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Apple reported a record-breaking quarter for its wearables, home and accessories category.
Tim Cook pointed to the wearables section as the big winner, meaning the Apple Watch and AirPods continue to grow in popularity.
The category jumped in revenue from $3.7 billion to $5.5 billion, picking the slack for declining iPhone figures.
The two contributed to big growth in Apple’s wearables category.

Apple today held its third quarter earnings report confirming it exceeded Wall Street expectations. A big reason for that was not the performance of the iPhone, as it has for so many years, but the performance of its Wearables, Home and Accessories, with the Apple Watch and AirPods leading the charge.

Apple didn’t disclose unit figures, but even Tim Cook couldn’t help but gush over the performance of the wearables and services category.

When you step back and consider wearables and services together to areas where we have strategically invested in the last several…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed the Apple Card will launch in August.
The Apple Card is being billed as a ”new kind of credit card.”
The news was dropped during Apple’s Q3 2019 earnings call.
Apple previously said the Apple Card would be available this summer.

We still don’t have an exact date, but Apple CEO Tim Cook said the Apple Card will be available in August on a limited basis, confirming recent reports. Cook announced the news during Apple’s Q3 2019 earnings call.

The Apple Card is being billed by Apple as a ”new kind of credit card” designed to help consumers ”lead a healthier financial life.” The card will live in the Wallet app on your iPhone and offers no annual fees along with enticing rewards, including 3% cash-back on purchases made directly from Apple.

”Apple Card is designed to help customers lead a healthier financial life, which starts with a better understanding of their spending so they can make smarter choices with their money, transparenc…

Apple’s third-quarter results for 2019 are in. Here’s our transcript of the call.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri spoke with analysts during the company’s Q3 2019 earnings call. Here’s our ongoing live transcript of their remarks! If you want some quick analysis on Apple’s results, we recommend checking out the awesome charts from Six Colors.

Cook’s opening remarks

Tim Cook

Good afternoon and thanks to all of you for joining us today. We’re thrilled to report a return to growth at a new June quarter revenue record of $53.8 billion. We saw significant improvement in yea- over-year iPhone performance compared to last quarter. Very strong performances for both Mac and had an absolute blowout quarter for wearables where we had accelerating growth of well over 50% and a new high watermark for services where we set an all-time revenue record of $11.5 billion. When you step back and consider wearables and services together to areas where we have strategically invested in th…

Nintendo confirmed that sales of the Nintendo Switch reached almost 37 million units

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Earlier today, Nintendo went through its financial results for the past three months (ending on June 30, 2019).
Part of the information confirmed that the Nintendo Switch has sold 36.87 million units.
Sales numbers were also updated for several pieces of first-party software.
Today, Nintendo released its financial information for the past business quarter, for the three months ending on June 30, 2019. Thanks to these results, we’ve got updated information, including the news that the Nintendo Switch has sold 36.87 million units.

The news wasn’t all hardware-oriented though, as updated figures were also released for several pieces of first-party software:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 17.89 million units sold
Super Mario Odyssey – 14.94 million units sold
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 14.73 million units sold
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 13.61 million units sold
This stro…

Up until now, if you were hoping for 5K resolution when using your iPad, you’d be out of luck. However, LG’s new 5K UltraFine display is here to help. It’s compatible with the 2018 iPad Pro as well as Mac, and if you’re interested, you can find it over at the Apple Store, where it’s currently being sold for $1,299.95.

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LG 5K UltraFine display

This new display uses USB-C, meaning you can finally enjoy full 5K resolution with your iPad and Mac.

$1,299.95

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For all intents and purposes, this is very similar to the LG 4K UltraFine Display that was released in 2018. It has a 5120×2880 resolution panel, a built-in webcam, mic, and speakers, and three USB-C ports. However, rather than using Thunderbolt ports, the 5K UltraFine takes 5K resolution over USB-C. You can connect your device using a single cable and access the crisp, gorgeous display output, plus speedy charging and external accessories….

Apple has just announced its financial results for Q3 2019, covering the period between April 1 and June 30, 2019. The company posted quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion as it saw its various services continue growing at record rates.

Press release:

Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

Company Revenue Sets June Quarter Record

Services Revenue Reaches New All-Time High

July 30, 2019 04:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 third quarter ended June 29, 2019. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.18, down 7 percent. International sales accounted for 59 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

”This was our biggest June quarter ever — driven by all-time record revenue from Services, accelerating growth from Wearables, strong performance from iPad and Mac and significant improveme…

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Apple is set to begin a CARIN API that could make insurance claims much more easily accessible.
The API could add the feature to apps, including Apple’s own Health app.
Testing will begin this year with full release of the API in 2020.
The new feature could let users monitor health insurance claims right from the Health app.

Apple is set to start testing a new third-party API from CARIN that will make insurance claims much more accessible. Announced at the 2019 Blue Button Developers Conference, the could even make its way into the iOS Health app.

After many months of work, today the private sector released the CARIN Blue Button® data model and draft implementation guide as part of the White House Blue Button® Developers Conference. The CARIN Blue Button® draft implementation guide includes more than 240 claim data elements that have been agreed on by multiple regional and national health plans.

These data elements are included in what we …

Pokémon Go’s 20th monthly Community Day takes place on Saturday, August 3rd from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. your local time.

Pokémon Go Community Days are exactly what the name implies — a way to get trainers out catching and raiding together. As an incentive, Pokémon Go is throwing in bonuses like extra XP, Stardust, faster egg hatching, lure modules that last three hours, and a special Pokémon with an exclusive move. All once a month, for three hours.

The August 2019 Community Day is focused on…Ralts!

Get out and play together in your local community parks on Pokémon GO Community Day. For just a few hours each month, you can encounter a special Pokémon in the wild. During these hours, there’s a chance to learn a previously unavailable move for that Pokémon or its Evolution, as well as earn some Community Day bonuses. Celebrate what it means to be a part of the Pokémon GO community and make new friends along th…

Podcasts are great, but finding the right podcast app for your needs can be overwhelming. We’re here to help!

Do you love listening to podcasts on your commute, or just as some background entertainment while at home? No matter who you are, there’s a podcast out there for everyone — after all, they can be about anything! But how do you keep track of multiple subscriptions to the shows you like? What if you want to discover new podcasts?

While Apple has its own default Podcast app, it’s fairly barebones compared to other options out there. So what are the best apps for podcast listening on iOS? Let’s find out!

Overcast
Castro
Pocket Casts
iCatcher!
Downcast
Procast
Spotify
Laughable
Breaker
Castbox
Stitcher for Podcasts
RadioPublic
Overcast

This one is my personal favorite. It’s from Marco Arment, the creator of Instapaper, that popular read-it-later service that Betaworks bought a few years ago.

Overcast features a design that’s both beautiful and practical. Everything’s …