Showing posts with label apple 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple 2016. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 August 2016

equal pay for equal work: Apple says all US employees


AN INTERNAL STUDY FOUND WHITE MALES EARN MORE AT APPLE THAN WOMEN AND MINORITIES

Today, Apple discharged redesigned assorted qualities figures showing it has gained slight however enduring ground in procuring more ladies and underrepresented minorities — and guaranteeing those representatives are paid the same as their white male partners. The new numbers, laid out on Apple's devoted differing qualities and consideration site page, demonstrate the organization expanded the rate of female new contracts from 31 percent in 2014 to 37 percent so far this year, while the figure for underrepresented minorities has expanded from 21 percent of new contracts to 27 percent in 2016. Apple arranges underrepresented minorities as "Dark, Hispanic, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander" in its report.

While Apple's advancement has been moderate as to enlisting, it is rolling out more significant improvements to how it remunerates people. As indicated by the report, the organization has helped pay crevices amongst white and nonwhite representatives and men and ladies in the US. It did as such by breaking down pay rates, rewards, and yearly stock awards, to guarantee its laborers in comparable parts with fair execution gain the same measure of cash.

Today, Apple discharged overhauled assorted qualities figures showing it has gained slight however enduring ground in contracting more ladies and underrepresented minorities — and guaranteeing those workers are paid the same as their white male partners. The new numbers, laid out on Apple's committed assorted qualities and consideration website page, show the organization expanded the rate of female new contracts from 31 percent in 2014 to 37 percent so far this year, while the figure for underrepresented minorities has expanded from 21 percent of new contracts to 27 percent in 2016. Apple groups underrepresented minorities as "Dark, Hispanic, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander" in its report.

While Apple's advancement has been moderate with respect to enlisting, it is rolling out more generous improvements to how it remunerates people. As indicated by the report, the organization has helped pay holes amongst white and nonwhite representatives and men and ladies in the US. It did as such by breaking down compensations, rewards, and yearly stock stipends, to guarantee its laborers in comparative parts with impartial execution acquire the same measure of cash.

"In the event that a hole exists, we'll address it. What's more, we'll proceed with our work to ensure we keep up pay value," Apple wrote in the report. "We've accomplished pay value in the United States for comparable parts and execution. Ladies procure one dollar for each dollar male representatives win. What's more, underrepresented minorities win one dollar for each dollar white workers win."

President Tim Cook said in February that an inward year-long study discovered ladies at Apple made 99.6 pennies on the dollar contrasted and men, while underrepresented minorities made 99.7 pennies on the dollar contrasted and white representatives. It shows up the organization has acted quick to settle the distinction. There has likewise been mounting weight from contending tech firms; in April, both Facebook and Microsoft guaranteed female representatives now win the same as male ones


Apple still overwhelmingly utilizes white guys, with men speaking to 67 percent of its workforce and white representatives speaking to 54 percent of the aggregate workforce. Those numbers have changed by close to 1 rate point following 2014, when Apple started freely listing the numbers. The organization says it's focused on enhancing those numbers in all cases, to guarantee the sexual orientation and racial cosmetics of Apple is an "impression of our general surroundings." Apple finished off its differences report with this last articulation:

Monday, 18 July 2016

Confirms iPhone 7 Serious Problem

We know practically everything the up and coming iPhone 7: the projecting camera, broadly missing earphone jack, updated capacity alternatives, the absence of a home "catch" and now we have another nitty gritty video contrasting the iPhone 7 with the iPhone 6S. In any case, what the video uncovers for me is one major issue…

How is the iPhone 7 going to energize standard clients?

Watching the full video (accomplished by the productive and reliably precise Nowhereelse.fr) resemble playing a session of Spot The Difference:

Yes tech fans will indicate the previously stated camera, the refined recieving wire lines and inescapable inward overhauls yet to standard tech purchasers the iPhone 7 resembles the 2014 iPhone 6 once more and without a simple approach to connect to their earphones.

'The main thing that is changed is everything' was Apple AAPL - 0.01%'s advertising strategy to zest up enthusiasm for the outwardly indistinguishable iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, however deals drastically fell without precedent for iPhone history.

