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• Apple unveils Apple Watch and new MacBook – in pictures

  09-03-2015 23:46 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Apple unveils more details of the much anticipated Apple Watch and a new, thinner MacBook Continue reading...
  
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• Got diabetes? There's an app for that

  09-03-2015 23:41
  
  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health researchers said on Monday they are targeting millions of smartphone users with Apple Inc's new software tool, hoping to collect an unprecedented amount of data on major diseases by tracking their behaviors via iPhone. The ResearchKit software tool, an open source platform, allows researchers to design applications that use built-in sensors on the iPhone along with data from other wearable devices to gather real-time health data. Scientis
  
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• LG G4 could bring next level of Android with super sharp display

  09-03-2015 23:25
  
  Two separate pieces of evidence point to a couple of nice new features on the LG G4: the rumored Android 5.1 update and a quad-HD resolution display.The two sources, a Sprint user agent profile page and an html5test result spotted by MyLGphones, paint a picture of the next LG flagship, which is expected to launch in April.As previous reports predicted, LG skipped the opportunity to unveil the G4 at this month's massive MWC 2015 conference, likely opting instead for the less announcement-crowded
  
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• Apple Watch moves Internet out of your pocket

  09-03-2015 23:22
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple wants to move the Internet from your pocket to your wrist.
  
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• Apple Watch prices and apps revealed

  09-03-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple reveals that its smartwatch collection will range in price from £299 to £13,500 depending on the materials used.
  
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• Alibaba tabs Jeff Zhang to oversee consolidated retail division

  09-03-2015 23:11
  
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd appointed Jeff Zhang to oversee its main services on Monday, bringing Taobao, Tmall and Juhuasuan into a newly created "China Retail Marketplaces" division. The company, which now handles more e-commerce than Amazon.com and eBay Inc combined, has been struggling to sustain the rip-roaring pace of growth it enjoyed in past years as it gains scale. It's unclear how Zhang's appointment affected Yilei Wang, who was President of the Amazon.com-like Tmall
  
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• With Its $10,000 Watch, Apple Has Lost Its Soul

  09-03-2015 23:09
  
  Apple, which had pioneered the category of the personal computer, was barely staving off bankruptcy. In August of that year, Jobs would accept $150 million from Bill Gates’s Microsoft, money which kept Apple alive but made Microsoft look like less of a monopolist. Jobs strove to bring the old spirit of Apple to the laggard corporation. Apple is the most famous company in American business for good reason.
  
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• In Depth: 10 things we learned from the Apple Watch launch

  09-03-2015 22:50
  
  Pre-orders, apps, Amazon and MacBookApple just held an event for the Apple Watch. But as it launched the thing last year, we got to hear about much more than just a few of the flimsy things Apple's great wrist-worn gadget will do. Yes, we now know when the Watch is coming out, and how much we'll have to pay for it, but there's even more interesting stuff in store too. How about the brand new 12-inch MacBook that's even thinner than the MacBook Air? Or the iPhone-led medical platform that Apple t
  
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• Woman: Male colleague at venture firm 'relentless' in affair

  09-03-2015 22:45
  
  The woman behind a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm testified Monday that a male colleague was "relentless" in his pursuit of her and cut her ...
  
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• Accessories you might need for the new MacBook

  09-03-2015 22:45
  
  Storage drivesApple's thinnest, lightest, and most advanced notebook will start shipping on April 10th. The new MacBook introduces a bold change on how you connect peripherals and accessories. During the keynote introduction, Apple CEO Tim Cook billed the new MacBook as the "reinvention and future of the notebook," highlighting its slim stature, long battery life, and performance-driven Intel Core M processor that allows Apple to shed fans and vents. To get as slim and light as the new
  
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• UPDATED: Apple Watch vs Pebble Time Steel

  09-03-2015 22:40
  
  Apple Watch vs Pebble Time SteelPop quiz, which of these is the Apple Watch and which is the new Pebble Time Steel? It's kind of hard to tell the difference between the two smartwatches in the above photo.Pebble seems to be doing its best impression of the "iWatch" with the stainless steel model of its plastic Pebble Time. The photo arrangement doesn't seem like a coincidence.In fact, the sophisticated-looking gold finish on the casing and buckle, the bright red leather strap and the d
  
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• Are these the apps that will make Apple Watch a hit?

