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Chance is an editor for the entire 9to5 network and covers the latest Apple news for 9to5Mac.
Today
Last month, we reported that author Leander Kahney will release his latest behind-the-scenes look at Apple on April 16th. The book, entitled Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level, will focus on Apple after the Steve Jobs era.
Ahead of that release, TechCrunch has published excerpts from the book detailing Apple’s fight with the FBI in 2016.
Apple schedules Q2 2019 earnings announcement for April 30th
Apple announced today that it will release its second quarter earnings on April 30th. Following the release of its Q2 2019 earnings report, Apple will hold a call with investors and analysts at 2PM PT/5PM ET.
Vizio was among a handful of TV manufacturers that announced AirPlay 2 and Home app support earlier this year. Now, the company is preparing its SmartCast Mobile app for AirPlay support.
Sylvania HomeKit Light Strip
It is officially April 1st, which means everything you see on the Internet has the possibility of being an April Fools’ Day joke. While Apple had the best April Fools’ Day joke back in September of 2017, there are plenty of other jokes to go around today.
These are some of our favorite April Fools’ Day jokes of 2019.
Apple News+ was officially announced last week, integrating over 300 magazines and publishers into a single subscription service. Apple, however, was unable to ink deals with two other major newspapers. A new report from Vanity Fair explores Apple’s failed negotiations with The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a new investor note. Kuo reiterates that all three new iPhones in 2019 will add support for bilateral wireless charging, building on what he said in a separate investor note earlier this year. To accommodate two-way wireless charging, however, all three new iPhones will also get bigger batteries.
Yesterday
Mark Zuckerberg has published an opinion piece in The Washington Post outlining four ways he thinks new regulation could benefit the Internet. Zuckerberg specifically points to harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data portability. Zuckerberg calls for expanded privacy regulation, echoing similar statements from Tim Cook.
IDC is out this week with a look at the smart home market in 2018 and predictions for 2019. According to IDC data, the global smart home device market is expected to grow 26.9 percent year-over-year to 832.7 million shipments.
While Apple made a lot of announcements at its “It’s show time” event last week, many details remain unclear. Apple Arcade is the company’s foray into game subscriptions, but the biggest question about the service is how much it will cost users every month.
March 30
Facebook says it’s ‘exploring’ putting restrictions on the ability for users to broadcast live
In a blog post this morning, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says that Facebook is exploring ways to restrict who can go “Live” on the platform. This comes after two mass shootings in New Zealand earlier this month were live streamed and repeatedly shared on Facebook.
In this week’s top stories: Apple goes all-in on Services at its March 25th event, 9to5Mac offers an exclusive first look at the truly wireless Powerbeats Pro, AirPower is officially cancelled, and more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories.
A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to using phishing scams to gain access to dozens of Apple ID accounts belonging to famous athletes and musicians. The Justice Department did not disclose which celebrities where hacked, but confirmed that 27-year-old Kwamaine Jerell Ford was responsible.
Apple has lost a key member of its platform architecture team. According to a new report from CNET, Gerard Williams III has departed Apple after nine years at the company. Williams served as a senior director in platform architecture.
March 28
Consumer spending in the App Store is expected to continue increasing at a brisk pace. new data from Sensor Tower today suggests that Apple Store spending will more than double between now and 2023.
With iOS 12 and watchOS 5 last year, Apple introduced support for student ID cards in the Wallet app. At launch, the feature was supported by three universities. Today, however, Apple has expanded the feature to its fifth school in the United States.
The legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm is expected to gain momentum next month, when the trial begins in San Diego. A new filing reveals that the trial will include testimony by both Apple CEO Tim Cook, as well as Qualcomm CEO Steven Mollenkopf.
One of the most interesting announcements from Apple’s event on Monday was the Apple Card. While a number of details about the card were revealed on Monday, TechCrunch is out today with a closer look at Apple Card and how it works.
Apple is rumored to have several iPhone updates in the works for this fall. This includes a new version of the iPhone XR with two cameras, as well as the iPhone 11 with a triple camera design. A newly leaked shot of iPhone schematics claims to be the “new iPhone XR,” but it might actually be the iPhone 11.
Update: Now available.
Following the release to developers yesterday, Apple will release the first public beta of iOS 12.3 today. The update will be available to those users enrolled in Apple’s public beta program. Apple will also release the first beta of watchOS 5.2.1 to developers today.
The availability of Apple Pay at sporting events continues to expand today. Square has announced that it is partnering with the Washington Nationals to bring its Caviar Pickup service and Square Terminal platforms to Nationals Park for the 2019 Major League Baseball season.
