Apple landed the rights to Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers, an animated movie that shows how a young girl’s life changes when she travels to Ireland with her father to kill the last pack of wolves.
Apple's New iPhone Names: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR
Apple’s branding for the new iPhone models to be announced this Wednesday may leave some shoppers non-plussed. The new iPhones, according to Bloomberg, will be the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone XR. The XS and XS Max models will come with 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch OLED screens and the XR model will have a 6.1-inch LCD screen. The report adds,
The phones may raise the iPhone average sales price, boosting revenue and profit, while expanding the total number of active Apple devices to support sales of accessories and digital services. Still, none of the phones will feature breakthrough new features, with more significant changes planned for next year, the people said.
Apple also plans to introduce Apple Watch Series 4, the AirPower wireless charging pad, a new entry-level MacBook, and a pro user-focused mini desktop Mac this year. It’s shaping up to be a busy—and expensive—fall.
Apple Permanently Bans Infowars App from App Store
Apple removed Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from iTunes listings about a month ago, and now the iPhone and Mac maker has permanently banned the Infowars app from its App Store. Apple told Buzzfeed the app violates its App Store review guidelines. Buzzfeed said,
Infowars’ app, which allowed users to read Infowars articles, shop, and livestream all of Jones’ programming 24 hours a day, served as a window into the incendiary conspiratorial content that led to the outlet’s ban from Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, and Twitter.
Considering the Infowars app acted as a conduit to the same content that got the podcasts delisted, it seemed like only a matter of time before the app was blocked, too.
Apple's Carpool Karaoke Wins Emmy
Carpool Karaoke won its first Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in the Creative Arts category.
The iOS 12 and Xcode 10 Bootcamp: $15
We have a deal on the iOS 12 and Xcode 10 Bootcamp. You’ll create a Bitcoin Tracker, To-Do List app, and more in this 10-Day Training for Apple’s brand new OSes. It includes 85 lectures and 12 hours of content designed to help you get coding with iOS 12.
PSA: AI Suggestions for Siri Shortcuts Won't Be Available on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi confirmed the news to Redditor federicotrevisani1, but it will be little more than a minor inconvenience to Siri Short users on these older iPhones.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life May Ramp Up Soon
Gizmodo has a nice summary of the current SETI work. “A new congressionally mandated report says NASA should refine its strategy and improve its tools to foster the study of exoplanetary systems and expedite the search for alien life…. The new consensus study report, authored by the National Academies of Sciences … highlights several strategic priorities that, if implemented, will go a long way in ensuring that scientists have the resources they need to study exoplanets (planets in orbit around other stars).”
Apple TV 8K May Never Ship. 8K TV Might Actually Fail in the Market
John collects the news debris of the week that didn’t make the TMO headlines.
iCloud Drive is a Sync Service, Not a Backup Service
Glenn Fleishman reminds us that iCloud Drive shouldn’t be used solely as your backup service.
Apple doesn’t offer any way to let you backup the data for which it has the only copy. And, in many cases, you may have a mix of information that could make it hard to restore, even if you have a full copy.
I used to use iCloud Drive-only, but now I’ve diversified. An ideal solution is a combination of cloud storage and physical storage. There are cloud services like Backblaze you can use for your Mac, as well as an external hard drive. For iPhones and iPads, you can use a special flash drive like iXpand. Earlier this year I bought a wireless SanDisk that I can use both with my iDevices and Mac.
The Flying AirSelfie 2 Camera Takes Your Selfies to New Heights
It’s technically not a drone because it isn’t able to fly by itself. But that doesn’t stop it from being a neat little gadget.