Apple releases iOS 8.1.3 and OS X 10.10.2, Apple updates leading up to Apple Watch

Apple has just made available to the public the version 8.1.3 of iOS and OS X version 10.10.2 of Yosemite. Both updates, unless it is very crooked things (unfortunately we have precedents and not excessive months) will be the two system updates leading up to Apple Watch.

Even more pieces to collect

Hay multitud de cosas que Apple ha ido haciendo los últimos años y que están relacionadas con el Apple Watch. No en vano dijeron en su presentación que llevaban 3 años trabajando en este dispositivo. Tenemos HomeKit (el cual, a pesar del retraso tiene "emocionada" a Apple) y una buena cantidad de accesorios ya adaptados a esta plataforma presentados durante el último CES.

iOS Human Interface Guidelines, available on the iBooks Store

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Apple has made ​​available to all developers its style guide for iOS in iBooks format. Thus, both OS X Mavericks and our iPad, we can see the guideline developed for the Apple iOS apps and all the advantages that iBooks offers us as bookmarks or browser itself.

All iOS developer and have a Mac with OS X Mavericks or iPad can download this book. By the way, you can also see some of our items where collected resources, applications for designers and developers. If you are new issues programaciónl will help you get.

Apple hires Ari Partinen

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Ari Partinen, photography expert engineer and one of the leaders in quality PureView Nokia Lumia cameras, has been hired by Apple. He has confirmed himself in a tweet answering someone else about his job change, also saying that start in June. One of the components of the iPhone that Apple cares more is the camera, so the input Ari is another sign of that care for future phone models.

Nokia, in fact, has always boasted of the Lumia in part by the quality of their cameras for night shots and huge resolution that can be drawn. The best example of this is the Nokia 808 PureView, which surprised everyone with a sensor of 41 megapixels.

Ari Partinen has been part of the team that the way to do it. His experience will be welcome in Cupertino, where it should have stopped working to improve their iOS sensors terminals.

Apple and Dr. Dre

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The Financial Times was the first to break the news and say that Apple is negotiating the purchase of Beats Electronics , which was quickly confirmed by sources of Bloomberg , Wall Street Journal and Re/ode. According to these publications, the deal would be watching next week confirmed and close the Apple 's largest acquisition to date , worth 3,200 million.

Immediately, everyone started asking what Apple sees the company founded by the famous rapper Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine. Will the flashy music head? Will it streaming music service? What is missing from Apple and it is found in Beats Electronics? For some, it comes to acquiring a company whose profits and generous margins marry perfectly with the business of Apple, others interpret that Apple desperately needs something to patch the drop in music sales on iTunes.

The potential of Beats for Apple

When a company buys another, our part of the brain responsible for imagination takes flight. From buying Beats by Apple confirmed, would be bringing their hardware section:

• Headphones for music: Apple renewed the design of the headphones that come standard with the iPhone and iPod showing the EarPods at the launch of iPhone 5. Apple could exploit the technology and know-how to create Beats external headphone brand that Apple sold separately. 

• Speakers: Beats Pill is a portable speaker that works by bluetooth. Apple tried to enter this field with your iPod Hi-Fi but withdrew the product shortly. It was clear that this was not it thing.

• BeatAudio: few know that Beats has licensed this technology to car brands like Chrysler.  The Chrysler 300S features a premium sound kit technology company. Given that Apple is in full swing with it CarPlay not be strange if they had some kind of integration in mind and presence in our cars in the future. 

Then there is the software part, which has curiously been the least discussed in the beginning, but that seems to be gaining momentum. In Appleismo already talked Beats Music, yet another streaming service for iOS and OS X sucking a piece of cake. Although the business model of Spotify and company continue to generate many questions about its profitability, the fact is that it is removing presence iTunes and Apple does not have a streaming service itself. iTunes Radio and iTunes Match are two services that do not supply this lack in so Apple Beats Music can be very interesting to Cupertino.

The Apple Store becomes the second online store, behind Amazon and surpassing Staples

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The data could not be better for Apple Store and online sales during the last year have learned that they have increased 24 percent. This increase has led him to second in sales volume, behind Amazon. Apple has overtaken Staples an online store that sells office supplies. 

