Apple is exploring the possibility of integrating the entire Mac into a keyboard, iPhone 13 outperforms everyone in revenue, Tik Tok allows ten minutes, Samsung S22 phones are more breakable than iPhone 13, and Oppo breaks the record with a new fast charger, and more Companies Against Russia, And Other Exciting News In The Fringes…

News on the sidelines Week Mar 5 - Mar 11

The “Peek Performance” conference page features an animated AR logo

Apple announced that Its first conference for 2022 will be held on Tuesday 8 March. With the slogan “Peek Performance”, the event is now shown on Apple conference pageAnd if you visit the page on an iPhone or iPad, you can view and interact with an augmented reality version of the Apple-created logo. Apple always creates unique graphics for its events, and each comes with an animated AR logo for people to interact with.

In addition to adding the Peek Performance Conference to its webpage, Apple has also put Broadcast video on YouTubeThe event will be broadcast live. And people can sign up for reminders to get notified when the event happens, we'll publish an article on how to track the conference and we'll cover it as usual, so don't worry you won't miss a thing.

Apple can now repair Face ID without replacing it entirely

This will make the cost cheaper, and Apple has already started supplying its stores and authorized service providers with parts of the TrueDepth camera system, including the front camera and "Face ID," allowing for Face ID repairs without replacing the entire unit. Repair prices will vary by service provider, location, and device. And the hotfix option is only available for iPhone XS and later. iPhone X is not supported yet. Apple mentioned some countries and said that the new reform option is not available to them now, and did not mention any Arab country among them.

YouTuber Modifies Mac Mini M1 to Be 78% Smaller

When Apple introduced the Mac mini in November 2020, it kept the same chassis design it's used since 2010. Subsequent dismantling revealed that the machine had quite a bit of free space. Since most of the internal space is occupied by a 150W power supply, YouTuber Nelson has replaced it with an external 65W power supply for Microsoft Surface with a modified MagSafe 2 connector, which connects to a DC voltage regulator that leads to the Mac mini board.

Nelson has created a new, smaller case for the Mac Mini using 2019D printing, adopting the 28 Mac Pro's signature "cheese grater" design to improve heat. Nelson moved parts like the antennas and the power button to the new case and removed the Mac mini's fan, and that didn't affect performance. Overall, the modified device is XNUMX% of its original size internally.

Web developers demand freedom from WebKit's dominance

For those unfamiliar with WebKit, Apple's browser engine powers Safari and other areas of the operating system where web content is displayed. Apple requires all third-party browser apps on iOS and iPadOS to use WebKit, but many browser developers aren't happy with the restrictions that this imposes on them, driven by the need to allow other browser engines on iOS, so iOS can be a platform Best for developing things for the modern web. Because right now, every browser on iOS, whether it's Chrome has a Chrome badge or Firefox or Edge, is actually just a different branded Safari look, and of course Safari lags behind other browsers, because it has no competition on iOS. Which was considered an explicit accusation of Apple monopoly and anti-competition.

More companies are taking action against Russia

Ukraine has led a public campaign, mostly via social media, to appeal to powerful tech institutions to take action against Russia, and Apple has announced it will temporarily halt product sales in Russia due to its deep concern about the invasion of Ukraine. It also limited access to Apple Pay and restricted the availability of Russian state media apps, and as a safety measure for Ukrainians, it also disabled traffic and live incidents in Ukraine from Apple Maps.

Google removed Russian state-funded media from Google News, temporarily halted monetization through Google ads for business and government media, and banned them from using Google's tools to purchase ads and from placing ads on Google services, such as Gmail. Google Pay, and so on.

Meta (Facebook) has restricted access to RT and Sputnik within the European Union and banned Russian state media from running ads or monetizing their platforms anywhere in the world. Fact-checking and categorization of content from Russian state-owned news organizations were also halted, a move the state dubbed “censorship.”

Twitter has temporarily run ads in Russia and Ukraine to ensure they don't distract from public safety, while Russia has restricted access to Twitter.

Other companies have taken similar actions, including TikTok, Netflix, MIT, TSMC, Intel, AMD, Dell, Uber, Microsoft, Nokia, Snapchat, Ericsson and others.

OPPO breaks the record for express shipping

The company, Oppo, announced a fast charging technology that is about 12 times faster than the iPhone 13 lineup, it showed it on the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2022 “MWC”, and presented a range of technologies, including the latest series of its phones, Find X5, and an image processor. Custom MariSilicon X, retractable camera system, Air Glass single-lens for extended reality, and other technologies. Among them, it announced two new fast charging technologies.

The first, SUPERVOOC 150W flash charging, can charge a device with a 4500 mAh battery to 50% in five minutes and fully charge in just 15 minutes, and is intended for select OnePlus devices in the second quarter of 2022.

The company also unveiled a 240W SUPERVOOC flash charging technology, which can charge a 4500mAh battery to 100% in just nine minutes. It is the fastest charging technology of its kind ever, surpassing Realme's 150W charging.

Microsoft OneDrive Gets Native Support for Silicon Macs

OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage service, and if you're subscribed to Microsoft 365, you'll always get extra space, and it's more like Google than iCloud, this service has now gotten support to be able to use it on Macs with Apple's own processor.

