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Apple adds driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

September 8, 2021September 14, 2021 GaryPageau Apple, Apple Wallet

Not long after it announced school photo IDs were coming to Apple Wallet, the company announced it is working with several states across the country to add the ability for their residents to seamlessly and securely add their driver’s license or state ID to Wallet on their iPhone and Apple Watch. Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to... Read More

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Apple rolling out mobile student IDs in Canada and United States

August 3, 2021August 20, 2021 GaryPageau Apple

Apple Inc. has started rolling out mobile student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. For the first time, mobile student IDs can be added to the Wallet app in Canada, starting with the University of New Brunswick and Sheridan College this year. In the United States, new schools to adopt mobile student IDs include Auburn University, Northern Arizona University, University... Read More

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Apple adds minor Photos update to iOS 15

June 7, 2021June 11, 2021 GaryPageau Apple, Apple Photos, iOS

At the Worldwide Developer Conference this week, Apple Inc. debuted iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8. The event primarily focused on enhanced privacy features for those platforms but there were a few imaging-related enhancements: Portrait mode is now available for FaceTime and designed specifically for video calls, so users can blur their background and put themselves in... Read More

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Apple earnings show growth in all categories

April 28, 2021May 3, 2021 GaryPageau Apple

Apple announced its fiscal 2021 second quarter ended March 27, 2021. The company posted a March quarter record revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.40. International sales accounted for 67 percent of the quarter’s revenue. “This quarter reflects both the enduring ways our products have helped our users meet... Read More

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Adobe updates Photoshop for M1 Macs, adds Super Resolution to Camera RAW

March 10, 2021March 15, 2021 GaryPageau Adobe, Apple, Camera RAW, M1, Photoshop1 Comment

Apple’s new M1 mobile chip got a big endorsement from the graphics community with the release by Adobe Inc. of Photoshop for M1. The application now runs natively on the M1 chip and provides faster performance, the company said. “Our internal tests show a wide range of features running an average of 1.5X the speed of similarly configured previous generation... Read More

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IDC says fourth-quarter smartphone shipments show growth

January 28, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau Apple, Hauwei, IDC, Samsung, Smartphones

The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4.3% year-over-year growth, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 385.9 million devices during the quarter. While the full year 2020 declined 5.9% compared to 2019, the progress... Read More

Events News Opinion

Koelnmesse cancels photokina “for the time being”

November 27, 2020 GaryPageau Agfa, Apple, Eastman Kodak, Fujifilm, HP, Koelnmesse, Microsoft, Photokina, PMA, PMA Show, Polaroid

Koelnmesse, the organizer of the leading worldwide photo/imaging exhibition, photokina, has canceled the Cologne event “for the time being” after 70 years. The 2020 edition had already been canceled but dates for May 2022 were announced. It’s an ignoble end to the largest and, arguably, the most influential photo/imaging trade event. For most of its existence, photokina was held every... Read More

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Apple introduces iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max

October 13, 2020October 20, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, iPhne 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro

Apple announced iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with advanced camera and sensor technology. The new smartphones also add a new Apple ProRaw format coming later this year, which combines Apple’s multiframe image processing and computational photography with the versatility of a RAW format. Users can experience full creative control over color, detail, and dynamic range natively on... Read More

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Imaging app update roundup: iOS 14, Pixelmator and more.

September 26, 2020September 27, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, camera, iOS, Nikon, Pixelmator, VSCO

Popular imaging applications and OSs were updated this week, just in time for the fall. Here’s a short round-up: Apple iOS 14 Apple released iOS 14, including performance improvements to the Camera and Photos apps. Camera Performance – Photos can be shot up to 90% faster,at up to 4 frames per second. Faster shooting – There’s a new “Prioritize faster... Read More

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Global smartphone shipments expected to drop nearly 10% in 2020, says IDC

August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, IDC, IDC Trackers, Samsung, smartphone

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 9.5% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. While the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20) resulted in slightly better than expected numbers, the market was still down 17% year over year with visible signs of economic concerns.... Read More

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Huawei lands top spot in second quarter smartphone market

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, Huawei, IDC, OPPO, Samsung, Xiaomi

Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 16.0% year over year in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, companies shipped 278.4 million smartphones during 2Q20. Although this a larger decline than in the first quarter, it was expected as major economies around the globe were in lockdown for the majority... Read More

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Apple Design Awards honors Darkroom app from Bergen Co.

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, Bergen Co., Darkroom

Darkroom, from Bergen Co., was one of eight apps recognized by Apple Inc. with an Apple Design Award. The announcement said: “Darkroom is a powerful photo and video editor whose interface is as beautiful as it is easy to use. It delivers great performance with super-intuitive controls and a layout that both casual and pro photographers can truly appreciate. With... Read More

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IDC reports smartphone shipment lower in China, flat in India

May 7, 2020May 8, 2020 GaryPageau Apple, Hauwei, IDC, OPPO, smartphone, Vivo, Xiamoi

According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments in China stood at 66.6 million units in the first quarter of 2020, a 20.3% decline from 83.6 million units a year ago. This marked the largest decline ever in China as the market was hit by both supply chain disruptions and a demand slump due to lockdowns and the... Read More

New Products

Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with usable keyboard

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 GaryPageau Apple

Apple updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for “the best typing experience” ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent faster graphics performance and makes 16GB of faster 3733MHz memory standard on select configurations, the company said. With powerful... Read More

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Service revenues boosts Apple’s second-quarter results

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 GaryPageau Apple

Apple posted quarterly revenue of $58.3 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.55, up 4 percent. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue. The company had net sales of $58.3 billion in the quarter, compared to $58.015 billion last year. Services revenue jumped to $13.3 billion,... Read More