Sometimes news of medium importance appears that does not deserve to be devoted to an entire article, so we present a weekly compiled article to make the reader aware of various news and make sure that when he follows us, he will not miss anything.

News on the margin the week of June 13-20


Apple withdraws 450 MacBook Pro due to serious battery problem

Apple announced that it had discovered a serious defect in some MacBook Pro devices with battery. The defect may cause overheating, which may cause the computer to explode and burn. Apple explained that the defect is present in the version of "MacBook Pro 15-inch Mid-2015 Retina Edition" and the defective copy was sold between September 2015 to February 2017, and Apple clarified that the number of devices is 450 devices. The company has published a page on its official website that can be accessed from - this link - from this site you can write the serial number of your device and find out whether it is a defective device or not. If you discover that it is among them, you should immediately go to Apple authorized centers to replace the battery. The company said that the repair and replacement process will take place within 1-2 weeks (in the event that Apple stores are available directly in your country) and the period will increase if there are no Apple branches in the country.

The attached photo above shows a defective device that has an explosion.


Samsung will unveil the Note 10 on August 7

Samsung announced the unveiling of the Note 10 phone, which is the company's most powerful device and the most top-selling Android device, after its S brother, on August 7. Samsung published a short video alluding to the distinctive mark on the "pen" phone as it draws the "camera" circle. Samsung also sent invitations to the newspapers, which is a beautifully designed box (previous image). When you open it, you hear an audio message from the President of Samsung inviting you to attend the party.

Watch Samsung's propaganda video for the conference


Apple is updating experimental systems

Apple has sent a new update for the upcoming major experimental systems, as follows:

◉ The third trial version of iOS 13, and we mentioned in detail the new features of this update in yesterday's article -this link-.

◉ The third trial version of iPad OS 13, which is the iPad version of iOS 13.

◉ The third trial version of the tvOS 13 system, and Apple also launched the second public beta, which is equivalent to the third for developers.

◉ The third beta version of macOS 10.15, and its equivalent public beta version XNUMX was also launched.

◉ The third trial version of WatchOS 6, and this version is not available in a public trial version and is only intended for developers.


Samsung completely redesigns the Fold and delays its launch

As we followed up for several weeks, Samsung had a problem with its foldable phone, as all copies sent to reviewers were disrupted, causing the company to stop distribution and cancel the launch. Several reports said that Samsung discovered the defect and that to remedy it, it required the company to redesign the device, and indeed this was done, and tests showed that the new design would not cause a problem. The reports indicated that the company has already sent the equipment to its factories in Vietnam to prepare the phone, although it decided to delay the launch to allow a longer opportunity for tests, as well as so as not to distract the focus away from its more powerful Note 10 phone, which will be launched on 7 next month. It is likely that Samsung will introduce the phone after a month or two of the Note 10 becomes available in the market.


Report: Johnny Eve is gone due to Tim Cook's neglect of the design team

The WSJ "Wall Street Journal" said former Apple Chief Design Officer "Johnny Eve" has left the company based on backlog and disagreements with Tim Cook; The report said that Tim from the time he took charge of Apple, he focused on sales and operation in the company and ignored the design team to the point that the report said that there are products that have been revealed and Tim Cook only saw the design at the conference like the masses (this is not logical, but it is what was mentioned). The report added that Johnny was receiving great attention in the era of Steve Jobs, who was known for his attention to the smallest details in designs, but this ended with the death of Steve and the era of Tim Cook began. The report said that Eve accused Tim Cook of focusing on appointing leaders in the company specializing in operating and fund management and how to achieve the largest amount of profits, but they do not have knowledge of technology, which affected the design team, which was required to provide specific designs for devices they believe will sell well if presented with specifications. The design team had more freedom of creativity.