Another 'There's energizing stuff, you can't see it' crusade for the iPhone 7 isn't going to reignite purchasers' energy, regardless of whether you put stock in "Top iPhone"

There's not even a noteworthy new innovation this time around like 3D Touch in the iPhone 6S to hang iPhone 7 trusts on. Simply the information you'll require an earphone connector and not have the capacity to listen to music while charging your telephone.

Better camera? Beyond any doubt. Quicker? Obviously. Better outer speaker sound? In fact. Be that as it may, few will refer to these as regions in urgent need of change from the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S.

Eventually in case you're going to take away something clients adore and depend upon like the earphone jack, you better cover this terrible news around executioner substitution highlights (like an energizing new plan or even the make up for lost time of remote charging) yet with the iPhone 7 Apple doesn't – one disconnected hole aside – seem to have them.

Sunday, 17 July 2016

The Apple iPad Pro price features and more details


The Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi + Cellular runs iOS 9. It gauges 305.70 x 220.60 x 6.90 (tallness x width x thickness) and weighs 723.00 grams.

Availability alternatives incorporate Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 4G (with backing for Band 40 utilized by some LTE systems as a part of India). Sensors on the tablet incorporate Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, and Gyroscope.

About Apple

Established in a carport in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple started as a PC pioneer that today makes everything from tablets to convenient media players. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, the purchaser hardware mammoth entered the cell phone market with the iPhone in 2007, and the tablet market with the iPad in 2010, and the smartwatch market with the Apple Watch in 2014.

GENERAL

Discharge date September 2015

Measurements (mm) 305.70 x 220.60 x 6.90

Weight (g) 723.00

Removable battery No

Colours Silver, Gold, Space Gray

SAR value 0.00

Show

Screen size (inches) 12.90

Resolution 2732x2048 pixels

Pixels per inch (PPI) 264

Equipment

Processor make Apple A9X

RAM 4GB

Inward storage 32GB

CAMERA

Back camera 8-megapixel

Flash No

Front camera Yes

Programming

Working System iOS 9

Availability

Wi-Fi Yes

Wi-Fi models supported 802.11 a/b/g/n/air conditioning

GPS Yes

Bluetooth Yes, v 4.20

NFC No

Infrared No

USB OTG No

Headphones 3.5mm

FM No

SIM Type Nano-SIM

GSM/CDMA GSM

3G Yes

4G/LTE Yes

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

People expectationson Apple macOS Sierra

Apple doesn't simply assemble separate items with various capacities and structures, rather it has a dream of associated processing in which every one of its gadgets and working frameworks collaborate together.

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Versatile administration tackles applications, content

Endeavor portable administration suites are including application and substance administration elements to the list of

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Progression, Handoff

On the off chance that you've been focusing you'll have officially seen how valuable such Continuity and Handoff amongst Macs and iPhones can be, this is the reason you can:

Begin an email on iOS and completion it on the Mac

Accept a call (or send a SMS) on your Mac utilizing your iPhone's transporter

Effectively share documents between gadgets.

These are all really helpful (I utilize the Mac to make calls a terrible part) however the way Macs and its gadgets cooperates enhances drastically in macOS Sierra (now up to its second designer beta sneak peak). On the off chance that you've missed this present, here's the rundown:

Messages

Apple's made the ability to hand calls amongst Macs and iPhones much more steady, and now you can undoubtedly switch between gadgets. This implies you can begin visiting on your iPhone and after that move to utilizing your Mac to talk.

Auto-open

Apple drew wheezes and commendation when it reported this at WWDC a month ago: Auto-open. This implies on the off chance that you are wearing an Apple Watch that is validated to the same Apple ID as the Mac you need to utilize you will be consequently signed into that Mac when you draw near to it. You won't have to utilize your login watchword to dispatch your Mac.

