“Apple held its annual shareholders meeting at its headquarters in Cupertino today where top lawyer Bruce Sewell and CEO Tim Cook fielded questions and comments from investors. Nine proposals were detailed and voted on in total, followed by the re-approval of each board member.”
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Month: February 2017
Google’s Home smart connected speaker to launch in UK this spring
“Amazon’s Echo will soon get some real competition as Google gears up to launch its Home smart connected speaker in the United Kingdom this spring.”
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WSJ: iPhone 8 to sport curved OLED screen, supplant Lightning with USB-C
“The Wall Street Journal is reporting that iPhone will feature a flexible screen based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology and supplant Lightning with USB-C.”
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Mozilla Acquires Pocket
“Mozilla Corporation announced last night that it has acquired Read It Later, which makes Pocket, which is billed as the world’s leading save-for-later service.”
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stake in Apple now twice as large at more than $18 billion
“Berkshire Hathaway’s position in Apple is now more than twice as large as previously disclosed at $18.2 billion, investment tycoon Warren Buffett told CNBC in an interview on Monday. At the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway owned 61 million Apple shares, worth $7 billion at the time.”
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How to free up space on your iPhone or iPad with iCloud Photo Library
“Free up space on your iPhone or iPad with these iCloud Photo Library tricks. Pictures and video take up a ton of storage space, and for good reason — all that data is what makes your photographs and snaps look phenomenal.”
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Today in Apple history: Happy birthday Steve Jobs!
“February 24, 1995: Steve Jobs is born in San Francisco, California. As the co-founder and CEO of Apple, he is one of the most important figures in the history of consumer technology, and probably a big part of why you’re reading this website right now! Happy birthday, Steve!”
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Apple says it is ‘looking into’ viral video that shows an iPhone 7 Plus catching fire
“Making the rounds on Twitter recently has been a video of a smoking iPhone 7 Plus. The video, shared by Brianna Olivas, shows the device burning to the point that the case is melting away and smoke is erupting from the side of the device.”
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Apple and iOS 10.2.1 address unexpected shutdowns on iPhone 6, iPhone 6s
“For a while now there have been reports of some older iPhone models, namely iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s, shutting down unexpectedly. Apple introduced some diagnostics into iOS 10.2 back in December to try and determine what was happening and, with iOS 10.2.1, they’ve rolled out a fix.”
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How to install macOS 10.12 Sierra on unsupported Mac hardware
“With macOS Sierra, Apple dropped support for some of its hardware models for the first time in several years. Citing various incompatibilities and hardware deficiencies, they cut out a large swathe of machines from running Sierra.”
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