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News on the margin the week of November 14-21


Aramco surpasses Apple and becomes the most valuable company in the global market

Trading began yesterday on the giant Saudi Aramco shares, and the moment of writing the article, the share price reached 38.1 Saudi riyals, which means a market value of $ 7620 billion for the company (the number of shares is 200 billion shares). Thus, the value of the company exceeded the barrier of $ 2 trillion and became the largest market value of a company in the world. History snatched the title from Apple, which is currently worth $ 1.2 trillion. The Saudi Stock Exchange has become one of the top 10 stock exchanges in the world (the eighth).


Apple launches the new Mac Pro and the new XDR screen, at prices up to $ 50 per computer only

◉ Apple launched its much-anticipated and more expensive Mac Pro computer, and the device has already been talked about dozens of times, as it is the famous "cheese grater". The computer can modify its specifications to reach a 28-core Xeon processor, 1.5 terra memory, 4 terra memory, and 2 Radeon Pro Vega II 32 GB screen cards, but you will then pay 50 thousand dollars for the device. An additional option is to install a wheel in the computer, but the wheels are priced at $ 400.

◉ Apple launched its new 6K Pro Display XDR screen by copying it in traditional glass or adding $ 1000 to get Nano-Texture glass, and you can add another $ 1000 to buy the Pro Stand to place the screen on your desktop; As for hanging it on the wall, you need a VESA holder at a price of $ 200, for a final total of $ 7200.

◉ Apple revealed that the price of the AppleCare + premium warranty for the Mac computer costs you only $ 300, regardless of whether you bought the simple version with a price of $ 6000 or above $ 50000 As for the screen, it is guaranteed at $ 500, whether you buy the traditional version or the Nano-Texture glass.

◉ She asked the buyer of her new screen not to clean it with any detergents or fabrics they have; The company said that the product box includes a special type of cloth designed to clean the screen, and if this cloth is damaged, you can go to Apple stores to buy the fabrics you want.

◉ It is worth noting that if you buy the highest specifications and accessories for the monitor and computer, you will pay this amount. Other than taxes, which will exceed $ 5. (In Arabic, it equals a quarter of a million dirhams / riyals, including fees and taxes).


Apple shoots a teaser video for the iPhone 11 Pro in Saudi Arabia

Apple has published a video in a commercial for the iPhone 11 Pro that was filmed in the Saudi Kharra desert region. The video Apple said that it was filmed entirely by the iPhone's camera, and the video shows that the phone is exposed to difficult conditions from dust and others. Watch the video:


Apple publishes educational videos for Mac Pro

Because the Apple Mac Pro computer is completely different from the rest of its devices, as well as the high price, so the company has published several educational videos to introduce users to how to deal with the hardware.

The first video talks about increasing memory

The second video is about graphics cards


Apple uses DMCA to delete a tweet and then return it

A report revealed that a tweet by a security researcher called Siguza showed codes that could be used to reverse engineer some “Secure Enclave” iPhone security files. As a result, Apple used a law called the Digital Millennium Act, or DMCA, which prevents companies from posting content that violates the intellectual property laws of other companies and asked Twitter to delete the tweet. Indeed, Twitter responded and deleted the tweet, but it usually appears again today, and the security researcher said that the request to delete the tweet was withdrawn. Apple confirmed to the reporters this matter that it was the one who requested its deletion at first temporarily, and later requested its return. The deletion appears to have been a technical tweak to Apple to protect itself from the content.


Apple: Ultra-Wideband is the reason why iPhones always access location services

Apple said that Ultra-Wideband technology is the reason why the iPhone 11 devices reach your site even with the closure of all services and the topic that was raised previously -this link-. At that time, Apple commented, and we explained that it said that some system services always reach your site and there is no button to stop it like other services. Here, Apple was asked about the nature of these services and why. Apple explained in a later response that the iPhone 11 features a technology called ultra-wideband that enables it to identify its location as well as other devices that use this feature (it is said that this technology was developed for AirTags) and the company said that this procedure is done entirely on the phone in search of other devices. No data about your location is shared.

The company explained that the location is also determined because there are places where ultra-wideband is prohibited, so the phone must know where it is. If you enter a forbidden security zone, the ultra-wideband feature will stop and activate again when you exit. This is also done on the phone by itself, without sending anything to Apple.


The market for wearables is growing 94% and Apple has the lion's share as usual

The latest IDC report on the wearables market revealed a significant growth of 94.6% in the previous quarter, 3Q2019 compared to 3Q2018, and Apple achieved the lion's share, and its sales reached 29.5 million devices, which means that it surpasses the sum of the owners of the second place Xiaomi, the third Samsung and the fourth Huawei together. Apple's sales grew 195.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Headphones represented 48.1% of sales in this sector in general, followed by smart frames 22.7%, smart watches 20.9%, and Apple competes in all this area with the Apple Watch and AirPods.


Google updates its maps on iOS to support hidden mode

Google unveiled a new update to its Maps application on iOS to support the Incognito Mode feature that the company previously provided on Android. When you activate this mode, the places you search for or navigate to are not registered in your account and do not appear in the history of traditional searches or suggestions, i.e. Google will not rely on them in the future to suggest preferences for restaurants or hotels, for example, based on them. Of course, this place will not appear in the history of the places I have visited.

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The price of the iPhone will not increase much with the support of 5G

The famous analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, said that adding 5G support in the iPhone will not significantly increase the price of the iPhone as it is expected that the design differences, "metal frame" as well as the 5G chip, will increase between $ 30 to $ 100 and Apple will overcome most This cost by reducing some production costs and changing the payment method for suppliers in order to reduce prices so that the phone in the end is at a price close to the current one.


Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple has updated Xcode's programming performance to version 11.3 to support iOS 13.3 and the second generation of Mac's Touch Bar.

◉ Apple announced a cash back system for anyone who purchases any of its devices with Apple cards, 6% of the purchase price will be returned to him.

◉ Apple offered 0% installments to those who buy the iPhone using the Apple Card service.

◉ Apple has updated the Store app to introduce a redesign of the Shop tab.

◉ The Unc0ver jailbreak tool has been updated to support iOS 12.4.1 for iPhones with A12 processor.

◉ Apple announced that it will provide an update soon to fix the sound problem that appeared in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro devices.

◉ A Floppy Disk with a Macintosh 6.0 system signed by Steve Jobs was sold at auction for $ 84115.

◉ Apple paid 25-year-old Billie Eilish $ 17 million to produce a documentary about her.

◉ US subway stations have begun accepting Apple Pay.

◉ Twitter announced support for Live Photos and it is treated as GIFs.


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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