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Other Apple-related web sites are reporting that Apple's developer web site has been offline for hours.
What seemed to be a standard maintenance issue now has turned into a possible security breech. Some registered developers are reporting that their email addresses have been changes to those from Russia and other countries.
No official word from Apple has been released. Stay tuned for further updates.
Update: The web site is back up with no comment from Apple.
(CNBC.com): Apple is using pop-up alerts to tease new features coming to the iPhone and iPad.
The company began rolling out new "tips" pop-ups on Tuesday. Users may have started to see the alerts appear on iPhones and iPads. The tips show users some of the new features that are going to launch soon in iOS 11.
Features highlighted in the pop-up alert include a switch that will prevent you from getting any alerts while you're driving and an updated control center that lets you to control everything from your Apple TV to your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings with a swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone's screen.
Apple highlights new features coming to control center, which allows you to change your phone's settings, the new "files" application, a do not disturb while driving mode, new "live" photos effects and more.
If you own an iPhone or an iPad, it's worth walking through the pop-up if you see it. That way you'll know a bit more about iOS 11 when it releases. CNBC expects that to happen shortly after Apple's iPhone event on Sept. 12.
“The James Bond sweepstakes has taken an unexpected turn,” Tatiana Siegel and Borys Kit report for The Hollywood Reporter. “While Warner Bros. remains in the lead to land film distribution rights to the megafranchise — whose deal with Sony expired after 2015’s Spectre — a couple of unlikely suitors have emerged that also are in hot pursuit: Apple and Amazon.”
“The tech giants are willing to spend in the same ballpark as Warners, if not much more, for the rights, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter,” Siegel and Kit report. “GM has been looking for a deal for more than two years, and Sony, Universal and Fox also had been pursuing the property, with Warners and Sony the most aggressive.”
“But the emergence of Apple — which is considered such a viable competitor that Warners is now pressing MGM hard to close a deal — and Amazon shows that the digital giants consider Bond one of the last untapped brands (like a Marvel, Pixar or Lucasfilm) that could act as a game-changer in the content space,” Siegel and Kit report. “Apple’s and Amazon’s inclusion in the chase would indicate that more is on the table than film rights, including the future of the franchise if MGM will sell or license out for the right price.”
“Sources say newly arrived executives Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht are spearheading the effort on Apple’s behalf. Given their background (the pair served as co-presidents of Sony Pictures Television and shocked the industry when they announced in June that they were leaving for Apple), this would suggest that Apple is interested in cutting a larger rights deal or acquiring full ownership to exploit Bond’s largely unmined TV potential,” Siegel and Kit report. “Valuation of the franchise may be anywhere between $2 billion and $5 billion, says an insider.”
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