According to a Wall Street Journal, Apple has got this second place this past year, but not because there has been an increase in sales, but because now in the annual report have been taken into account sales of iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV. Until now, only took into account the sales of peripherals and we all know this is not the forte of Apple. 

Amazon is still far, last year worth over $ 67 billion and it bases its entire selling through Internet. But this year, with the additions of Angela Ahrendts and Bob Kupbens seems that Apple wants to give a "push" to its physical and electronic sales.

The Apple Store notice a decline in sales waiting WWDC 2014

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Charlie Wolf, an analyst at Needham has sent investors a fact that reflects what many of you have noticed: a long time without news from Apple, which causes the Apple Store sales decline slightly. It's simple: people are aware that we will soon have renovations and therefore prefer to wait.

The expansion of the iPhone to dealers and other shops also diverts potential customers phenomenon that occurred when Apple wanted to get rid of all stocks iPod distributing it to other establishments. But we are far from the end of the life cycle of the iPhone: there are those who simply prefer we kept the saved money and wait a few more months. 

I will not discuss Apple's release schedule, since I am not an expert on markets, and Apple has always been contrary to the wind direction.

Apple working on a focused health and fitness digital platform

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Apple is working on a platform dedicated to health and fitness similar to the AppStore. The company is seeking with this move that other companies develop and publish their own future medical applications for iWatch.

The medium includes news, Reuters, published the words of a senior executive engaged in the business of health that would not reveal his identity. The executive says he recently met with the team responsible for developing iWatch and that "Apple's aspirations go beyond supplements and smart watches. They are considering creating a digital platform focused on health and fitness AppStore-style "applications.

It is speculated that the next version of Apple's operating system, iOS 8 include the Healthbook. This application automatically collect all data from biometric sensors compatible devices, like the iPhone 6 or the next iWatch future. That is why the company aims to open an app store to third parties so that they can leverage that data.

Recently published the news that the next Apple headphones, the EarPods, have integrated to the pulse and blood pressure biometric sensors. Latest news confirms that the company wants strong bet on the next iWatch, while expected to replace the iPod as a music player. Still no definite release date or price for the iWatch. Apple has not commented on this new filter.

Reviewing the latest rumors

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Remaining 29 days. The countdown has begun

As every week, rumors around the world do not stop Apple. This time the WWDC, leads some issues as the future of their operating systems and devices such as the presentation of a new iPhone. Therefore, most of speculation, leaks and other data that are centered around. 

1. We start with what could be the iPhone 6. According filtered and displayed by our fellow XatakaMovil images, the prototype iPhone 6 would have a 4.7-inch screen and a redesign that does not attract me much personally ... but as it is have to wait a rumor.

A new terminal that should serve to show the industry that Apple has not changed. Although it will not be easy, the other manufacturers are improving and there are other factors such as price or market saturation. Of course, as we discussed at Xataka Movil, the users of the iPhone 4 and 4s could mark the success of the iPhone 6.

2. More rumors about the iPhone 6 come from Macrumors. There show a mockup of the iPhone 6 created from the rumors and known data, comparing to the Samsung Galaxy S5 in size.

3. The next rumor is about the future of Apple headphones. These could incorporate a biometric sensors to measure heart rate and blood pressure. More inclusion of iBeacon to avoid their loss. And watch out, require connection to port Lightning. Something as discussed in Reddit would be the reason for moving the headphone jack on the bottom of the terminal.

4. The camera would also be revamped with better image stabilization system and a sensor with larger pixel size that would provide higher quality and be more luminous.

5. The rumored iWatch is making an appearance and sources said China Times and G for Games, Apple would already have begun to produce their device in small quantities.

6. If future devices are always something like, what software is really all enjoyed. Because in our current or future iPhone, iPad or Mac software is what will make the difference over other options in the market.

I think OS X will be the core of the WWDC 2014 

WWDC 2014 will focus on OS X, with an update that will as important as iOS 6 to  iOS 7. Publications like 9to5mac or Re / code bet on these ideas and discuss further not see any new hardware. In particular no Apple TV or software for it. Therefore, the operating systems are only the protagonists of an event that indeed is about software.

Apple confirms purchase LuxVue, a specialized manufacturer of low power LEDs

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It started as a rumor but has quickly confirmed: Apple has acquired a company called LuxVue Technology, specializing in the manufacture of low-power LEDs. There is no official website of the company, may be the closest thing this website who happens under construction. 

