Apple tried to reinvent the wheel. Not the iPod's click wheel, the one that goes on a car. In a wide-ranging New York Times report on the technology company’s efforts to enter the autonomous car arena, insiders revealed that one team researched the idea ... ( read original story ...)
The iPad Pro is about to start really competing with laptop computers
Six new, slickly-produced videos feature new things that Apple's iPad Pro models can do with iOS 11, which is still in beta. Apple doesn't usually make advertisements for beta software, suggesting that a big Apple launch is right around the corner. ( read original story ...)
Apple scales back its ambitions to create a self-driving after internal disagreements: Firm is now focusing on a campus shuttle using commercial vehicles to test its technology
Apple design guru Jony Ive is said to have favoured a fully autonomous vehicle, along the lines of efforts from Google's Waymo and Uber. Project Titan's original head Steve Zadesky, who worked on the on the iPod and iPhone before leaving the firm in ... ( read original story ...)
Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro Comparison – The Battle of the Tablets
while Apple used an Apple A10X Fusion processor with six cores (three 2.38 ones and three slower ones). The benchmarking application showed that the Core m3 variant of the Surface Pro was slower than the iPad Pro version sold at that price. The Core i7 ... ( read original story ...)
Review: Apple finally matches the hype with latest iPad Pro 10.5
Apple to build massive data centre at China’s new hi-tech hub in Guizhou province The front and rear cameras have been improved from the first-gen iPad Pro, particularly the selfie shooter, going from the measly 1.2-megapixel, 720p camera on the latter ... ( read original story ...)
Hacker Releases Firmware Decryption Key for Apple’s Secure Enclave
handles all cryptographic operations for the Apple Watch Series 2, the A7 processor that powers the iPhone 5s, the iPad Air, the iPad mini 2 and 3, and subsequent A-series chips. The encrypted SEP is completely isolated from the rest of the system and ... ( read original story ...)
3 Insights From Apple Inc.’s Job Boards
Here are three job listings from Apple's job boards that seem to provide this kind of insight. With the launch of the iPad Air 2, Apple introduced a new anti-reflective coating that dramatically reduced the reflectivity of the display on the device ... ( read original story ...)