Rumors and Misdirections: Apple October 16, 2014 Special Event

Apple It's been way too long

On October 16, 2014 Apple will be announcing the followings:

  • OS X Yosemite release date
  • New iPad lineup
  • Apple Pay deployment
  • iOS 8.1

Apple is also rumored to announce:

  • New Macs
  • New Apple TV

This might be a misdirection from an Apple source, but it is too good to not mention:

  • New product with touch interface

There are a lot of cryptic information from firstnameatappledotcom to process, and some of them I won’t even mention here.

Tim Cook, Apple and Privacy.

Apple Privacy Message from Tim Cook

Apple CEO, Tim Cook:

A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product. But at Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy.

Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products. We don’t build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to advertisers. We don’t “monetize” the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud. And we don’t read your email or your messages to get information to market to you. Our software and services are designed to make our devices better. Plain and simple.

It is simple, Apple makes money by selling products instead of selling customer’s information. Apple is selling its products at a premium price, expectation of privacy is implied.

Finally, I want to be absolutely clear that we have never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never will.

Apple Pay

Apple is serious about its commitment to privacy, especially with the impending launch of Apple Pay.