Apple Reportedly Has Secretive 'Startup' Team Working on Experimental Technologies for Future Devices

[gund1234]

In reading the comments here, I think many would be very surprised at just how little scientific research is done by corporations these days.

they don't spend that much money on fundamental scientific research any more, but they do spend money on R&D, on stuff that can make them money in near future.

 

[genovelle]

Show me a large tech company that doesn't have one.

They don’t have a secretive one on the scale of Apple that functions like the one in the article.

 

[gk_brown]

How about a Secretive 'Startup' team to work on providing improvements and stability on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS? It's the software that needs love and attention.

Yeah, especially Music for people who don't subscribe to Apple Music (i.e. prefer to buy songs instead of rent them).

 

[gk_brown]

Latest round of rumors says iOS 17 will be a "stability" release with little to no new features and plenty of bug fixes.

iOS Snow Leopard!

 

[genovelle]

I think the number or Apple hater on this site taints the tone of commentary on articles like this. The comments here ignore many of the main points of the article. For instance, Their competitors wear their moonshot projects on their sleeves. It’s done all out in the open. They don’t have secretive divisions that are structured where even the engineers don’t know what they are working on because they are separated by skill set instead of by project.

 

[mrr]

I hope so.

 

[Daedalus65]

So.....Apple has an R&D group.

Big if true.

Yes. But now we know what their team T-shirt says.

 

[StyxMaker]

My sources tell me that Apple has a particle accelerator under their campus and is developing portable nuclear power systems for their mobile devices. My sources don't have a very good track record, though.

That explains the shape of their new building.

 

[svish]

Would love to hear more about all the things Apple is designing behind closed doors.

 

[lysingur]

They don’t have a secretive one on the scale of Apple that functions like the one in the article.

Sony used to have it. Apple is really just emulating what Sony had done. If you really know your tech history, you'll realize that Apple has done far more emulating than innovating.

 

[lovehateapple]

Would love to hear more about all the things Apple is designing behind closed doors.

So does everyone else!

 

[mebehere]

Apple ALWAYS has experimental stuff being worked on. The original iPhone was experimental stuff.

 

[Jonkil]

We here is a rumour that Dilbert heads up the department ;-)

 

[Reggaenald]

duh indeed. Did he think the EKG feature on the Apple Watch just fell into their lap one morning for example

No but who said they developed it?
Apple is always looking out for actual companies to buy and inherit their technologies.
Almost every comment I’ve read here is so nose up high, if all of you already knew all of this, why aren’t you publishing instead if Mark Gurman? He’s making good money making these reports and y’all are just „yup of course nothing new here“.1
It’s a „confirmation“ post, not a ground breaking new story.

 

[Solomani]

No surprises here. All big tech companies have teams like this in one form or another.

Yeah, no surprise. Altho I was hoping they'd have a better name than "Team XDG".

I was hoping for something like "Section 8".... or Spec Ops Alpha.

 

[257Loner]

It was supposed to be kept a secret! MacRumors, you blew their cover! Great job!

 

[G_Briggs]

Some may call or the R&D team

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Ouch, I'm looking at you Craig Federighi as these are all your areas under your control.

Lately, he's been MIA. Ever since he introduced Stage Manager on iPad OS. He's been hiding!

 

[diddl14]

Journalism at its best: Apple has r&d

 

[HPDoor]

I hope it is the new Airport Extreme. I bought a second (spare) AIRPORT Extreme in 2018 and I am still trying to survive on these until the second coming.