This week’s new iPad Air and iPad Mini are not the last word in Apple hardware before the company’s expected video streaming service debut at an event on March 25. The iMac line of all-in-one desktops is getting a series of internal upgrades, with more powerful CPUs and better graphics. While the new iPad Air and last …
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It may not get a dramatic trailer drop, but it’s still one of the most highly-anticipated climaxes in Hollywood. Disney, the largest traditional media company in the world, closed its takeover of major parts of fellow Hollywood giant 21st Century Fox late Tuesday. It marks the companies officially becoming one a year after they first reached an agreement to merge …
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Apple is backing three nonprofit organizations with media literacy programs in an effort to battle fake news, the company said Tuesday. The iPhone maker will support the News Literacy Project and Common Sense in the US, and Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori in Italy. The programs are geared toward teaching young people critical thinking skills for the digital age. “News literacy is …
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In case you missed it, Apple announced new tablets yesterday: A $399 iPad Mini and a $499 iPad Air. As always with new Apple product launches, don’t expect any kind of sale pricing for at least– Hang on, what’s this? For a limited time, Best Buy is offering $25 off any of the new iPads when you preorder. To get …
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Walmart will reportedly bring out its own tablet to rival Apple’s iPad. The Android tablet will be cheap, designed to withstand kids and come from a Chinese supplier, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, based on photos discovered in a database of wireless product applications filed with the US Federal Communications Commission. It’ll be sold under Walmart’s ONN store brand, which focuses on …
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Editor’s note, March 18: Apple has announced two new iPads. Starting at $499 (£479, AU$779) for the 64GB model, the new iPad Air features a 10.5-inch Retina display, an A12 Bionic processor and support for the Apple Pencil. It replaces the 10.5-inch iPad Pro from 2017, which is no longer sold. The new iPad Mini, starting at $399 (£399, AU$599) for the 64GB version, also …
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Bright days are ahead for wearables. The worldwide wearables market will grow 15.3 percent by the end of this year, according to a Monday forecast from market researcher IDC. Shipments of wearables will reach 198.5 million units by the end of 2019, and 279 million units by the end of 2023, the firm predicts. Much of that growth will be …
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Before Apple announced the Apple Watch‘s ability to perform echocardiograms on the go last year, it was working with Stanford University to study the technology. The Apple Heart Study enrolled 400,000 people. According to study results, presented Saturday, 2,000 of those participants received a notification about an irregular heart rhythm, which can be a sign of a larger problem, like …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple unveiling a new iPad Air and iPad Mini. How facial recognition software is being used by law enforcement to solve petty crimes. What to expect from the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s iPad family welcomes back refreshed iPad Air,… 5:27 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the …
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Here’s a surprise: A full week ahead of its scheduled product-launch event, Apple just released new tablets: a new 10.5-inch “iPad Air” (really just an update of the now-discontinued 2017 iPad Pro) and — for fans of small tablets — the first iPad Mini update in years. See iPad Mini (2019) at Apple Many observers once thought Apple would drop the …
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