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Brought to you by: 16-Inch MacBook Pro, 6K Apple Display, AirPower, AirPods 2 and More Predicted for 2019 Notable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released a blockbuster research report this week, outlining his expectations for the company's 2019 product plans. Kuo's roadmap includes a larger MacBook Pro with a display of 16 to 16.5 inches, a new 31.6-inch 6K Apple display, a full refresh of the iPad lineup with a boost of the low-cost iPad from 9.7 to 10.2 inches, AirPower and updated AirPods coming in the first half of the year, a new ceramic casing option for the Apple Watch, and iPhone updates such as the ability to wirelessly charge other devices (AirPods, anyone?), frosted glass backs, and larger batteries. Make sure to check out our summary video and click through to read all of our coverage of Kuo's research note.    Read Full Article Supoprt Our Sponsor monday.com Is More Than Just a Project Management Tool! 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Team leaders and project managers like monday.com because it easily adjusts to projects workflows instead of having to force-fit workflows to satisfy the demands of the tool.   Visit Sponsor Popular Stories Feb 21, 2019 Apple to Release AirPods With New Coating and Black Color in the Spring Kuo's brief mention of AirPower and updated AirPods coming in the first half of the year wasn't the only news on that front this week, with a report out of Taiwan claiming the updated AirPods will include a new coating and wireless charging for the case, and be available in black. We've heard about a new matte finish for increased grip in other recent rumors, so that may be the coating this report is referring to. Apple this week also won a patent related to an earbuds charging case that can be inductively charged. As depicted in figures included with the patent application, Apple is clearly describing a wireless charging case for the AirPods, with AirPower also shown.   Read Full Article Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June Nearly two years ago, Apple took the unusual step of revealing that it was working on an all-new Mac Pro with a modular design, and in an update last year the company said it would be "a 2019 product." Well, 2019 is here, and a new report from Bloomberg says that Apple is considering showing off the new Mac Pro at WWDC in June. That makes sense, as WWDC is a prime event for the pro-level customers Apple would be targeting with the new Mac Pro. The same report from Bloomberg also offers an update on Apple's plans for integrating iOS and Mac apps. Sources say Apple is planning to use WWDC to launch new tools that will allow developers to easily port their iPad apps to Mac. Those tools are planned to expand in 2020 to allow iPhone apps to be ported to Mac, and by 2021 Apple will reportedly allow developers to build a single app binary that will support all three types of devices through a unified App Store.   Read Full Article Samsung Unveils New $1,980 Galaxy Fold Smartphone We've been hearing about Samsung's foldable phone for a while now, and yesterday the company finally took the wraps off of it, debuting the Galaxy Fold that opens up into a 7.3-inch tablet-like display. The Galaxy Fold certainly won't come cheap when it launches in April, as it starts at a whopping $1,980. Alongside the Galaxy Fold, Samsung also introduced its Galaxy S10 lineup, which includes a total of four phones: the usual S10 and S10+ models differentiated primarily by size, and then a cheaper S10e and a higher-end S10 5G that will launch later this year with faster 5G cellular technology. Finally, Samsung showed off its latest AirPods competitors, the Galaxy Buds. Priced at $130, the Galaxy Buds are similar to AirPods in that they're wire-free with a charging case, have Bixby voice assistant integration, and offer a smooth pairing experience.   Read Full Article Classical Music on Apple Music: What's Wrong and How Apple Can Fix It Classical music is notoriously tricky for music services to manage, considering the genre's wide range, difficulties in properly crediting and indexing composers, conductors, orchestras, and soloists, and dealing with lengthy recordings that often aren't meant to be broken up into individual tracks. We talked with some classical music experts about a number of these issues and how they cause problems for Apple Music users, as well as some ideas about what Apple could do to try to improve the service for fans of classical music.   Read Full Article Seven Handy Mac Tricks You Might Not Know We've done a few tips and tricks videos about iOS that have proven extremely popular, so this week we turned our attention to the Mac. We've shared seven relatively obscure but handy Mac tricks and we bet there's at least one in there that you don't know. So take a look, learn something new, and let us know if you have any great tips we might be able to use in a future video! And of course, subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you don't miss out on all of our great video content.   Read Full Article

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