Apple Might Have Hired a Top VR Brain

Apple has hired  Doug Bowman to benefit from his virtual reality expertise which could contribute to the tech giant's growth

Apple Inc. has reportedly succeeded in hiring a leading thinker on augmented and virtual reality (VR) in the United States to serve it. Technology professor of Virginia, Doug Bowman has joined the smartphone maker after availing a paid leave given by the university.

According to his Virginia technology profile found on the internet, Doug has worked as a computer science professor and Center for Human-Computer Interaction’s director. His expertise is in benefits and design of 3D interfaces, the subject of a book co-authored by him. His research interests have been AR and VR. The technology giant has not talked about VR, but the recruitment of Doug can signify that its interests has reached heightened levels, even if for the purpose of  exploration in a significant new field of computation technology.

Maybe one day one would be using glasses colored by Apple to see the earth. The technology world has backed that the upcoming big shift in computation centers on VR, in which persons wearing handsets could be viewing and frequently interacting with a computer-generated 3D world. Games developers, theme parks and film studios are developing dedicated experiences of virtual reality and this technology could finally be playing a role in various walks of life from medicine to education to design.

Most of the largest technology organizations are already making aggressive efforts for pursuing AR and VR. Facebook is about to release the long-awaited Oculus Rift handset, whereas the flat cheap pack Cardboard goggles of Google have been offered in the past 2 years. HTC, Samsung and Sony have also heavily invested in this technology.

In the meantime, Microsoft Corporation’s HoloLens of aims at AR, which has added 3D computer-, generated scenes to people’s view of the actual world. Earlier this January, Apple took over the emotion-reading and face-tracking company Emotient.

The company has clearly steered some of the major tech markets including TVs and game consoles, but it is not content for selling iPads, iPhones and Macs only. For example: in 2015 Apple Watch was launched by the company and many reports have indicated that it is interested in making an entrance into the automotive industry.

The enterprise did not give a response to a request for sharing its view on the recruitment of Doug and efforts made for reaching out to Doug failed. His profile on LinkedIn was deleted soon after the reporting of the news took place.

Apple has admitted the battery meters of its smartphones are misleading

Apple has conceded that the battery meters of its smartphones are  misleading  its customers

Apple Inc. has accepted that the battery meter of smartphones has a bug that is capable of making iPhone 6S plus or 6S show higher level of charge than it actual has. The fault means that the meter of the battery fails to update the actual percentage, leading to the shutdown of some iPhones apps whereas showing that the battery has been fully charged.

Apple believes that the bug seems when users shift from one time zone to another or manually make changes to the time displayed by their iPhones, something a user may do while travelling or making changes to daylight savings.

The California based company mentioned that it was fixing the error, but in the meanwhile users must first get their iPhones restarted, and then enable the automatic time setting found in the “Date & Time” settings.

The company has a past of bugs linked to its date and time settings. For many years, a bug with the automatic daylight savings broke alarms of smartphones has got people late at work. Savings of daylight were also to be blamed for don’t disturb bug in 2013, whereas  a bug in the text handling of iPhone found in 2015 meant anybody could be instantly crashing the smartphone with a text message.

Currently, Apple is conducting tests of its iOS software’s new version that could resolve the issue. The iOS 9.3 update, launched to testers in public beta, would fix bugs and add some new features including the capability to pair a single iPhone with a multiple number of Apple watches.

In other news, Cnet has reported that the presidential candidate of the Republican party Donald Trump has solemnly promised that "We're going to get Apple to build their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries."

At the moment, Apple is only manufacturing MacPro in the United States( specifically in the state of Texas). On its jobs generation webpage the company has insisted that it has created and supported 1.9m jobs in the largest economy, as in the later part of the last year. It has also claimed that "thirty-one of the 50 states provide parts, materials, or equipment to make Apple products."

The optics nevertheless are not optimum. It might well be that the cardstock for the beautiful letter press of Apple is brought from Wisconsin, but the picture of a large number of Chinese workers working in different conditions in the People’s Republic of China to manufacture iPhone is quite powerful.

One could not say how Trump will strong arm  CEO Tim Cook.

Ford and Toyota Motors Give Tough Time To Apple and Google

Ford and Toyota Motors Give Tough Time To Apple and Google

The Michigan based enterprise, Ford and Toyota Motors Corporation would be adopting the same app to connect dashboard screens of vehicles to smartphone applications. In addition, they have invited other automotive organizations to join them for countering tech companies, Google and Apple’s efforts to control cars in the future.

Toyota, the largest vehicle maker by automobiles sales, and Ford said they would adopt an application made by Ford known as SDL or Smart Device Link, as the standard for linking dashboard screens of vehicles to smartphone applications.

The US carmaker has claimed that Mazda, Subaru, PSA Peugeot Citroën are also making efforts to investigate the application standards. SDL technology is able to integrate smartphone applications with automobiles through voice recognition technology, display screens, and dashboard buttons.

Using it as a standard for music streaming applications or navigation from the smartphone of a driver can help Toyota and Ford to lower down the levels of dependence on Alphabet’s Google or Apple, Ford officials stated. It is also capable of keeping tightly controlling the brand-describing look, customer information, and the feel of dashboard infotainment technologies, they added.

