iPhone X accounted for 1 in 5 iPhones sold by Apple in America last quarter
“Every one in five smartphones sold by Apple in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2017 was an iPhone X, according to data shared with MacRumors by research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors. “Below is the exact model-by-model breakdown of Apple’s total iPhone sales between October and December, based on the firm’s survey of 500 consumers who purchased an iPhone in the United...
Macworld reviews Apple’s new iMac Pro: ‘Mac Pro power in the shape of an iMac’
“Four years since Apple last shipped a desktop Mac with the word ‘pro’ in the name, the iMac Pro has arrived,” Jason Snell writes for Macworld. “Holding down the high end of the Mac product line until the day (hopefully in 2018) when a new Mac Pro arrives, the iMac Pro fuses the look of the 27-inch 5K iMac with the priorities of a professional workstation.” “If you aren’t sure if you need the power of the iMac Pro, you almost...
Linking Is Not Copyright Infringement, Boing Boing Tells Court
The popular blog Boing Boing has asked a federal court in California to drop the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by Playboy. With help from the EFF, Boing Boing argues that its article linking to an archive of hundreds of centerfold playmates is clearly fair use. Or else it will be “the end of the web as we know it,” the blog warns. Late last year Playboy sued the popular blog Boing Boing for publishing an...
How to fix corrupted iTunes libraries after enabling Apple Music
“Apple’s new Apple Music service offers new and exciting ways to get streaming music on your Mac and iOS devices; however, after enabling it a number of people are finding their music libraries becoming corrupted,” Topher Kessler reports for MacIssues. “While songs will still play, their titles, artist names and other metadata information have become switched around and are no longer associated with the proper song files,” Kessler...
Speech recognition pioneer Novauris purchased by Apple; team now works on Siri
“Apple quietly acquired an automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology company called Novauris Technologies, which grew out of Dragon Systems R&D U.K. Ltd., the British research subsidiary of Dragon Systems, a well-known voice dictation pioneer,” Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch. “The acquisition apparently took place last year, but had not been announced. At Apple as of last fall, the team is now working on improving Siri,...
Apple releases iTunes update with Wish List, language enhancements
Apple on Wednesday released iTunes version 11.1.4, a minor update that brings enhanced Wish List viewing and language additions to the company’s ubiquitous media management, purchasing and playback software. Apple on Wednesday released iTunes version 11.1.4, a minor update that brings enhanced Wish List viewing and language additions to the company’s ubiquitous media management, purchasing and playback...
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