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In addition to all the fun new products unveiled at Apple’s event this morning, the company has also released a new version of Xcode for developers, which coincides with the launch of Swift 2.2. The update to Swift makes it the first since the language was open sourced on December 3. It also features contributions from non-Apple employees, but lacks support for Swift Core Libraries on Linux (which is coming in version 3). In addition to bug fixes and diagnostic enhancements, Swift 2.2 als

A new iPhone and iPad are nice, but what about all of the older hardware Apple hasn’t bothered with? For big parts of its lineup, Apple is in desperate need of an update. MacBook Pro At this point, the MacBook Pro is looking a bit dated. It still has the light-up Apple logo around back, and feels a bit chunky. Apple has showed us it can slim down and power up, so why hasn’t it done so the the MacBook Pro yet? The easy assumption is that Apple is leaning hard into a ground-up rethink

Apple events are usually a beauty pageant for the latest bits of hardware and software we’re all going to spend our money on over the next 12 months. Today was no exception. But what is more surprising to the seasoned Apple observer is just how political the world’s largest technology company has become under Tim Cook. The first half of the presentation was dominated entirely by encryption, the environment and healthcare, issues which historically, Apple has stayed away from. B

The Apple event is a wrap – if you missed the hour-long keynote, we’ve got everything Apple announced summarized in one place for you. For further details, see the link below each sections for full reports. First things first… Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the announcement with a brief statement about its ongoing battle against the FBI regarding the San Bernardino iPhone case. “We believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help your protect your data an

There’s now an iPad Pro with the same screen size as an iPad Air. At today’s event in Cupertino, Apple unveiled a smaller iPad Pro with a 9.7-inch screen and that weighs less than a pound. The company says that the goal was to bring the power of the iPad Pro to the 200 million iPad users that use a 9.7-inch iPad. The company also said most users who switched to an iPad Pro were actually Windows PC users (while also stating that over 600 millions PCs in use are over 5 years old). App

As expected, Apple has gone ahead and updated the latest iOS version to 9.3 today. An incremental change, it nonetheless has some cool new features you’ll want to try. Night Shift Much like the popular f.lux, Apple’s new Night Shift mode eliminates blue light from your display for better use while reading in darker environments. Apple says using Night Shift will help your circadian rhythms, and help you get better sleep. It uses geolocation to identify where you are (and what t

As expected, Apple debuted a new, small iPhone at its event this morning, and it’s officially called the iPhone SE. Turns out, the spoilers about this one were pretty accurate. It’s the same overall size as the iPhone 5S, but has a matte chamfered curvature around the edges rather than the subtle curves that the iPhone 6 lineup has. Really, it’s the same overall size as the iPhone 5S with slightly curved screen edges and no camera protruding. Internall

Apple used the first slot at its keynote to unveil the efforts its been making on the environment – no doubt an attempt to show it’s definitely the good guy, in case you were wondering. It’s now running on 100 percent renewable energy in 23 countries – including the US and UK, as well as in all of its data centers – totaling 93 percent renewables across its entire operations. In China, it’s using fields more commonly home to yaks to provide renewabl

There’s no new Apple Watch hardware, but there are new accessories. At an event held in Cupertino this morning, Apple announced some new Watch bands along with a few new partnerships. First, Apple is going to offer its fluoelastomer band in new colors, which will sell for $49 like the rest of the lineup. There will also be new options in leather, if you’re into being stylish. We’re also getting an official black milanese loop for use with the Space Grey Apple Watch. Since

At its event in San Francisco today, Apple announced CareKit, a framework for health professionals to build apps that help patients keep tabs on the their treatments. The company demonstrated a CareKit app that can help Parkinsons patients track the medicines they need to take on a daily basis, with a ‘Care Card’ to log the their progress throughout the day. It’s sort of like a to-do list, except for your medicine and treatments. Patients can then send that information an