  09-03-2015 22:33
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  Apple's app store has just opened a whole, new Apple Watch area as part of an iOS 8.2 update and the Cupertino chaps have just talked us through what you'll be downloading first. By and large it's the usual suspects, given an Apple UI twist. Apps helped make the iPhone and iPad incredibly successful. Can these repeat the same trick for the less obviously useful Watch range? Erm… We'll get back to you on that one in six months.Workout and ActivityFitness app makers have been doing simul
  
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• Apple Watch launch: internet reacts

  09-03-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The internet reacts to the Apple Watch event
  
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• Updated: The new MacBook: release date, news and features

  09-03-2015 22:10
  
  Introduction, release date and designUpdate: Apple has gone and announced the Retina Macbook Air, but skipping out on any prefixes or suffixes, the Cupertino company has named it simply the new MacBook. As the old adage goes: the best things in life are worth waiting for, and Apple's long-awaited MacBook has finally be announced and oh, boy is it a doozy. Apple is held an event today that was almost entirely expected to focus on the Apple Watch, but the Retina display-equipped MacBook Air stole
  
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• Apple releases new 12in MacBook with larger retina display

  09-03-2015 21:46 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Apple’s smallest laptop increases in screen size but shrinks in body size with new reversible USB type-C ports
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• HP breaks downward sales trend in New Zealand

  09-03-2015 21:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Hewlett-Packard lifted sales by 6.6 percent for the year ended 31 October 2014.
  
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• A golden MacBook, HBO on your iPhone & of course, the Watch

  09-03-2015 21:38
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All eyes were focused on the watch, but Apple CEO Tim Cook also unveiled a new MacBook and announced other deals at a company event Monday in San Francisco.
  
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• Tim Cook unveils details of Apple Watch – video

  09-03-2015 21:38 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled details of the first product developed under his leadership, a watch that Apple hopes will transform the market of wearable technology. In a carefully choreographed presentation from San Francisco, Cook called the new watch the 'most personal device' Apple has ever created and one that revolutionizes the way people can connect with others.
  
  Among other features, the new watch can receive phone calls, text messages and emails, and has a so-called 'digital touch' t
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Apple Watch and MacBook launch

  09-03-2015 21:32 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Everything you need to know about Apple’s new products and announcments, from the Apple Watch to the new MacBook to Apple TV, in brief Continue reading...
  
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• Opinion: Apple blew its chance to impress me with the Apple Watch

  09-03-2015 21:19
  
  I went into today's Apple's Watch event ready to be convinced. I wanted Cook and Co to settle the nagging unease I had around the timepiece, to show me this is a smartwatch worth owning.Instead, I'm wholly disappointed. You know that equally empty and irritated feeling you get when your favorite sports team blows an early lead? Yeah, that's about how I feel right now. I'm still impressed with the Apple Watch's design, don't get me wrong. I think it's one of the sleeker if not the sleekest-lookin
  
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• Apple’s luxury watch: the fashion view

  09-03-2015 21:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  With the basic 18-carat gold watch costing about the same as three Chanel 2.55 handbags, the Apple Watch Edition is for the true high-rollersApple Watch: available April 24 for between $349 and $10,000Apple Watch apps: the lowdown Apple announces $17k Apple Watch Edition, in solid gold Continue reading...
  
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• HBO launches US streaming service

  09-03-2015 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The network behind hit shows such as Game of Thrones launches an online streaming service that will weaken its relationship with cable TV providers.
  
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• Apple Watch launch: $17,000 smartwatch unveiled – as it happened

  09-03-2015 20:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook demonstrated the new Apple Watch, ranging from $349 to $17,000, and announced a thinner MacBook laptop and cheaper Apple TVApple releases new slimmer 12in MacBook HBO launches standalone streaming service as an Apple exclusive Apple Watch: available April 24 for between $349 and $10,000Apple Watch apps: the lowdown Continue reading...
  
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• Apple Watch release signals firm’s transformation into luxury brand

  09-03-2015 20:01 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Burberry chief Angela Ahrendts and designer Sir Jonathan Ive are steering Apple into new territory, where Chinese consumers could be key Continue reading...
  
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• Apple's ResearchKit to give scientists ready access to study subjects

  09-03-2015 19:58
  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday released ResearchKit, an open-source software tool designed to give scientists a new way to gather information on patients by using their iPhones. Several top research institutions have already developed applications to work on the ResearchKit platform, including those pursuing clinical studies on asthma, breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. They include Stanford University School of Medicine and Weill Corn
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: The watch, a gold MacBook, HBO on iPhone

  09-03-2015 19:56
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch — for 18 hours a day. That's how long the battery will last on an average day.
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: You've seen it. Are you going to buy it?

  09-03-2015 19:43
  
  Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch ...
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Watch costs $349 to $10,000 starting 4/10

  09-03-2015 19:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch — for 18 hours a day. That's how long the battery will last.
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Watch to have 18-hour battery life

  09-03-2015 19:29
  
  Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch ...
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Make calls, pay for groceries with watch

  09-03-2015 19:25
  
  Make calls, read email, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout, pay for groceries, open your hotel room door. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch. ...
  
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• Apple Watch starts at $349; battery lasts a full day

  09-03-2015 19:22 via zdnet.com
  
  The long-awaited Apple wrist wearable starts at $349 for the entry-level model.
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Day in the life of Apple Watch

  09-03-2015 19:19
  
  Make calls, read full emails, control music, manage Instagram photos, keep up with your workout and pay for groceries. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch. Scheduled to ...
  