Samsung S22 phones are more breakable than iPhone 13

This is according to the drop tests conducted by Allstate Protection Plans as usual with all versions of the new flagships, and Allstate does the same set of drop tests to determine the degree of front, back and side damage when the device hits the ground, and the test indicates that the design of the iPhone is more durable.

When dropped, the S22, S22 Plus, and S22 Ultra screens shattered on the first six-foot landing on the pavement, and two of the three were unusable due to the severity of the damage. Compared to the iPhone 13, the damage was much less, and they were both usable.

Soon you will be able to watch 10 minute videos on TikTok

TikTok is rolling out the ability for users to upload videos up to 10 minutes in length, which is an increase from the previous 3-minute time limit imposed on the app. TikTok has been testing the feature for several months and is now slowly rolling it out to all users. TikTok has a history of increasing the maximum length of videos on the app in an effort to keep up with the changing dynamics of the content created.

Initially, videos were limited to 15 seconds, before increasing to 60 seconds, then 3 minutes, and now 10 minutes. The 10-minute option aims to "unlock more of the creative potential of our creators around the world," TikTok said.

The Private Lightning Port is nearing its expiration date, so what?

When Phil Schiller introduced the Lightning connector at the unveiling of the iPhone 5 in September 2012, it was called the "modern connector of the next decade," and with the 10-year end coming later this year, questions remain about the port's future. Apple will continue to adopt it, switch to USB C, or cancel it entirely.

iPhone 13 lineup outperforms all phones in 2021

The iPhone 13 lineup drove global smartphone revenue to a new high of $448 billion in 2021, with smartphone revenue growing 7% YoY and 12% QoQ in Q2021 XNUMX, despite Of the difficulties caused by the lack of components.

It is believed that Apple's revenue from the iPhone rose 35% year-on-year to reach $196 billion in 2021, its highest quarterly revenue ever. This enabled it to capture 44% of the total global smartphone revenue that year.

In addition to driving global revenue to a new level, the success of the iPhone 13's lineup drove the average selling price of smartphones up 12% year-over-year in the last quarter of 2021. This was also aided by the proliferation of 5G-enabled devices, which formed More than 40% of global smartphone shipments in 2021, compared to just 18% in 2020.

The average selling price of iPhones also increased by 14% due to demand for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineup, reaching $825. Apple also boosted its market share with gains in key emerging markets, including India, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil.

The top five smartphone companies contributed more than 85% of the total smartphone revenue. Samsung's smartphone revenue increased by 11% year-on-year, while Xiaomi and Oppo's revenue increased by 49% and 47%, respectively. Amid rapid expansion, both Xiaomi and OPPO have recently made plans to directly challenge Apple on a global scale in the premium smartphone segment.

iOS users spent $13.5 billion on the top 100 apps in 2021

Global consumer spending on mobile apps hit new highs again in 2021, and data reveals that users are spending more than ever on subscription apps. The top 100 non-subscription game apps saw their revenue grow 41% year-over-year from $13 billion to $18.3 billion globally. This was 7 percentage points higher than in 2020, when spending on these apps rose 34% year over year from $9.7 billion in 2019.

Miscellaneous news

◉ The hashflag for Apple's upcoming "Peek Performance" event has been launched on Twitter, offering users a special Apple logo along with the hashtag "#AppleEvent" as a way to promote the event and increase its visibility.

◉ Google told its employees that they have to return to their physical offices starting Monday, April 4, and there is a possibility that Apple will do so soon, as the infection rates of Covid 19 have dropped dramatically. workers back.

◉ Alto's Adventure is set to expand to Apple Arcade this month with an exclusive title, Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain, a remake of the original Alto's Adventure, but with an all-new exclusive character and features Unique and special abilities, plus over 15 new objectives to complete.

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◉ Apple released the fifth beta of the macOS Monterey 12.3 update to the public.

◉ Apple released the fifth beta version of the iOS 15.4 update, iPadOS 15.4 update, watchOS 8.5 update, and tvOS 15.4 update to the public.

◉ Apple is working on a feature for the Safari browser that enables the user to turn on dark mode for specific individual websites of his or her choosing, based on the code in the open source WebKit.

◉ Qualcomm has unveiled the most advanced and advanced new 5G Snapdragon X70 modem, which is likely to be the last Qualcomm modem used by Apple in its iPhone devices before turning into internal chips.

◉ Honor has announced Earbuds 3 Pro that come with built-in temperature monitoring technology, a feature that was also tested by Apple in AirPods prototypes.

◉ The head of Instagram commented on Twitter about the lack of an Instagram application dedicated to the iPad. He said that although there are requests for this, it does not amount to the number required to launch the application.

◉ Apple is exploring the possibility of integrating an entire Mac into a keyboard, reminiscent of home computers of the 64s, such as the Commodore XNUMX and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, in a new patent.

This is not all the news that is on the sidelines, but we have brought you the most important of them, and it is not necessary for the non-specialist to occupy himself with all the incoming and outgoing. And help you with it, and if it robbed you of your life and got busy with it, there is no need for it.

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