On March 15th, Apple’s Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives, Sarah Herrlinger will speak as part of a panel at the Innovations In Accessibility session during the conference’s Startup & Tech Sectors track. SXSW describes the session as follows:
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Apple Apologizes and Reduces Out-of-Warranty Battery Replacement to $29
Apple on Thursday addressed mounting criticism over the revelation that it slows down iPhones with aging batteries to prevent performance issues. In addition to apologizing, the company has also lowered the price of out-of-warranty battery replacements to $29, and will issue a software update in early 2018 to let users find out more information about the health of their device’s battery.
Apple Admits to Slowing Down Older iPhones
Apple has acknowledged what many iPhone owners long suspected: It has slowed older phones.
The tech giant issued a rare statement of explanation saying that it has used software updates to limit the performance of older iPhones that may have battery issues that would cause them to turn off suddenly.
Apple Reduces Speed of Older iPhones, Report Suggests
A new analysis of performance data has reignited the debate over whether Apple intentionally slows down older iPhones.
VIP: Get a Good Dongle
In this week’s VIP, Nelson and James discuss the top stories from assistive tech and give you some Cool Picks to think about.
iPhone 8 Plus Unboxing
The CBT Team gets their hands on the new iPhone 8 Plus and gives their first impressions of the familiar design with some new features.
Enhanced Siri on iOS 11 Beta
In this podcast, James Oates takes a listen to the new enhanced Siri voice on iOS 11. He also checks out Siri’s ability to translate phrases into other languages. He then tests out the new type to Siri feature, and talks about Siri suggestions.
VIP: Recapping Apple’s 2017 World Wide Developers Conference
In this special VIP, James Oates, Joel Ramos, Tamas Geczy, and Jessica Rickards get together to go over all of the many announcements coming out of this year’s WWDC.
Listen in to find out everything new that is coming to iOS, MacOS, and Watch OS. There might also be some new hardware announcements as well.
What’s New in Accessibility at WWDC 2017!
Apple conducts several accessibility lectures at WWDC for developers who need to learn the new accessibility features coming up this year, and also for those developers who are not aware of how important accessibility is for the nearly one billion users who have some type of disability.
In this session, “What’s new in Accessibility”, Apple covered several topics.
Apple Updates YouTube with a Series of Accessibility Videos
The videos highlight the various ways the Accessibility features built into the iPhone, Mac and iPad are used to help people accomplish a range of tasks.
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