Apple has released its Apple Music Classical app that now supports the iPad.
Apple Music Classical requires an Apple Music subscription (Individual, Student, Family, or Apple One). The service is available worldwide where Apple Music is offered, excluding China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey. Apple Music Classical is available for all iPhone and iPad models running iOS 15.4 or later.
For more information (or to download the app) click here.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, has been named to TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Climate list of the “Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business for 2023.”
What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government, needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda?
Businesses can lead climate progress by cutting greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain—as much and as fast as we can. We’re approaching our Apple 2030 goal to make every product carbon neutral by reducing emissions from their three biggest sources: electricity, materials, and transportation.
What is a climate technology that isn’t getting the attention or funding it deserves?
Drastic emissions reductions are possible with today’s solutions — for our carbon neutral Apple Watch, we’ve reduced its emissions by a massive 78%. But there are emissions that simply can’t be avoided with today’s available solutions. One big example is transportation—there just aren’t technologies available at scale that can zero-out emissions from business travel, commute, or shipping. Ramped up innovation and investment can break through those technical and commercial barriers.
What’s the most important climate legislation that could pass in the next year?
We were glad to see the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act become law in California this year. It requires companies to model, measure, and report on their greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes—something Apple has been doing for the last decade.
Via: TIME Magazine
Apple extends Emergency SOS via satellite for an additional free year for existing iPhone 14 users
Since its launch a year ago, this groundbreaking service has made a significant impact around the world
One year ago today, Apple’s groundbreaking safety service Emergency SOS via satellite became available on all iPhone 14 models in the U.S. and Canada. Now also available on the iPhone 15 lineup in 16 countries and regions, this innovative technology — which enables users to text with emergency services while outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage — has already made a significant impact, contributing to many lives being saved. Apple today announced it is extending free access to Emergency SOS via satellite for an additional year for existing iPhone 14 users.1
“Emergency SOS via satellite has helped save lives around the world. From a man who was rescued after his car plummeted over a 400-foot cliff in Los Angeles, to lost hikers found in the Apennine Mountains in Italy, we continue to hear stories of our customers being able to connect with emergency responders when they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to,” said Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPhone Product Marketing. “We are so happy iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users can take advantage of this groundbreaking service for two more years for free.”
Building on this satellite infrastructure, Apple recently introduced Roadside Assistance via satellite to connect users to AAA if they have car trouble while outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.2 Other safety capabilities that can provide assistance when it matters most include:
Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman reports that iPhone users in the European Union (EU) will be able to install apps hosted outside of Apple’s App Store to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations.
[T]he change coming sometime in the first half of 2024 will allow customers to download apps without needing to use the App Store, which will mean developers won’t need to pay Apple’s 15 to 30 percent fees.
Writing in the latest subscriber edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman said Apple will introduce a “highly controlled system” that lets EU users install apps hosted elsewhere. Apple also will reportedly alter Messages and payment apps as part of the changes, likely via a localized iOS 17 update.
Apple has claimed that sideloading will “undermine the privacy and security protections” that iPhone users rely on, leaving people vulnerable to malware, scams, data tracking, and other issues. Regardless of its stance, Apple must comply with the DMA or it risks fines of as much as 20 percent of its global revenue if the EU laws are violated.
Via: MacRumors.com
