Apple has been calling upon celebrities to help promote their latest gadgets and features. Earlier this fall, Apple Music launched a commercial featuring Mary J. Blige, Kerry Washington and Taraji P. Henson to promote the “For You” feature found in the app which makes playlists geared toward your music preferences. Now, Apple has launched another campaign featuring Jamie Foxx and the new Siri features found in the brand new iPhone 6S. Both commercials are 15 second clips featuring Foxx standing in the mirror with the Rose Gold iPhone 6S showing off the hands-free Siri feature. Titled “Flip a Coin” and “Crush” the actor decides on “a sci-fi western” for his next project and jokes around with Siri that she just may have a crush on him after saying he “sounds attractive” Check out both clips below.
Apple Employee Caught Scamming $1M In Gift Cards!
This guy….so if you’re an Apple employee and you’re looking for extra benefits, this is probably NOT the way!! a Former Apple Employee Caught Scamming an Apple store, took it upon himself to scam using the Apple gift cards to racked up $997K in fraudulent purchases, and it only took him 3 months!!
Apple Loses Patent Case To University Of Wisconsin, Could Pay $862 Million
University of Wisconsin won a patent case against Apple. They claimed that the college owned rights to technology improving chip efficiency. Apple used identical technology in its most recent products. The tech giant denies it all. Hit the jump to find out why Apple could pay almost $400 million.
China Blocks Apple News
In case you didn’t know, China has a lot of rules. People jump off buildings a lot because they have little freedom. So, it comes to no one’s real surprise that the government censored media. Apple News is now inaccessible in China. Hit the jump to find out how to hack back into it.
NBA: Damn! Lebron James Made A Cool $30 Million When Beats By Dre Was Sold To Apple
To some this is old news but to others it is just another example of how much Lebron has been winning out here. Yesterday I wrote about how Lebron decided to end his deal with McDonald’s so he could focus on a pizza chain called “Blaze Pizza” of which he owns about 10% of the company. It got me thinking about other business deals King James has made that paid off big time.
Drake’s Manager: Drake Being Blocked From The ‘Lil Weezyana Fest’ TIDAL Stream Has Nothing To Do With Apple
Since Tidal lifted off, since Lil Wayne publicly announced his separation from Ca$h Money and much more, there have been plenty of executive decisions (in my Kevin Hart voice) being made. Over the weekend, the first annual Lil Weezyana Fest popped off and the Tidal streaming of the show decided not to highlight the Drake performance, calling in “technical difficulties.” The Canadian artist’s manager reveals that the lack of stream had nothing to do with the deal he has with Apple. “The decision to not have Drake participate in the Tidal stream has nothing to do with Apple or Drake’s deal,” says Drake’s manager, Future The Prince. “Point blank, 100%.” Find out more after the jump.
