Portrait Playa
Ever wondered what the pets of Apple Support team members look like?
The Apple Support Twitter account is tweeting pictures of the team's animals. Because of course it is.
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Interns incoming
Apple is hiring 1,000 interns this summer despite the coronavirus pandemic
Apple intends to hire 1,000 summer interns despite the ongoing coronavirus situation, according to a report. There will be online and offline aspects to their work.
woohoo!
iOS 13.4.1 fixes bug preventing people from FaceTime calling old devices
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People with iOS 13.4 found they couldn't FaceTime call people with older versions of macOS and iOS installed. That's all fixed in iOS 13.4.1.
But y tho
Apple is shipping single replacement AirPods with an unreleased firmware
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If Apple ships you a single AirPod, things could get messy. Beware firmware version 2D3!
Photography fun
This portrait photographer uses FaceTime to take photos without being there
You can use FaceTime to stay in touch with friends and family. But this photographer used it to continue taking portraits even without being present.
Scene setter
'Home Before Dark' production designer talks sets, location, and more
"Home Before Dark" is now on Apple TV+ and the show's production designer has been talking about how it all went down.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Turns out you can read and write files on a BlackBerry using an iPhone
When Apple's iPhone arrived in 2007 BlackBerry wasn't very impressed by it. 13 years later, iPhone is king and BlackBerry is reduced to a bit-part role in an interesting YouTube video.
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Apple isn't just sourcing masks, it's building custom face shields as well
Apple CEO Tim Cook took to Twitter yesterday for an update about its mask shipments and custom face shield production.
Die butterfly switches die
A scissor keyboard might be coming to the 13-inch MacBook Pro in May
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Apple is slowly ditching that butterfly keyboard. And it can't do it soon enough!
Down you go
iPhone maker Foxconn sees its Q1 sales fall 12% likely thanks to pandemic
Foxconn's Q1 of 2020 was always going to be impacted by coronavirus. It was just a question of how bad the numbers would be.
Secure everything
The 2020 iPad Pro might be worth upgrading to for this new security feature
This is the first iPad to gain support for a security feature that disables microphones to avoid eavesdropping.
APPLE STORE
Apple Stores in the US might not reopen until May amid coronavirus pandemic
If you were hoping for your local Apple Store to reopen, you might be in for a little wait.
Coming Soon
The iPhone 9 launch date could be set for April 14 to battle the OnePlus 8
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If our little birdy is on the money, Apple might launch iPhone 9 specifically to take the wind out of OnePlus' sales
helping hand
Apple TV+ continues to promote 'Helpsters' by enlisting Ne-Yo's help
Puppets and Ne-Yo. Who'd have thought it, right?
Ok then
Gamevice, the maker of game controllers for phones, wants the Switch banned
If you thought the legal battle between Gamevice and Nintendo was over, think again. The controller maker is having another try at getting the Switch banned.
Avoid the water
An iPhone 8 still works after spending 2 weeks at the bottom of the Thames
We've heard stories of miraculous watery stories before but this is one of the best.
airplay 2
LG backtracks, says it will add AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to some 2018 TVs
After initially saying that only devices from 2019 would be updated, the TV maker has changed its tune.
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New York Gov. Cuomo thanks Apple for its donation of 1.9 million masks
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company was donating 10 million masks and New York just received almost two million of them.
Animated short 'Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth' previewed
Apple TV+ has taken the lid off its animated shorts for the first time, and it looks pretty great.
Added Security
Keychain will reportedly gain advanced password manager features in iOS 14
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Apple's Keychain is a thing, and it works. But it's not as good as third-party options. But that might be changing.