Apple is betting the same design changes that helped the iPhone X captivate fans last year will rejuvenate some of its lower-profile products. The iPad Pro on Tuesday received a heavy makeover, drawing in iPhone X elements like a slimmer bezel and integration of the Face ID facial recognition system instead of Touch ID and …
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Snapchat aims to keep millennial Brits hooked with local shows
Snapchat announced a slew of new video series on Tuesday geared specifically towards a British audience. Snap is partnering with 17 content makers including Channel 4, Sky News, Sky Sports, The Guardian, Culture Trip, Vice and influencer network Gleam Futures to bring new video content to the social network. Snap launched its original scripted shows at the beginning of October …
Read More »Apple Store down ahead of iPad event
The online Apple Store went down ahead on Tuesday ahead of the company’s iPad event in Brooklyn, New York. Apple pulling down its offline store is part of its standard launch day procedure — when it pops back up it’s sure to list all the newly announced products. The company unveiled its 2018 lineup of iPhones back in September, and …
Read More »New Apple iPad Pro ditches both Lightning port and headphone jack
Apple unveiled new iPad Pro models at an event in Brooklyn on Tuesday, and nearly everything followed the rumors that we expected: slimmer bezels, Face ID, smaller bodies and much faster processors. But the bigger news may be what’s not in the new iPad Pros: 3.5mm headphone jacks and Lightning connectors are gone, replaced by a single USB-C port. The …
Read More »What we didn’t get from Apple’s iPad Pro event
Apple’s second fall event is in the books and there were plenty of announcements. The iPad Pro moved to a nearly all-screen design. The MacBook Air and Mac Mini both got much-needed updates. There was also lots of talk about the Apple Store that may not seem as exciting, but gives Apple a leg up as it educates its customers …
Read More »Apple Smart Keyboard Folio will make your new iPad a workstation
As expected, Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro at Tuesday’s event in New York. With better graphics and more storage, it looks designed to replace your laptop. And one of its accessories will help that cause — the Smart Keyboard Folio. Apple October event: Complete coverage MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro 2018: Everything Apple just announced MacBook Air …
Read More »Apple’s 12
Though Apple watchers are certain to focus on the new devices unveiled Tuesday, the existing 12-inch MacBook also got an unannounced — and admittedly not huge — update too. Apple decided to get rid of last year’s rose gold and gold colors for the MacBook, replacing them with a different gold that’s also available with the newly announced MacBook Air. …
Read More »How to preorder the new MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro
The death of the MacBook Air ($1,400 at eBay) was greatly exaggerated. Instead of folding the MacBook Air into its MacBook ($445 at Amazon) line or MacBook Pro ($575 at Amazon) line, Apple kept the MacBook Air name and introduced a redesigned MacBook Air on Tuesday at its late October product announcement event in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, Apple …
Read More »Twitter gave you 280 characters, and your tweets got shorter
You’d have thought having 280 characters to tweet would free up our inner Hemingway. Turns out, old habits die hard and we’re still posting short tweets, according to data Twitter released Tuesday. The company’s latest analysis showed the length of tweets has barely changed since the character limit was doubled last year. The most common tweet length under the 140-character …
Read More »Sonos One debuts in five new fall colors
Sonos is branching out from a choice of either black or white for its most affordable speaker, the One, with a selection of new fall colors available for preorder today. The company has announced five colors as part of its partnership with Danish design brand Hay: Pale Yellow, Forest Green, Vibrant Red, Soft Pink and Light Gray. The $229 Hay …
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