VLC Makes Its Debut On Apple TV

VideoLAN unveils the VLC media player on Apple TV

For the first time in the history of Apple Inc. VideoLAN has revealed its VLC media player on the Apple TV. The news surfaced recently where new features have been added such as video playback. The news based application has the ability to go through video content that requires support from multi formats. VideoLAN also has plans to offer support to various storage services which are cloud based. This includes OneDrive and Dropbox to the Apple TV in the times to come.

The software was being tested by the company since a while now which allow the Apple users to gain access to all types of videos and files in their original format. So now users will not be concerned about going through the monotonous mechanism of converting the videos to a particular format to ensure playback. Moreover, they will also be given the liberty to make use of the Remote Playback functionality. So the application will thus generate an IP address for the Apple TV through which files can be transferred from alternate locations.

Many analysts believe that the reason behind coming up with a VLC app in Apple TV is to expand the reach of the Apple product. This initiative will help the masses to get more comfortable with the company’s offering.

Considering the company’s ongoing campaign, it is quite evident that they now wish to offer an integrated smart home experience to the consumers. So now VLC has finally surfaced on the Apple TV, thus it is now likely that the users will be more interested in investing in the variant that vouches to offer a connected experience by making use of media technology. Once the test phase gets completed, other services like Dropbox surface on the platform, then the company’s experience will be far more successful.

Since the application enables the television to be connected to various services through a single local network, it now seems that the tech behemoth’s efforts to offer a distinct experience for its TV users have actually become public. Moreover, by integrating the ability to sync the iPhone through the login credentials and the power to manage media playback through desktop and web will ensure that all Apple users get a sound and complete experience whilst using this platform.

Hence in a nutshell, the advent of VLC on the Apple TV is a massive breakthrough for the company as it will help the tech giant to lure audience who are acquainted to the platform.  

Apple Seems To Be More Dependent On iPhone Sales Than On Anything Else

The tech company has come out to be more dependent on the sales of iPhone's than of any other gadget which has surprised the analysts.

Apple Inc is all set to make some massive releases in the coming month and the industry cannot seem to stop talking about all the new updates and gadget the software firm could be preparing to launch. For the past couple of weeks, the firm seems to be in the news continuously for first launching a smart Apple watch amidst criticism and encouragement from analysts and then the much talked about Apple Music service which also managed to attract a lot of attention through the celebrities and music artists who have signed up to put up their music on the app.

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a newer version of Apple TV as well but analysts believe that even though so many updates and new gadgets are up in line, it will turn out to be surprising that the Californian Company seems to be dependent more on the iPhone sales than on sales of any other gadget being sold by the giant. The tech company is also rumored to be building up an electric vehicle but the equity firms still think that the dominance of iPhone's in the firm is a little too hard to ignore and overcome. The dependency of the Mac makers on the smart phone is a little surprising for the analysts, given how there are so many new projects in line which could end up returning a huge amount of revenue too.

The fact that Apple business has received a colossal boost since the first time it launched the iPhones cannot be overlooked. The iPod makers have been making computers, laptops and music players too but the revenue it has received from the smart phones is more than that coming from all the gadgets combined. This is one of the major reasons why the tech firm cannot depend on any other gadget as much as it can depend on the phones. However, analysts believe that if the firm is introducing new projects and gadgets in the market, it should look towards monetizing those products as well and not just focus entirely on the iPhone's.

As per the reports, Apple management is all set to hold an event on September 9, which is also one of the most talked about event of the year. The CEO of the firm will be announcing new updates for many of its gadget and the most anticipated one seems to be the release of iPhone 6s, which is rumored to be taking place on the same day.

Bidness Tech - Carl Icahn Believes Apple's Stock Is Worth $240

Apple is believed to have shares valued up to $240 in an open letter written by Carl Icahn
In the most recent Apple news, it was seen that Tim Cook received a letter by Carl Icahn, one of the most dominant and influential businessman in the industry, in which he was congratulated for carrying out the business activities of the software company in such a successful manner. It was an open letter written by him in which he showed much positivity regarding the recent activities that helped the company obtain exceptional success and dominance over other firms of its kind in the industry. Icahn also declared in the letter that he believed that the stock of the iPhone makers was worth a massive $240.

Analysts, on the other hand, believe that this expectation out of Apple stock by Carl Icahn is not to be right as his expectations are way above the line. It is to be believed that this price target is just something that has a very low chance of actually taking place. Therefore, analysts have declared that this should not make the investors too optimistic about the firm since it is very likely to not take place. Icahn seems to be a little too optimistic about the stock worth of the iPhone makers as per analysts’ analysis.

Even though in his letter Carl Icahn has been persistent that he is being rational by thinking Apple is capable of such a share price, but analysts think that he is being a little too aggressive only because he is satisfied with how the firm is working. However, analysts only seem to agree with the predictions on the sales of iPhone which are expected to increase by 2.3 percent in 2016 and around 6.7 percent in the year next to that.

Analysts believe that by saying that Apple will soon be starting the production and selling of its very own Apple TV and Apple car, Icahn is stating nothing new but supporting just a few rumors that are already been circulating in the air. Now going back to the history a little back, it will be seen that the firm has previously thought about working on a TV but only a year ago, the iPhone makers reportedly discontinued the work that was being done on it, as per a report by Wall Street.

Analysts are of the opinion that Icahn is most probably going to be proved wrong since expecting Apple to launch something that it has not even been working on for the past year is actually not very smart and that it needs a bigger revenue generation than it already is obtaining to carry out such a task.