Amazon’s grocery deliveries just expanded to 10 more US cities. Its Whole Foods delivery service is now available in Charlotte, North Carolina; Las Vegas; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Raleigh, North Carolina; Seattle and Tucson, Arizona. The Wednesday announcement brings the service to a total of 38 cities. Amazon’s grocery delivery …
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Apple Watch now has an ‘I’ve fallen and can’t get up’ mode
One of the Apple Watch 4’s new capabilities is fall detection, using its suite of sensors to keep an eye out for sudden slips and drops. That’s a feature that might sound familiar. It was the sole purpose of the simple Life Alert wristband, featured in a series of low-budget TV commercials in the 1980s. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch …
Read More »Apple iPhone XS/iPhone XR event: Watch live here at 9 a.m. PT, noon ET
Apple took to the stage today to announce three phones and a brand new smartwatch. Read about the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, Apple Watch 4 here. You can watch (or rewatch) Apple’s livestream here. Today’s the day. The biggest iPhone release ever — both literally and figuratively — is just hours away. Apple will kick the proceedings …
Read More »Sorry, the iPhone XR won’t have a dual
Planning to get a new iPhone but not sure which one to choose? If you’re considering the iPhone XR, the cheapest of the three phones Apple introduced Wednesday, keep in mind you won’t be getting one big feature. The iPhone XR lacks a dual-lens camera. Instead, the phone has just one 12-megapixel lens on its rear. Now playing: Watch this: …
Read More »iOS 12 is coming Sept. 17
Apple has announced that the newest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 12, will be available starting on Sept. 17. The new OS will come installed on the three new iPhones Apple announced today — the iPhone XS, the XS Max and the XR — and will be available as a free download on all late-model iPhones and iPads (we have a …
Read More »Apple ups the recycled materials in its new iPhones
Apple‘s newest iPhones are using recycled tin in their logic boards, and cover glass that’s 32 percent bio-based plastic, the company said Wednesday during an unveiling event for the smartphones. The news marks the company’s latest attempts to mitigate the effect its products have on the environment. Lisa Jackson, Apple’s executive who oversees environmental issues, made the announcements as she …
Read More »Those iPhone XS and Apple Watch photos? Here’s how 9to5Mac found them
Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT, the world is not only expecting Apple to reveal three new iPhones, but specifically the iPhone XS*. Why so sure? Because 9to5Mac’s noted Apple leaker Guilherme Rambo was the one to bring us the picture you see above — a picture that looks like it could have been pulled directly from Apple’s marketing materials. And because …
Read More »iPhone XS camera gets new Smart HDR photos and adjustable bokeh
Apple’s new iPhone XS and XS Max smartphones got two big camera features that today’s iPhone X lacks: an improved HDR mode and a bokeh adjustment slider. HDR, short for high dynamic range, is a technology that marries multiple photos into one shot to better capture both shadow details and bright highlights. A new technique called Smart HDR does better, …
Read More »Apple Watch Series 4 offers first ever direct
Apple will be the first company to allow consumers to give themselves an electrocardiogram, a medical test used to detect heart disease. On Wednesday, the company announced the new feature on the Apple Watch Series 4 during Apple’s fall product introduction at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. Now playing: Watch this: Apple adds EKG monitoring to new Watch 4 3:13 …
Read More »iPhone XS vs. Note 9, LG V30 and OnePlus 6
In addition to the iPhone XS Max and the more affordable iPhone XR, Apple unveiled its latest flagship iPhone XS phone Wednesday at a keynote event in Cupertino, California. The new phone (pronounced “10-S”, not “excess”) features a 5.8-inch OLED HDR display, a faster and more efficient A12 Bionic chip along with improved photos and video technology. Preorders start Friday …
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