Apple Watch price range At least, our Apple Watch review is live, but way back when the Apple Watch price was announced to be “starting at $349,” we had a feeling that the iPhone-tailored smartwatch wasn’t going to be cheap. Sure enough, the sticker shock peaked at $17,000. Even at its base level and limited Apple Watch battery life, this iPhone-tailored smartwatch is pricier than Google’s most expensive watch, the
Apple Watch bands: Sport vs Watch vs Edition Apple Watch is on the wrists of its first wave of customers, meeting its release date, but picking one has been no easy decision. There are 38 different designs with varying bands, sizes, cases and prices. There are three cases: the aluminum Sport, stainless steel Watch and gold Watch Edition. But where it gets complicated is in the number of interchangeable bands.
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States are close to completing negotiations on a deal protecting personal data shared for law enforcement purposes such as terrorism investigations, three people familiar with the matter said. The two sides have been negotiating since 2011 over the so-called “umbrella agreement” that would protect personal data exchanged between police and judicial authorities in the course of investigations, as
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are asking Qualcomm’s rivals how the U.S. chipmaker’s business practices and the way it licenses its products affect them, as part of an investigation begun seven months ago, a document seen by Reuters showed. Qualcomm has been feeling the regulatory heat in Europe, the United States, China, Japan and South Korea in recent years as watchdogs focus on its licensing
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – USAA, a San Antonio, Texas-based financial institution serving current and former members of the military, is studying the underlying technology behind the digital currency bitcoin to help make its operations more efficient, a company executive said. Alex Marquez, managing director of corporate development at USAA, said in an interview this week that the company and its banking, insurance, and investment management subsidiaries hoped
By Christine Murray RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico (Reuters) – Cuba is in advanced talks with Chinese telecoms equipment company Huawei to do more business on the Communist island, Cuban finance minister Lina Pedraza said on Friday. He’s Chinese by the way,” Pedraza said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. “He is very advanced in negotiations with a Cuban company,” Pedraza added. Asked if the Chinese
Google’s ‘Android M’ is answering the call for more privacy by giving its users more say in the information that applications can access. Bloomberg reports that the new operating system, set to debut at Google IO 2015, will help users pick and choose what information is shared with certain applications, including photos, contacts, and location. This is an evolution in Google’s walk to bring more privacy and peace of mind
AMD promised to deliver the goods with a new family of Carrizo processors that promised to be just as power efficient as Intel’s Broadwell chips and they’re finally here. The APU makers has announced five new 7000 series chips that were formally known as Carrizo and Carrizo L. Sitting at the low-powered end is AMD’s E1-7000, a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU with Radeon Graphics and a very anemic 1MB cache. On
The EOS 750D and 760D are Canon’s two new DSLRs, and they sit at the top of its beginner’s range, ultimately replacing the old EOS 700D, though this model will carry on for the time being. So why two cameras and not one? Although they share the same basic specifications, the 750D and 760D are aimed at different kinds of users. The 750D is pitched at relative novices, while the
You won’t even need to go to your door to receive a package if Amazon’s plans for drone deliveries come to fruition. The online retail giant’s patents for parcel delivery by UAV have just been published by the US patent office, yielding a few new details on how the system will operate. Drones will use data from your smartphone to work out your exact location and take your parcel right
