AppleMagazine May 2015

TESLA CEO
PLUGS INTO NEW

MARKET WITH
HOME BATTERY
SYSTEM
UBER: CHANGING THE FACE OF

URBAN TRANSPORTATION
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CROWDFUNDING: THE
NEW INNOVATION
DRIVING FORCE
AVENGERS + STAR WARS

BIG YEAR FOR DISNEY
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SONY PLAYS TO STRENGTHS IN GAMES, SENSORS AS IT VOWS REVIVAL 06
GOOGLE EMBEDS ENGINEERS AS PROFESSORS 36
COMCAST NOW HAS MORE INTERNET THAN CABLE CUSTOMERS 44
INKED AND IRKED APPLE WATCH USERS REPORT TATTOO PROBLEMS 70
SCIENCE: PILOT TO FLY SOLAR PLANE ACROSS PACIFIC FOR 5 DAYS, 5 NIGHTS 110
HEALTH: TEXAS TAKES AIM AT TELEMEDICINE CARE FOR PATIENTS 120
SUMMER CAMPS WITH A MISSION TO CREATE CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS 144
HIGH-TECH SENSORS HELP KIDS KEEP EYE ON AGING PARENTS 150
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iTUNES REVIEW 92
TOP 10 SONGS 134
TOP 10 ALBUMS 136
TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 138
TOP 10 TV SHOWS 140
TOP 10 BOOKS 142
TOP 10 APPS
SONY PLAYS TO STRENGTHS IN GAMES,

SENSORS AS IT VOWS REVIVAL
Once at the leading edge of consumer electronics,

Sony Corp. is now more lumbering giant than

as Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.
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FINANCING APPLE WATCH ADAPTERS,

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people who might have thought their
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like GoFundMe, which has raised more
than $1 billion for personal fundraisers, and
Kickstarter, which accepts all manner of

popularity, fees and the types of projects
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company's viability.

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SEEKING SUPPORT
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to meet the team in person, in a restaurant of
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that if you fail to reach your stated total, you
don't get a cent of funding. This approach
eliminates the risk for those who do put their
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can't wait to see what new products pop up

the months and years to come - including for

It's clear that for those who want to see the
technology of the future, there's no need to
break into Apple's Californian development
labs - a visit to Kickstarter or Indiegogo will tell
them much of what they wish to know.
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THE NEXT BIG STEP FOR TAXI SERVICES

For more than a century now, we have had
taxis in some shape or form. They've always

economical with the passing of the years,
but otherwise, the basic premise of the taxi
service has long been familiar. Things look like
changing now though, in large part thanks to
a certain service known as Uber.
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technology associated with taxi services even the very ways in which they operate
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ride and pay.
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comfortably hail a ride, but they can even
follow the progress of the cab on a street
map, represented by a blip. The app is gaining
real currency among tech-savvy customers
across the world, but how could it point the

way to the future of taxi services in general?
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Chinese regulators have sought to protect
state-regulated taxi companies by cracking
down on private cars that make use of
Internet-hailing apps. Many of the biggest taxi
companies in the country are in municipal
government ownership and have capped
fares, and the Chinese government is
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ride-hailing apps.
MOVING FAR BEYOND A TAXI SERVICE

Uber's growth so far suggests that it will
spend the next few years being so much
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APPLE WATCH
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reliable readings.
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videos that show the watch working well on an
undecorated wrist, but repeatedly locking or

Some said it appeared the watchs screen-lock
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consoles and computers that struggled to detect
people with dark skin. Both companies suggested

to measure the contrast between eyes and other
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TESLA CEO PLUGS

INTO NEW MARKET
WITH HOME
BATTERY SYSTEM
Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire

entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the
electricity market.
The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors hopes
to park hundreds of millions of large, solar panel
so the world can disconnect from power plants
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recharged by solar panels during the day.
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vision. Teslas stock dipped 2 cents Friday to close
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Fifty Shades of Grey

The international literary phenomenon
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Jamie Dornan take on the iconic roles of the
inexperienced college graduate Anastasia
Steele and the young business magnate
Christian Grey, who begin an all-consuming
sadomasochistic relationship soon after
meeting in a business interview.
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worldwide.
by Sam Taylor-Johnson
Genre: Romance
Released: 2015
Price: $14.99
3. The movie premiered at the 65th Berlin

International Film Festival on February 11,
2015.
1710 Ratings
4. It grossed $569,521,159 worldwide.

