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News on the sidelines February 27 - March 5


Apple agrees to pay $ 500 million in damages

Apple agreed to pay compensation of $ 25 per user for 6/6 + / 7/7 + and SE phones in the United States for slowing down these devices with update 10.2.1 and later (iPhone 7 and 7 Plus was version 11.2). Apple's lawyers said that this decision is fair and logical, and that previous estimates of $ 46 were measuring the maximum possible harm and unreasonable implementation at this price because no harm was done to everyone at the maximum level. The total compensation and fines Apple has agreed to pay will amount to $ 500 million.


Another report: iPhone XR, the best-selling phone globally in 2019

Counterpoint Research Center published its report for 2019, which confirmed other reports that the iPhone XR was the best-selling phone in the world and represented 3% of all global phone sales, followed by the iPhone 11 with a share of 2.1%. The report that showed the 10 best-selling phones in the world, 6 of them were iPhones, as in the picture above.

The center also published the sales details according to each region separately, and this showed the iPhone sweep of North America and obtaining two centers in Europe, but in Latin America, the Middle East and China, the 5 best-selling phones did not appear in any presence of Apple.


Everyone is turning their conferences online because of the Corona

Major companies around the world have begun to cancel their various conferences due to fear of the spread of the Corona virus, and as happened with the WMC Mobile Show and the Geneva Motor Show, the role of technology companies is:

Google: Google announced the transformation of the Google Cloud Next '20 conference into a digital conference, i.e. without an audience. As well as canceling the most famous I / O Developer Conference, which is equivalent to Apple's WWDC.

AdobeFor its part, Adobe announced a similar step, which is to transform the Adobe Summit 2020 into an "online" conference.

Microsoft: Microsoft announced that the Global Summit 2020 will be on schedule, but without public attendance, that is, it will be online only.

◉ Facebook: Facebook announced the cancellation of this year's F8 conference, "canceled, not online."


Corellium announces Android for iPhone

Corellium revealed its new product, if it can be called a product, which is the ability to download Android to iPhone. The company said that this matter is a historic achievement because you will choose any system you want on the iPhone, which is something that Apple is fighting, of course, where the apple has been leading a long-standing legal struggle against Corellium regarding the violation of ownership of its own idea and the company responds that every person who buys a phone is free to do it What he wants.

Downloading Android to iPhone is not a simple thing at all, but you can watch the video to learn more details:


Only Apple and Xiaomi reported increased sales in 4Q2019

A report by the Gartner Center revealed that only Apple and Xiaomi achieved an increase in sales during the fourth quarter of last year, as Apple achieved sales of 69.5 million compared to 64.5 million in the same quarter of 2018, while Xiaomi increased its sales from 27.8 million to 32.4 million. Samsung saw a slight drop in sales, Huawei lost 2.1 million devices, and Oppo lost 1.1 million.

As for sales for the whole year, the matter is different, as Samsung has almost maintained its sales, Huawei achieved a boom, and Apple witnessed a strong decline, as shown in the following picture.


Oppo unveils its own Apple Watch

Oppo decided to enter the world of smart watches from the easiest door, which is the copy of the most sold smartwatch globally. The company has officially published pictures of its watch, which will be revealed tomorrow, Friday, and the pictures tell us one thing, which is that OPPO revealed its own Apple Watch, but there is a clear fundamental difference, which is that the watch on the Oppo is 9:30, while in the pictures of the Apple Watch the time is written 10:09. A strange move from Oppo, which was known to introduce innovations, and we usually see copies of the design from Xiaomi, not Oppo.


Report: Apple is working on 6 Mini-LED products for 20/21

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed in his weekly report that Apple is currently working on 6 products to come during 2020 and 2021, all with a Mini LED screen, and these products are the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the 27-inch iMac Pro, the 14.1-inch MacBook Pro and the 16-inch MacBook Pro. IPad 10.2 inches and iPad mini 7.9 inches. This means that Apple will move all Mac and iPad devices to the new screen, and only the iPhone will provide an OLED screen.


Apple withdraws from SXSW due to Corona

Every year a conference and festival takes place in Austin, Texas, for film, media, music and everything related to media. Apple had announced its participation in these events with a strong expectation of coming because it is now a content maker and was intending (according to reports) to launch new artworks with the TV + service on the occasion of the conference. But yesterday, press reports revealed that Apple informed the organizers that it would not participate due to fears of the spread of the Corona virus. It is reported that Twitter and Facebook withdrew from the conference, which will be held March 13-22.


Apple updates its beta systems to developers

Apple has updated its experimental systems for developers as follows:

◉ iOS 13.4, the fourth trial version, and nothing new appeared in this version, although the previous versions revealed a number of advantages, the last of which was the third trial that included the feature of Restore without a computer.

◉ watchOS 6.2, the fourth trial version, to improve performance. Version 6.2 comes to support In-App Purchases directly from the watch.

The fourth test system tvOS 13.4. What new features in the system have not yet appeared, other than improvements in performance, interface, TV application, and easier access to family purchases.

◉ Mac OS 10.15.4 Trial 10.15.4; Update XNUMX includes a number of new features such as Screen Time Communication and other features for people with special needs.


Miscellaneous news

Facebook has updated the FB Messenger application to include a new tab called Discover Tab and doubled the speed of the application.

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◉ The WhatsApp application has been updated to support dark mode on the iPhone, and Facebook has said that the update is coming for Android as well

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◉ Reports revealed that Jack Dorsey, CEO and founder of Twitter, is currently under great pressure from investors to force him to leave his position.

◉ The CoinX account was published on Twitter, an account known for leaking information about Apple previously that the company will soon introduce a new version of the Mac Mini as well as the iMac and that there is an entirely new camera for the iPad.

◉ Tim Cook said in statements to Fox Channel that he feels that China has already begun to control the spread of Corona and that conditions in factories will improve.

◉ LG announced the discovery of the Corona virus in one of its factories responsible for supplying the iPhone camera, and that it had temporarily closed the factory.

◉ A report by DigiTimes said that Apple has delayed heavy orders for parts of the iPhone 9 to the second quarter.

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◉ Apple stores have begun to inform customers that maintenance of some devices may be delayed due to poor supplies of parts from China.

◉ Apple has published a job application for a person who will work in Maps "Add jobs", which means that it intends to add the jobs feature in its maps by browsing a place so it appears to you that this place is looking for a job.

◉ Reports said that Apple has already started assembling and manufacturing the iPhone 9, but not at full speed due to the decrease in the supply of factories; This means that the company may announce it, but it will take a while until it is available in the market in the required quantities.

◉ Apple has closed some of its stores in Italy due to the spread of the Corona virus in it.


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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