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A total of 72 new emoji are on their way to Apple’s smartphones and tablet devices very soon, likely coming with the roll out of iOS 10, the newest version of the company’s iOS mobile operating system.
This year marks the 27th celebration of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and like what the tech giant has been doing for more than two decades now, it showcases the latest and coolest updates in the world of software for Mac and iOS users. This year’s WWDC has proven to be a rather busy affair -- here is the rundown.
Here we go again. Right after Apple has deployed an update to its iOS mobile operating system, the Internet has exploded with yet another round of feedback from users complaining of new bugs found in the rollout. This time around, the affected device is the tech giant’s latest tablet offering -- the 9.7 inch iPad Pro.
Based on the latest quarterly report published by market research firm IDC, the total volume of wearable device shipments increased to 19.7 million units during the first quarter of this year. This year’s numbers are a major improvement over last year’s, wherein 11.8 million units of wearable devices were shipped during the first three months of 2015.
Apple’s feud with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may be over, but according to the agency’s director James Comey, there will be more battles to come over the subject of mobile device encryption. Speaking during a briefing held just this week, the FBI chief shares his insights on the topic, and has stated that he fully expects other legal actions from the United States government in the future in order to gain access to smartphones and tablet devices that are encrypted.
Regulating bodies in the United States now want to gather more information about how phone makers and wireless carriers go about dealing with security issues in mobile devices. At the same time, the feds want to know why fixes for bugs and vulnerabilities take too darned long be deployed. Indeed, both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have sent letters of inquiries to more than a dozen firms, collecting data about how mobile manufacturers and network operators handle security updates.
According to a report published by Bloomberg, Apple has plans of making some changes to Apple Music, the music streaming subscription service that the tech giant launched back in June of last year.
As far as features are concerned, Fitbit wearable devices are certainly not as packed as Apple’s smartwatch. But the company does not mind that at all, as expressed by James Park, the chief executive officer of Fitbit. As a matter of fact, Park seems to think that the Apple Watch wants to be everything in the eyes of mobile users.
The total volume of shipments of smartwatch devices around the world have tripled in the first three months of this year. Indeed, according to information provided by market research firm Strategy Analytics just this week, manufacturers of smartwatches have shipped 4.2 million units of these wearable devices during the first quarter of 2016. Certainly not bad -- considering that the 4.2 million units of smartwatch devices shipped across the globe represents a 223 percent increase compared to the 1.3 million units shipped worldwide during the first quarter of 2015.
As revealed by Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of Apple, during a conference call to discuss the tech giant’s latest quarterly earnings report, Apple Music has now grown to 13 million paid subscribers. Cook also added that the company is proud of what its first subscription business has achieved, especially in helping Apple’s Music revenue reach an inflection point after several months of decline.
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