Month: August 2020

‘For All Mankind’ Season 2 resumes Filming

Dan Uff August 18, 2020 0

The popular Apple TV+ hit, ‘For All Mankind’, has resumed filming season 2. The filming stopped in March when the Pandemic hit.

Created by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica) , "For All Mankind" is a sci-fi series that imagines what the world might have been like if the global space race had never ended and the space program had remained a priority. The story is told through the lives of NASA astronauts and engineers, along with their families.

The show stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Shantel VanSanten, Sarah Jones, and Jodi Balfour.

Epic Games asks Judge to force Apple to offer ‘Fortnite” in App Store

Reuters News August 18, 2020 0

The videogame maker also said Apple will terminate all of Epic Games’ developer accounts and cut it off from its development tools starting Aug. 28… In its filing, Epic alleged that if Apple cuts off its access to Apple’s developers, it will be unable to keep offering the Unreal Engine for Mac and iPhone operating systems, which would in turn affect hundreds of game titles. Some of the games, such as PUBG, have hundreds of millions of players, Epic wrote in its filing.

“The effects will reverberate well beyond video games; it will affect developers who use the Unreal Engine on Apple products in many fields,” Epic said in its filing asking the court to issue an order blocking Apple’s move. “The ensuing impact on the Unreal Engine’s viability, and the trust and confidence developers have in that engine, cannot be repaired with a monetary award.”

Apple earlier removed “Fortnite” from its app store for violating in-app payment guidelines prompting Epic to file federal lawsuits challenging the rule.

Apple extends AppleCare purchase window from 90 days to one year

Dan Uff August 18, 2020 0

For those who are considering Apple Care and are almost out of the 90 day consideration period - you now have up to one year to consider the purchase, as Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reports:

Consumers currently have a chance to sign up to the warranty-and-support program within 60 days of buying an Apple product. This subscription window is increasing to up to a year now in the U.S. and Canada.

“This gives customers another opportunity to protect their device and have access to all the AppleCare+ benefits,” Apple wrote in a memo to staff seen by Bloomberg News. The company told employees the offer is available to customers who pay for AppleCare+ in full versus monthly payments, or for those that subscribe via installments on the Apple Card credit card.

Apple to cut off Epic Games access to developer’s tools

CompuScoop Staff August 17, 2020 0

Apple Inc will terminate all of Epic Games' developer accounts and cut it off from its development tools starting Aug. 28, the videogame maker said on Monday.

via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2DUM6NQ