Now playing: Watch this: Pokemon Go coming to the Apple Watch 2:17 It’s not just Mario for iPhone. The mega-hit mobile game Pokemon Go is coming to the Apple Watch as well, by the end of the year. If your pocket monster hunting habit wasn’t already helping you burn calories, Apple and game developer Niantic …
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Apple Watch speed boost coming Sept. 13 with WatchOS 3
If you own an Apple Watch, your gadget is going to get faster and better at communicating on Sept. 13 with the release of WatchOS 3. Apple announced the smartwatch’s new software version at its iPhone 7 launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday, while touting new features for communications and health. “There are so many features in WatchOS 3, …
Read More »Apple iOS 10 is coming September 13
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 The new version of the software that runs the iPhone and iPad will be out in six days. Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday during the tech giant’s annual late-summer event in San Francisco that Apple’s newest mobile software, iOS 10, will be available September 13. The release …
Read More »Apple scoops Apple with iPhone 7 news on Twitter
Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone 7 didn’t happen at its big event Wednesday in San Francisco. Instead, it happened on Twitter. The tech giant tweeted a photo of a black smartphone along with the words, “New cameras. Water resistant. Stereo speakers. Longer battery life. This is 7.” The tweet was then promptly taken down and Apple’s entire Twitter account was …
Read More »Don’t want to pay $10 a month for Apple Music? Apple will cut you a deal
Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 Apple is offering a $99 gift card for a 12-month subscription to its streaming music service, Apple Music. At $10-a month for an individual Apple Music subscription, the gift card brings that cost down to $8.25 per month, essentially giving you two free months of streaming …
Read More »Our expectations and dreams for the Apple iPhone 7 (The 3:59, Ep. 101)
Well, we’re almost there. After months of speculation, Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 7 on Wednesday. We tee up the big event with a discussion about some of our wish list items for the new device. (OK, maybe some are pretty unrealistic, such as a smaller iPhone and the ability to turn the phone into a car.) Click …
Read More »Looking for big iPhone changes? Wait till next year
Now playing: Watch this: Apple set to focus on iPhone at September 7 event 2:21 If you’re looking to be wowed by a new iPhone design, you might have to wait until 2017. This is supposed to be a year of big changes for the iPhone, but all rumors so far point to minor tweaks in Apple’s iPhone 7, which …
Read More »Apple’s iPhone 7 could be more powerful than we thought, according to benchmark tests
All you Apple fans eagerly awaiting Wednesday’s likely iPhone 7 announcement may have good reason to jump for joy. Benchmark tests for a mysterious device called “iPhone9,3” surfaced online, MacRumors reported. The results, run using popular diagnostic tool Geekbench, are believed to belong to Apple’s unannounced-but-highly-rumored iPhone 7. This is based off the fact that the iPhone 6s and 6s …
Read More »Why you shouldn’t care what the iPhone 7 looks like
Ever since the last iPhone 6S came out, the internet — or at least the tech blogosphere — has been obsessing over what the next iPhone will look like because that’s well, what the tech blogosphere does. Missing headphone jack, dual-lens camera and extra speaker not withstanding, I’m here to argue that the actual design of the phone has become …
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Tomorrow, Apple will take the wraps off the iPhone 7, and it’s a pretty poorly held secret that this model could be the company’s first major product without a headphone jack. For now let’s table the discussion over whether this is no big deal (Lightning-powered headphones do deliver a true digital audio experience — in your face, analog jack) or …
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