The cost of this purchase is not known, but appear to be another one of those discrete acquisitions and with surgical precision so that Apple has more resources into a product or service. The official response from the company has been the same: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and generally do not discuss our purpose or plans."

Its usefulness is quite clear: screens with small LEDs that can benefit both iOS devices (improving efficiency and battery life) like a supposed iWatch needs miniaturize a screen as it can. Mostly with these things, we will see the result applied in future Apple products.

50 legendary album Metal and Hard Rock at a special price in the iTunes Store for a limited time

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Occasionally the Apple Store has this idea for we prefer the music a little more "hard". If you prefer to "Alice Cooper" instead of "Enrique Iglesias" or more you enjoy a good "Pantera" theme with the last of "Shakira" ... You're in luck. 

The Spanish iTunes store has now 50 legendary album Metal and Hard Rock available at a special price for a limited time. The truth is that entering a listing is a marvel. It's like when you ask a kid, "who want more ... A dad or mom?" The selection will be difficult.

"Alice Cooper" with Trash, "Pantera" and his Vulgar display of power, "Iron Maiden" with The number of the beast, "Black Sabbath", "Ozzy Osbourne"...It is a real parade of classics at your fingertips that can be part of a very special space on your iPod. Do not spend too long on, sure you will like.

Spotify, ready to beat iTunes in Europe

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The race to be the best digital music service seems to be changing position. Spotify, according to one of their representatives, would be gaining ground in Europe at the expense of the services offered by iTunes.

Spotify has added more than a million active users in the UK for the past four months. This move is part of its attempt to take control and gain ground on iTunes for the service of the European continent's largest digital music. The benefits of Spotify could have exceeded those of iTunes in Europe.

This was stated in a responsible Sportify in Business Insider recently also explains that the service is growing rapidly, much more than expected for your satisfaction. According to reports, downloads sales are declining in large numbers while Spotify is growing greatly throughout Europe and through iTunes, particularly in the UK. In addition, as indicated by the representative, a large part of the new users are also subscribers Spotify premium service.

Kevin Brown, the source of these claims Spotify has indicated that they do not see iTunes as a true competitor. "Actually," he explained, "the real danger is on Youtube." In addition, Brown has not hesitated to criticize the ability to keep out of Spotify to some artists who have had to date iTunes, although this has not been a real disadvantage, he says. These data come on the eve of an expected launch of iTunes Radio in other parts of the world, but do not know if it will be also for Europe and if this will affect this data.

A user includes over a thousand pictures of the prototypes of Apple

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Do you want to see an amazing collection of photographs of all kinds of prototypes of Apple? This amazing flickr group organized by Sonny Hung, has been commissioned to make an excellent collection of the most curious products of the Cupertino company.

Occasionally you stumble upon surprising, curious and very nice things online. This is the case of this amazing and extensive flickr Apple's prototypes that has an impressive amount of Apple and Associated companies photos with all types of designs primitive devices.

From the most popular such as the iPod Touch a real unknown projects, prototypes flickr Apple will contains 1,157 photographs of all types at our disposal. In the group we can find and watch the curious devices, some even came to not see the light on the market or to the public. But we also find the first versions of big name, including applications and hardware versions of some of the most beloved elements of Apple.

The flickr group of prototype Apple was opened in 2007 by Sonny Hung, who by then included some 123 photos. The prototype of Hung was a eMate 300 Clear Case.

After having your case and encourage others to include your own photographs, reviewers have been growing in number, but they have already done the photographs that have increased tenfold in the last seven years. The most interesting thing, besides the photos, but is disinterest group, sharing photos on the flickr prototypes of Apple for free.

Besides Hung, the main responsibility, collaborate in this flickr Grant Hutchinson, Daniel Forsythe, Simian, or Jim Abeles. However Hung gained the vast majority of photographs thanks to the sending of all stakeholders who want to involve the prototypes in his possession within this flickr. In fact, everyone is welcome to the group, provided a few simple rules of behavior and I assure the proper functioning and accuracy, largely of the prototypes found. Of course they are samples like this that show the great ability to make a good job that the community has when he wants.

