Rumored No Longer: Apple Confirms September 7 as iPhone 7’s Announcement Date

Apple has made it official that its next iPhone will be revealed to the world on September 7, the first Wednesday in September. Along with the announcement of its next iPhone, most likely called iPhone 7, it is also possible that Apple will roll out its new watch, too. The venue is once again at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, with the familiar start time of 10 a.m. PT.

iPhone fans are now expecting the iPhone 7 and 7 plus to be unveiled by CEO Tim Cook and company. The current rumor mill points to nearly identical external designs to the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, improved cameras (with a dual-lens system on the larger iPhone), and most controversially, no headphone jack.

The event would also offer the opportunity for Apple to repromote iOS 10, the update to its mobile operating system first unveiled in June. The free upgrade is expected to be rolled out to hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads later in September.

The Apple Watch, a product that hasn’t been updated since April 2015, is also due for an upgrade. In addition to the new operating system (coming to existing watches alongside iOS 10), new fitness features including rumored GPS tracking could help position a refreshed watch as a better activity tracker.

Beyond new iPhones and wearables, Apple could also address the smart-home landscape: the launch of a dedicated Home app in iOS 10 means a bigger push for HomeKit-connected appliances and home accessories.

Apple’s line of Mac computers is also rumored for an eventual refresh including MacBook laptops with an OLED touch bar, but that’s said to be slated for later in the year.

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Apple Reportedly to Launch New iPhone Video Editing App in 2017

It is reported that Apple will release a new iPhone video editing app in 2017 that the new app will run on recent iPhone and iPad releases. The app is said to allow users to record video, apply filters, and send it to contacts or upload for sharing existing networks like Facebook or Twitter, which is similar to Snapchat. The design goals are reportedly one-hand use, with the complete process including image capture, editing, and uploading taking less than one minute.

Apple may have hired Joe Weil in December 2015 to helm the service. Weil co-developed the video blogging service KnowMe, and served as the President of advertising prototype company 321 Launch. Also it is reported that underway are evaluations of more social media sharing features for iOS. The same report claims that an expansion of Apple’s adaptive assistance functionality that makes suggestions to the user based on location and time of day may grow.

However, any growth of user data sharing is examined by an Apple panel that examines privacy issues with any proposed Apple feature. The privacy panel, as well as development issues may either delay release, or push it back past a projected 2017 release date. Information surfaced in March that three “privacy czars” must sign off on any product collecting customer data. The group attempts to keep customer data stored on a device rather than on Apple servers, and isolated in categories.

Debates between the three executives on the privacy panel are said to last at least a month, and reportedly have stretched out over a year. Any new social sharing feature implemented by Apple in 2017 would have to be examined by the trio first.

Apple has tried social networking in the past. Apple’s Ping was introduced in 2010 as a social way to promote music discovery. Apple CEO Tim Cook killed the product in 2012 with the introduction of iTunes 7.

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Apple Music Festival will Feature Elton John, Alicia Keys, Chance the Rapper and More

Apple on Thursday announced the full lineup of its upcoming Apple Music Festival, which will kick off on Sept. 18 in London. For the festival’s 10th anniversary, Apple managed to sign headliners Alicia Keys, Bastille, Britney Spears, Calvin Harris, Chance The Rapper, Elton John, Michael Bublé, OneRepublic, Robbie Williams and The 1975. The festival’s official webpage was subsequently updated with a full set list and promo video.

London-based Beats 1 DJ Julie Adenuga announced the full lineup live on air today. Headlining artists shared their thoughts on being invited to attend in a follow-up press release. The company also promised gradual news leading up to the event through Snapchat, Twitter.

“Over the past decade, the Festival has brought the biggest and best artists from all over the world to London and into the homes of millions of music fans,” said Oliver Schusser, Apple VP of International Content. “This year’s Apple Music Festival builds on that incredible legacy and we couldn’t be more excited to have another amazing lineup to celebrate our 10th birthday.”

Similar to a tie-in with Apple Music at last year’s festival, Apple will be offering special Apple Music Festival playlists, artist news and backstage interviews through its subscription streaming music service. The special content is set to run throughout September. In addition, Apple Music members in 100 countries can watch all ten nights of performances live and on-demand on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, Apple TV and Android phones.

As usual, tickets will not be sold for the annual event. Fans based in the UK must apply to win passes in prize drawings on Apple Music and through other media partners.

The event was previously called the iTunes Festival until Apple Music’s launch in 2015. Prior to that year, concerts were broadcast on an assortment of platforms, even MySpace in 2010.

Sony Will Release 2 PS4 Models in September: High-end 4K Model and Slimmer Standard Model

Microsoft has already released its Xbox One S weeks ago. The new Xbox One S comes with a big shinning feature: 4K compatibility. People could not only play games with Xbox One S, but also play 4K Blu-ray on Xbox One S with ease. As the main rival, Sony’s PS4 will also come out soon in September. According to the reports, Sony would release 2 models of new PlayStation on September 7 conference: one high-end 4K model and one slimmer standard model.

The reports pointed out that Sony targets both hard-core fans and casual users of its PlayStation platform. Sony hopes to stay and improve loyalty of its users by creating a community and non-game content. The community would bring a constant stream of revenue via software downloads and subscriptions, while the non-game content includes cloud-based TV streaming service, PlayStation Vue, etc.

According to the reports, Sony would release a premium model of PlayStation 4 packed with superior graphics capabilities, which is greatly referring to 4K. And the report from Damian Thong, an analyst with Macquarie Securities, there would be a standard PS4 which comes with a slimmer case and a more affordable price. The existing PS device is $350. All these have shown a strategy improvement of Sony to grab more users with both high-end model and low-priced model.

It’s easy to learn that the high-end PlayStation 4 will be mainly outstanding in compatibilities, especially to 4K. After all, its major rival, Xbox One S, has already come out with the 4K support. Besides, the high-end 4K model PS4 will have faster processing speed. The new, cheaper PS4 will be thinner and cost less than the current price tag of $350.

All these reports would come out to be proved soon in September. For PS fans, another exciting news is that Sony’s Playstation VR is set to go on sale Oct. 13, bringing the company into the emerging virtual reality gaming sector with competitors like Facebook’s Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive.

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Samsung to Shut Down Milk Music in September

Samsung, the Korean smartphone manufacturer, has officially announced that the company is going to halt its streaming radio service Milk Music, which means Samsung users will have to look for a music alternative for them to listen to music. According to Variety, Samsung will be shutting down Milk Music on September 22nd, urging its Galaxy and Note smartphone users to switch over to Slacker Radio.

The elimination of the service has been rumored for several months, with reports that the company was going to shutter the service because it had failed to gain traction with users.

Samsung said in a statement that Milk is being closed down “invest in a partner model focused on seamlessly integrating the best music services available today into our family of Galaxy devices.” Samsung launched the music streaming service to much fanfare in 2014 as an alternative to ad-supported services such as Spotify and Pandora. Later that year, it launched a video service called Milk Video. That system lasted only a year before it was closed. It’s not clear what Samsung’s plans are to replace the service, other than to direct users to Slacker, an ad-supported music streaming service.

After Milk Music is shut down, Samsung users can switch to other online streaming music provider such as Spotify, Pandora, Last.fm, etc. During the time of experiencing those online music, an online music recorder can be used to record online music if necessary.

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