Apple Pay

When you buy things utilizing a good online store you will have the capacity to tap the Apple Pay symbol on the item utilizing Safari on your Mac and afterward finish that buy utilizing TouchID on your iPhone or by double tapping the side catch on your Apple Watch. The procedure is very secure – even against "man in the center" assaults. That is on account of you no won't have to impart credit or plastic numbers to an online vendor and genuine card numbers are not put away on your gadget, nor on Apple servers.

iCloud Desktop and Documents

I've been utilizing Sierra on a Mac throughout the previous couple of weeks and I'm truly loving this element. It implies your Desktop and Documents records are consequently put away in iCloud, which implies they are then accessible in iCloud Drive on all your Apple gadgets, or on iCloud.com on Windows PCs. This lets you safely store all your travel reports in the cloud, for instance.

Widespread Clipboard

Another lead highlight, Universal Clipboard gives you a chance to duplicate and glue between your gadgets. This implies you can duplicate a photograph on your iPad and after that glue it into a record on your Mac; or make a rundown on the Mac to use on an iPhone.

One additionally thing

This savvy combination isn't simply kept to iOS gadgets and Macs, even Apple TV gets a cut of the activity. With the inevitable Remote application introduced on an iPhone, when you are required to sort content in the content passage box on an Apple TV a Notification will naturally show up on your iPhone. Tap that Notification and you will be driven specifically to the console on your Remote application, empowering you to rapidly and effectively enter content. (There's parcels more on future Apple TV enhancements here).

Sunday, 10 July 2016

Apple’s Mobile Payment Service No, We Don’t Take Apple Pay’:

There might be more than a 2 million places that now acknowledge Apple Pay in the U.S., yet the German eatery where Tim Cook went to get espresso is not one of them.

Cook was in Sun Valley, Idaho, going to the yearly Allen and Co. Meeting when he ceased at the curious foundation to get some espresso. At the point when the Apple CEO inquired as to whether Apple Pay is acknowledged as a method of installment, he was met with "No" as an answer.

Apple Pay was dispatched in 2014, hailed to be a progressive remote installment arrangement. It's still a work in advancement however numerous foundations have gotten on, embracing Apple's portable installment administration. Sadly, Cook risked upon one specifically that has not executed the administration.

A portion of the foundations that do acknowledge Apple Pay include: American Eagle Outfitters, Best Buy, Crate and Barrel, Dunkin' Donuts, Foot Locker, GameStop, Jamba Juice, Levi's, Macy's, McDonald's, Office Depot, Peet's Coffee, Sephora, Trader Joe's, Walgreens and White Castle. Anthropologie, Baskin' Robbins, Renaissance Hotels, T-Mobile and Urban Outfitters are set to take after soon.

The versatile installment administration is accessible to iPhone 6/6s, 6/6s Plus and SE clients. More seasoned era iPhones don't have close field correspondence (NFC) chips so they are not good with Apple Pay purpose of-offer frameworks. Those with more seasoned iPhones can in any case exploit Apple Pay, notwithstanding, with the assistance of an Apple Watch. The wearable gadget will must be combined with a telephone, yet Apple Pay might be utilized notwithstanding when the telephone is not present.

Cook said Apple's portable installment administration is developing at a huge rate so it won't not be too much sooner than the German eatery he was in will begin tolerating Apple Pay. In any case, Apple may need to keep an eye out for Walmart Pay, the chain store's own particular portable installment framework, which is presently running in Washington, DC and 33 different states, including California and New York.

Walmart sees 140 million clients every week and at present doesn't acknowledge Apple Pay and portable installment administrations from different suppliers. As indicated by information from 2015, 22 million of these week after week clients as of now utilize Walmart Pay. This may sound overwhelming however Apple can really unwind in light of the fact that Walmart did not build up the administration to tackle Apple Pay. Or maybe, Walmart Pay was principally intended to enhance checkout by and large, and not simply installment.

Friday, 8 July 2016

Apple Loop: Glass iPhone 8 Details Leak, iPhone 7 Changes ...

Investigating at one more week of news from Cupertino, the current week's Apple Loop incorporates the new hues and capacity alternatives for the iPhone 7, why everything is new in Apple's 2016 cell phone, the confusions of bended glass on the iPhone 8, the fate of the iPhone SE, contemplations on the earphone jack expulsion, a MacGyvered set of lightning earpods, the arrival of Pokemon Go, and enlisting as an organ benefactor on your cell phone.