5. Two sequels have been announced: Fifty
Shades Darker in 2017 and Fifty Shades
Freed in 2018.
Rotten Tomatoes
25
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Interview with Jamie Dornan
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Black or White
The death of his wife in a car crash leaves
widower Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner)
raising his beloved granddaughter, Eloise,
on his own - his daughter having died in
childbirth. Still grieving, Anderson is then
thrown into a custody battle when Eloises
black grandmother, Rowena (Octavia
Spencer) demands that Eloise be brought
under the care of her drug addict father.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Other cast members include Gillian Jacobs,
Jennifer Ehle, Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr.
2. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto
International Film Festival.
3. Principal photography took place in New
Orleans during the summer of 2013.
by Mike Binder
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Price: $14.99
4. The movie was directed by Mike Binder.

5. It grossed $21,560,727 worldwide.
54 Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes
37
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Trailer
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Interview with Kevin Costner
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Believe (Live)
Music
Wilder Mind
(Deluxe Version)
Mumford & Sons
The British folk rockers switch producers for
their third studio album, from Markus Dravs
to James Ford. Sure enough, it also brings
a major change in the bands sound, from
banjo-plucking neo-folk to boldly electrifying
alt-rock worthy of filling a stadium. Mumford
& Sons are clearly still distinctive, but theyve
ramped up the power.
Genre: Alternative
Released: May 04, 2015
16 Songs
Price: $14.99
FIVE FACTS:
1. Mumford & Sons were formed in London,
England in 2007.
1757 Ratings
2. The groups members are Marcus

Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and
Ted Dwane.
3. The bands second studio album, Babel
won the 2013 Grammy Award for Album of
the Year.
4. Wilder Minds lead single, Believe, peaked
at number one on the US iTunes chart.
5. Additional musicians on the album include
Tom Hobden on violin, Thomas Bartlett on
keyboards and Dave Nelson on trombone.
Interview with Mumford & Sons
Stages
(Deluxe Version)
Josh Groban
This album of covers of songs from Broadway
musicals comes two years after Grobans
last studio effort, All That Echoes, and has
already attracted much praise for the artists
passionate renditions of such classics as Pure
Imagination from the film Willy Wonka & The
Chocolate Factory and What I Did For Love
from A Chorus Line.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Kelly Clarkson guest stars on the album,
contributing vocals to All I Ask Of You from
Phantom of the Opera.
2. Other guests include Chris Botti on Old
Devil Moon and Audra McDonald on If I
Loved You.
3. Groban has said of Clarkson: Ive
wanted to sing with Kelly for such a long
time because she has one of the great
powerhouse vocals in the whole business.
4. Having long thought of Stages as an
artsy side project when deciding on the
tracks, Groban has added: Sometimes in this
business you accidentally get over-thinky
and jaded and ironically, when you decide to
just take the leap of what you wanted to do
for so long, people are there for you.
5. The album has been described by
BroadwayWorld.coms David Clarke as a
sparkling collection of some of musical
theaters greatest songs, giving fans of
Broadway and fans of Josh Groban many
reasons to rejoice.
Genre: Pop
Released: May 04, 2015
15 Songs
Price: $14.99
1757 Ratings
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Interview with Josh Groban
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TESLA CEO

PLUGS INTO NEW

UBER: CHANGING THE FACE OF

AVENGERS + STAR WARS

SONY PLAYS TO STRENGTHS IN GAMES,

Once at the leading edge of consumer electronics,

FINANCING APPLE WATCH ADAPTERS,

THE RISE AND RISE OF

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

selling a product or service to launch a

APPLE WATCH PROJECTS ALREADY

THE ADAPPT ALSO TURNING HEADS

EVEN VIRTUAL REALITY IS GETTING IN

CROWDFUNDING IS HERE TO STAY

Image: Robyn Beck/AFP

Last year a push by civil rights advocate Jesse

COMCAST NOW HAS MORE INTERNET

Selling Internet access, however, is highly

Some companies are trying new types of services.

Image: Paul J. Richards/AFP

THE NEXT BIG STEP FOR TAXI SERVICES

across the world, but how could it point the

UBER TAKING OVER NEW YORK CITY

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the forefront of our changing ways of using

A REAL GLOBAL IMPACT

Image: Patrick Wack

NOT UNEQUIVOCALLY POPULAR

MOVING FAR BEYOND A TAXI SERVICE

The company has aspired to take a million

INKED AND IRKED

Its an annoying problem for the unlucky few the

TESLA CEO PLUGS

Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire

As with Teslas electric cars, which start around

Many commercial customers already buy

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