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Apple's new HomePod to compete with Amazon, Google
Amazon's Echo, introduced in 2014, helped put the e-commerce giant's Alexa virtual assistant in millions of homes, while Google Home serves as a new voice-based gateway to the search company's services. The update will also serve to challenge you to push harder with your fitness goals by way of point systems. Better start saving if you want one though ... [Full Article...]
Apple to introduce feature to combat texting while driving
The HomePod speaker: a music accessory first, and a home assistant second. "It's clearly about the hardware but also making Siri more obvious to consumers so you can see where she's getting smarter", said Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Creative Strategies . [Full Article...]
Apple Introduces New iMac Pro; Finally Upgrades iPad Pro Line
All that power, however, comes at a pretty steep price .The new iMac Pro is available in a pretty hefty base configuration for-wait for it- a whopping $5,000. The 21.5-inch iMac will have up to 32GB in memory, and the 27-inch will go up to 64GB. The MacBook Air also get a much, much needed upgrade as Apple decides to keep the notebook/tablet hybrid in its lineup. [Full Article...]
Apple unveils VR features on Mac, new iPhone software
Another first comes in the form of the new Files app, which stores all your documents and various bits and pieces you'd otherwise have to open separate apps to get to previously. Let's start with how the new speaker looks: it's a Mac Pro. For example, if you received a message that asks "How far away are you?" from a friend, Siri will now use something called "on-device learning" that will sugge... [Full Article...]
Everything You Need to Know About Apple iOS 11
A public iOS 11 beta is coming later this month. The success of Pokemon Go has proved that people have an appetite for interaction with virtual objects on a screen and ARKit is a natural fit in terms of what we want to do with our smartphones. [Full Article...]
Apple Introduces New "Do Not Disturb while Driving" Feature for iPhone
But Apple insists that through machine learning and artificial intelligence, Siri will indeed get smarter in iOS 11 , and also learn more about how to please you with personal experiences and suggestions by learning what you're doing inside the Safari, News , Mail and Messages apps. [Full Article...]
Apple Introduces iMac Pro, Refreshes Mac Lineup And iPad Pro
You can even get a little more granular than that by being able to also see a particular kind of game. This also means that the Apple Pencil becomes more responsive. Like other smart speakers, it can answer any queries. According to the company, the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence has resulted in a more natural and expressive human voice for both the male and female version. [Full Article...]
Apple Showcases New iMac Pro Workstation at WWDC
Instead of the consumer-grade Intel Kaby Lake processors of the new iMac , you'll find up to 18 cores of processing power from an Intel Xeon, a new thermal design and a system architecture made totally from flash storage, which Apple says will hold up to the most demanding of workflows. [Full Article...]