Tim Cook attacks the WSJ report and denies it all

Unlike Apple's habit, which always prefers to ignore press reports, Tim Cook sends an email to a NBC journalist attacking the WSJ report and saying that it is completely false and that he fabricated news and stories that did not happen and describes a company that he does not know who it is. This is not Apple and it is not managed like this. . Tim did not comment on any of the report's points specifically, either in denial or clarification, but he said the report is incorrect and our design team is talented and innovative and made it clear that he has great confidence in the trio of Jeff, Evans and Alan who took over the responsibility of leading the design teams after Johnny Eve. Tim said that there are impressive designs and products that the design team is working on now and they will appear soon and surprise us.

(To clarify: There are several departments in the company for design, there is the design of systems for the shape of the system, icons and applications; there is the industrial design for devices and other departments; and Johnny Eve was the head of all design departments at Apple, but now a leader has been appointed for each department).


Xiaomi denies imitating Apple memoji

In conjunction with the launch of its latest CC9 phone, Xiaomi revealed its own memoji, which quickly faced a storm of criticism that it imitated and stolen Apple designs, but the company later published a statement saying that it had conducted an audit and did not find any similarity between their designs and Apple designs.

A Xiaomi memo promotional image

Apple memoji image


Report: Apple will ditch the butterfly keyboard

Famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple is currently working on a new keyboard and buttons for MacBook devices instead of the butterfly that has so many problems around. The butterfly plate was announced 4 years ago, and then complaints began to appear about the buttons stopping due to dust, so Apple made improvements to the buttons and better support and isolation with a silicone barrier. But it seems that this was only temporary solutions and the company decided to introduce a whole new generation of keyboard and eliminate the problems radically.

The analyst explained that the change will take place at the end of this year with an upcoming version of the MacBook Air.


Apple is investing $ 100 million in Japan monitors

Japan Monitors Corporation was established as an alliance between Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, and it was one of the main suppliers to Apple, but its sales collapsed due to Apple's move to OLED screens, which the company does not provide. Several years ago, the company made a $ 1.5 billion development, and Apple was one of the funders of the development, and it was expected that it would get its money from the proceeds from selling the screens, but the company did not succeed in paying off its debts, and it went bankrupt and was sold. Apple’s debt remained and the new buyers negotiated with Apple to delay payment to complete the deal. Indeed, news came that Apple agreed to delay the funds. But this week came strange news, which is that Apple offered to buy a share in the company worth $ 100 million, which is a strange decision, especially since Apple will own a company that makes screens, so will you commit to buying from it? Or buy from others and expose her company to losses?


Miscellaneous news

◉ CloudFlare's servers crashed for 30 minutes on July 2nd affecting millions of sites and users around the world.

Apple has started supporting Siri playback of more than 100 internet radio stations on HomePod and iPhone. The feature is among the advantages of iOS 13 and will work on experimental devices that work with this system.

Some images of the CAD design were leaked that were said to be iPhone 11, showing the new design of the triple camera. The reliability of this leak is unknown, but it is consistent with other rumors.

◉ Apple announced the discovery of a defect in the motherboard for a very small number (as described) of the MacBook Air version 2018, and announced that it would fix the defect for free in its branches.

◉ Apple revealed that it will manufacture its latest Mac Pro "cheese grater" in its factories in China. It is reported that the current generation is being assembled in America at the Apple factory in Austin.

◉ Apple has appointed Sabih Khan as the company's vice president of operation. Sabih is of Indian descent and has been working for Apple for 24 years. It is noteworthy that the current position of Sobaih is the same as that of Tim Cook before the time of Steve Jobs, "Chief Operating Officer."

◉ Google announced an update to the Maps application to display the "delay time" of buses and forecasts about the possibility of congestion in some areas.

◉ Opera Touch Browser announced support for Web 3 in its iOS app called Opera Touch Browser, as well as support for crypto wallets

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Apple has published a Transparency Report for the second half of 2018 that reveals government requests submitted and their handling. The report concerns the applications and their deletion and the software store and not the company in general.

Apple obtained the approval of the FCC to launch a MacBook Pro computer with version number A2159. This device was previously registered by Apple in the Eurasian EEC database, but it has not yet been launched on the market.

◉ A report indicated that several publishers have told Apple that they are not getting acceptable returns from the new Apple News + service.


This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came 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 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 And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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