits to reducing the performance of phones with weak battery
Apple has published an official press release admitting that it is downgrading some older iPhones. Apple said that its goal is to provide smooth and fast performance to its users and that if the iPhone processor is working at maximum power and the battery is in a state that does not allow it to supply sufficient power, then the phone turns off automatically so last year they issued an update for iPhone 6 / 6s / SE devices that monitors the battery performance. A bug was found, it reduces the performance of the processor in order to prevent this problem and explained that with the update iOS 11.2, this system has become the iPhone 7 and soon Apple will add it to other devices. The company explained that the iOS system periodically checks the battery, and if it is found that it has been changed and the power problem is resolved, it again increases the performance of the processor to the maximum capacity.
Amazon returns to sell Apple TV on its site
In the past, Amazon used to sell competitors such as Google Chromecast, as well as Apple TV. But two years ago, it issued a decision to prevent the sale of these products and made it clear that both Apple and Google are doing improper competitive business, as "Amazon" provides its video service on their devices, but they do not provide the opposite. But it seems that things have improved between Apple and Amazon, as the latter recently released the Prime Video application for Apple TV, and also a few days ago, Amazon officially started selling Apple TV on its website (not currently available) and selling by Amazon itself and not one of the merchants, which is pleasant. Will Google decide to catch up with Apple and repair its relationship with Amazon?
Chinese clothing company sues Apple for imitating their logo
Chinese clothing company KON has announced that Apple will be sued for the expiration of its trademark and imitation of its software store logo. The company's lawyer said that they have designed this symbol since 2009, and Apple has imitated them in iOS 11, as Apple modified the store's icon to become crossed letters that resemble their logo instead of the traditional A letter. Watch at the top of both logos.
Report: Apple is working on applications that support the iPhone and Mac together
A report by Bloomberg newspaper indicated that Apple is currently working on developing a special system that allows applications to work on the iPhone, iPad and Mac system. Bloomberg said that this type of application will recognize whether it works on a "iPhone and iPad" touch device or on a device with a "mouse" and adjust the features accordingly. The report indicated that this feature may be announced next June at the WWDC conference with iOS 12 and Mac 10.14, and said that Apple's goal is to facilitate application development, so imagine a single application that works on all systems at the same time.
Watch the monthly video of Apple headquarters
On a monthly basis, a video filmed by a professional by Drone is published that shows the updates received by the new Apple headquarters. Watch the video:
Apple will launch the AirPods upgrade system next year
In conjunction with news that Apple has doubled orders for cutting the AirPods headphone, a report by the KGI Center revealed that Apple is planning to launch a new version of it, as well as provide an upgrade system for old customers who own the current generation of the headset to exchange it for the new generation in exchange for a reduction in the price. The center said that during 2017 Apple sold 13-14 million headphones, and it expects the number to reach 26-28 million next year.
IPhone X is now naturally available globally
Apple officially announced the end of the delay in providing the iPhone X in conjunction with the "Christmas" season, as Apple stores around the world have become the iPhone X naturally, as well as the shipping period has become 1 day and this applies in various countries, whether America or the UAE Arab store.
The iMac Pro is available for purchase at prices up to 53 dirhams
As expected, Apple officially started selling iMac Pro devices, and now we can know the comprehensive prices, as the price of the device starts from 4999 dollars in the American store and 19999 dirhams in the UAE store and reaches over 13 thousand dollars in the American store, or the equivalent of 53 thousand Approximately AED in the UAE store for the 18-core processor, 128GB memory, 4TB SSD storage and Radeon Pro 64 graphics card with 16GB memory, but this copy will be shipped after 6-8 weeks.
Apple can increase the RAM capacity of the iMac Pro for 3200-9600 AED
An important point and possibly flaws in iMac Pro is that the user cannot increase the memory of the device, which comes by default with a capacity of 32 GB. But the good news is that Apple announced that you can, in case of desire, increase the memory to 64 GB at a price of 3200 dirhams or 128 GB at a price of 9600 dirhams (2400 dollars), but this will be done by Apple itself and its authorized distributors, that is, you cannot buy a memory and install it
A security researcher on Alibaba does the 11.2.1 jailbreak
Last week, a security researcher at Google announced that it had found vulnerabilities in iOS 11 that would help with the jailbreak. This week, another security researcher announced, but this time it comes from the Chinese giant "Alibaba" that he was able to jailbreak the latest Apple iOS 11.2.1 systems. The security researcher said that he had previously informed Apple of finding 7 vulnerabilities and that Apple had already worked to close the vulnerabilities and the iOS 11.2 system. He closed a lot of the jailbreak holes that were found previously, but he challenged himself and was able to access the jailbreak for the latest systems, but he added that this matter was for research purposes, meaning he would not publish a jailbreak and if he expected that it would reach anyone soon.
Shazam provides an offline search feature
Days after Apple's acquisition of the famous Shazam application, it issued an important update to the application that added the search feature without internet or to clarify this feature. The voice recognition service needs internet, but it is not required to be available at the same moment of the search. If the application fails to access the Internet, it records part of The section then searches for it when the Internet is available later.
Apple buys screens from Samsung worth $ 22 billion
A report indicated that Apple has concluded an agreement with Samsung to supply 4 times what it has received this year of OLED screens, i.e. a number ranging between 180-200 million screens in a deal that is the largest in the history of Apple and Samsung, with an estimated value between 19.8 to 22 billion dollars, where the price of the screen reaches to 110 dollars. The report said that the performance and speed of Samsung manufacturing the Apple screen will increase even with the current Apple standards. The report said that Samsung will be able to supply up to 224 million 6-inch screens annually, which exceeds all that Apple needs.
Apple sends trial versions of its systems to developers
Apple has updated the trial versions of its systems to the second version, which bears the numbers iOS 11.2.5, Mac OS 10.13.3, and WatchOS 4.2.2 updates. No new features have appeared yet.
Finally Apple provides the Thunderbolt 3 cable
Finally, after more than a year of supporting Thunderbullet 3, Apple has officially released its cable. The cable comes in the traditional USB C form of course and supports 40Gbps "Thunderbullet 3" or 10GB "USB C 3.1 Gen 2" data speeds, as well as carries a charge of up to 100 watts. The cable comes in length of 80 cm and is priced at $ 39
Miscellaneous news:
◉ Apple updated Final Cut Pro 10.4 to support 360-degree VR videos and other improvements.
◉ Apple announced the beginning of providing statistics and data for Podcasts to enable publishers to monitor the performance of their publications.
◉ SplashData has published its stats for the worst used passwords around the world. The report was unsurprisingly, as 123456, 12345678, password and qwerty topped the list as usual annually.
◉ Apple announced stopping the return to iOS 11.1.2, which is the system for which a jailbreak is expected to be released soon.
Apple announced that it will hold its annual meeting with shareholders in the Steve Jobs Hall at the new headquarters.
◉ Instagram will now allow you to follow any "hashtag".
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