Apple Loop is here to help you to remember a couple of the a lot of dialogs that have happened around Apple in the course of the most recent seven days (and you can read the week after week summary of Android news here on Forbes).

More Colors And More Storage For The iPhone 7

The energy behind the iPhone 7 is working, with more established points of interest validated on a consistent schedule, and new subtle elements leaving the inventory network to assume their position. Forbes' Gordon Kelly highlights the exceptionally critical 'fresh out of the box new shading' being added to the extent fit as a fiddle of 'Space Black' nearby 'Space Gray' before taking a gander at something much more inquisitive… the dropping of 64GB as a capacity alternative.

At first glance this could be seen as a terrible thing, yet it is really to permit Apple to redesign stockpiling for both telephones with another (and enormously welcome) 32GB section level model took after by a 128GB midrange and 256GB top end.

This move would be broadly commended as Apple has been properly reprimanded by numerous (counting myself) for adhering to the 16GB level for so long on such a premium extent. In the interim the bounce to 128GB holds Apple's adoration for upsell with the $100 more costly center level long being the sweet spot for generally purchasers.

Nothing Has Changed? Everything Has Changed, Here's Why

In spite of prominent conclusion, the iPhone 7 has something new to add to the blend – it is plainly going to enhance in some little path against the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. Whether you think those progressions are sufficient to make it emerge or is it the absolute minimum that Apple needs to do to attempt to offer more telephones in 2016 will shading how you read Daniel Dilger's forceful publication this week, titled "Really, there is something new about Apple's up and coming iPhone 7"

Apple store about Apple products by Customer

The previous winter for my birthday my dad gave me a $250 Apple present card that I could use in Apple's block and-mortar stores or its online store.

I was pretty stirred at first. While $250 doesn't purchase you much in an Apple Store, subtracting that sum from the sticker price of say, an iPhone, iPad or MacBook, makes you have a feeling that you're getting it. What's more, for my situation, as a worker of CBS (CNET's guardian organization), I get a 5 percent rebate on numerous yet not all items in Apple Stores, which covers the assessment.

In any case, I kept running into an issue: As I pondered a buy I continued seeing better arrangements on Apple items in stores where I couldn't utilize my Apple blessing card. Amid the 2015 Christmas season Best Buy ran specials on the iPad Air 2, Apple Watch, MacBooks and iMacs. Staples, Target, and B&H Photo were likewise in on the Apple markdown diversion. The Apple Watch was $100 off. The iPad Air 2 got $125 value cleave. Etc.

This past May Best Buy had these arrangements, probably with Apple's favoring:

9.7-inch iPad Pro 128GB for $649 (consistently $749)

12.9-inch iPad Pro 32GB for $640 (consistently $799)

Most up to date 13-inch MacBook Air 1.6GHz/8GB/128GB for $850 dispatched (routinely $999)

12-inch MacBook 1.1GHz/8GB/256GB (2015) for $899 sent (consistently $1,299)

At that point I really purchased an Apple item without utilizing my blessing card. A month ago I grabbed a Geek Squad guaranteed revamped Apple Watch Sport for $226, best case scenario Buy as a Father's Day present. Apple likewise offers revamped items, however you won't see it offering $226 42mm Apple Watches (the one I got was in immaculate working request with not a scratch on it).

Streak forward to today. Best Buy has the most recent Apple 13-inch MacBook Air 1.6GHz/8GB/128GB for $850 sent (routinely $999) and "open-box" variants accessible for even less. It additionally has $100 off a section level 21.5-inch iMac. Amazon has it at the same cost, as well

Friday, 27 May 2016

Apple's course to virtual reality

A rendition of this paper was initially distributed at Tech.pinions, a site devoted to educated suppositions, knowledge and point of view on the tech business.

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Given how centered four of the other real purchaser innovation players are right now on virtual reality and increased reality, numerous individuals are achieving the conclusion that Apple must act quick or be deserted.

