Automation
iOS 11 Brings Massive HomeKit Improvements, Including Powerful Automation Tools
With iOS 11, Apple has brought numerous improvements to HomeKit, which is the company's standard for controlling smart home accessories. iOS 11 is able to process the status change of a Bluetooth accessory much faster than before, without the need up updating any of your smart home hardware. HomeKit with iOS 11 also brings the...
Apple Refunding Customers Who Recently Purchased Workflow App
Last week, Apple acquired popular iOS automation app Workflow. Following the acquisition, the company made the app free on the App Store. If you are a user who purchased the app shortly before the acquisition, this may have angered you. In order to remedy this, Apple has started refunding customers who purchased Workflow over the...
Apple Acquires Powerful Automation App Workflow, Makes it Available for Free
On Wednesday, Apple finalized a deal to acquire popular automation app Workflow and it's three-member development team for an undisclosed amount. TechCrunch notes that as a part of the acquisition, Workflow's team of Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Nick Frey are headed to Apple to work on unspecified projects. In a statement, Weinstein said: "We are thrilled...
Apple SVP Joins US Government Committee on Automated Vehicles
It may come as a surprise, but those who have been following Apple have already heard (yet officially unconfirmed) rumours of a possible electric self-driving car: Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives has just joined a new US Department of Transportation (US DOT) committee. The newly formed committee was announced yesterday on...
Foxconn Begins Automating Production at its Factories in China
In a statement issued by Foxconn Automation Technology Development Committee’s general manager Dai Jia-peng, Foxconn has started automating production at its factories in China, a process that will be completed in three phases. According to DigiTimes, Foxconn aims to fully automate all of its manufacturing facilities in China, starting by setting up individual automated work stations for work that is...
Apple Exec Confirms Continued Support for Automation Technologies in macOS
When the head of automation technologies, Sal Soghoian, departed Apple, and the whole unit inside the company was closed down, some feared that useful features such as Automator and AppleScript would disappear from the operating system. Apple executive Craig Federighi reassured fans that they won't. In an email shared with 9to5Mac, a reader asked Federighi...
Day One 2 for iOS and OS X Adds IFTTT Integration
Day One for iOS and OS X recently went through some big changes in an update to version 2.0, and it turns out that was only a fraction of what the company had planned for the app. The most recent update to the app brings If This Than That (IFTTT) integration. Day One 2 now...