The five reasons that are warming the price of Apple

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1. Few bright results
The revenue of the company rose by 4.6 percent to $ 45,600 million, a record for a non-holiday quarter. This figure is above the 43.500 billion analysts had expected. Also, these accounts imply a profit of $ 11.62 per share, better than expected they were $ 10.18. Specifically, quarterly earnings increased 7%.

2. The increase in iPhone sales
Apple reported sales of 43.7 million iPhones in the first quarter, exceeding the 38 million Wall Street had predicted. This contributed to the doubts hanging over Apple's flagship device, which has shown that continues to attract the faithful.

3. The split 
Apple has announced that each share of the company will be divided by 7. This decision facilitates entry into the Dow Jones Industrial, and is one of the factors that has driven the price of the company, since the presence in index attracts so much money from passive management. In addition, this will allow fans of the company can be done with some that could not previously. There is also a psychological factor: It is not the same as having an action 7.

4. The dividend
Apple also announced an increase in the quarterly dividend by 8% to $ 3.29. The dividend has been for years one of the major demands of the investors in the technology of the apple.

5. Buyback program 
The other factor that is driving the action is the announcement that senior management has approved a new share repurchase program worth $ 30,000 million by 2015, which will certainly boost its market value.

However...

Despite these bullish factors, the results presented this week have failed to dispel the main question that continues to weigh on the company: When will Apple launch a new product?


The momentum gained by the first iPod; then by the iPhone in 2007 and finally with the iPad in 2010 is undeniable, but the competition is fierce and it now spends Google billions of dollars in artificial robotics; Samsung is gaining it while growing market in the area of smartphones. The billionaire Carl Icahn, one of the shareholders of Apple that has fought for the share repurchase program summed it up well in his Twitter account: "I completely agree with the share repurchase program and extremely pleased with the results. I also will be happy when they launch new products "

Tim Cook speaks at the Wall Street Journal

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After confirming a better financial results than expected last night, Tim Cook has devoted a few minutes to Wall Street Journal to talk about the present and the future of Apple. From the U.S. media have focused on this new product category that Tim promised for sometime this year. This is what I replied:

"You need time to do it right. Our goal has never been to be first. [...] In the market you can see a lot of products that have not been well thought out and consequently do not meet well with their duties. We do not focus on many products to spend much time in each of its details, and this facet of Apple will not change. It is the way in which we have operated for years and will continue so. I have a good feeling about what we're going to launch, and is closer than ever" (Tim Cook)

Apple CEO has released a laugh when from Wall Street Journal have asked the exact date of the launch: all know how jealous the Cupertino company with its calendar. But Cook has taken to defend the current product line, which has allowed Apple to grow 15% annually in profits.

And what about all those iTunes accounts? Tim Cook has spoken of them: 

"I think it's an interesting area. We have nearly 800 million iTunes accounts and most of them have credit cards linked. We already have people using TouchID to buy items in our stores, so it's an area of ​​interest to us. And it's an area where no one has found the key yet. I know there are some companies competing in this market, but people still have a wallet in your pocket. And me too, so this probably means that no one has found the key yet" (Tim Cook)

Will Apple found that form of payment that we will begin to look at our wallets and purses as antiquated? When in Cupertino are sure to have something that works. 

Coast Opera comes to the iPhone

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Coast Opera is an alternative browser to iOS (so far only on the iPad) that has been with us since last September, and like other alternative browsers has not finished drawing much attention. But Opera want to have more presence, so they have taken to iPhone Coast closing the circle of all Apple mobile devices. 

The interface is almost the same as we see in the iPad version, but Opera has bothered to put all the elements so that we can interact with them using only your thumb. It also supports iCloud, so it can have all the navigation data synchronized between devices.


Coast is completely free and can be installed in iOS 6.0 and later. For use as a casual browser and some web sites accessible from a grid of icons, this browser can be a good option.

Darth Vader: Apple is finished!

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Yesterday was the day of presentation of results from Apple and as always, half the world stopped to see if its harmful results were confirmed: 

• Apple has stopped growing and goes irretrievably destruction. 

• Manufacturers mostly competing against Apple with commodity products, which are so used luegono like yours. 

• Manufacturers, except in the category of Samsung smartphones, not money making products or flagships whose sales do not exceed harmful and expensive iPhone 5c. 

