News on the margin week 18-24 December

Samsung is copying spatial audio from Apple, video calls WhatsApp Web and Apple refused to buy Tesla, a few papers by Steve Wozniak for 630 thousand dollars, and more exciting news in news on the sidelines.

Twitter gives up an initiative aimed at reducing disinformation

Twitter abandons an experiment aimed at reducing the spread of misinformation by canceling the retweet directly, where it was urging people to quote only tweets, and they should add some comments of their own, and it seems that nothing of that happened, but rather affected the rate of participation and retweeting. On the podium by a fifth. So this suggestion was finalized, after learning from the product experience, and the Tweeting process was brought back to how it was before.

Aliion Musk: Apple refused to buy Tesla for 60 billion 3 years ago

In response to a reporter's tweet in which he said that Apple intends to manufacture an electric car in 2025, according to a note leaked to Roters in the form of notes recorded by the Apple team from the "Tesla Day" conference; Tesla's founder and director, Alion Musk, said that in ancient times during the development of the Model 3 (it was revealed in mid-2017, meaning this happened before the disclosure), he asked Tim Cook to hold a meeting to study Apple's acquisition of his company in a deal worth $ 60 billion, but Tim refused It is essential to attend the meeting and hear the discussion. And now the value of Tesla has reached 612 billion dollars, which means that Apple could have bought it 3 years ago for only 10% of its current value. It is reported that Tesla's share price in 2017, before the car was revealed and shortly after, ranged between $ 60-70, compared to more than $ 600 today, but most of this value occurred in 2020, when Tesla's stock started the year with a value of less than $ 88.

And if you feel that the idea of ​​Apple introducing a new electric car or even appeared in the suggestion of Greece to buy Tesla in 2017, what do you think of going back to the article on iPhone Islam in 2014 via this link In which we asked why Apple should buy Tesla in which Apple Tesla :-) At that time, Tesla's market value was less than $ 40 billion; So why haven't you heard of Islam's iPhone, Tim Cook :-)

WhatsApp is testing audio and video calling features on the Mac

WhatsApp will soon allow Mac users to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp, according to a new report issued by the feature-tracking website WABetaInfo. It is not clear how long audio and video calls will remain in the beta test, it is possible to see that feature appear in an upcoming update in the next few weeks.

AirPods Max drains battery a little faster outside of the case

Apple has not included a power button on the AirPods Max, so there is no way to turn it off, but Apple says that placing the headphones inside the Smart Case makes it slowly drain power. And some technicians mentioned that the AirPods Max‌ go into sleep mode after about two hours when removed from the head and put somewhere, and it seems that AirPods Max‌ remain connected to the iPhone for hours.

iFixit disassembles the AirPods Max

Apple describes battery saving modes AirPods Max headphones when not in use

Once again, after the controversy erupted about how to manage power in the AirPods Max headphones when they are outside the smart case without use, Apple stated when announcing that it actually does not come with an on or off button, but instead the headphones enter a "very low" power mode When inserted into its smart clipboard.

In response, Apple said, a smart case is not as necessary to preserve battery life as many believe. According to Apple, when the AirPods Max are removed and not placed in the dedicated smart case, they enter "low power mode" five minutes after leaving them still, meaning that if left untouched, they remain in this low power mode for three Days, after which the headphones go into a "very low" power state so that Bluetooth and Find My Location are disabled to help keep a longer period of their remaining charge.

Apple is discontinuing standalone update packages for macOS Big Sur

Apple offers its macOS updates through the Software Update section in System Preferences, but usually it also allows users to download the same updates in separate installation packages, available for download from here. Apple Downloads website. Consequently, Apple did not release a standalone update for macOS 11.1 or 11.0.1, despite providing standalone packages for the macOS Catalina and Mojave security updates on December 16.

Standalone packages are useful for those wanting to update multiple Macs with the same 12GB files, especially considering that delta and combo packages come in smaller sizes since they only include the files needed for that specific update.

In response, Apple advises users who require independent updates to contact them "in an official capacity." Apple has not confirmed that it has terminated standalone update packages for macOS, but its absence now for Big Sur does not seem particularly reassuring to users who rely on it.

However, there is a workaround in the Sharing section of System Preferences in the form of the Content Caching option, which enables a Mac to download updates for itself and other Macs but on the same network.

IPhone 13 may support Wi-Fi 6E, and SE is larger

In early iPhone 13 rumors, Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis, Thomas O'Malley, Tim Long and their partners mentioned some projections for the devices based on discussions with several Apple suppliers. They mentioned that the iPhone 13 devices may support Wi-Fi 6E technology, which provides features and capabilities of Wi-Fi 6, but with higher performance, lower access time and faster data rates, extending to the 6 GHz range. Plus a much larger airspace than the current 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, which results in less interference for Wi-Fi 6E-enabled devices.

As for the iPhone SE, analysts believe that Apple has no plans to update the device in the near future. However, Apple expects to increase the screen size to either 5.5 inches or 6.1 inches, and a well-known analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, said the larger iPhone SE will be delayed until the second half of 2021.

