Apple has already shared the device with a small number of high-profile software developers for testing, letting them get started on third-party apps. The device’s operating system, dubbed “Borealis” inside the company, will be publicly named xrOS.
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Apple roped in resources from several hardware and software engineering departments. That’s hampered other projects, some of which were already suffering from their own delays and budget cuts stemming from the economic slowdown. And it could mean Apple has fewer major breakthroughs to show off this year.
Kuo claims the supply chain “has received instructions from Apple indicating that the production and shipment plans for the 2024 iPhone SE 4 have been canceled rather than delayed.” Kuo doesn’t specifically say whether Apple intends to return to the SE line in the future as with the four-year gap between the first and second models, though his wording implies that the third-gen edition, released last spring, will be the last.
Apple’s online store in the United States shows all configurations of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max as in stock and ready to be shipped to customers within 24 hours, a stark difference from the three to four-week wait time from several weeks ago.
Upping its game in India, Apple is expected to launch two retail stores in the country, in Mumbai and then New Delhi, around April this year, it is learnt. The launch of Apple Stores has been delayed in India because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but is now getting an unprecedented push, as two stores in one country within the gap of a few weeks is unheard of.
The tech titan bought the Apple Results Way Campus, an office and research complex that Apple leased in 2011 in a rental deal that at that time marked the company’s first foray west of State Route 85.
The purchase of the campus further cements Apple’s presence in Silicon Valley and was completed at a time when a narrative has emerged that tech companies are fleeing California in significant numbers and are scaling back their office holdings.
American shoppers, regulators and companies face a problem: Tech products often hit the market with giant safety and privacy flaws.
At the same time, CES, a giant annual consumer electronics exhibition in Las Vegas, brings a flood of new gadgets. It might be pouring gas on a fire, privacy and security experts say.
I simply can't get excited with a VR/AR headset. I can't imagine any of my favorite activities will be better with one: reading books, listening to podcasts, or even watching movies. (If 3D movies are still a big gimmick, I can't imagine VR movies to be any better.) And I can't imagine any of my less-favorite activities will be more tolerable: meetings, looking at charts, and writing reports.
Well, maybe Apple will find new and exciting things that we've never imagine? Like, what, exactly? Sharing a heartbeat?
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