But... that reality does not spoil a nice story against Apple!

Judge a company so severely for his "disappointing" quarterly results is extremely shortsighted. Guided by the expectations of Wall Street or a perpetual and constant growth, and expect a new category every two or three years at the level of iPhone is a mistake. First, because it is impossible, because it ignores second how innovation works. But still and all, sales of the iPad have had a drop of 16%, a drop of 19.48 to 16,350,000. Enough to tell that story: Apple is finished!

The key to the Apple's strategy is in the long run

"If your bearings in the long run, the interests of customers and shareholders are aligned" - Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. 

The real question we should ask is whether Apple is oriented in the long term or otherwise endeavors to squeeze the company to satisfy Wall Street. And if we step back and strive to look at the forest instead of the tree, we see that Apple's strategy is called ecosystem: 

• An ecosystem creates loyalty to the company that controls it, because your customers are captive. 

• It's harder to get a customer who is really into it, change device. The more you invest in the ecosystem, the harder it is to change totally platform. 

• The user benefits translate into comfort and integration of different devices. 

Apple is placing their pieces on the chessboard with utmost patience and undistracted

And how can we know that Apple is building a robust ecosystem? At the conference of shareholders yesterday, Tim Cook shared many details: 

• Even I was surprised by the growth of iTunes accounts to 800 million. If we consider that at WWDC Apple said last year he had accumulated 575 million, we have a growth of 225 million. Here it seems that Apple itself may increase the growth rate.

• We are interested in the number of credit card accounts, the chances of Touch ID and Cook's statements about the possibility of including a system of mobile payments.

• ITunes sales for the quarter were 5,200 million, growing 24% and a cumulative 70,000 million downloads of apps. It is estimated that the App Store has generated 85% more revenue than Google Play in the March quarter. 

• The iPad generates traffic to 4 times the sum of all Android tablets, although its market share.

• The Apple Stores are present in 15 countries and have recently opened stores in Brazil and Istanbul. They have reported plans to double its stores in the next 3 years. 

• Apple bought 24 companies in the last 18 months. Some are more important than others such as Authentec, which was the technology that allowed the iPhone 5s fingerprint sensor.

All these data confirm us that the Californian company has always done: enhancing ecosystem services and to place the chess pieces in the right place. Quarter after quarter, device to device and year to year. Think long term, 5, 6 or even 7 plays later from what we see now, like the great masters of chess.

But iPad sales have fallen!

Yes, iPad sales have fallen and are not good news. Is it important? Yes. Apple would want a perpetual growth? Of course. But we must not read too much into one quarter. You can afford a drop in a quarter that is relatively bland in terms of sales (the next so often) when compared with Christmas because it has an ecosystem that protects it from these falls and allows it to counter the blows.

Those who say that Apple is finished, ignore the rest of positive data were confirmed in yesterday's conference:

• Sold 43.7 million iPhones when were planned 38 million. 

• Mac 4.1 million, slightly above estimates of about 4.03 million. 

• 66% of new activations iPads come from new customers. 

• Taiwan, Indonesia and Brazil have a double-digit growth. 

• Mac 4.1 million, slightly above estimates of about 4.03 million. 

• 66% of new activations iPads come from new customers. 

• Taiwan, Indonesia and Brazil have a double-digit growth. 

• India and Vietnam have doubled their sales. 

• 85% of buyers 4s in China are new to Apple. 

• There is also a 69% 5c buyers in China who are new. 

• A large percentage of these users come from China Android. But we had not been in a third of the buyers of the new iPhone Galaxy S5 come?

These data are particularly interesting given the saturation of developed markets. Apple is growing with more affordable terminals (but still scored in the high range) in China and India and part of Southeast Asia is a good sign. It shows that there is a market premium interested in their high-end products. 

It will be very interesting to see how Samsung and Apple face the growth of regional brands in the Chinese and Indian market, as the renamed Mi or Micromax. But we'll see in the future.

Apple purchases 24 companies in 18 months

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Another important data revealed by Tim Cook during the presentation of financial results has been the number of companies that Apple has purchased in the last 18 months. This figure is 24 and only some of which have been disclosed. 

