News on the sidelines: The week of December 24-30

Alexa almost stunned a child, Apple eliminated the entrance to the phone chip soon, and Instagram is focusing on video more and more news on the sidelines...

Apple puts Foxconn India plant under surveillance

It is known that Apple wants to diversify the sources of iPhone production, and so it began heading to India, but Apple does not own its hardware factories, but contracts with Foxconn factories, but as we mentioned last week in news on the sidelines, there were many problems related to the health conditions of workers and demonstrations in India vs Foxconn. So Apple decided to put the India factory under surveillance and shut down temporarily. An Apple official said that the factory would not reopen until the best quality and safety standards for workers were ensured.

Google launches heart rate and respiration measurement for iPhone

Google owns the Google Fit app, which is similar to the Health app in iOS, and the Google app comes with some similar features that allow tracking and storing health data, but the app has never been famous for its quality, iOS users rely on the Health app that provides more and more detailed data and Android users use alternative apps Most of the time, so Google is now developing it rapidly by adding features such as measuring the pulse and breathing rate using the phone's camera only to Android a while ago and it has now been launched on the iPhone.

But does this feature tempt you to use the app? Especially they are difficult to use when you need them such as during exercise due to sweat and movement and they are also known to be not strictly separate devices for measurement.

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Hyundai stops developing regular petrol engines

Hyundai Motor Company launched its first electric car not long ago, but it seems that the company is already looking at the future of energy and the environment, as reports indicate that it has closed the center for the development of regular engines that run on gasoline or petroleum, and thus stops the development of new engines of this type to focus on the future, which is Engines that run on electricity through batteries are more environmentally friendly.

We hope that more companies will turn to this and that our Arab countries will start developing the infrastructure for charging electric cars and replacing fuel supply stations with others for rapid electric charging as soon as possible.

The sales of foldable devices have quadrupled this year

Samsung has announced a strong increase in sales of foldable devices, and this comes due to its new devices that contain fewer defects than their predecessors with a better price (somewhat). This news may come with a positive impact for phone makers, but experts question the continued control of Samsung phones on 75 % of the production of these devices from increased competition from other companies. The biggest challenge here is to maintain users' interest in foldable devices in the future.

Problems with reducing call noise and iPhone 13

The iPhone has a feature to reduce ambient noise during calls by using several microphones on the device, and you can usually turn off the feature through the accessibility settings. But since the release of the iPhone 13 until now, many users have found that the option is not present in the settings of the iPhone 13, which led to an increase in complaints about this matter, and some expected that noise reduction is not present in the device, and others expected that the option to close is not available.

After contacting Apple customer service, users reported that the cause was a problem with iOS 15 and that the company was aware of the matter and was being fixed.

Apple wants to get rid of the SIM card completely

Apple has been taking steps for a while to get rid of all ports on the iPhone, and we talked about the whole plan In -this article- which you can read. This week, leaks appeared stating that Apple was seeking to get rid of the SIM card port in the iPhone 15 and rely on the E-Sim only, and then days later other news appeared that Apple had advised all American telecommunications companies to prepare for the iPhone. It does not contain an actual chip at all by September of next year, meaning that there is a possibility that it will be removed with some or all of the iPhone 14 devices this year.

It is noteworthy that the E-SIM service is available in many of our Arab countries, but it is absent from others, such as Egypt, and this is why it is expected that Apple, as usual, will make a version dedicated to each market according to the available technology.

Peloton is gradually losing the market to Apple

Peloton is considered one of the largest companies in the field of home sports, as it sells high-priced exercise equipment and then tempts users to buy monthly subscriptions to get customized exercises from professional trainers through these devices, but the company recently released data that it is currently suffering in the market because of Apple's entry into the field Exercise subscriptions through the Fitness+ service, which attracts users of iPhone and Apple devices more for its ease and the most appropriate price, especially since it does not need to buy an expensive independent exercise device like Peloton.

Apple patents a wonderful smart home!

Frankly, I could not summarize the news in the title, as Apple has registered a new patent detailing its plan for the future of the smart home, where the company wants to make a remote control for an Apple TV that works with all smart home devices so that you can use it with all home devices, and the device is characterized by the presence of an identity Touch to enable you (supposedly) to control home appliances securely via your fingerprint without a hacker or thief being able to use the device to control your home.

Apple pays giant incentives to keep its employees from Facebook

In conjunction with Facebook's announcement of changing the name of the parent organization to Meta and expanding its goals to work on larger projects, the company also began announcing jobs with great benefits, which led to many large developers leaving their jobs at companies such as Apple and Google to work at Meta. So Apple started issuing giant incentives of up to $185 to keep its top developers.

Instagram focuses more on video

In a speech this week, the spokesperson for the Instagram application announced the company’s goals for the new year, and the goals come with a greater focus on video and an increase in the tools available for video, so you can expect to watch more video on the application and transform it more and more into something similar to the Tik Tok application.

Personally, I'm not happy with this news. Although the app needs more safety features to keep the kids safe, I don't like turning the app's goal to the most addictive and ubiquitous video, and the primary app was photo sharing and I hope it stays that way. What do you think, my friend?

Apple may cancel its watch's rotary gear

When the Apple Watch was released, its best features, especially for watch lovers, was the rotating dial (Digital crown), which allows you to move around in the interface easily and is similar to traditional watches and gives you a beautiful feeling during use, but a new patent from Apple states that the company is looking for alternatives to it. It can be removed to reduce the moving parts of the watch and replaced with an optical sensor that can track finger movements to replace the dial.

I hope companies learn that development is a beautiful thing but there are some things that work best and that replacing them is always a bad idea, not everything has to be digital and without buttons.

You can read the Apple User Agreement in half an hour

When creating a new Apple account, we always agree to the user agreement without reading it, reading it may take days and weeks, right? No. Statistica calculated the time, and found that you could read the entire agreement in just half an hour if you read at a rate of 240 words per minute.

Of course this assumes that we will be reading continuously and that we understand all the legal meanings included in the agreement just by reading without even Google search 😀. I have a better idea, perhaps one of the gentlemen lawyers and followers of the iPhone Islam website can read it and send something useful, all of which we share with the whole family. Thus, we achieve the principle of solidarity and overcome the long agreements and Statistica.

Alexa almost shocked a child

A 10-year-old asked Alexa (Amazon's digital assistant) for a New Year's challenge, and the digital assistant responded that the challenge was to put a coin in the exposed metal part of a phone charger attached to the wall. Of course, this is a serious danger, and we thank God for the safety of the child, but this shows the danger of technology when it becomes available to everyone, even children. Any defect may lead to life-threatening problems. Amazon has apologized for this and announced that they have fixed the bug.

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