Now playing: Watch this: MacBook gets Touch ID fingerprint scanner 1:00 I can’t wave a wand and turn your current MacBook‘s row of function keys into a Touch Bar, but I can offer you a substitute for the Touch ID button on the new MacBooks that makes it easy to unlock your MacBook. If you …
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Now playing: Watch this: Intel turns to Overwatch to show off seventh-generation… 0:57 Apple’s new MacBook Pro is an eye-catching new computer. So are Microsoft’s new Surface Studio and upgraded Surface Book. But none of them use Intel’s latest processors. Is that a big deal? Not as much as you’d think. Here’s our explainer from August on what “Kaby Lake” …
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Now playing: Watch this: MacBook gets Touch ID fingerprint scanner 1:00 Apple on Thursday introduced a new MacBook Pro design for the first time in over four years. As rumored, the new models — available in 13- and 15-inch sizes — offer an all-new design, an OLED “Touch Bar” that replaces the function key row, and the Touch ID sensor …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s all about the MacBook on October 27 2:05 They’re back. Apple’s October 27 event in Cupertino promises a whole lot of Mac. Although Apple just had an iPhone 7 and Apple Watch event in September, this October follow-up should be all about the computer part of Apple’s hardware portfolio. Apple didn’t even have an October …
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Bought a smartwatch recently? How very 2015 of you. The number of smartwatches shipped over the most recent three months has declined 52 percent compared with the same July-to-September period last year, according to a report by IDC wearables analysts. Apple remains the leading smartwatch maker, but it has also seen fewer people interested in its tech-enabled timepiece this year …
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If you’ve got a recent piece of Apple hardware, it may be time to update — the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple TV and the Mac all got minor software releases this morning. For the most part, it’s just bugfixes, but the iPhone 7 Plus gets the nifty new Portrait Mode for its camera, which allows you to capture …
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Get ready for Apple event, round 2. The company on Wednesday sent out invites for its second event in a little over a month, taking place October 27 at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The invitation reads “Hello again” with an image of the Apple logo. Apple didn’t host a second event last fall, instead opting to announce everything from …
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Now playing: Watch this: Tick, tock, Apple Watch: Google’s new watches may land… 1:17 One of the cooler variations on the new Apple Watch S2 shown off in September was the Apple Watch Nike+ edition. That model has a unique strap and some built-in software features for runners, but had no firm release date beyond sometime in October. A check …
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Not all wearables will monitor your heart rate accurately. But out of the many devices out there, the Apple Watch (the 2015 version, at least) is one of the better ones, according to a study featured in the peer-reviewed medical journal, JAMA Cardiology. The heart rate sensor on the back of an Apple Watch Series 2. The research was conducted …
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Mobile phones have already been banned from UK Cabinet meetings, and now another gadget has reportedly been shown the door: the Apple Watch. The concern, according to a Telegraph story Monday, is that smartwatches and phones could be hacked by Russian spies and turned into listening devices. “The Russians are trying to hack everything,” a source told The Telegraph. Hacking …
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