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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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