It's absolutely genuine that virtual the truth is having its minute, and seems to have achieved a tipping purpose of sorts between its long history of over-promising and under-conveying and something that is really convincing. Notwithstanding, that doesn't mean Apple needs to present VR equipment in the exact not so distant future with a specific end goal to keep up. Indeed, taking after Apple's for quite some time set up examples of item presentations recommend an alternate methodology.

The Apple Watch as an example

In a past section, I discussed Apple's moderate, inconspicuous form to new items, and the route in which possible item presentations frequently expand on prior moves which go about as empowering influences, despite the fact that the significance of those prior moves isn't generally straightforward. I utilized the Apple Watch as a case, and refered to nine prior developments Apple had made as key empowering agents of the watch, when its time arrived. There's unquestionably an example here that Apple could take after with a possible VR equipment item. It implies presenting programming and, to a lesser degree, equipment highlights today that would empower such a frill later on.

On account of the Apple Watch, one of the key empowering advancements was Bluetooth LE and the Bluetooth warning augmentations Apple presented in 2012. This empowered outsider equipment makers to make wearable gadgets that could combine with an iPhone and get warnings from in a way that was much more effective than was conceivable already. This thusly empowered a business opportunity for smartwatches, for example, the Pebble, which took advantage of this usefulness quite a while before Apple brought its own particular equipment into the business sector. All the while, Apple permitted outsider equipment sellers to do a considerable measure of the experimentation, to drive mindfulness and enthusiasm for the class, and to resolve crimps in the model.

When it was prepared with its own particular equipment, Apple could rapidly rule the smartwatch class and expand on things that had and hadn't functioned admirably with before outsider equipment. What's more, essentially, the Apple Watch didn't require everybody who needed one to go out and purchase another iPhone, in light of the fact that the partner usefulness had been incorporated with a few eras of iPhones by that point.

Apple's initial phase in VR won't not be equipment

On the off chance that we apply this example to Apple's conceivable VR methodology, we may well see an option that is other than a VR headset as the initial step. Truth be told, it's more probable we would see a progression of unobtrusive advances in different territories throughout the following couple of years before Apple at last dispatches a VR frill or gadget. What may some of those strides be? Here are a few potential outcomes:

New sensors: iPhones as of now have an entirely strong arrangement of sensors, including accelerometers, whirligigs et cetera, which can be utilized by outsider producers for VR encounters. Be that as it may, these aren't upgraded for VR particularly. Tweaking and increasing these sensors is a conspicuous thing for Apple to do as an empowering influence of both its own and outsider VR gadgets. It may or may not expressly say this when they're presented — such sensors could conceivably enhance iPhone gaming encounters, as well, so they could be presented under that cover as opposed to as unequivocal VR empowering influences.

Shrewd Connector: Apple brought the Smart Connector into the iPad Pro line a year ago, however there's no motivation behind why comparative innovation shouldn't come to future iPhones, as well (early gossipy tidbits have been conflicting on this point as respects this current fall's new iPhones). The Smart Connector passes both data and force between the iPad (or iPhone) and an embellishment, and would make an awesome empowering agent for VR headsets, which could either draw power from the iPhone along these lines or furnish it with force. Once more, it's conceivable that Apple would have an alternate reported reason for the Smart Connector, however it could absolutely be repurposed for both Apple and outsider VR headsets (generally as the iPad Pro Smart Connector is now open to outsiders for extra capacities).

Showcases and processors: Apple keeps on upgrading its presentations and its restrictive An arrangement contributes new forms of the iPhone. The new iPad Pro presents new shading innovation which will probably advance into future iPhones also, for instance. In any case, VR has particular prerequisites as far as handling power and shows which should be empowered in iPhones that are to be utilized for upgraded VR encounters as a part of future. Once more, these improvements may well be made in the typical course of the iPhone redesign cycle, yet would be basic empowering influences for better VR encounters in future, as well.

APIs: Although some outsider VR extras for the iPhone as of now exist, really advanced encounters are prone to require more particular APIs outlined particularly for VR gadgets. This would be harder for Apple to empower without giving the diversion away, and maybe the APIs come later than some of these different headways therefore. Be that as it may, I wouldn't be astounded on the off chance that we saw VR-particular APIs reported at one year from now's WWDC.

