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• 05/19/2015 08:25

  Apple Adds 35 New Apple Pay Banks

  

  Apple has today announced that they are now working with 35 new banks that support Apple Pay. This means that if you have one of the banks you will be able to use Apple Pay with your credit card. Below are the new banks:

  • 1st Financial Federal Credit Union
  • Affinity Bank
  • Bank of Springfield
  • Berkshire Bank
  • Box Elder Credit Union
  • C&F Bank
  • Capitol Federal Savings
  • Christian Community Credit Union
  • Community First Credit Union of Florida
  • Credit Union of Denver
  • Denver Community Credit Union
  • Education First Credit Union
  • Educators Credit Union
  • Financial Partners Credit Union
  • First City Credit Union
  • First Premier Bank
  • Freedom Credit Union
  • NASA Federal Credit Union
  • Numerica Credit Union
  • PremierOne Credit Union
  • Purdue Federal Credit Union
  • Rivermark Community Credit Union
  • San Francisco Federal Credit Union
  • Simmons First National Bank
  • Summit Credit Union
  • Synchrony Bank
  • The Citizen Bank of Clovis
  • UMe Federal Credit Union
  • University Federal Credit Union
  • Utah Power Credit Union
  • Valor Credit Union
  • Vermont Federal Credit Union
  • WSECU
  • WECU (Whatcom Educational Credit Union)

• 05/19/2015 08:15

  Apple Announces New Lightning Connector Dock

  

  Apple has introduced a new Lightning connector dock. With the iPhone 5s and 5c Apple launched a dock that would work with those devices. With the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus there was no dock. Now, Apple has finally launched a new dock. This comes with a Lightning cable built in. It works on the iPhone 5, 5s, 5c, 6, 6 Plus, and iPod touch 5. It retails for $39 and is available for purchase right now. It currently has a shipping estimate of 1-3 business days.

• 05/19/2015 08:07

  Apple Launches New 5K iMac

  

  Apple has today launched a new 5K iMac. This comes a day after the rumor that this new computer would come tomorrow. Rather than an upgrade to the current 5K iMac, Apple has added a new configuration. This joins the $2,999 iMac. This new model costs $1,999. It features a 3.3GHz quad-core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 2GB of video memory, and a 1TB hard drive. However, with this model only the RAM and hard drive are upgradeable. The processor is not.

  This new model is available for purchase starting today. You can buy one here.

• 05/19/2015 08:05

  Apple Launches New 15-Inch MacBook Pro

  

  Following yesterday's rumor, Apple has today launched a new update to the 15-inch MacBook Pro. The rumor stated that we would be seeing this new computer Wednesday, however we saw it a day early. Just as we predicted, this update has the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, better battery life, and better graphics. This new MacBook Pro is available in five configurations starting today. You can buy one here.

• 05/18/2015 15:40

  Apple to Finally Allow Third-Party Apple TV Apps

  

  Apple is finally going to allow developers to make apps for the Apple TV, according to 9to5Mac. An SDK should be announced at WWDC this June and developers can start making apps right away. This will all be done through Xcode, using an SDK which might be called "TVKit". 

  Developers will be able to make a wide variety of apps, including news, games, and more. However, users will be limited to the remote that comes with the Apple TV, posing a challenge when making apps. 

• 05/18/2015 15:38

  Apple Working on 'Find my Watch'

  

  Apple is working on an Apple Watch tracking feature, says 9to5Mac. This is going to be similar to the Find my iPhone feature within iCloud. In fact, it'll be pretty much identical. This will go alongside Find my iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. This will allow you to locate, wipe, lock, and sound an alarm on the Apple Watch. 

  Timing for this is currently unknown. Since the Apple Watch is so reliant on the iPhone we're not sure how it will be able to provide a location if it's out of range of an iPhone. All we know right now is that Apple may use something already inside the watch, which is known to Apple as "Smart Leashing". 

  This may require new hardware for this to work, thus pushing off the launch of Find my Watch until the second generation Apple Watch. For now what we may get is a feature that will alert you when you go out of range of your iPhone. 

• 05/18/2015 08:18

  MacBook Pro and iMac Updates Expected Wednesday

  

  New updates to the 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac are expected to launch this Wednesday. According to macg.co, sources say that there will be new models launching this week. While the source is unnamed, they say that the source is highly respected and accurate.

  However, the site doesn't say much about what will be new. As for the MacBook Pro, we expect to see the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, a newer generation processor, and better battery life. These are pretty much the changes that we saw with the 13-inch model a few months ago.

  As for the iMac, we're not sure. There could be a processor upgrade as well. Other than that nobody's really sure. 

• 05/15/2015 08:29

  Apple Raises iCloud Contact Limit to 50,000

  

  Apple has today updated their support documentation for iCloud Contacts. These new changes now say that you can enter up to 50,000 iCloud contacts. Previously, the limit was 25,000. The document also outlines the size limit per card and group, as seen below:

  • Total number of contact cards: 50,000 
     
  • Maximum size of a contact card: 256 KB 
     
  • Maximum size of a contact photo: 224 KB 
     
  • Maximum size of a contact group: 256 KB 
     
  • Maximum size of all contact cards: 
     
  •     Card text: 24 MB 
     
  •     Card photos: 100 MB 
     
  • Supported file types for a contact photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF 
     
  • vCard import limits: 
     
  •     Total number of vCards: 50,000 
     
  •     Maximum size of a vCard: 256 KB (photo + text) 
     
  •     Maximum photo size for a vCard: 224 KB

• 05/14/2015 16:18

  Apple Pushes Back HomeKit Launch

  

  Apple has pushed back the launch of their upcoming home automation APK HomeKit. They have allegedly moved the launch back to August or September. The target launch date was sometime in May or June. WWDC 2015 is coming up next month, which could be when they officially announce a launch date. 

  HomeKit allows developers and product makers to implement this software within. Then users will be able to control the devices from the makers' apps and even via Siri. 

  Source: Fortune

• 05/13/2015 14:52

  Apple Opens App Analytics Beta to All Developers

  

  Last month, Apple announced a new app analytics platform. It was only in beta and those that wanted to use it had to request access to the beta. Now, Apple has opened the beta to all developers. iOS developers are just now getting emails letting them know that they can try the new tool. This does require an iOS Developer membership. However, it does come free and there is no updates needed to your application in order for this to work. This tool is also accessible via iTunes Connect.