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News on the margin the week of November 7-14


Apple launches the 16-inch MacBook Pro

Quietly, Apple launched its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro computer, which is the largest size MacBook computers can reach since the 17-inch version was canceled in 2012. The new computer came in thin letters surrounding a 16-inch 3072 * 1920 pixel screen with a density of 226ppi and a brightness of 500nit and internally it includes Hexa-core i7 processor ninth generation or eight-core i9 ninth generation and storage capacity starting from 512GB to 8TB and AMD Radeon Pro 5300M or version 5500M with memory up to 8 GB of graphics card. As for the memory of the computer itself, it starts from 16 GB to 64 GB and includes a T2 security chip, a fingerprint, a touch bar, and an advanced keyboard that Apple called "Magic". The price of the computer starts from $ 2399 and reaches $ 6099, with the maximum possible modification. You can learn more about it from the detailed article via this link.


Mac Pro and XDR launch next month

Apple announced that the expected Mac Pro computer as well as the new screen, which was called XDR, will be available for sale as of next month, which will make the producers follow the Western holiday season "Christmas" (this is if we consider that someone can gift devices at this price). The computer is famous for the "cheese grater" and its price starts from $ 5999 and can be allocated with miraculous advantages such as access to memory up to 1.5TB "memory, not storage capacity" as well as 28-core Xeon processors while the screen starts at $ 4999 and is characterized by 6K quality, 32-inch size and light power 1600nits.


Facebook is secretly shutting down camera launch issue

A few days ago, the news of the bug or problem related to the Facebook application spread that causes the application to open the camera, and we talked about this in detail in a previous article -this linkYesterday, the application officially released a new update to solve the problem, which it stated was an unintended technical error. Therefore, we recommend that any user of the Facebook application be sure to download the latest version of the application.


Apple will launch AR products in 2022/2023

In information leaked to newspapers, sources said that Mike Rockwell, Apple's vice president responsible for developing AR technologies, told employees in the company, in a large meeting of 1000 employees, that there are upcoming AR products soon, and the first of which will be a headset product, any device that wears on the head, as well as the launch of Virtual reality glasses AR Glasses in the year 2023. Sources said that they were told that these devices are very important that they will replace the iPhone, and some websites have reported this phrase as if Apple will cancel the iPhone in 22/23, but it is likely that they will be important devices that outweigh the importance of IPhone and replace it as the most important device for the company. It is not expected and illogical that the phones will disappear within 3 years. It is reported that several reports from powerful sources such as Bloomberg have said that the glasses or AR product will be launched next year.


Start bidding on food with Apple's CFO

The Charitybuzz Foundation announced the opening of a lunch bid with Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO CFO, and started bidding at $ 10 with their expectation reaching $ 50 (currently $ 13). The idea, in short, is a donation to the charity, but instead of paying a sum of money directly for the donation without charge, there will be a symbolic return, which is to meet a well-known person and eat lunch with him And many times they organized the same thing with Tim Cook and other senior leaders. The winner gets lunch for 2 people with the official, as well as a trip inside Apple headquarters.


Major Apple suppliers announce their business results

Two of Apple's most important suppliers revealed their third-quarter business results; The beginning with the giant Foxconn, which announced a clear growth in net profits by 23%, as the Taiwanese company achieved a net profit of $ 1 billion, despite the growth of revenues by only 0.9%. In contrast, the Japan Display company revealed that it will continue to achieve losses for the fifth consecutive year, bringing the company's total losses this quarter (July to September) to $ 233 million (net loss).


The legendary Motorola Razer is back

Motorola has announced the return of its legendary Razer phone, in its new foldable screen. The phone is technically a medium-high class with an SD710 processor, 128GB of storage, 6GB of memory, and one 16GB rear camera capable of 4K imaging and a 5MP front camera. The distinctive feature of the device is to keep the same famous design, but this time with a 6.2-inch internal P-OLED screen and a small 2.7-inch external G-OLED. The phone is expected to be available at $ 1500. Watch the trailer:


A partnership between Apple and WalMart to shop with Siri

WalMart, the largest company and institution around the world (2 million employees), announced a partnership between it and Apple that enables Apple customers to place orders by voice with Siri, for example, it says "Buy such-and-such product or add such a product in my shopping list at Walmart and Siri will ask you to confirm the order." And in seconds it will be added to the cart in the application. In the end, you will have to end shopping from within the app, but the partnership with Apple made it easy to add products. By means of voice from the iPhone, iPad, Mac, watch, Home iPod, CarPlay and others, you can add products as soon as you remember them.


Conference for the first half of 2020 to launch the iPad and iPhone SE2

A famous analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, said that Apple will hold a conference in the first half of 2020 and unveil the iPad Pro 2020, which will come with a 3D rear TOF sensor, so that it can be used to create something like a map of the place where it can measure distances. The analyst added that the iPhone SE 2 will be launched at the same conference as well, and it will come with the same specifications that we know about it, which is a mixture between the A13 processor of the iPhone 11, but in the size and design of the iPhone 8.


See a comparison of the brightness intensities of the X, Xs and 11 Pro

IClarified made a comparison between the lighting intensity of the iPhone X, Xs and 11 Pro devices. The test showed clear differences in the maximum illumination intensity "under normal conditions" of the three phones. Watch the video:


Apple updates its experimental systems

Apple released the second beta update of its systems to developers, and Apple did not disclose the new changes in the updates that were as follows:

◉ iOS 13.3, according to Apple, to fix problems and improvements that were not mentioned.

◉ WatchOS 6.1.1 and what's new in it has not been clarified

TvOS 13.3, the new TV system did not appear in this version.

◉ Mac 10.15.2 beta update for developers and included various performance improvements.


Miscellaneous news

◉ A US court has ruled that searching travelers' phones and computers is illegal.

Twitter revealed a new feature in the application, which is "Topic", which enables you to follow tweets about a specific topic.

Stanford University has published the results of medical research on the heart that it has carried out with the new iPhone and Apple system.

◉ Disney launched the new streaming service Disney + app. The application is not available in all international stores, but you can get it from the US software store.

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◉ Apple announced the launch of a research app for users in America.

◉ Reports revealed that Spotify has managed to achieve better podcast growth rates than its competitor, Apple.

◉ It is expected that US President Trump, along with Apple President Tim Cook, will visit Apple factories in Texas that assemble Mac Pro devices.


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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