Apple’s legendary designer Jony Ive leaves the company to put up his own design firm

After being with Apple for nearly 30 years, Chief Design Officer Jonathan “Jony” Ive has announced he will be leaving the company to put up is own design firm called LoveFrom. One guarantee is that he counts Apple “among its primary clients.” Ive, who has led the design team since 1996, has helped craft Apple’s most iconic products, including the iPhone itself. Ive’s has even helped design the company’s “spaceship” Apple Park campus as well as the look and feel of Apple retail stores. He has also helped reshape the look of Apple’s software, starting with the revamped iOS 7 in 2013. Taking Ive’s place, Evans Hankey, current vice president of industrial design, and Alan Dye, VP of human interface design, will report to Jeff Williams, who “will spend more of his time working with the design team in their studio.”

“Apple will continue to benefit from Jony’s talents by working directly with him on exclusive projects, and through the ongoing work of the brilliant and passionate design team he has built,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a press release. “After so many years working closely together, I’m happy that our relationship continues to evolve and I look forward to working with Jony long into the future." 

Samsung Galaxy Buds update fixes Ambient Sound problem as well as improves on audio quality

The newest update coming to the Samsung Galaxy Buds brings some important fixes to the wireless earbuds. Version R170XXU0ASF3 finally addresses the temporary glitch with Ambient Sound, which Samsung tried to address in a previous update. Audio quality gets improved when streaming music and making voice calls. The battery indicator now also shows which of the earbuds have a lower battery level. You can get the latest update from your phone via the Galaxy Wearable app or through your Windows or Mac computer via the Galaxy Buds Manager app. It’s just 1.36MB in size.

Source: GSMArena

Apple patent shows the company thought of putting a camera in the Apple Watch’s band

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A patent that Apple applied for back in 2016 has been brought back into the spotlight, suggesting the company looked into integrating a camera into its smartwatch. Apple’s approach was to put it at the end of the Watch’s strap, allowing you to twist and turn the camera to take any photo you need it to without having to contort your wrist into awkward positions.

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Google brings disappearing photo sharing to its Duo app

Too little too late or a welcome addition? We’re going to let you decide. Google Duo is taking a cue from Snapchat and will let you send temporary photos to your contacts. Your recipient has 24 hours to view the photo before it disappears. But there are a few conditions for using this feature. You’ll need to have version 56 of the app, and you’ll need to use Android’s share menu. You can’t send images from within the app at this moment, but you will be given access to editing tools so you can scribble or draw things on your images before you send them off. As for why Google’s video calling app needs this, we can’t give you an answer. But if you want to use the feature, it’s rolling out to your devices soon.

Source: Talk Android