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News on the sidelines week 23-30 August


Apple acquires a company that specializes in manufacturing VR lenses

A recent Reuters report revealed that Apple has acquired Akonia Holographics, a start-up that was established in 2012 and is specialized in the field of manufacturing virtual reality glasses lenses. According to the report, the company has special plans targeting the high-priced category of "high-priced devices" and holds more than 200 patents. The acquisition added more assurances about Apple's launch of a virtual reality product by 2020 as reports expect.


Alien Musk: Apple has 100 times the money we have

Alion Musk, founder of Tesla Motor Company, commented to a question directed to him that there are many employees of his company who have left their position and moved to work for Apple and said that this war is really very difficult for his company because Apple has 100 times the money he has in Tesla so it is easy for it to make offers to employees and His company can keep up. It is reported that dozens of engineers have left Tesla recently to join Apple, including employees in senior positions.


Tim Cook acquires $ 125 million shares and sells $ 58 million

Last week, several reports were published that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, had obtained 560 shares in the company, rewarded for the improvement in its results, and the company reached a trillion dollars, and these shares were estimated at 125 million dollars. This week, Tim Cook's decision to sell 265160 shares of his shares in the company was revealed, and he raised $ 57.8 million for this sale. It is reported that Tim Cook's fortune is estimated at 600-700 million dollars, but he had previously revealed that he would donate all of them and that only amount would remain to be spent on his nephew.


TSMC will operate a single Apple processor plant for two years

A report revealed that TSMC will continue to be the only manufacturer of Apple processors in the future for a period of not less than two years, that any iPhone, iPad, and even the watch that will be issued next month as well as next year will be with a processor from the manufacture of TSMC. In the past, Apple relied on Samsung and then moved in 2014 to TSMC in conjunction with the Korean giant, but later ended its relationship with Samsung and was satisfied with TSMC, and it is expected that this will continue, especially with Apple's bad relationship with both Samsung and Qualcomm, meaning it is difficult for Apple to find an alternative to manufacturing.


Google updated its watch system focused on design and health coach

Google announced the update of its watch system, known as Google Wear. The new version focused mainly on the design, as it became smoother and easier to reach notifications and use the Google Assistant, as well as take advantage of the health application, in which Google added a smart "trainer" to follow your health and provide tips for improving it.


PayPal develops its application to compete Apple Pay

PayPal announced that it will provide new features in the application in the coming weeks, such as improving the design of the application, facilitating sending money to friends, facilitating access to the withdrawal button and sending money to save time and the ability to send a request for any amount of friends. That is, almost all the features of the site have become available in the application, and even more easily. Watch the trailer:


More technical details for the upcoming iPhone

A report by the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed more technical details of the upcoming iPhone, and the most important things were mentioned in the report as follows:

◉ A dual-sim version of the two phones will be provided, 6.5 inches and 6.1 inches, while the 5.8-inch iPhone will come with a single chip.

◉ The 6.1-inch version will come with 5 colors, while the other versions only have 3 colors.

◉ There will be a significant change in the connection chip, as the two versions of OLED come with a 4 × 4 MIMO chip, while the iPhone LCD will be 2x2MIMO.

The iPhone LCD will come with an aluminum design, while the other copies will come from stainless steel (letters).

512 GB capacity will only be available on the iPhone OLED.

◉ Prices will be 600-699 for the LCD version, 800-899 for the 5.8 OLED version, and 900-999 for the OLED 6.1 version.


Report: Next iPhone will reach historic sales

A report by DigiTimes revealed that the next iPhone is expected to achieve historic sales levels that have not been achieved since the launch of Apple's iPhone 6, which is the highest-selling smart device in history from all companies. The report said that Apple is expected to sell 70-75 million iPhones. The report added that these huge sales will lead to wonderful financial results for Apple's suppliers, especially TSMC and Foxconn.


Samsung announces the X5 hard speed of 2800 MB

Samsung announced the latest external storage capacity, which comes under the name X5. Modern hard drives come with a Thunderbolt 3 port, which is compatible with the latest Apple MacBook Pro devices and computers. The devices come with speeds of up to 2300/2800 MB and will be available in the market as of next week at a price of $ 400 for a capacity of 500 GB and up to $ 1400 for a capacity of 2 terra. Watch the official promotional video:


Apple may mark each release with a different name

A recent Bloomberg report revealed that Apple intends to distinguish each version of the iPhone with a completely different name, and that it intends not to use the term "Plus" in the name and may use the term "Pro" like the iPad. The report emphasized that the cheaper iPhone will be aluminum, while the higher versions will be glass with stainless letters. The report also indicated that Apple will use color to distinguish between the iPhone LCD and OLED versions, so that it is easy to distinguish between the different versions.


Barclays: Apple will cancel XNUMXD Touch

Barclays Bank unveiled an investment report for Apple, which states:

Apple will cancel the XNUMXD Touch feature in the iPhone next year. The report stated that the company is currently developing another alternative.

◉ Apple will announce AirPod 2 at the end of next year, not the current one.

Apple is currently developing a cheaper and smaller version of the HomePod smart speaker, and will launch it next year.

Apple will announce the launch of the AirPower wireless charger, as well as a headphone case that accepts wireless charging, during the iPhone conference, and they are also available in the market next month.

◉ It is not expected that Apple will support the stylus in the iPhone soon.


Miscellaneous news:

◉ Apple updated the AirPort Express for Wi-Fi to version 7.8 to support AirPlay2.

◉ Apple has removed 25 games and applications for gambling in the Chinese store, after legal changes restricting this type of games.

◉ Google announced an update to the Duo application for video calls. The new update came to support the iPad. Duo is considered by some to be a competitor to FaceTime.

◉ Google announced an update to the YouTube application to support the feature of monitoring the time spent watching videos.

◉ A report revealed that Apple intends to use the LTPO TFT backlight to reduce the power consumption of OLED screens in the upcoming iPhone.

◉ Apple has updated its experimental systems to the iOS 12 beta 11, Mac 10.14 beta 9 system, as well as the ninth version in the watch and television.

The leading European Radio 1 radio station announced that Apple will hold its conference on September 12th to unveil the new iPhone.

◉ Apple opened a store in the Japanese city of Kyoto, which is the main city for shopping in Japan.


Miscellaneous news week 16-23 August

This news was not published due to the Eid holiday last week

◉ Apple has registered 6 versions of the new watch in the Eurasian Economic Union database

An iPad exploded in an Apple store in Amsterdam, prompting employees to evacuate the store and call in specialists. The company did not reveal the reason for the explosion of the iPad.

Apple announced the availability of software store advertisements in more countries, bringing the number to 13 countries.

◉ Xcode was found on what is known as iPhone xx, and the developer who found this command said xx. This is intended as a replacement for iPhone SE, which will come with hardware iPhone 7.

◉ Best Buy stores said their best-selling product in the last two years is an audio-to-Apple adapter.

◉ A report revealed that Apple is expected to sell 350 million iPhones within the next 12-18 years.


These are not all the things that are on the sidelines, but we have come to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier for you. And help you, and if I robbed you of your life and preoccupied you with it, then there is no need for it.

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