Adoption of a connectivity standard is not linked to Google or Apple. It might help automotive organizations in the biggest automotive market, China, where local corporations such as Alibaba are important players as far as mobile services and satellite mapping is concerned.

Google has a limited presence in China, although it has indicated an expansion there. Ford said Japanese automotive organizations Mazda Motor Corporation, Subaru and Honda are also making efforts to investigate the adoption of SDL as a standard. Automotive connectivity technology developers UIE Evolution and QNX Software Systems are adopting SDL.

Blackberry unit ‘QNX’ is a designer of infotainment system application utilized by 40 vehicle makers. The tie up between the two automakers follows the purchase later in 2015 by a consortium of German vehicle makers, HERE (mobile mapping business), which was previously owned by Nokia. Audi brand of Volkswagen AG, BMW AG and Diamler AG stated they would employ HERE as a foundation for new features and connectivity services.

Mapping is essential for autonomous driving technologies, which the German companies plan to launch in the nearby future. Google and Apple introduce formidable weaponries to the war for controlling connected vehicles that are evolving rapidly. The competition is fierce ahead and companies are advancing hastily to beat others in the game. This is consequently fueling the competition furthermore.

Apple's Rumored iPhone 7c Might Turn Out To Be Interesting

The iPhone makers need something to increase sales even in the next quarter, and a new smaller phone in line might be a good option to consider

According to a recent article published in Motley Fool, it was seen that there is an increasing number of analysts in the tech industry who have their eyes set on the stock activities of Apple Inc and have grown to worry about its future now. This is basically coming in relation with the sales of its famous smart phone, which won hearts of a huge crowd, resulting in a larger than life revenue generation for the company. The tech giant, with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus reported record sales, beating all of its own records which it made previously. However, things might not be as fancy for the Californian giant anymore which is why analysts in the market have turned rather concerned for its future.

Analysts have already stated that the near term future is expected to be a little worrisome for Apple business as long as it does not come up with a gadget which manages to get sold in double the amount as the latest iPhones, which clearly seems like too good to be true.  However, to believe that the software giant is not planning up something to balance out its sales for the quarter might sound too thick, as reports suggest that the tech company has already been planning to make a huge launch of a new phone in line; iPhone 7c.

There already have been a lot of rumors regarding Apple’s management thinking about making a new phone already, and these rumors started when the giant was getting ready to release iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Now that the release of the latter has been carried out effectively, reports have emerged which state that the software company is now working on a smaller smart phone which might be released either in the first quarter of the next year or in the second one. This phone is also been considered as an upgraded version of ‘iPhone 5s’ which is expected to either have the A8 processor or the A9 one.

The most interesting factor which the industry pundits choose to focus on, however, is about how the phone will be a 4-inch one, a much smaller version as compared to what already has been offered by the company to the users. Continuing the legacy of the 5c iPhones, the iPhone 7c is also expected to be made available in a number of different colors. Analysts believe that this new iPhone in line means the customers might be getting the best of both the 5c series along with the best of iPhone 6.

4 Apple Watch Health Apps That Users Might Want To Know About

Apple Watch has 4  health apps which are a must, it includes Nike+ Running and Human as well.

Latest Apple news is regarding the health apps that the newest gadget of Apple has to offer. Not a very large number of apps provide an enhanced experience on Watch as compared to what they are capable to do on iPhones. However, there are few who shall be able to make a subtle leap. We describe you the top 11 fitness and health apps that are going to be looked forward to on Apple Watch.

The Apple Watch has marked a fascinating time in the space of wearable devices pertaining to fitness in particular. Fitness and health trackers such as Fitbit and Jawbone Up have been the dominant ones over the couple of years.  The platform that the Watch provides is a rather comprehensive one. However, it has taken the fitness trackers and related popularity into consideration and focused on it. For instance, the Watch has a built-in monitor for heart rate and GPS tracker which measures the speed and distance during the workouts. There have proprietary apps and the body movement tracking apps that describe the fitness levels in detail.

1. Nike+ Running

There had been some love thrown to Nike by Apple when the tech giant added the Nike+ Watch app in the set of fitness apps that shall be featured in the Watch. This app lets the owner of the Watch access the global community of people who run, furthermore, it logs distance and the duration of run which is accessible on their wrist.

2. Strava

The users of the Watch are now capable of knowing and keeping the track of how high they climbed, distance and the average speed, as well as the heart rate, the updates segment wise and in real time keep pushing the user in their workout.

3. Hello Heart

This app is for monitoring the blood pressure and more of a sort of companion app for heart health. It is a good addition as it is able to record and also upload the vital signs that are only a wrist away. There are more than 100 million people residing in U.S. which can now have the heart information quickly.

4. Human

Apple news reports that this app tracks the activities of the user of an entire day and also encourages you to get up and walk or move around for at least 30 minutes every day. This is an important feature since the users won’t be able to be near their phones all the time; they are able to see the reminders on the Watch.

These 4 apps are extremely beneficial and seem like a good combination for any health freak out there.