Apple kept the focus on its mobile products during its September 2016 product event today, introducing the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and the Apple Watch Series 2. Mac computers went unmentioned during the event, but the MacO Sierra page on Apple’s site was updated to include a release date for the operating system: September …
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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 Pay comes to Japan in October
Consumers in Japan will soon be able to use their iPhones to pay for things just like Apple fans in the United States and other parts of the world. Apple announced Wednesday at its iPhone event in San Francisco that it will include new technology in the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2 to expand availability of its …
Read More »Apple beefs up iCloud Drive storage capacity to 2TB
Apple has doubled the maximum amount of data users can store on iCloud Drive, now offering 2 terabytes to customers of its online storage service. Apple’s new storage capacity will run customers $19.99 per month, twice the $9.99 monthly cost of its previous 1TB storage max. Consumers still have the option of getting 5GBs of storage for free. The company …
Read More »Watch Apple’s next iPhone unveiling via live stream September 7
Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 You’ve read all the rumors about Apple’s next iPhone, which may or may not be called the iPhone 7 and may or may not be the handset you’ve been pining for. But wonder no more. You can find out for yourself September 7 when the tech …
Read More »Parallels 12 throws open your Mac’s window to the world
Parallels, the software that lets you run other operating systems side by side with OS X on your Mac computer, is about to get an upgrade. Version 12, available from August 23, doubles down on support for Windows 10 in addition to the usual bevy of speed and performance upgrades. As with the previous 11 versions, Parallels is primarily software …
Read More »How to sign up for the iOS 10, MacOS Sierra public betas
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: OS X gets a new name, and new features galore 2:22 Apple unveiled iOS 10 and Mac OS Sierra, the operating systems for its mobile and desktop platforms respectively, Monday at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. As with …
Read More »Where was the iPad at WWDC?
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I should have known there was a problem when Apple discussed how it would go deeper into four platforms, even though I counted five. Apple Watch. iPhone. Apple TV. Mac. And iPad. I can understand why the number was four: WatchOS, TVOS, iOS …
Read More »This is why your laptop battery dies fast
Quick, what is the biggest drain on your laptop’s battery? If you answered “the display,” you’re right — for the most part. The single biggest occupier of battery resources, day in and day out, is your laptop’s display. More specifically, it’s the that energy goes into powering the backlight that illuminates the pixels on your laptop’s display. The obvious move …
Read More »Apple to add polish, not product lines, in 2016
Apple spent 2015 catapulting new toys and services at consumers. The year ahead will be all about refining its aim. The Cupertino, California, company wants to touch every aspect of your life, whether on the go with an iPhone 6S or Apple Watch, at your office with an iPad Pro or MacBook, or in your living room with an Apple …
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