By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon and Best Buy are blowing out iPad inventory, with prices as low as $249 and discounts of up to $150 off. Save on Apple’s iPad 9th Generation, 10th Generation and the latest Air models during today’s price war.Save up to $150 on iPads during today’s price war.Kicking off the sale is the iPad 9th Generation that’s marked down to $249 after an $80 cash discount. This spec has 64GB capacity with Wi-Fi functionality. Those looking for additional space for apps and files can save even more on the 256GB Wi-Fi model that’s currently $100 off at Amazon, bringing the price down to $379.iPad 9th Gen for $249 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple will debut a second short film from its “Prehistoric Planet Immersive” series for Apple Vision Pro users on April 19th.Apple included a handful of Immersive Video experiences along with the launch of the Apple Vision Pro in February. They are 180-degree 3D video shot in 8K, making them different from both 3D movies available on the device and the “Spatial Video” users can create from the headset or the iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max.The original Immersive Video film from “Prehistoric Planet” featured some pterosaurs encounting some young T-Rexes along a rugged ocean coast. The new film, running about six minutes like the previous one, tells the tale of a curious baby triceratops who learns about family bonds deep in the forest.A teaser for it is available from the TV app in the Apple Vision Pro. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A small group of demonstrators disrupted the Lincoln Park Apple Store in Chicago on Saturday to protest Apple’s use of labor in Africa and its disciplining of at least one employee wearing pro-Palestinian clothing items.The protest, which took place Saturday, was peaceful but resulted in the store closing early, with a heavy police presence afterwards. A group called Apples4Ceasefire staged the protest, alleging that a Palestinian employee at the store was wrongly terminated for wearing accessories supporting the Palestinian people, including the traditional keffiyeh.The group, which claims some 300 members who say they are current or former Apple employees, said the firing at the Lincoln Park store was not an isolated incident.”In fact, anyone who has dared to express support of the Palestinian people in the form of kaffiyehs, pins, bracelets, or clothing, has been actioned against under the guise of breaking business conduct’ and creating a harmful environment,” the letter said. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple is said to be considering future products that make it easier to consolidate information from other smart home devices, and a room assistant that could point a screen at you constantly, as you move around the space.An artist’s rendition of a HomePod with a displayApple continues to have grand ambitions for more products in the smart-home category, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. One fairly obvious future idea would be a revamped Apple TV set-top box with a built-in camera for video conferencing.Another is said to be a lightweight “smart display” that would gather data from home devices, and could more easily be carried by users with them and docked with charging hubs around the house. The device is said to be akin to a low-end iPad. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple stores will reportedly prepare for a long-awaited update its iPad Pro and iPad Air models in the first week of May.New iPad Pro logo on the backIn his weekly newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the refreshed lineup will feature new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros. Also expected are an all-new 12.9-inch iPad Air, another new Apple Pencil model, and a refreshed Magic Keyboard lineup.It has been rumored for almost two years that the iPad Pro models will move up from mini-LED panels to OLED displays, and feature a slimmer and lighter overall design. The more expensive display technology will necessitate a price increase in at least the 12.9-inch Pro model. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has struck a deal to license millions of images from Shutterstock in order to train its AI models.Other tech companies have obtained similar deals from Shutterstock to help develop visual AI engines, including Google, Meta, and Amazon. News of Apple’s deal comes well after its signing in late 2022, and is expected to cost Apple up to $50 million.This follows on from news of previous negotiations between Apple and various publishers for similar AI large language model (LLM) training using content from news articles. Conde Nast IAC, and NBC are among the big media names that have allegedly been in talks with Apple about licensing their content.Apple is expected to make some major announcements about its efforts to add more AI technologies into its operating systems this June, at WWDC. Though often perceived as being behind its rivals in AI integration, Apple has made some innovations of its own. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has now argued before a US appeals court that the ITC’s US ban on Apple Watches with the pulse oximetry feature should be overturned.The company has been involved in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo for over a year. The case, which doesn’t affect previous Apple Watch models, claimed that Apple copied patented Masimo technology in its implementation of the blood oxygen detection feature in Apple’s two most recent models.The US Court of Appeals has finally returned to the case between Apple and Masimo to hear Apple’s appeal of the ITC ruling as of April 5th. The company told the court that Masimo’s victory with the ITC was based on two flawed claims: the validity of Masimo’s affected patents, and that Masimo claimed it was making competing products. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Former Apple head designer Jony Ive is looking for big money from known artificial intelligence venture capitalists to build his mysterious assistant product.A report on Friday again links Jony Ive with Open AI funding source Thrive Capital, and newly connects Laurene Powell-Jobs’ Emerson collective to the effort. According to sources, Ive is looking for $1 billion in funding to get the effort off the ground.This is not the first time that Ive has been connected to an AI peripheral of some sort. In September, Ive was linked with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to makeFriday’s report from The Information sheds no new light on what Ive is looking to accomplish. Previous reports claimed that Ive had having brainstorming sessions at his San Francisco studio with OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Thosse sessions were said to have been centered on what a new consumer product with OpenAI technology could do, and could look like. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The M3 Pro MacBook Pro 14-inch with a bump up to 36GB RAM is eligible for a promo code discount, dropping the price to $2,199. Plus, save another $50 on AppleCare.Get a coupon discount on this MacBook Pro with 36GB RAM.To activate the exclusive $200 discount*, head over to Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama.com and apply discount code APINSIDER during Step 4 of checkout. Detailed step-by-step activation instructions can be found further down this page.Use code APINSIDER Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) A change to the App Store rules reverses a very old rule that prohibited emulators on the iPhone and iPad.Classic game emulation won’t be limited to Mac for very longOne of the App Store’s longest standing rules is a prohibition on apps that run external code. This has meant a de facto ban on console and classic game emulators.A change to guideline 4.7 of the App Store changes all that. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
