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- Leaker says new MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and AirPods 3 will be unveiled at tomorrow’s Apple event - 9to5Mac
- One day after being released, the Apple Watch Series 7 notches its first bug - PhoneArena
- This Week in Apps: Apple appeals Epic Games suit, Google files a counterclaim and Twitter adds more ads - TechCrunch
| Posted: 17 Oct 2021 07:36 AM PDT The wait is finally over as we are just a day away from Apple's "Unleashed" event. If rumors turn out to be true, Cupertino's company will unveil a new MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and the long-awaited AirPods 3. Although many people already expected these launches, it's the leaker Dylandkt who doubles down on this bet, according to some of his tweets and information gathered by 9to5Mac.
Dylan has become one of the most prominent leakers in the Apple community being more right than wrong about the company's upcoming launches. During this past year, the leaker has been teasing a revamped 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, a new Mac mini, and AirPods 3 being. Here's everything he said. MacBook Pro Back in May, Dylan corroborated about the new MacBook Pro having a brand-new look with flat edges, reduced bezels, and expanded connections — which includes an SD card reader, MagSafe, and HDMI port. Then, in June, he said that the new MacBook would be unveiled during Apple's Q4, during October or November. By August Dylan posted that the upcoming Apple Silicon 14-inch MacBook Pro CPU would be identical to that of the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Last week, finally, he doubled down these predictions and added what we should expect from these launches
Mac miniAlthough he talked less about the new Mac mini, Dylan believes it will also launch alongside the new MacBook Pros with the new "M1X" chip or whatever Apple's going to call it. Other leakers and rumors not from him say that Apple will probably unveil a Mac mini with a new design. AirPods 3 Yesterday, Dylan reiterated that AirPods 3 will have a similar design to the AirPods Pro, just without the ear tips. He tweeted that "tips were shown to be an optional attachment on an early prototype, but recent leaks do not show these tips so it's likely that they aren't coming." Also, the leaker says the long-awaited AirPods 3 will launch during Apple's "Unleashed" event. Read everything we know about the rumored AirPods 3 here. What could be coming next from Apple?For those expecting a replacement for the 27-inch iMac, Dylan claims you'll need to wait a bit longer. It's likely that a new iMac will launch next year due to the current chip shortage, which also makes part of Apple's two years transition from Intel to its own processor. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also reported a few months ago that Apple briefly stopped the development of this new iMac to focus on the 24-inch iMac, which was unveiled in April. What do you think of these leaks? What excites you the most about tomorrow's event? Share your thoughts in the comment section below. Related |
| One day after being released, the Apple Watch Series 7 notches its first bug - PhoneArena Posted: 16 Oct 2021 11:10 AM PDT  The Apple Watch Series 7 was officially released yesterday, October 15th, and already the device has its first bug. An iOS and Mac app developer by the name of James Thomson took to his Twitter account to reveal that some app icons were not showing up on the Series 7 timepiece. This was not an issue on older Apple Watch models nor did the bug manifest itself on the Series 7 simulator in Xcode. Thomson, who is the developer behind the Pcalc and Dice apps, said that the problem was fixed on the server-side. There is a workaround available. Removing apps missing their icons and reinstalling them will bring back the missing images. Or, you could switch the app view to list. The icons will still be missing, but at least you'll see the name of each app and know  Apple Watch Series 7 bug prevents some app icons from appearing While at this point we can only guess what caused the issue, the number one suspect is the larger screen sizes on the two models. Apple hiked the size of the Apple Watch screens making them 1mm taller at 41mm and 45mm. This gives the new timepieces a higher pixel count. Since the issue seems limited to the Series 7 models only, blaming the larger screens for the disappearing app icons makes sense. Thompson also recalled a similar problem that plagued Series 4 owners back in 2018. 32-bit watch apps wouldn't load on their 64-bit Apple Watch Series 4 devices if they were paired to an iPhone 6s Pro. Eventually, developers whose apps were affected had to submit and release a new version of their apps. Whether or not Series 7 app developers will need to do the same thing is not yet clear. |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2021 11:00 AM PDT Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American watches 3.7 hours of live TV per day, but now spends four hours per day on their mobile devices. Apps aren't just a way to pass idle hours — they're also a big business. In 2019, mobile-first companies had a combined $544 billion valuation, 6.5x higher than those without a mobile focus. In 2020, investors poured $73 billion in capital into mobile companies — a figure that's up 27% year-over-year. This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, mergers and