Don’t worry about which game is on what network, or which one is blacked out due to local restrictions. It’s all right here. It may be elsewhere too (MLS can strike linear TV deals as well, and Apple is fine with that, as WSJ reports), but it will all be here for one price. Itweiterlesen

When I asked a senior Apple executive why iMessage wasn’t being expanded to other platforms, he gave two answers. First, he said, Apple considers its own user base of one billion active devices big enough to provide a large enough data set for any possible AI learning the company is working on. And second, havingweiterlesen

Apple today announced it signed an agreement to acquire Texture, the digital magazine subscription service by Next Issue Media LLC, which gives users unlimited access to their favorite titles for one monthly subscription fee. Texture brings over 200 of the world’s best magazines to life, providing an easy way for users to read high-quality storiesweiterlesen

For Netflix and Amazon, it means that — maybe for the first time — neither will be able to get what they want simply by winning a bidding war with HBO or FX. What face does one make when overbidding on a hot TV project turns into an underbid? That Apple money is real. […]weiterlesen

Ich persönlich habe kein Interesse an Carpool Karaoke (Trailer) oder Planet of the Apps (Trailer) – Apples neuen Hollywood-Lernprojekten. Ihre Motivation den Fuß in die Tür von Videoproduktionen zu bekommen, ist aber allemal interessant. Ich bin fest davon überzeugt, dass Apple ein TV-Bundle zum Start seiner TV-Box geplant hatte (so wie es die Gerüchteküche damalsweiterlesen

Apropos Quartalszahlen: Apple Music scheint nach seinem spätsommerlichen Start in einem mit Spotify vergleichbaren Tempo zahlende Abonnenten zu gewinnen. We feel really great about the early success of Apple’s first subscription business and our music revenue has now hit an inflection point after many quarters of decline. Tim Cook, Q2/2016 „Apples erstes Abogeschäft“ – eineweiterlesen

Eine (absolut hörenswerte) Podcast-Episode mit vielen kleinen Details. Eine dieser Kleinigkeiten: Pro Tag vermittelt Apple 17 Milliarden iMessages. Zum Vergleich: WhatsApp zählt täglich 42 Milliarden Nachrichten.

Noch rechtzeitig zum Fest: Apples iOS-Fernbedienung (universal; kostenlos) kopiert wieder Accountdaten und Passwörter vom iPhone zum neuen Apple TV. Trotzdem ist die Neuerung im gestrigen tvOS-Update nur eine Übergangslösung, wie Eddy Cue gegenüber BuzzFeed mitteilt: “We’re working on a new Apple TV remote app that will give you the full functionality of the Siri Remoteweiterlesen