Apple News – India, CarPlay, 3.5mm, Child Labour And Curved Screens

Bringing you some of the latest news about the one, the only,  The Apple.

First off, those of you who have visited India but couldn’t find an Apple store will be pleased to know that an application has been filled and now Apple wants to share with India the same experience we now have of walking into an Apple store. No major details yet but if its anything like launches in other countries, it will create quite a buzz in the cities Apple does decide to open shop in.

Apple has just released an update for both its IOS software for phones, tablets and Ipod Touch devices and also one for the mac range.

The final release for IOS 9.2.1 is mostly security updates and bug fixes but also something else interesting which I will explain in a minute.

The Release of X El Capitan 10.11.3 is mostly security updates and bug fixes.

If you were wondering what happens to your Apple account after you die, its not good. It gets closed down and all the apps, music and films goes with it. Apple did decide to make an exception though for a one Peggy Bush, 72 from Canada. Her husband sadly passed away and when she realised she needed a password, Apple asked for a court order. Happily in this case, they backed down and provided her access to the account. R.I.P David.

Apple CarPlay will now also be a feature in the 2017 models of Kia’s, BMW and Honda to name a few. If you didn’t know what it was, well, it syncs your iPhone and its contacts, maps, music and such to your on-board display, you can even read text’s and such. Still quite rare but 2016 is the year it becomes mainstream.

There have been allegations that child labour is being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo to source Cobalt that is used in Apple lithium-ion batteries (also many other companies). Small suppliers use children, then sell on Cobalt to larger Chinese companies who sell it to companies to make batteries.

Apple is a big company and their practices are scrutinised by the world. Apple has tried hard the last few years to make its supply chain transparent and make sure workers are treated fairly. Get this, if a child is found to be working in the supply chain, Apple demands the company pay for that child to return home, pay for the education they request, continue to pay the child’s wages and them offer them a job when they are of legal working age. If a company says no, then well, they are cut out by Apple and for obvious reasons, Apple holds all the cards.

LG has ramped up its production capabilities for OLED curved screens giving even more merit to the rumours that Apple is about to shift its screens to OLED in 2016/2017.

And the big one I promised you a few paragraphs above, you have probably already heard but here it is again, Apple is rumoured to be getting rid of its 3.5mm jack on the iPhone 7. Its not definite but the code in the new IOS release hints that there will be no jack. You will have to use Bluetooth or a lightning connector pair of headphones. The reason, it will make you iPhone even thinner, YaaaaY! We will have to just wait and see.