With its Watch 3, Apple’s flagship wearable is now capable of making calls over an LTE cellular signal. It also lets you talk directly to Apple’s Siri voice assistant, and stream music directly from Apple Music. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch Series 3 lets you make calls, stream music… 2:26 But there are tons …
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When Apple Senior Vice President of Operations Jeff Williams unveiled the cellular-capable Apple Watch Series 3 in Cupertino yesterday, he touted a fairly impressive 18-hour battery life. Indeed, Apple’s product page says “up to 18 hours,” and that “all day” figure matches the non-cellular Series 3 model, as well as last year’s Series 1 model, which has a slower CPU. …
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Tuesday wasn’t just the launch of three new iPhones, an Apple Watch and an Apple TV. It was also the first time Apple welcomed journalists to its gigantic, 175-acre Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. Apple Park is home to several buildings, most prominently a 2.8-million square-foot ring unofficially known as the Spaceship, which boasts four-story curved glass panels, custom aluminum …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not quite what they claim to be? Sarah Tew/CNET The Beats brand was built on the daring coolness of the headphones’ look and the ridiculous coolness of the stars who wore them. Now, a lawsuit says all that advertising was a bit of …
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With each major iOS release, Apple has consistently added features to help users identify items taking up storage space and how to best get rid of them. As of iOS 11, Apple is taking that approach one step further and providing a clear break down of those items along with tools to offload unused apps or data. iOS suggestions The Storage …
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When Apple launched the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus on Tuesday, one new feature went under the radar: The phones can charge faster than before. Here’s how much more: you’ll be able to get up to 50 percent battery in 30 minutes, according to Apple’s Tech Specs page for the iPhone X and iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. …
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Hello, iPhone X. Goodbye, iPhone names as we know them. When Apple announced the iPhone X (pronounced “ten,” not “ex”) with no home button, the electronics giant might have also subtly prepped us for a major sea change in how Apple phones are named. Stick with me here. Last year we got the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This year …
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This wasn’t the typical start to an Apple event. Rather than a loud, slickly produced marketing video, Apple played an audio clip of late co-founder Steve Jobs speaking about creating “wonderful things” as his way of showing appreciation for humanity. Later on, an image flashed of Jobs holding the original iPhone during its launch 10 years ago. Apple CEO Tim …
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Control Center was designed to be your one-stop tool for controlling various aspects of an iOS device. However, it quickly turned into a mess. You had to swipe among three different panels that offered different actions and tools, and using it was more inconvenient than anything else. With iOS 11, Apple has totally redesigned the Control Center. Aside from a …
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Tired of constantly forgetting your passwords? Apple wants to eliminate that pain point in iOS 11 by expanding its password-managing feature beyond its Safari browser. Technically, password autofill for third-party apps has been available for a couple of years now, but developers had to enable the feature, and not a lot of apps actually did. With iOS 11, however, Apple …
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