Schemes of Steve Wozniak sell for $ 630

Steve Wozniak's blueprints for the prototype Apple II computer dating back to 1975 have been up for sale for $ 630 at auction. These diagrams were written by the co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak It included five pages of circuit diagrams and notes on sheets of engineering drawing paper, a 12-page handwritten programming instruction manual with 28 steps, and six pictorial pages titled “Bus Sources,” “System Timing,” “Screen,” and “Sync Timing.” And others, and features many annotations. Wozniak added notes, circuit changes and programming notes to these pages while manually testing the Apple II prototype, and these documents were verified before the auction.

Along with these documents, the Apple 1 computer sold for $ 736. The Apple Computer 862 was the first computer built by Apple and sold by Steve Jobs outside his parents' garage. There were only 1 of them, and less than half are still around.

Instagram supports uploading ProRAW photos captured by iPhone 12 Pro

Instagram developer Tim Johnsen said that ProRAW photos in DNG format cannot be edited on Instagram. Instead, Instagram converts the ProRAW file to JPG. Of course, support is limited, but those who capture and edit ProRAW photos outside of Instagram will be able to directly share the resulting image to the social network without having to create a separate JPG file. Although ProRAW photos are quite large, at around 25MB, Instagram compresses them.

Problems pairing the Apple TV with Apple Fitness +

Some customers who use the new Apple Fitness + service on Apple TVs have encountered an "unpairing" error when trying to connect, and Apple shared last Friday a solution to that. She said that the problem occurs when the Apple TV is not properly added to the Home app, and Apple has provided these steps to fix it:

On Apple TV, go to Settings - AirPlay - HomeKit. You should see a red badge next to it.
◉ Choose Finish Home Page Setup.
◉ Unlock the iPhone and install it near the TV.
Follow the instructions on the TV ‌ to add it to the Home app.

If it does not work, you should contact Apple Support.

Apple Watch users who use Fitness + have also encountered a problem with Apple TV, which is the disconnection with the watch in the middle of the workout, but this appears to be a separate problem. It is not clear what caused the disconnection, and that there is no reliable solution at least at this time.

The iPhone 12 is the best-selling 5G smartphone in the world within two weeks of its launch

Although it has not been launched for three weeks, iPhone 12 still leads the way in sales. And became the seventh device equipped with 5G technology is the best-selling between January and October of 2020. Then came in second place iPhone 12 Pro, followed by the Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G. Thus, the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro phones accounted for nearly a quarter of all 5G smartphone sales in October.

Apple sends special iPhones to participants in the security research program

Last July, Apple announced the launch of a new Apple Security Research Device program, which is designed to provide researchers with specially crafted iPhones equipped with containment policies and unique code implementation to support security research. The goal of the Security Research Device Program is to further improve the security of iOS, and Apple believes that the contributions of security researchers will help the company achieve its goal of increasing safety for users. Apple says it values ​​collaborations with independent researchers and the work they do on Apple platforms.

The upcoming Samsung Buds Pro is copying Apple's "spatial audio" feature

Samsung is preparing to launch the new Buds Pro earbuds, it will likely launch in January along with its new Galaxy S21 phones, and the new headphones have a feature very similar to the Spatial Audio function available in AirPods Max and AirPods Pro. Under the name of "XNUMXD audio for video clips", which is very similar to the spatial audio option that Apple brought with headphones AirPods Pro‌ and then AirPods Max.

Miscellaneous news

◉ The battle between Apple and Facebook escalated this week regarding tracking of ads. Facebook even attacked Apple in a full page in at least three US newspapers. And some analysts said, Facebook would almost certainly lose this battle. However, the risk also extends to Apple, some analysts said.

◉ Microsoft has updated its Edge browser with native support for Apple Silicon, which promises improved performance for Macs with M1 chip.

◉ Apple launched the first beta version of the upcoming iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 developer challenges, while the public beta version was launched one day after the beta version was introduced to developers, with new features such as the new U1-powered Handoff experience with HomePod mini.

◉ Apple launched the public beta version of the macOS Big Sur 11.2 update, the update does not come with any clear new features for now except that it includes performance improvements, security updates and bug fixes.

Apple has temporarily closed all stores in Los Angeles and California over the past week due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, according to a Bloomberg report.

◉ In a new support document, Apple acknowledged that when connecting an external ultra-high-capacity or ultra-fast external display to the Mac with the M1 chip, some of the resolutions currently supported by the display may not be available. To see an additional resolution of your external screen, click the Apple logo in the upper-left corner of the Mac, open System Preferences, click Displays, and press and hold the Option key while you click "Scale." Apple says it will fix this issue in an update soon.

◉ Earlier this week, a developer using the alias Sera Tonin Brocious on Twitter successfully emulated Nintendo Switch games on an Apple silicon, and had already played Super Mario Odyssey on the M1 Mac, using the open source Yuzu emulator.

◉ Facebook has removed the documentation of the official Apple page, "the blue authentication mark", as part of the escalating disputes between Apple and Facebook that are now underway.

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