Apple's Tim Cook to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping during US tour

Apple's Tim Cook to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping during US tour Apple CEO Tim Cook will be among numerous corporate leaders meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday during his first visit to the United States, amid concerns about a troubled Chinese economy and the possibility of a flashpoint over cybersecurity issues.

After all, Apple's gross revenues are greater than the GDP of many countries.

Apple created a mysterious new emoji and no one knows why | Cult of Mac

Apple created a mysterious new emoji and no one knows why | Cult of Mac A mysterious new emoji has been added by Apple to iOS 9.1 and OS X El Capitan, but unlike the other emoji supported by Apple, this weird new pictogram wasn’t created by the Unicode Authority, and no one knows why it exists.

In case you want to be apprised of the very latest emojii news. Oh, those crazy Japanese!

Vogue snaps 12MP images, 4K video at New York Fashion Week using Apple's new iPhone 6S Plus

Vogue snaps 12MP images, 4K video at New York Fashion Week using Apple's new iPhone 6S Plus

With the ability to capture 12 megapixel images and 4K video, the new iPhone 6s models greatly enhance the detail of iPhone photographs. The new phones' camera hardware is also faster.

Some clever marketing to be sure.

Not everyone is fooled, though. Like recent owners of the Panasonic GH4.

Second 'Steve Jobs' Trailer Premieres - Release Set for October 9 | MacTrast

Second 'Steve Jobs' Trailer Premieres - Release Set for October 9 | MacTrast The film – directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by noted writer Aaron Sorkin – premiered last week at the Telluride Film Festival, and will also be featured at the New York Film Festival on October 3. The film’s wide theatrical release is set for October 9th.

Ramp up to the too soon movie. An interesting biopic might be that of K&R who created C & UNIX, without which there would be no Linux, Apple etc.

[Video] ‘Steve Jobs’: Kate Winslet Discusses Making Of At TIFF 2015 | Deadline

[Video] ‘Steve Jobs’: Kate Winslet Discusses Making Of At TIFF 2015 | Deadline the secret sauce that sets Steve Jobs  apart from the Ashton Kutcher rendition of Jobs, is the Apple computer pioneer’s working relationship with his head of marketing, Joanna Hoffman, a feisty Polish Armenian woman who was unafraid to speak her mind to Jobs and keep the acerbic genius in check. Winslet caught wind of the role while sitting in the hair and makeup chair on the set of Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Secretly saucy.

VLC media player app will be coming to the new Apple TV | iMore

VLC media player app will be coming to the new Apple TV | iMore

You can add another app that's being made for the new Apple TV set-top box. The VideoLAN team is working to develop their popular, and free, VLC media player app so it will work on tvOS.

The French, forever thumbing their noses at the MPAA. And why not.

Qualcomm Makes A Bid To Lead Drone Revolution With New Chip - Forbes

Qualcomm Makes A Bid To Lead Drone Revolution With New Chip - Forbes Now Qualcomm is searching for new devices for its silicon. One promising bet: drones. On Thursday, Qualcomm made it known just how serious it is about drones, when it introduced Snapdragon Flight — a “system-on-a-chip” built specifically for flying robots.

This will be an exciting market segment until someone flies a drone into the turbo engine of a Boeing 767.

Dell's next XPS 12 looks like a Microsoft Surface rival

Dell's next XPS 12 looks like a Microsoft Surface rival Wondering why Dell is cool with selling Microsoft's Surface Pro when it doesn't have a direct equivalent right now? This might be why. Giga claims to have leaked details of a reborn XPS 12 that would ditch the convertible laptop design in favor of the Surface's tablet-plus-keyboard combo, right down to the kickstand.

Let's get this party started. Competition is so great for consumers.

Hands-on with the iPad Pro, its keyboard, and its pencil | Ars Technica

Hands-on with the iPad Pro, its keyboard, and its pencil | Ars Technica Apple's iPad Pro is pretty much what you'd expect: an iPad Air grabbed by the corners and stretched.

The new tablet uses the same basic design cues as the iPad Mini and iPad Air before it—chamfered metal edge, thin but not exceptionally narrow bezels, volume buttons with no mute switch, Home button with TouchID. Everything is just expanded.

Did I say stretched? I meant streeeached!