By Astrid Wendlandt and Pauline Askin PARIS/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Consumers flocked to Apple Inc’s stores around the world on Friday to get the first close-up look at the tech giant’s smartwatch, which the company expects will be its next runaway hit. The Apple Watch, CEO Tim Cook’s first new major product and the company’s first foray into the personal luxury goods market, was available for pre-order online and to try
Apple Watch apps list Your formerly naked wrist is about to be weighed down by these 63 Apple Watch apps, just dozens of the 1,000 WatchKit apps currently in development. The official Apple Watch app list includes 20 built-in apps by Apple, made specifically for its iPhone-compatible smartwatch, and another 43 apps by top-name developers. Ahead of tomorrow’s Apple Watch pre-order, we explore how Twitter, Nike, Evernote, Siri and more
Apple Watch apps list Your formerly naked wrist is about to be weighed down by these 63 Apple Watch apps, just dozens of the 1,000 WatchKit apps currently in development. The official Apple Watch app list includes 20 built-in apps by Apple, made specifically for its iPhone-compatible smartwatch, and another 43 apps by top-name developers. Ahead of tomorrow’s Apple Watch pre-order, we explore how Twitter, Nike, Evernote, Siri and more
More details on Intel’s next generation Skylake processors have seeped out at the Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen, China. First reported by Hexus, Intel used a conference session to show off the graphical capabilities on a range of machines, explaining certain versions of the Skylake processor will be capable of handling super sharp Intel Iris 6100 graphics. The Skylake processors capable of handling Iris 6100 have a TDP (thermal design
Apple has been steadily adding new retailers to the list of Apple Pay supporters since the service debuted, and the latest slew will let you buy phones, video games and tasty subs with your iPhone 6 (and your Apple Watch, soon). The company updated its Apple Pay hub this week with the new retailers: T-Mobile, GameStop, Firehouse Subs, Acme, Davis Food & Drug, Luby’s, and Rubio’s. Also new is one
More details on Intel’s next generation Skylake processors have seeped out at the Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen, China. First reported by Hexus, Intel used a conference session to show off the graphical capabilities on a range of machines, explaining certain versions of the Skylake processor will be capable of handling super sharp Intel Iris 6100 graphics. The Skylake processors capable of handling Iris 6100 have a TDP (thermal design
Apple has been steadily adding new retailers to the list of Apple Pay supporters since the service debuted, and the latest slew will let you buy phones, video games and tasty subs with your iPhone 6 (and your Apple Watch, soon). The company updated its Apple Pay hub this week with the new retailers: T-Mobile, GameStop, Firehouse Subs, Acme, Davis Food & Drug, Luby’s, and Rubio’s. Also new is one
iOS 8 features and problems explained Update: iOS 8.3 is available to download now. The latest version of iOS 8 brings a number of changes, not least of which is a more diverse array of emoji. There are 300 new characters, including more countries’ flags and the “thumbsup” symbol in various skin colors. The iPhone keyboard got a larger space bar, squeezing in on the “.” button’s prime real estate.
Introduction, display, design and comfort As wearables continue to become more commonplace, they’re continuing to push forward in more spaces, including the fashion industry. Misfit was one of the first companies that ‘got it’ with the Misfit Shine. Although far from perfect, it’s simple, sleek and above all, disguised as a simple fashion accessory; you wouldn’t know the tech was inside unless someone told you. Now, Misfit has released a
Microsoft has detailed a speedy Nano Server preloaded with born-in-the-cloud applications and containers, all of which will make new container option an important part of Windows Server 2016. The purpose-built OS is designed to cope with the ever changing band of modern apps and cloud technologies, which require speed, agility and lower resource usage than traditional servers. At its heart, the Nano Server is a extremely slimmed down version of
