United to give 6,000 of its customer representatives an iPhone 6 Plus

United today announced that it will be providing 6,000 of its customer representatives with the iPhone 6 Plus so that they would be able to better service its customers.
The move will allow United representative to print out luggage tags, boarding passes, help customers with rebooking, and handle other requests from customers.

The company has taken this decision after listening to their staff who requested better tools to serve their customers, especially during poor weather conditions and peak times.

The answer is the iPhone, according to United SVP of airport operations Jon Roitman, who added: “we have seen great success with the custom-made tools on the iPhone 6 Plus and believe expanding the use of a smart phone device with other applications is a great investment in our employees.”

United already uses a custom iOS software at its backend to service its customers.
United has long been among the largest enterprise customer of Apple. Back in 2011, the airline gave iPads to its pilots, and last year, it gave 23,000 iPhone 6 Plus’ to its flight attendants.
[Via TechCrunch]

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Developer streams Steam games from PC to new Apple TV

Developer Kevin Smith who had previously demoed a MAME emulator running on the fourth generation Apple TV has now tweaked his tool making it possible to stream Steam games to the media center box from Apple.
In a video uploaded to YouTube, the developer showcases Grand Theft Auto V being streamed to his Apple TV that is running on his PC. He managed to achieve this feat by modifying Moonlight for iOS, an open source alternative to Nvidia’s GameStream.

In the video description, Smith makes it clear that this is a “very very quick and very dirty compilation of the code” that does not take into account the restrictions imposed by tvOS. This ultimately means that the app will never be making its way to the tvOS App Store from Apple. Nonetheless, the hacked code works well for streaming games to his Apple TV and even works perfectly with the Nimbus controller.
Thanks to the powerful internals, tvOS and a dedicated App Store, the community around the fourth generation Apple TV is really building up despite some heavy restrictions from Apple. Adding game streaming support to the fourth generation Apple TV will definitely make the device more useful, but the chances of Apple actually adding it are almost nil.
Do you think the ability to stream games from PC to your Apple TV 4 will increase the usefulness of the device?
[Via MacRumors]

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Ford adding Siri Eyes Free support to its SYNC-enabled cars sold since 2011

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Adobe to rebrand Flash Professional to Animate CC; vindicates Apple’s stand not to allow Flash on iOS devices

Proving Steve Jobs was right, Adobe today announced that it is rebranding its Flash Professional CC app to Animate CC. The rebranding will take place with the next release of the app scheduled for early 2016.
The company says that the rebranding will better reflect the app that has been rewritten over the last few years to incorporate HTML5, WebGL and other web standards. The rebranded software will continue to support Flash and AIR formats, and will also be capable of exporting animations in nearly any format including SVG.

In addition to the rebranding, Animate CC will come with a number of new features like easier audio syncing, 360-degree rotatable canvas, colored onion skinning, custom resolution export, and more.
Back in 2010, Steve Jobs had written an open letter to Adobe that provided six reasons as to why the company decided against supporting Flash on the iPhone. The reasons included the poor security record of Flash and how the format is not at all resource friendly, which was very important considering the limited processing power iPhones then had.
Jobs decision to not support Flash on the iPhone ultimately turned out to be the right one, with the format losing its appeal in the years that followed. Now, while Flash is supported on Android, the format has largely been replaced by HTML5 and other similar alternatives.
Flash, as we used to know it, is now officially dead. Don’t expect Adobe to stop supporting the format anytime soon though, since it is still used by many major brands in the animation industry.
[Via Adobe]

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Chrome for iOS update adds support for 3D Touch and more keyboard shortcuts

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Sketch leaves the Mac App Store; developer highlights customer experience and technical limitations as reasons

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Rumor: Apple to launch 4-inch ‘iPhone 6c’ early next year with a ‘colorful metal body design’

A report from a relatively unknown Chinese website TechWeb claims that the rumored 4-inch iPhone, being dubbed as the iPhone 6c, could launch as early as February 2016.
To keep its costs down, the handset will reportedly lack 3D Touch. The site cites multiple “Foxconn insiders” and claims that Apple will launch the iPhone 6c with a metal body design and offer it in various colors. In comparison, the iPhone 5c had a plastic polycarbonate shell, though it was also available in a multitude of colors.

Rumors about Apple releasing a 4-inch iPhone early next year have been repeatedly making their way to the Internet over the last few weeks. Previous reports have also claimed that the iPhone 6c will be made of metal, though given how even budget Android phones now feature a metallic build, it makes almost no sense for Apple to launch a premium mid-range handset with a plastic build.
It is recommended that you take these reports with a huge grain of salt, since they usually start popping out every year around this time. Do you think Apple plans on launching an iPhone 6c early next year?
[Source TechWeb, Via GforGames]

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