Tag: Apple

Stock Photo / Image via Pexels Turns out, all our fears are true. When first getting a digital assistant like Siri, Cortana, or Alexa, there’s a worry about how much the machine is tuning in. While the normal command to start up the assistant is to call out its name, there’s the concern that these products and digital aides are listening in at all times. Even in our most intimate of moments. And now, a British news site is taking up...

For World Emoji Day, Apple has released a preview of their next batch of emoji and this time it includes a number of queer-friendly additions to the available emojis.  Revealed today are all the possible combinations for a pair of human figures holding hands, which will be sporting 16 different skin tone variations for either or both figures in the couple. Couples will also gain a gender-neutral option for the couples. Apple already supports same-sex couples with these and other...

Where some schools are banning gay speakers, Stanford invited Apple’s openly gay CEO, Tim Cook to address its graduates today. While much of the speech was about Silicon Valley needing to accept responsibility, the Tim Cook Stanford speech used the 50th anniversary of Stonewall to make a point about the importance of leaving a legacy for the future. Choking up during the speech, Cook told the gathered Stanford graduates: “In a few days, we will mark the 50th anniversary of the...

If there has been one indispensable key factor in Madonna‘s unprecedented longevity in pop music , it’s her willingness to constantly evolve with the times. In 2005, she made headline news by releasing her entire catalogue on a two-year-old streaming service called iTunes. This was long before other comparable acts like The Beatles had done so, and it proved to be a shrewd, cutting-edge business move.  Madge and Apple are teaming up once again,...

In a new ad made specifically for the Australian market because of the recent passage of marriage equality there, Apple celebrates gay marriages with footage shot exclusively on its iPhone X. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=VjlNKiH1iBk

While the world eagerly awaits the arrival of the brand new Apple iPhone X and iPhone 8 models, the company’s openly gay CEO Tim Cook has taken the opportunity to use the increased attention to issue a pro-LGBT statement. The world’s biggest tech company has come out in support of same-sex marriage in Australia on the day its citizens can start posting their votes. “We support marriage equality and believe all Australians deserve the freedom to marry the person they love,”...

Is it the last release before the unveiling of the iPhone 8? The iPhone is seeing red, and that’s a good thing. Apple revealed that special red editions of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will be available starting this Friday as part of its continued partnership with the (RED) program. The charity partners with brands that contribute portions of their profits to help fight HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa by providing testing, counseling, treatment and prevention programs. Apple has worked with the program...

Apple has finally announced its latest product, the much anticipated iPhone 7 on Wednesday, and to celebrate the diversity of its consumers, the new launch features a gay couple in its product film. Apple has always been a huge supporter of LGBTQ rights. From releasing a rainbow pride flag emoji to speaking up for Australia’s fight for same-sex marriage legalisation, the multi-billion-dollar California company is not only pushing the boundaries of science and tech, but also for the progress of equality among the people. Apple’s new iPhone 7 features...

We’d expect nothing less: when Barbra Streisand found that Siri couldn’t pronounce her name, she didn’t just give up in defeat. She made them fix Siri. That news came out in a lovely new NPR interview in which the star charms the pants off of Scott Simon (probably not literally but then again you never know). At one point during the interview, she showed off by asking Siri “who’s was the only female vocalist who’s had hit records for six straight decades?” “Barbra...

Among other issues, the LGBT community has been also struggling with discrimination at the workplace. While activists and campaigns fight for the LGBT community’s equal rights in all areas, HRC gives as good as one gets. In 2002 they created the Corporate Equality Index. The Corporate Equality Index serves the LGBT community in finding the companies that meet all the criteria for workplace equality. In 2016 they have ranked 1,024 businesses and according to a press release they have used...