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A combination portable digital media player and hard drive from Apple Computer. The original version was about the size of a deck of playing cards, with a monochrome screen and a 5 gigabyte capacity.
Apple Music is a music streaming service developed by Apple Inc. The music streaming service is available on demand and includes curated internet radio station Beats 1, iTunes Radio and also provides music recommendations based on user's selection.
Apple Pay is a digital wallet and mobile payment service from Apple Inc. It uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to make payments using various ios devices (like iPhone 6, 6 plus and later, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro, iPad Mini 3 and later) and any contacless payment terminal. Announced in 2014, the service works with almost all major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
A backlit LCD (liquid crystal display) that provides resolution levels of 220 to 326 pixels per inch. Retina displays are included in recent models of Apple's mobile devices and the MacBook Pro notebook computer.
A chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc. The stores sell Macintosh personal computers, software, iPods, iPads, iPhones, third-party accessories, and other consumer electronics such as Apple TV.
Swift is a proprietary programming language, with first-class functions, for iOS and OS X development, created by Apple and introduced at Apple's developer conference WWDC 2014. It is built with the LLVM compiler included in Xcode 6 beta.
tvOS is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its fourth generation Apple TV digital media player. Announced in September 2015, tvOS is based on iOS rather than the stripped-down versions of iOS that were used in 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TV's. The new and 4th generation Apple TV comes with a support for third-party software via an App Store.
The Apple Watch is a smartwatch developed by Apple Inc. Released in April 2015, the Apple Watch incorporates fitness tracking and health-oriented capabilities as well as integration with iOS and other Apple products and services. The device is available in four variants: Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Hermès, and Apple Watch Edition. Apple Watch extends its smartphone capabilities such as calling and texting using a wireless connection to an iPhone. It is compatible with the iPhone 5 or later models running iOS 8.2 or later, through the use of Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
WatchKit is an API that extends iOS applications to run on Apple watch. It contains the classes for creating Apple Watch applications and it ensures that an Apple Watch application can talk to its corresponding WatchKit extension. WatchKit apps have two parts, a WatchKit extension that runs on iPhone and a set of user interface resources that are installed on Apple Watch. When your app is launched on Apple Watch, the WatchKit extension on iPhone runs in the background to update the user interface and respond to user interactions.
WatchOS is the mobile operating system of the Apple Watch, developed by Apple Inc. Released in April 2015, the new watchOS is based on the iOS operating system and has many features similar to those of iOS. To develop applications for WatchOS, Apple has released the WatchKit API. Apple Watch is currently the only device that runs WatchOS.
A programming language that allows Macintosh users to automate repetitive tasks and to customize applications. An AppleScript applet can perform regular backups, finding files over the Internet, downloading, printing, and converting file formats.
A communications protocol from Apple Computer that allows client applications in a computer to exchange files with and request services from server programs in a
computer network.
A small program that can be sent along with a Web page to a user. Java applets can perform interactive animations, immediate calculations, or other simple tasks without having to send a user request back to the server.