Thus, purchases of PrimeSense, Burstly or HopStop would join others that have not yet been disclosed but Apple would help in the development and improvement of both current and future products that are coming. In addition, the CEO himself pointed out that 15 of them were strategic acquisitions in 2014 and will produce additional.

How to take advantage of the talent and technology of each of the acquired companies, it is in some cases easier to intuit. For example, should improve Burstly Xcode while HopStop offer new services and improvements in products like iOS 8 and their maps. Then PrimeSense would bring gesture control to AppleTV (although that is speculated). 


One way or another, Apple remains committed to research and development, expanding their teams with talented people. Do you have more desire to Keynote and you discover what we have prepared the company for this 2014 now? 

Absolute growth of Apple. +39%

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After analyzing the results , this is what I have commented Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer , CEO and CFO at Apple respectively, in the press release :

We are very proud of our quarterly results , especially our strong iPhone sales and record revenues from our services. We are eager to launch more new products that only Apple could bring to market.

We generated 13,500 million in cash to our operations and we have returned nearly 21,000 million to our shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in the fourth quarter. This makes our dividend program has already returned 66,000 million. 

The total cash available right now Apple is enviable 150,600 million. In addition, the company has used the press conference to announce a split of its shares, which means that now Apple will have a greater number of shares traded maintaining its social capital. Having exceeded expectations, shares have risen 7.7% since the results were revealed.

Here are some interesting points that Tim Cook mentioned by Luca Maestri , who gets the role of Peter Oppenheimer to anticipate your retirement

• Apple is gaining market share in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada , Germany, France , Vietnam and China.

• Confirmed 800 million iTunes accounts , most of them linked to a credit card.

• IPad sales were worse than analysts expected, but better than I expected Apple.

• Already Apple Stores in fifteen countries. Angela Ahrendts is confirmed that Apple will enter next week .

• 66% of those who have activated a new iPad are people who had never had an iPad .

• Apple has bought 24 companies in the last year and a half.

• We have sold over 6.3 million iPhones last year .

• ITunes Digital stores have generated 5,200 million dollars in revenue , growing 24 % over last year. Have been downloaded more than 70,000 million applications.

• The good performance is due mainly to Mac MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

• The iPad web traffic is four times greater than the web traffic of all makes and models of Android tablets combined .

• Two-thirds of people who want to buy a tablet in the next three months want to buy an iPad .

• Financially, Peter Oppenheimer leaves an Apple twenty times larger than the one found . He has not missed any release of results in ten years.

Questions and Answers Press

Here we highlight the most interesting questions that the press has made Tim Cook and Luca Maestri:

800 million iTunes accounts is a great growth ... then why the revenue growth has decelerated in iTunes? Tim commented that think they can monetize their services in existing areas and in new areas, but also notes that even so the growth has been very strong in markets such as the Chinese .

Can you accelerate Office for iPad tablet sales? Tim has realized that the iPad is the fastest growing product in the history of Apple, and "believes" that Office can help as a key tool in business.

Many competitors have lowered the prices of its smartphones, how do you see the market? Tim 's answer is that Apple wants to watch for those who only want the best smartphones, and not all of these smartphones have to be the most expensive. They have learned much selling iPhones in China.

Does the AppleTV stops being a hobby? Tim insists that other for sales and have good feelings about the dealings with distributors of content.

The code of iOS 7.1 hides references to Siri for Apple TV

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Blazquez Pierre, a French developer references found in iOS 7.1 code that could confirm a rumor: the arrival of Siri to Apple TV. In one of the files the wizard voice of Apple three families of devices are reflected according to the records kept by the company on the block identified the iPhone and iPod touch (family 1), iPad (2) and the Apple TV (3). 

These references can be found in both iOS 7.1 and the latest version 7.1.1, but not 7.0.6 as previous ones, so we can assume that this is a recent development, perhaps, with a little luck , see materialized in a future update of the Apple TV hardware level.

The current model, which by the way, no microphone, was released in March 2012 surpassing today the longest period of time elapsed before a renewal: 777 days versus 377 average for this "hobby" of Apple. Rumors have already repeatedly mentioned integration with Siri as a new interface and the expected presentation of an App Store that allows you to download apps and games directly on the set-top box from Apple. 

2014 will be finally the year that all this true?