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Apple Inc. released the Apple WatchKit SDK in November and since then developers have been hard at work readying their apps for the wearable. Some high-profile developers were even invited to a secret Apple Watch lab to finish their apps. At yesterday’s …
Apple Watch: early reactions from analysts and the fashion conscious
As was expected, Apple Inc. released more details about the Apple Watch at yesterday’s event. Among the details we learnt the price –starting at $349 all the way up to, and possibly over, $17,000 –and a more detailed look at features, such …
Report: Hands-on with the Apple Watch
Following yesterday’s Spring Forward event, we now know that you can try out the Apple Watch in select Apple Retail stores starting April 10 and, if you like it, you will be able to pre-order your very own Apple Watch. If, however, you …
Apple to unveil revamped Beats-based music streaming service at WWDC 2015
Apple Inc. plans to unveil its new music streaming service at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), set to take place sometime in June. Reports from both 9to5Mac and TechCrunch claim that Apple intends to launch the Beats-based music streaming service …
Report: Security is paramount inside Apple’s secret Apple Watch lab
Earlier this month 9to5Mac reported that Apple Inc. had invited high-profile developers to the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters in order to finish their Apple Watch apps in time for the April launch. A report today from Bloomberg Business not only corroborates 9to5Mac’s …
Apple Watch to sell 15M units in 2015 and ‘ignite global smartwatch market’
Research released yesterday claims that the Apple Watch will ”ignite the global smartwatch market” this year. Research firm Strategy Analytics predicts that Apple Inc. will sell more than 15 million Apple Watches worldwide in 2015 to claim 55 percent of the global …
Rumor: Apple to delay 12.9-inch iPad Pro
Originally rumored to go on sale in April 2015, production of Apple Inc.’s eagerly anticipated 12.9-inch iPad has seemingly been delayed until September. An anonymous source, said to be familiar with Apple’s plans, told Bloomberg that the delay in production is due …
YotaPhone 2 comes to U.S., but not at a retailer near you
YotaPhone has announced that it will launch its duel-screen YotaPhone 2 in the U.S. this spring. It is however not arriving via traditional retail channels, but rather via a campaign on crowd-funding site Indiegogo. (via Phone Scoop) The company unveiled the YotaPhone …
Gartner: Apple outsold Samsung for the first time ever in Q4 2014
Apple Inc.’s iPhone outsold smartphones from rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014 for this first time since 2011. Apple sold 74.83 million iPhones worldwide compared to 73.03 million smartphones sold by Samsung, according to figures published …
BlackBerry unwraps all-touch BlackBerry Leap, CEO says company is ahead of turnaround plan
BlackBerry Ltd. on Tuesday took the wraps off the BlackBerry Leap, a five-inch, all-touchscreen smartphone due to go on sale at $275 this spring. The erstwhile smartphone pioneer also teased three other new models due out later in 2015. The new devices …