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• Woman behind bias suit against Silicon Valley firm testifies

  09-03-2015 19:19
  
  A woman behind a high-profile sexual discrimination lawsuit against one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms testified Monday that female employees were treated disrespectfully — ...
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE:Christy Turlington joins Cook to talk watch

  09-03-2015 19:09
  
  Make calls, read full emails, control music, keep up with your workout. CEO Tim Cook says you can do it all from your wrist with Apple Watch. Scheduled to hit the market in April, industry watchers are ...
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Apple Watch unveiled

  09-03-2015 18:58
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — And what everyone's been waiting to see — CEO Tim Cook unveils the Apple Watch.
  
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• HBO standalone service coming to Apple devices in April

  09-03-2015 18:58
  
  (Reuters) - The anticipated standalone streaming service from premium channel HBO will launch in April exclusively on Apple Inc devices, in time for the season premiere of acclaimed series "Game of Thrones," the network said on Monday. HBO Now will cost $14.99 per month and will include all past, present and future HBO programming plus the network's lineup of Hollywood movies, HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Plepler said at an Apple event in San Francisco. The ser
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: New skinny, light and silent MacBook

  09-03-2015 18:46
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — CEO Tim Cook is directing Apple's big event Monday in San Francisco, unveiling a new deal between Apple TV and HBO, touting growth in iPhone sales and Apple Pay adoption, and announcing a set of tools called ResearchKit to help hospitals and research centers develop apps for patients.
  
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• Apple launches ResearchKit, sees medical research uses for iPhone

  09-03-2015 18:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple is open sourcing Research Kit in a bid to turn the iPhone into a medical research tool.
  
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• HBO to launch standalone service with Apple in April

  09-03-2015 18:30
  
  (Reuters) - The anticipated standalone streaming service from premium channel HBO will launch in April, exclusively on Apple Inc devices, the network said on Monday. HBO Now will cost $14.99 per month and will include all past, present and future HBO programming plus the network's lineup of Hollywood movies, HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Plepler said at an event hosted by Apple in San Francisco. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine)
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Cook talks Apple Pay, cuts Apple TV price

  09-03-2015 18:28
  
  CEO Tim Cook is directing Apple's big event Monday in San Francisco, unveiling a new deal between Apple TV and HBO, touting growth in iPhone sales and Apple Pay adoption and other developing products. ...
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Tim Cook takes stage, cuts Apple TV price

  09-03-2015 18:14
  
  CEO Tim Cook has taken the stage at Apple's event this morning in San Francisco. Cook is expected to unveil the company's newest device, the smartwatch, and make the case for why it's a must-have gadget. ...
  
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• Apple Watch event: By the numbers

  09-03-2015 18:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Ahead of the Apple Watch's full unveiling, executives dished out updates on the company's financial figures, sales and shipments, and other numerical nuggets.
  
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• APPLE EVENT LIVE: Tim Cook takes stage, talks Apple TV

  09-03-2015 18:11
  
  CEO Tim Cook has taken the stage at Apple's event this morning in San Francisco. He is expected to unveil the company's newest device, the smartwatch, and make the case for why it's a must-have gadget. ...
  
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• APPLE WATCH LIVE: Starting now

  09-03-2015 18:05
  
  The Apple Watch. CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil the company's newest device and make the case for why it's a must-have gadget at a San Francisco event later Monday. Apple teased the smartwatch in September ...
  
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• APPLE WATCH LIVE: Get ready

  09-03-2015 18:03
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Apple Watch. CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil the company's newest device and make the case for why it's a must-have gadget at a San Francisco event later Monday.
  
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• Solar plane completes first leg

  09-03-2015 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane completes its first leg, a 12-hour journey in the Gulf to Oman.
  
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• Obama calls for effort to boost high-tech training, hiring

  09-03-2015 17:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling for a home-grown, high-technology workforce to will help boost higher-wage employment at a time of stagnant incomes.
  
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• Review: mini review: Fluance Fi30

  09-03-2015 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Before Bluetooth came along, most speakers lived a sedentary life in an entertainment center. Connected directly to the media source, these cabinets were massive by today's standards because you simply never needed to move them. But now that it's possible to listen to music wirelessly, bigger speakers don't get the same love they used to, as people prefer little ones instead that can come along for the ride. The Fluance Fi30 wants to bring back that classic style to the Bluetooth market, offerin
  
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• Tesla to fire 30% of staff in China due to poor sales

  09-03-2015 15:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Half of the sales jobs will be cut in China as sales only meet a quarter of what Elon Musk expected.
  
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• Technology across borders: CIOs' tips for international success

  09-03-2015 14:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Tech chiefs share their experiences of doing business internationally and their tips for success.
  
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