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News on the margin 23-30 Jan


Corona virus shocks Apple

It seems that the Corona virus will also affect Apple clearly and so far it has infected the American company in 3 different forms, which are:

Foxconn, which is responsible for assembling all Apple devices, has closed almost all of its factories until at least February 10 due to the virus. This means that no iPhone is manufactured now.

◉ Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a report that Apple's expected sales will decrease 10% due to the Corona virus and production stops, and this means the loss of the iPhone 4 million devices, which means nearly $ 3 billion on average.

◉ Apple has closed all of its stores in China until February 9 and news said that Apple may extend the closure period.


Google sends the person's videos to others by mistake

Google announced that between November 21, 2019, and November 25, 2019, there was a problem in the cloud, especially with images, and this problem caused that some of the videos stored in Google had been accidentally transmitted between users. That is, some of your personal videos may have been sent by Google to other users by mistake, and you may also have received videos from other people in your account. Google said it had already solved this problem, but had asked customers to check and verify themselves if there was a problem.


Apple is removing developer account fees for some service accounts

Apple announced the removal of fees for subscription to developer membership and for publishing applications in its store in some countries on the condition that the customer be non-profit, educational or governmental entities. The decision forms Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, England, China, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and the Zionist entity, Israel. Apple said that its goal with this decision is to facilitate the distribution of free applications that provide services to users. Apple's developer membership costs $ 100 a year.


German fools Google Maps with 99 phones

A German made an experiment to deceive the Google map, and his idea was to put 99 phones in a small cart that was being dragged and wandered around some empty streets, but because he was moving slowly, the phones send slow movement to Google's servers, so the map started showing traffic in this street. For its part, Google said that it is working hard to improve the maps and that it is happy with any innovative uses of its customers because this helps them to develop. Google has not commented on the problem directly and how it will solve it to ensure non-recurrence.


Samsung publishes the design and cover of the S20 by mistake

The official Samsung website may have mistakenly published pictures of a new cover for the upcoming Samsung S20 phone, which will be the successor to the current S10. The images confirmed the new design of the camera as well as it will be called the S20. The phone will be officially announced at a conference on February 11th, and there will be many advantages in the field of cameras and imaging.


Apple allows the purchase of applications for all devices together

Apple announced that it will allow developers, starting next month, March 2020, to publish their applications as a package together, meaning that the customer can buy the iOS app, tvOS, and the Mac system together in one purchase. The new feature also means that the customer can purchase the benefits in-app with in-app purchases and you will find them work on any device they have even if it is a Mac because all the apps have become linked.


Apple launches trial versions of its systems

Apple released new trial versions of its systems to developers, and it came as follows:

◉ iOS 12.4 came with a large number of features such as cloud folders, emoji stickers, CarPlay updates, new keyboard shortcuts, and other features.

◉ WatchOS 6.2 came to support In-App Purchases directly from the watch.

TvOS 13.4 is the first beta and has not yet revealed what new features in the system are.

◉ Mac OS 10.15.4 first beta and did not show any new features in it.


IPhone may be used as a key to your car

Codes were found in the beta iOS 13.4 for something called CarKey within the Apple CarPlay ecosystem, which means that Apple is planning to have the iPhone completely start, stop and control the car. Of course, turning the car on and off from the phone is not a new feature, but Apple's availability in CarPlay will make it available in a wide range of cars of various classes, and it will also provide additional benefits such as sharing the car and its key, that is, allowing more than one person to use your car via their phones. We do not know whether Apple intends to reveal the feature soon or is it still experimental, and we will see it with iOS 14 at the end of the year.


The Apple Watch beats the Swiss watch sector

A recent report revealed that the Apple Watch was able to achieve 30.7 million hours sales in 2019, an increase of 36% over its sales in 2018, thus surpassing the total sales of all Swiss companies in watches, whose sales decreased by 13%, to achieve a total of only 21.1 million hours compared to 24.2 million in 2018.


Miscellaneous news

◉ Unc0ver Jailbreak Tool will get an update soon to support devices with A12 / A13 processors on iOS 13.

◉ Google recently updated its popular translation app to support Dark Mode.

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◉ The Checkra1n jailbreak tool has been updated to support iOS 13.3.1 and Linux.

◉ A report revealed that only 10% of phones eligible for a free year on + tv have actually registered and received the free offer.

◉ A specialist made an imaginary video of iPhone 9 or SE2, according to current rumors.

◉ Microsoft has updated its Outlook Mail app to support iPadOS 'split screen feature.

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◉ Apple has released a new open source version of Swift for developers under the name Swift Crypto.

LG announced the availability of the Apple TV app on its devices for 2019, which are OLED TV and NanoCell, and by the end of the month the application will be available on UM7xx and UM6xx versions.

◉ A video has been leaked for the upcoming Samsung Flip Z, according to the news.

◉ Wistron will manufacture iPhone PCBs in its factories in India to avoid the new Indian import tax, which increased this product from 10% to 20%.

Apple announced the allocation of a section in its news application to cover the upcoming US presidential elections at the end of this year.

◉ The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved (582 approves and 40 disapproved) the European Chargers Standardization Act.

◉ The Japan Display supplier announced that it had reached a rescue agreement with the Ichigo Asset to run the company instead of the government INCJ Fund. The rescue package was estimated at 100 billion yen, or 930 million US dollars.

◉ Reports revealed that Apple is working on designing a standardized format for OT text messages that you receive from various services to activate your number.

◉ The New York Police Department announced the abandonment of editing official notes by paper in favor of the iPhone any application will be used.


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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