MacBook Pro and iPhone 7 Rumors, Apple's Amazon Echo Competitor, Schools Replacing iPad 'Toys' With MacBooks - MacRumors

2016 MacBook Pro May Include OLED Display Touch Bar and Touch ID MacBook Pro fans have been waiting for news of an update, and a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the next update will indeed be a big one. Kuo says the next-generation MacBook Pro will include a thinner and lighter design, Touch ID, an OLED touch display bar above the keyboard in place of the traditional function keys, and USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 support. On the downside, Kuo says we'll need to wait until the fourth quarter of this year for the new models, while many had been hoping for a debut at WWDC next month.   Read Full Article Popular Stories May 26, 2016 Alleged iPhone 7 Prototype Case Leak Shows Four Separate Speakers We're continuing to see conflicting information and leaks about the upcoming iPhone 7, and the latest is a sketchy-looking rear casing that includes holes for four separate speakers, two each on the top and bottom edges of the device. Other rumors have said the iPhone 7 will include only the current single speaker or perhaps two, with the second speaker being in place of the current headphone jack. Other iPhone 7 rumors this week included a few other part leaks such as a casing showing a protruding rear camera lens and alleged molds and schematics supporting rumored camera layouts and a lack of a Smart Connector on both sizes of the upcoming iPhone. We're also seeing conflicting rumors on whether Apple's suppliers are planning for strong or weak demand for the iPhone 7, while LG is reportedly picking up the slack as Sony is having trouble producing dual-lens cameras for the larger iPhone 7 Plus models.   Read Full Article Apple Working on Amazon Echo Competitor, Opening Siri Up to Developers Apple is reportedly planning to open up Siri to third-party developers at WWDC next month, with a longer term goal of launching an Amazon Echo-like device for the home that could handle search queries, playing music, and controlling other smart devices around the house. Another report says Apple's Echo competitor could arrive in the form of an upgraded Apple TV with integrated microphone and speaker and improved internals.   Read Full Article Apple Releases Firmware Update 7.6.7 and 7.7.7 for AirPort Base Stations For the first time in two years, Apple has issued firmware updates for its AirPort wireless base stations. The updates fix a small handful of bugs, but it's still unclear if it also fixes issues many users have been having with the next-generation IPv6 protocol, as users are reporting mixed results in the short time the new firmware has been out.   Read Full Article Apple Offers to Replace iPads With MacBooks in Maine State Classrooms With teachers calling iPads in the classroom a "disaster" and "toys" offering "no educational function," the state of Maine and Apple are offering to switch the tablets out for new MacBook Air models. It's naturally generating a lot of discussion about the utility of iPads in education and where the blame should be placed if results aren't meeting expectations. Many blame the school districts for not being prepared well enough for the technology, but even so it's a bump in the road for Apple as it tries to emphasize the iPad as an educational tool.   Read Full Article Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 9.3.3 to Developers Just a week after releasing iOS 9.3.2 to the public, Apple this week seeded the first beta version of iOS 9.3.3 to developers and public beta testers. Initial betas of OS X 10.11.6 and tvOS 9.2.2 have also been released, but updates across all of the new versions have been pretty much limited to under-the-hood improvements. After several days of complaints from owners of the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro who found their devices bricked after updating to iOS 9.3.2, Apple did pull the update to prevent additional users from running into the problem. Apple is evidently still investigating the problem, however, as it has yet to release a patched version of iOS 9.3.2 and in fact hasn't even released a version of the iOS 9.3.3 beta for the affected models.   Read Full Article

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