Apple Watch software update watchOS 2 delayed due to bug – iOS 9 release not affected September 16, 2015 Apple has postponed the release of new Apple Watch software watchOS 2, expected to be made available today, because of a bug. The software update would have been released to Apple Watch owners today. How long it will now be delayed is unclear, a company spokesperson said to the Financial Times: We have discovered a [...]
The five biggest announcements from Apple’s September 2015 event September 16, 2015 Last week’s Apple media event saw the company unveiling what it repeatedly called the “most advanced iPhone we’ve ever made”, just in case anybody suspected they might take the radical step of announcing a less advanced phone. Nope, instead of regressing, Apple instead marched boldly into a shimmering, rose gold future with two more iPhones, [...]
ARM share price rises after sales of new Apple iPhone 6S and Morgan Stanley note September 16, 2015 Chipmaker Arm Holdings yesterday saw its share price rise almost 3.5 per cent, helped by news of strong first-weekend Apple iPhone sales, and by recommendations from brokers including Morgan Stanley. Yesterday was the the first analyst day for new chief financial officer Chris Kennedy, who was poached from easyJet. Morgan Stanley noted that ARM has [...]
iPhone 6s sales on track to beat Apple’s records September 15, 2015 Apple said yesterday that sales of its new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are on track to beat last year’s record-breaking iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales on the first weekend they hit the shops. “Customer response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been extremely positive and pre-orders this weekend were very strong [...]
FTSE retreats as Morrisons and Glencore drop – London Report September 15, 2015 BRITAIN’S top share index fell yesterday, with miner Glencore and supermarket group Morrisons underperforming as weak Chinese data and the possibility of a US rate rise weighed on markets. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index had initially risen but then lost ground to close 0.5 per cent lower at 6,084.59 points as caution crept in before [...]
From the momentous to the mundane, smartphones are making life unmissable September 15, 2015 The most important of events, from that first step to walking down the aisle, must be recorded and remembered, and today that’s what we use our smartphones for. From nature photography to wedding photography, these are all places where people use their smartphone cameras that you would never have believed or expected just a few [...]
iPhone 6s Vs iPhone 6 pre-order sales: Apple share price ticks up after revealing it’s on track to break first weekend record September 14, 2015 Apple has said that it's on track for sales of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to beat last year's record-breaking iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales on the first weekend it hits the shops. "Customer response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been extremely positive and pre-orders this weekend were very [...]
Shot on iPhone: How smartphone cameras are changing the world September 14, 2015 If you've travelled on the underground in the last couple of months you might have seen some gorgeous sweeping landscapes, tumbling waterfalls and stunning vistas, all ‘Shot on iPhone 6’. A few years ago if the world’s biggest technology company wanted to do a global marketing campaign it would have hired the best photographers [...]
One chart showing that people cared more about Microsoft than iPhone 6S or iPad Pro at the Apple launch September 11, 2015 Tim Cook said “everything had changed” again when unveiling Apple’s new products earlier this week – but how were they received by the public? Looking at hundreds of thousands of social media mentions give us a pretty good clue of how people felt about the new iPhone, iPad Pro and Apple Watch. Some 179,000 tweets [...]
Apple iOS9 release: How businesses can make the most of the latest iPhone software from Siri and ad-blocking to Spotlight and split screens September 11, 2015 Are you ready for iOS9? Apple is making some major changes to its flagship operating system over the next few weeks, but what do these updates mean for businesses? A nail in the coffin for search and display? The new operating system iOS 9 will include a significantly enhanced Spotlight search functionality, the [...]