This is how Apple kept the name of Apple Watch a secret September 15, 2014 How sure were we that the Apple Watch was going to be called the iWatch? Everyone was fairly confident Apple would go by previous form with its “i” nomenclature. Everyone was wrong. So just how did Apple keep the real name of its first smartwatch quiet for so long? The iWatch name first made an [...]
Tag Heuer is planning a smartwatch after Apple Watch launch September 15, 2014 Apple might have one more watchmaker a little hot under the collar with the Apple Watch. Luxury watch brand Tag Heuer has told a Swiss newspaper it’s planning to launch a smartwatch a week after Apple launched its much-anticipated smartwatch. Jean-Claude Biver of Tag Heuer owner LVMH said "We want to launch a smartwatch at [...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Beats Electronics purchase in wide-ranging interview September 14, 2014 Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook has said it was the strength of Beats Electronics' subscription service that persuaded him to sign off on the $3bn (£1.8bn) purchase of the company earlier this year. In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose on American network PBS last week, Cook touched on a number of topics ranging [...]
Apple reports record demand for iPhone 6 as share price levels September 13, 2014 After what must have seemed an interminable wait for the Apple fangirls and boys, the pre-order drama was over in hours. Apple says that pre-orders of the largest of its two new handsets, the iPhone 6 plus, broke records; selling out quickly and crashing websites. With iPhones roaring off the shelves, it would perhaps seem [...]
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus UK release date and prices: Pre-orders begin at Apple, EE, O2, Three and Vodafone September 11, 2014 Apple fans eager to get their hands on the shiny new iPhones revealed on Tuesday won’t have long to wait. Both devices are available for pre-order from today in the UK ahead of their release on 19 September. The devices can be ordered directly from Apple online as well as from the major mobile networks [...]
Apple-teaser: Are Watch, Pay and iPhone 6 enough to reinvigorate Apple? September 11, 2014 Apple Watch What’s new? Everything. The Apple Watch is Apple’s first brand new product launch since the death of Steve Jobs. It’s also the company’s first entry into the much-hyped wearable tech sector. Three different versions – Apple Watch, Watch Sport and the 18c gold Apple Watch Edition – will be available, with six additional [...]
Electronic Arts eyes Apple Watch for new games September 11, 2014 It might sound like a fiddly proposition, but games giant Electronic Arts (EA) has its eye on the Apple Watch as a potential new platform for its games. Frank Gibeau, head of EA’s mobile games division, said the company is “pretty excited” about Apple’s new product and the gaming possibilities that come with it. [...]
Forget Apple Watch: Intelligent virtual assistants are the next tech revolution September 10, 2014 THE APPLE Watch is just the latest exciting development in wearable technology. But the prospect of consumers interacting with Siri on their smartwatches also hints at another impending revolution in how we access digitised knowledge. Today, we stand on the brink of the third wave of computing – where machines become capable of learning and [...]
RIP iPod Classic: Apple kills off original design September 10, 2014 In the midst of all the fuss about Apple's new launches, the tech giant appears to have quietly killed off its genre-busting iPod Classic nearly 15 years after its creation. The iPod Classic, which was first launched in 2001, is no longer available for sale on the Apple Store, although some branches of Tesco [...]
Apple lifts the lid on its Watch and iPhone 6 September 9, 2014 APPLE last night unveiled a new smartwatch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service, as chief executive Tim Cook set a bold new direction for the technology giant taking it into a host of new markets. At an event in San Francisco, the company took the wraps off a larger, 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and [...]