acquisitions, and suggestions about new apps and games to try, too. Do you want This Week in Apps in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here: techcrunch.com/newsletters Google responds to the Epic Games antitrust suit, Apple appeals Image Credits: Epic Games As the Apple v. Epic Games lawsuit goes under appeal, Google this week filed an answer and counterclaim in the Epic Games' antitrust litigation against the company. The tech giant and Android maker denies Epic's allegations of antitrust behavior and instead says that it's owed relief, as Epic Games breached the Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) by allowing Fortnite players who download the app through Google Play to use Epic's own payment processing technology. This situation is similar to what took place on the App Store, where Epic Games updated its app to workaround App Store policies, and then facilitated payments through its own payments system, in violation of its legal contract with Apple. The court's decision in Apple's case was that Epic owed financial relief to Apple, to the tune of $6 million. Epic Games did much of the same thing on Google Play, the counterclaim alleges. Last year, Epic submitted a build of Fortnite to Google Play which used Epic's own direct payments system and not Google Play Billing. This submission was immediately rejected for failing to comply with Google's policies. Epic then submitted a compliant version in April 2020, which Google now describes as "an act of deception designed to provoke litigation." The new version had concealed Epic's payment system in an update that was sent to both Apple and Google's app stores. This would allow Epic to switch over to its own payment system by applying a server-side configuration change, or "hotfix," without Google's knowledge. That switch was flipped on August 13, 2020. It allowed Fortnite users to choose between Google Play Billing and Epic's own direct payments system. Now Google wants to recoup the money lost to this version, as those who downloaded the app from the Play Store could continue to use Epic's billing, even after the app was pulled down. Epic's position has been that Apple and Google's requirement to use their own in-app payment systems exclusively is a monopolistic practice that disadvantages developers. In Apple's case, the court agreed that Apple should not block developers from sharing a link to other payment methods inside their own app or communicating to customers. It did not declare Apple a monopoly. Despite the largely favorable ruling, Apple decided to appeal its case this week, after Epic filed its own appeal. The key factor to Apple's appeal is that it's also asking the court to put a hold on it having to implement changes to the App Store's anti-steering guidelines. That means, instead of permitting developers to add links to their website and other methods of payments, things would continue as is until the appeals case was decided. That could be months or even years from now. In terms of the antitrust complaint, Google's situation is a bit different from Apple's, however. Android already allows for sideloading apps — that means there's another method of reaching Android users outside Google Play, making an antitrust claim more difficult. Twitter adds more ads (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Twitter says it's going to test a new ad format and placement on its platform. On Wednesday, Twitter Revenue Product Lead Bruce Falck said Twitter would begin showing ads on mobile devices inside conversation threads after the first, third and eighth replies. While the company stopped short of confirming the change would be permanent, it did say it would experiment with the formula to best determine the insertion points and layouts that made the most sense. Twitter also said it would consider making the display of the ads something creators would opt into, rather than forcing them to accept ads in their threads. In that case, creators would also see a share of ad revenue, Twitter said. The company historically has struggled to grow its user base by significant numbers, meaning it's had to get more creative with maximizing the revenue it's able to extract from its existing users. Despite a flurry of new product development — which has included creator tools, subscriptions, audio chat rooms, tipping and more — Twitter has not yet had a runaway hit. For example, third-party data indicated recently Twitter's new creator platform called Super Follow had only generated around $6,000 in its first two weeks live in the U.S. and Canada, or perhaps a bit more ($12,400 during 17 days in September, according to a second firm's analysis). Meanwhile, Twitter made a promise to investors that it will be able to double its revenue from $3.7 billion in 2020 to $7.5 billion or more in 2023. If the new products don't turn a sizable profit, increasing Twitter's ad load could help. Unfortunately, monetizing conversations like this could encourage users to post more content they hope to make viral. That could impact Twitter's content and culture. Twitter is already a place that tends to reward a sort of performative type of user — like those posting snark, jokes, angry tweets and other emotive content; tying tweets' "virality" to creator revenue could push Twitter even further away from the genuine, thoughtful conversations the company claims it wants to host. Platforms: Apple
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