Month: April 2020

Apple Music launches on 2018 and later Samsung Smart TVs

Dan Uff April 23, 2020 0

Because of a recent partnership between Apple and Samsung, both companies are launching an Apple Music app that will be on 2018 Samsung Smart TVs starting today.

The app can be downloaded via the Samsung TV App Store, and allows a user to sign-in to the app and gain access to their online music library.

This is the first time that Apple Music has expanded directly to Smart TVs, and the app looks and behaves like the Apple TV app for Apple Music.

Major update to Pixelmator for iOS released

CompuScoop Staff April 23, 2020 0

Pixelmator for iOS just received a major update! In Pixelmator 2.5, there’s a brand new, Files-based document browser, a new photo browser that makes it easier to browse and open images from your Photos library, and new image size presets along with a new browser.

• Native Document Browser: Use the new Files-based document browser to open and manage your documents.

• New Photo Browser: Use the new Files-based document browser to open and manage your documen• Image Size Presets: Quickly create new images with common sizes.

This update is a really big deal for Pixelmator for iOS. These new features might not be amazingly flashy but they’re incredibly important to the future of Pixelmator for iOS. And the headline feature is the awesome Files-based document browser, bringing a much-improved file browsing and opening experience along with great features like file search, tagging, and more.

More info and download link via Apple’s App Store here.

Orders for Apple’s new 4.7-inch iPhone SE better than expected

CompuScoop Staff April 23, 2020 0

Kuo argues that the strong reception for the iPhone SE suggests consumers are gravitating to lower-priced phones, which has implications for Apple’s business and the companies that supply it with parts.

“The most difficult challenge from COVID-19 for smartphone brands is the negative impact on consumer confidence or purchasing power after the pandemic outbreak, resulting in consumers preferring to choose lower price/spec models or to stop purchasing smartphones,” Kuo wrote.

Kuo argues investors in Apple and its supply chain should focus more on the effects COVID-19 is having on consumer demand, not Apple’s ability to launch new products.

To read the rest of the article, click: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/kuo-iphone-se-sales-better-than-expected-but-iphone-shipments-down.html