Apple in mid-October, shows the new iPad

Apple in mid-October, shows the new iPad

Apple in mid-October, will introduce a new generation of its Internet tablet iPad. Sources in the company say that the original presentation of the new iPad Air and iPad Mini is expected later, but the company's management insisted to release gadgets in October and by the end of the year they are sold freely throughout the world. Today, tablets are the second best-selling Apple product After smartphones, while in the last two quarters of revenue from sales of iPad has been steadily declining as consumers on the one hand are waiting for the new models, but on the other - on the market considerably tightened competition and domination of iPad is not so obvious. 

Recall that last week Apple presented the iPhone 6 as well as the tablet-like model of iPhone 6 Plus, which will go on sale tomorrow. Sources at Apple say that now Contractors Apple has already started to build a 9.7-inch models iPad, and very soon they will begin to collect and New iPad Mini. In parallel with this, they are preparing to start manufacturing iPad with increased 12.9-inch screen. The latter should start selling in the first quarter of 2015. Today there were reports that the company postpones release of its new software HealthKit due to errors found in it. 

Recall that HealthKit is a system of fitness and health monitoring integrated with the iPhone 6, Apple Watch and other products of the company. "We found a bug that does not allow us to make HealthKit available in the first assembly of iOS 8" - said Trudy Miller, spokesman for the Apple. She was not informed about the nature of the error, but said HealthKit will be released as a separate package at the end of September.

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Apple tightens security in iCloud

Apple tightens security in iCloud

Apple improves the security of its data storage service iCloud. Previously CEO Tim Cook has vowed to improve the authentication system after a series of scandals related to the photo on the iCloud.

Since yesterday, the company has reactivated two-factor authentication system for iCloud. Recall that initially the system was launched in June, but soon after it has been disabled.

Since March 2013 Apple has implemented two-factor authentication for Apple ID, which improved security for iTunes and App Store.

We also recall that last week Apple announced lower prices for cloud storage service iCloud, as well as introduced a new tariff plan with a 1 terabyte of disk space. At the same time, the price decline was not as significant as many expected and as previously done in the face of rivals Google and Dropbox.

According to the updated price list of the company, now a cloud storage system iCloud provides 5 GB of space for free, 20GB for $ 1 per month, 200 GB for $ 4 per month, 500 GB for $ 10 and 1 terabyte for $ 20 a month.

Price changes on the eve of the launch of iCloud Drive, which will be integrated into the Mac OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. It allows you to work with iCloud directly from the Finder to the operating system. In addition, the system will allow Sharing files between users.

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Apple, Facebook and eBay have encountered problems with the server

Apple, Facebook and eBay have encountered problems with the server

Internet companies Facebook, Ebay and Apple over the past two days have faced disruptions in their services for users. On Facebook said that users of the social network for a short period of time have lost the ability to use the resource after company "made a mistake in configuring the server infrastructure." The press service of Facebook said that the error was sufficiently quickly find and correct. Ebay's say that and they number of people are not able to work with the resource. 

"This was the result of technical problems associated with the current server maintenance," the statement said Ebay. In the online company said that the majority of users were not affected by the failure. Problems in server subsystems Facebook and Ebay took place on Sept. 2 with a difference of a few hours, at a time when Apple and had problems with access to iTunes. According to the network metrics Apple, problems with iTunes observed on September 2 from 15:30 am to 21 pm on tihookenskomu time USA.

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Apple: iCloud system has not been compromised, hackers stole passwords

Apple: iCloud system has not been compromised, hackers stole passwords

Unidentified hackers stole the photos of Hollywood celebrities by guessing passwords, but not hacking services Apple. This is stated in the statement of the corporation. "When we found out about the incident (the theft of photographs of celebrities), then immediately mobilized forces specialists Apple to locate the source of data leakage" - the document says. "After 40 hours, we came to the conclusion that the attack was targeted and affected names, passwords and secret questions. This practice is common in the Internet ", - stated in the document. According to the company, none of the cases was not the result of hacking systems Apple, including cloud storage iCloud or "Find my iPhone". "We continue to work with law enforcement to help identify criminals," - stressed in a corporation. Apple has encouraged all users properly protect information, choose complex passwords with uppercase and lowercase letters as well as numbers and special characters. In addition, Apple engineers recommend that users come up with complex answers to security questions that are impossible to guess. Aug. 31 unknown hacker illegally gained access to the personal files of the stars and posted their pictures on the Internet. According to the website TMZ, from cybercriminals allegedly suffered actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst singer Ariana Grande and others, only about a hundred people. official representative of holders of the award "Oscar" Lawrence confirmed the authenticity of the pictures. "This was a flagrant violation of the right to privacy. We contacted the authorities, and they will pursue anyone who lay in sharing stolen pictures" - he stressed

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Apple announced the cheapest of the iMac

Apple announced the cheapest of the iMac

Apple today announced the update in the line desktop iMac, having presented the most budget model costing U.S. $ 1099 (but in Russia - 49 990 rubles). New computer runs on a 1.4-gigahertz dual-core processor Core i5, capable in Turbo Boost mode to accelerate to 2.7 GHz.

Also new is coming with 8 GB of RAM, 500-gigabyte hard drive and an integrated graphics chip Intel HD Graphics 5000. Here available four ports USB 3.0, two Thunderbolt ports and a Gigabit WiFi. Apple also offers optional: 1-terabyte hard drive, 1-terabyte Fusion Drive or 256-gigabyte SSD. The remaining parameters of the novelty unchanged.

Earlier, the cheapest of the iMac was a computer for $ 1,299. This is the price was the cheapest poppies since 1998.

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Apple once again faced with violations of workers' rights

Apple once again faced with violations of workers' rights

     Apple once again faces charges relating to violations of the rights of the workers in the factories of one of the largest partners of Apple Pegatron Group. Non-profit organization China Labor Watch accused the three Chinese factories Pegatron in violation "of a large number of international and Chinese laws and standards." New allegations made ​​by non-profit organizations are the same as before - the use of underage workers, as well as overtime which is not paid. However, as Apple, and Pegatron have already said they are familiar with the report of China Labor Watch and "immediately begin to" own investigation. Official statements written in the traditional phrase for such cases that the company "committed to the highest standards of labor discipline" and "very serious violations of workers' rights.

     " Recall that the first Chinese human rights activists literally attacked the company Foxconn - the largest partner of Apple, after workers at the company made ​​a series of suicides. Then the non-profit organizations have said that Foxconn hires students from rural areas underpaid them, the practice of using overtime and other violations of the permit. Today Online China Labor Watch published a statement Lee Kang, director general of the organization, who said that the facilities of Pegatron violations " even worse than Foxconn ".

     According to him, at the company employs workers under 16 years old, and the average time per week is 69 hours. In addition, Li pointed out that the plants Pegatron conditions are such that about 30 out of every 110 factory workers do not stand on the job for more than two months and are fired, so in the company of a giant staff turnover. As Apple previously stated that after the scandals with Foxconn company will very carefully watch their Asian contractors. in China Labor Watch said that in addition to the main violations, the organization also revealed general poor working conditions, poor living conditions in the dormitories for non-resident, of the abuse on the part of management, and active environmental pollution. At Apple announced is now familiar with the allegations and will investigate, and if it turns out that the managers Pegatron really underpaid workers, but will require Apple "settle up" with the staff.

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