| | | | | |  | | | Well, this is a new one: Apple has acknowledged that some 2018 iPad Pro units may arrive out of the box with a slight bend in the chassis, but the company says that the bend is normal and does not compromise function. As a result, it appears Apple will not be replacing affected units unless customers elect to return them during their 14-day return windows. We really aren't sure what to make of Apple's acknowledgment on this. It seems rather unbelievable that consumers should be expected to consider a bent brand-new device acceptable, especially when you think about the possibility of Apple denying warranty repairs down the road due to "damage." Issues aren't limited to this year's iPad Pro models either, as we're seeing increasing reports of 2017 iPad Pro models developing bright spots on their displays above the home button. The issue doesn't seem to appear until after a number of months of use, so most users won't experience it until their devices are out of warranty and Apple repair staff have so far generally not been willing to offer free replacements or repairs for this issue. | | | | | | |  The countdown for Christmas gifts is on! Now you can get a free license for iMyFone Umate, an effective iPhone cleaner for Mac and Windows, to delete junk files, cache and memory hogs, and boost your iPhone (or iPad) speed and get it performing like new again.
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Visit Sponsor | | | | | | Popular Stories | Dec 20, 2018 | | | |  Former NASA engineer, apparent Apple designer, and prominent YouTuber Mark Rober this week broke the internet by playing a trick on porch pirates trying to steal packages. Rober and a friend spent six months turning a HomePod box into a "glitter bomb" designed to shower a package thief with glitter upon opening the box. Taking things to the next level, Rober equipped the package with four camera phones to catch the thieves' reactions and GPS capabilities to track and recover the package after the thefts. The thieves' reactions are priceless, and Rober's video has racked up over 36 million views in just three days. | | | | | | |  In order to put smartphone facial recognition technology to the test, Forbes commissioned a £300 3D-printed head and used it to try to unlock a number of different phones. All four Android phones tested (LG G7 ThinQ, Samsung S9, Samsung Note 8, and OnePlus 6) were successfully unlocked using the dummy head, while Apple's iPhone X was judged "impenetrable" in the test. Apple's Face ID feature is notable for its security, which leverages the TrueDepth camera system to create a 3D map of the user's face based on thousands of infrared dots while also requiring attention awareness in order to unlock. Facial recognition on most Android phones is considerably less secure, and most of these phones also include fingerprint sensors for more sensitive applications like payment authorization. | | | | | | |  At WWDC 2013, Apple offered a sneak peek at an all-new Mac Pro, with Phil Schiller famously using the line "Can't innovate, my ass" on stage. The new Mac Pro was promised to launch later in the year, and Apple began taking orders on December 19, 2013, which means the machine is now five years old. In early 2017, Apple's Craig Federighi acknowledged the company had "designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner" with the Mac Pro as technology shifted toward using larger single graphics processors that the Mac Pro was unable to accommodate. Apple promised that a new, modular Mac Pro was in the works but that it wouldn't be launching anytime soon, and earlier this year Apple confirmed that the new Mac Pro "is a 2019 product." In the meantime, Apple's innovative 2013 Mac Pro is heading off to kindergarten. | | | | | | |  Last week, Qualcomm won an import ban in China on the iPhone 6s through iPhone X after a court ruled Apple had infringed on a pair of Qualcomm software patents. Apple is appealing the ban and has continued selling the affected devices in the country, but the company rushed out an iOS 12.1.2 release early this week that not only fixes a few eSIM-related bugs but also addresses the Qualcomm patent issues. For users in China, the update changes the force closing animation in iOS, with apps now shrinking into themselves rather than being flicked off the top of the screen when being closed. The Qualcomm patent battle also extended to Germany this week, where a court has issued a sales ban on iPhones ruled to be infringing entirely different Qualcomm patents related to preservation of battery life when sending and receiving wireless signals. Apple says it will halt sales of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 in its German retail stores while it appeals the ban. Apple's latest iPhones are not included in the ban. | | | | | | |  Apple and Amazon have rolled out an interesting new partnership that lets Amazon Echo owners in the United States stream from Apple Music and even set it as the default music service on their devices. Currently, only Amazon Echo devices are supported, but Amazon says Apple Music will be expanded in the future to include non-Amazon speakers that have Alexa support. In other Apple Music news, Apple late last week announced it is shutting down the "Connect" feature of the service that let artists share updates and photos with followers on the service. Apple has immediately discontinued the ability to post new Connect content and removed existing content from artist pages and users' "For You" tabs, although existing Connect content will remain available via search until May 24, 2019. With Connect meeting a similar fate as the previous Ping social network that was discontinued in 2012, it's clear that Apple Music and iTunes just can't generate momentum with proprietary social features. | | | | | |
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