Apple will be no place in VR — until all of a sudden it is

The purpose of this is to say it would seem that Apple is no place in VR, and that is actually valid all things considered. It has no declared equipment, no product that is particularly intended to bolster VR, and the best marker we have that Apple is even mindful of the innovation is some ambiguous remarks from Tim Cook that the classification is fascinating.

But then, what we could find in a couple of weeks at the current year's WWDC, and in a couple of months with the new iPhone dispatch, is a progression of inconspicuous markers that Apple is surely considering VR important and laying the basis for a future item in this space. Some of those markers might be genuinely straightforward, while others will be harder to perceive early. Yet, in the event that you're looking, I wager you'll begin to see them once again the following year. This movement will gradually slope until all of a sudden Apple uncovers an item — and after that the procedure will get to be evident looking back.

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Jan Dawson is organizer and boss investigator at Jackdaw, an innovation inquire about and counseling firm centered around the juncture of customer gadgets, programming, administrations and network. Amid his 13 years as an innovation investigator, Dawson has secured everything from DSL to LTE, and from arrangement and control to cell phones and tablets. Preceding establishing Jackdaw, Dawson worked at Ovum for various years, most as of late as boss telecoms examiner, in charge of Ovum's telecoms research motivation all around. Contact him @jandawson.

Apple is ‘working rapidly’ to launch Apple Pay in more countries in Asia and Europe

Apple Pay may only be available in just six countries right now, but the iPhone maker is keen to extend the footprint of the digital payment service worldwide.

That’s according to Jennifer Bailey, VP of Apple Pay, who spoke to TechCrunch this week as the service expanded its presence in Singapore, where it now supports five major banks that cover over 80 percent of cards, following an initial launch in April. Apple Pay is also live in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia and China, but there are plans to do a lot more.

“We’re working rapidly in Asia and also in Europe, our goal is to have Apple Pay in every significant market Apple is in,” Bailey told us.

Apple recently announced plans to expand the payment service to Hong Kong but, that aside, it is unclear which markets will be next. Back in February, leaks suggested that France, Hong Kong and Brazil are on Apple’s expansion list for this year, while Tim Cook this month hinted India is also in Apple’s thinking, but the company isn’t commenting on its plans.

“We have announced Hong Kong [and], across the [Asia Pacific] region, we’re talking to many partners and banks and evaluating how quickly we can bring Apple Pay to new markets,” former Netscape exec Bailey said.

Apple has focused on the most logical markets in Asia to date — China is the most populous country on the planet and a huge market for Apple, while Singapore and Hong Kong are small markets with many Western consumer traits — and Bailey shared some insight into what Apple seeks when assessing expansions.

“First, we look at the size of the market for Apple products,” she said. “We also look at credit and debit card penetration, and [existing] contactless payment coverage.

“[But] when we bring Apple Pay to market even when contactless is low it will grow — it was 4 percent in the U.S. but is now 20 percent. We also work with our network partners, where we can utilize integration with Amex and Visa, to go to market quickly.”

That focus on existing Apple customers makes sense, since they are the only ones who can use the technology, but it might rule out any immediate entry into countries in regions like Southeast Asia, where cheaper Android devices dominate Apple and others on marketshare.

Either way, Bailey said she is “really excited about the momentum” that Apple Pay has gathered in markets where it is live.

Bailey previously revealed that the service hit three million provisions inside its first three days in China, while, more generally, it is adding one million new users per week worldwide. Bailey didn’t offer new data for Apple Pay in China, but she did say that the service is “seeing incredible user and developer reception” with a number of prominent consumer tech companies integrating the service into their apps to enable digital payments.

“From all indicators the launch [in China] has been really successful,” she added.

Apple Pay now covers 2,500 bank locations in the U.S., up from an initial six, while in China the 12 it launched with in February is now 19. Even in existing markets where Apple Pay is live, there are more updates planned soon. Beyond adding support for more banks and cards, Apple is also focused on introducing loyalty programs for Apple Pay — having completed its first rollouts in the U.S.. Likewise, Apple Pay doesn’t support online/in-app payments in all markets, so that is also on the agenda.