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News on the margin the week of June 13-20


Apple asks suppliers to try moving 15% to 30% outside of China

Apple asked suppliers to conduct procedures and studies to assess the idea of ​​transferring 15% to 30% of their supplied production to Apple to be from outside China. It is expected that the reason for this request is that Apple will know the extent of the companies' ability to help them out of China after Foxconn confirmed that it is able to produce enough iPhones for the US market from its factories outside China. The evaluation of the companies will tell them how ready each supplier is and whether there will be an impact on the price, the time period required, and other matters for the company to prepare for its future.


Apple is talking of major experimental systems

Apple has updated the experimental systems that it launched at the WWEC 19 conference to the second version and came as follows:

◉ iOS 13.0 came with a lot of performance improvements and also revealed some new features, such as a notification from Apple, if you delete any application that suggests that you cancel subscriptions for services in it.

◉ iPad system iPadOS 13 and Apple said that it has added a lot of advantages, but made it clear that there are many malfunctions and problems as well and promised to solve them in the next updates and that the public beta version will be released next month and will be significantly stable compared to the current version.

Mac OS 10.15 and Apple has not announced what is new in this version.

◉ The tvOS 13.0 TV system did not reveal what's new in it either.

◉ The watchOS 6.0 system did not reveal new features, even if the update showed a direct statement from Apple that the updates will soon take place directly from the watch and you will not need an iPhone in the first place.


Huawei announces the postponement of the Mate X Foldable launch

After the technical problems that Samsung faced in launching its foldable phone and the matter caused a scandal that made it stop the phone, "she said that it postponed the launch indefinitely" and the blockers have already started to recover their money and the company denied any launch soon. It seems that the state of horror or what happened made Huawei review its phone more strictly, and it also appeared that it had found technical problems (it did not disclose this), which prompted the announcement of the postponement of the launch of their foldable phone as well. The official spokesperson of the company told CNBC, “We do not want to launch a device. Destroys the company's reputation, ”and this confirms what we expected to discover a similar technology disaster with Samsung, but Huawei corrected the problem before the device reached anyone.


Huawei president acknowledges the impact of US sanctions

The president of Huawei revealed in statements to him a month after the US sanctions had passed, and the most important thing was:

◉ The international sales of the company “Sales outside China” decreased by 40%, which prompted the company to reduce production.

◉ The company does not expect any development in revenues and sales in general, in 2018 it achieved $ 100 billion and aims to keep the number the same during 2019 and 2020.

◉ Huawei expects to lose $ 30 billion in sales during 2019 and 2020 due to US sanctions.

◉ The decline in sales and US sanctions will not affect the company's development research, especially the 5G field.


Apple is working on a version of iMessage and shortcuts for Mac

Codes were found in the upcoming Mac system 10.16, it was revealed that Apple is launching a copy of the iMassage and the application of shortcuts, depending on the Catalyst tool provided by Apple to transfer applications from iOS and iPadOS to the Mac. The secret of this is not known, especially since Apple already owns the iMassage application in the Mac, but Apple may want to unify it with the iPhone.


Oppo unveils 120 watt fast charging technology

Oppo revealed a new charging technology called Super FlashCharge, and the company said that it will come with a power of 120 watts, and this is a big jump in the power of chargers. Even the charger for MacBook Pro with touch bar comes with a power of 87 watts. "This is a computer charger, not a phone." Oppo said that this new charger will be able to charge a phone with a 4000mah battery from zero to 50% in just 5 minutes and needs 13 minutes to charge up to 100%. The company has not revealed the launch date nor the device availability, but it is expected that at the MWC conference in Shanghai next week, it will tell us the details and whether we will see this charger or is it just a theoretical technology as usual that appears in conferences only.


Nintendo introduces the game Super Mario "The Doctor" next month

Nintendo announced that it will continue launching its new iOS and Android apps. The new game will be released on July 10 under the name "Doctor Mario", which is a classic game released in 1990. Watch the video to learn about it:


Tim Cook improves its CEO ranking to 69th

The US website Glassdoor revealed the annual CEO ranking, and Tim Cook has made a clear improvement, as it rose to the 69th position after it was 96th last year. In 2016, Tim was ranked 8th and then declined in 2017 to 53 and then in 2018 to 96, but he came back again. Other for improvement. The evaluation is not done by the site itself but rather depends on the employees in the companies in evaluating the managers. And last year there were more complaints about work stress at Apple, but it seems that things are improving for employees.


A new Israeli device to hack the iPhone

Cellebrite unveiled a new device and tool called UFED Premium and said it is dedicated to law enforcement agencies and will enable them to penetrate iPhones of various versions, meaning it will replace the GrayKey device that Apple has discontinued. It is noteworthy that the Israeli company, Cellebrite, is based in Petah Tikva, one of the first Zionist colonies in Palestine. Apple has not yet commented on the news, although it is expected that in the future it will be able to find out the vulnerability used and close it after several months.


Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple announced the termination of the Dashboard in Mac and the removal of its software tools from WebKit for the upcoming Mac system. It is noteworthy that the Dash Board appeared with the Mac 10.4 system, then Apple began to stop the automatic quality of the 10.10 system and with the arrival of 10.16 it will completely cease to exist.

Apple has registered 7 MacBook devices in the Eurasian EEC database, and this makes us expect Apple to reveal an update to the MacBook during the iPhone 9 conference or at the last 10 month conference.

◉ Twitter revealed its re-application on Mac devices thanks to the Catalyst project, which was revealed by Apple, which enables them to convert the iPad application to a Mac application. Twitter had previously deleted the app in Twitter's restructuring plan.

◉ The German Ministry of the Interior announced that soon a German citizen will be able to use his iPhone and NFC to read national identity cards, with the issuance of iOS 13. It is reported that the Japanese and British identity cards are reported to be supported

◉ Microsoft launched its To-Do app for Mac computers.

Apple has entered into a cooperation agreement with BestBuy, whereby the latter provides direct support and repair service for Apple devices in more than 1000 stores in America. That is, the customer will be able to repair his device certified at Best Buy instead of going to Apple

◉ Apple announced that the News, Stock, Audio and Home application that Apple provided in the Mac will receive a radical update next month in the public beta version of iOS 13.

◉ Amazon launched a new device from the Kindle Oasis book reader family, and it comes with a warm “yellow” lighting feature, at a starting price of $ 250, and will be available in the market from July 24, a month later.

Honor, a subsidiary of Huawei, has revealed a list of devices that will be updated to the Android Q system, which will be released at the end of the year, with the aim of reassuring users about the future.

◉ A study revealed that Mac users are more productive and creative than Windows users at work. The study was conducted on 1285 employees of companies of various sizes around the world.

◉ Thousands of Apple employees have begun to experiment with using Apple Cards in their daily use in preparation for the launch of the service soon


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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