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Image: Vanorama Rumors about Apple developing their own car has been surfacing for a while now, and it has been reported that Apple has hired many employees from Tesla to work on the Apple Car project. In a recent report shared by Bloomberg, they claim that one of the executives of the Apple Car team has left the company after six months of joining to join Luminar and the lead the company’s global software development team. Many executives who worked on the Apple Car project had left the team and some even joined companies like Google. It‘s not clear when the Apple Car will come out or what it exactly is, but previous reports claimed that it will be an electric car from Apple which will be very similar to Tesla.

According to a new report from Nikkei Asia, lockdowns in China has caused the production of the iPhone 14 to get delayed. The report claims that Apple has requested the suppliers to speed up the production. The delays are caused by the lockdowns in China which have suspended these factories from operating. In a new report from analyst Jeff Pu, he claims that the production of the iPhone 14 Max has been delayed by three weeks. Jeff Pu believes that Apple will have 91 million iPhone 14 units built by the end of the year. The delays has caused Apple to start early production of its new iPhone 14 models which are expected to launch in September. It’s still not clear if Apple will have to push back the launch of the iPhone 14 this year because of the production delays. Many products on Apple’s website like the Mac are taking a while to ship to customers and the delays has caused them to not being able to keep up with customer demands.

Image: Apple Here’s how to share your screen on a FaceTime call. This is useful for meetings or other types of video chats and activities with your friends and family. Join a FaceTime call or if you're already in a FaceTime call tap the screen once on your iPhone or iPad. You will then see a small icon with your video settings and audio settings. Next to those icons you will see the screen share icon. Tap the screen share icon once and a countdown to sharing your screen will begin. Once you start sharing your screen you can go through your iPhone and iPad and also view your friends or family members in the FaceTime call. The icons of members in the call will appear at the bottom of the screen. To end screen share, simply tap the screen of your iPhone or iPad again, and click the screen share icon in the FaceTime control center. Your screen will stop sharing and you will go back to your normal settings in your FaceTime call. Sharing your screen on FaceTime will allow you to share what you're working on, share movies, or even share photos on FaceTime.

Here’s how to do tasks like opening control center or going to the Home Screen with just a tap on the back of your iPhone. Open up the settings app on your iPhone and tap on "Accessibility". Once you're on the "Accessibility" page tap on "Touch". Then one the "Touch" page tap one "Assistive Touch". "Once you're on the "Assistive Touch" setting you will find the option for "Single-Tap", "Double-Tap", or "Long Press". Tap on one of the settings and then you'll have the option to choose what task your iPhone will do when you do that action you've chosen. Features like "Single-Tap" and "Double-Tap" make it much easier for people who have accessibility issues or general iPhone users to easily navigate through their iPhone and apps.

Image: Apple Here’s how to get assistive touch on your iPhone to help you navigate through your iPhone and your apps easily. Open up the settings app on your iPhone, and tap "Accessibility". Once you're on the accessibility page tap "Touch". Once you tap "Touch" you'll see the option for assistive touch and tap "Assistive Touch". Click the toggle next to "Assistive Touch" and it should turn green. You should also see a new digital Home Button like icon pop up on your screen. To customize your "Assistive Touch" settings, click "Customize Top Level Menu". You can then choose the controls you like to have and add new controls. Assistive Touch allows iPhone users who might have issues accessing certain things to get all their controls in one place. It's also helpful to assist people and makes it easier to navigate through iPhone.

Here’s how to find a name of a song you’re looking for but don’t know the name of. Go to the App Store and download the Shazam app on to your iPhone. Once download go to settings, then control center, and you’ll have the option to add Shazam Music Recognition to your control center. Once added you can play any song and click on the Shazam icon from the control center. The Shazam app will give you a notification and tell you which song you’re currently listening to. The Shazam app is a really useful feature for those who don’t know the name of a song but really want to find out. It’s available for free on the App Store and you can use it everywhere to try to find a song you might not know about.

Image: Apple Here’s how to use tags in the reminders app on your iPhone. Start off by opening up the reminders app. Tap on an existing reminder or create a new one. Click the tag ‘#’ button at the bottom. Add you’re tag once the pop up shows up. To access all your reminders for that tag, go to lists and scroll to the very bottom where you can find your tags. Click on your tags and you will find all the reminders with that tag. That’s just another way to utilize the features in the reminders app.

Image: Apple Here's how to add android users to FaceTime calls. This new feature allows everyone to join the same video chat, even those who don't have an Apple device. Open up the FaceTime app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Once you're in the app, tap "Create Link" at the top of the app. Then a pop up will show up asking how you would like to send the link. The options include Messages, Mail, Snapchat, AirDrop, and more. Sending the link by itself is just fine. Once the android user receives the link from the Apple user, they will need to open it up from their preferred browser. Once the link opens up, the android user will need to put in their name and click continue. Once the android user joined the meeting they must tap "Join" in the green bubble on the pop up where they will have access to their FaceTime settings, and a request will be sent to the Apple user. The Apple user will need to accept the request of the android user to join the FaceTime call and once accepted they will have access to all FaceTime settings. With this feature everyone who doesn't have an Apple device will be able to join the same FaceTime call and have access to the same features.

A fourth Apple Store at Oxmoor Center Mall in Louisville, Kentucky, has announced that it’s efforts to unionize. The store claims that they’re upset about Apple’s low retail wages despite the company being really profitable, and they feel disconnected from the work they do. Many stores have previously joined efforts to unionize across the United States including New York, Atlanta, and Maryland. All these stores demand higher wages, better working conditions, and more vacation time. Apple is trying their best to fight back against the union and is persuading store managers to move discussions in the store away from unionizing. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Retail, Deirdre O’ Brien, sent out a video to Apple Stores trying to stop workers from joining a union.

Today Beats announced a new limited edition Beats Studio buds in collaboration with fashion brand ‘Daily Paper’. The limited edition Studio Buds will be available to order this Thursday, but pricing information for the Buds weren’t disclosed. Beats Studio Buds currently retails for $149.99, so that could possibly be the price of the new Studio Buds.

Image: Ian Zelbo Some new renders shared today by Jon Prosser and Ian Zelbo on his YouTube channel Front Page Tech, shows a detailed version of what the iPhone 14 could possibly look like. The new renders confirm the leaks about the iPhone 14 and how the iPhone 14 Pro models will have the pill shape + hole punch cutout at the top of the display which will replace the notch. The new renders also show off the new rumored purple color and how it will look with its stainless steel edges. It also shows the thicker camera module which is supposed to get a massive upgrade with a new 48MP camera sensor. The iPhone 14 models will launch in September with models including the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

According to a new report from The Irish Times, Apple has announced that they’re planning to build a new office building on its current campus in Cork and plans to hire up to 1,300 new employees. Apple claims that the building will accommodate both old and new staff and more new hires will join the company to work at their campus there. According to RTE, the campus will be eco friendly and feature green communal spaces as well as run on 100% renewable energy. All new structures in the campus will feature solar panels. There will also be an employee transport service and bikes and scooter services for employees. Apple’s expansion in Cork will be sustainable and the company keeps investing more into their Cork campus.