Hands-on: Apple Watch Nike+ special features in action ahead of October 28 release [Video]
Apple has teamed up with Nike to create the running-focused Apple Watch Nike+. The special version of the new Series 2 models includes extra benefits like unique band designs and colors, Nike watch faces, and integration with Nike’s specialized running app. The new models begin shipping on October 28, and 9to5Mac had the chance to check out some of the special features that make Apple Watch Nike+ unique.
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Friday 5: Focus peaking on the iPhone with Mavis & four other unique apps to check out this weekend [Video]
Welcome to the first edition of Friday 5. This is a feature post that I plan on airing regularly to briefly highlight five apps each week. These don’t necessarily have to be new apps or popular apps, but are releases that contain at least one notable feature that I’d like to highlight.
In this week’s edition, you’ll find a video editing app that’s great for voiceovers, a filmmaking app that’s exceptional at focusing, and a Reddit app that features handy 3D Touch quick action shortcuts to your favorite subreddits. more…
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Report: Salesforce, last remaining company in acquisition talks, pulls out of bid for Twitter
After reports that Google, Apple, and the Walt Disney Company have pulled out of the running bid to acquire Twitter, the company’s plans to conclude negotiations before their Q3 earnings have been looking a lot less likely to happen. Today that dream looks even more abysmal as Salesforce’s CEO Marc Benioff told The Financial Times that they walked away from the bid citing that it “wasn’t the right fit for us”. Salesforce was the last company out of the originally reported bidders.
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9to5Toys Lunch Break: iPhone 7/Plus Cases $4.50, App Store 50% off Games Sale, Bluetooth Earbuds $10, more
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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:
Luvvitt iPhone 7/Plus cases/screen protectors (multiple colors/styles) from $4.50 Prime shipped (Reg. $13)
Apple offers 50% off top tier games on the App Store: BADLANDS 2, Monument Valley, Sword & Sworcery & many more
App Store Free App of the Week: Shadow Bug and its ninja action go free for the first time (Reg. $4)
Smartphone Accessories: The Best Selling Aukey Bluetooth Sport Earbuds are only $10 Prime shipped (Reg. $20), more
Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Air is an ideal everyday machine, save $249 on the 256GB model: $950 shipped (Reg. $1,199)
Apple’s 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro 2.2GHz/16GB/256GB is back down to $1,600 shipped (Reg. $1,999)
The Apple Award winning Threes! puzzler is now available for $1 on the App Store (Reg. $3)
The hand crafted puzzle-adventure game Lumino City for iOS is now matching its all-time low: $2 (Reg. $5)
You can now download both Hitman & Lara Croft Go on iOS for just $1 ($10 value)
Giveaway: Mophie’s new modular Hold Force lineup gives your iPhone 7 flexibility ($220 value)
MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:
Today only, score two months of any Sling TV package for the price of one starting at $20
- Games/Apps: FIFA 17 $40, DOOM $23, MGS V $18, iOS freebies, more
- The Toys R Us Great Big Book of Awesome leaked with deals on Star Wars, Drones, more
- Daily Deals: Viper Remote Start System $230, Samsung Galaxy Tab 32GB $130, more
- Amazon has a new selection of $1 HD digital movie rentals: The Nice Guys, Me Before You, more
MORE DEALS STILL LIVE:
Target is clearing out Beats by Dre Powerbeats2 Wireless Headphones at 50% off (Black or White): $100 shipped (Orig. $200)
Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11ac Wireless Base Station (cert. refurb) drops to $100 at Best Buy (Orig. $199)
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Sony finally set to jump into the mobile gaming space with the announcement 5 new titles coming to iOS
Sony is set to jump into the iOS/Android mobile gaming space with the announcement five smartphone games slated to hit both platforms by mid 2018. The news comes on the heels of the success of Pokemon Go and Nintendo’s recent appearance at the 2016 Apple keynote with Mario Run. As console platforms drop to the third largest gaming market worldwide, it is clear the big Japanese companies are starting to take smartphone gaming seriously.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, discusses local development
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his trip to Japan this week as chronicled by the leader’s Facebook page (via Macotakara). In the meeting, the Japanese PM noted that without Japanese innovation, the iPhone couldn’t have been developed. Speaking of development… more…
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There’s one thing you won’t find in Apple’s newly-redesigned store: a security tether
Apple yesterday previewed its redesigned retail store on London’s Regent Street, and CNET spotted one feature notable by its absence: security tethers on display products.
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Opinion: Apple may or may not buy Sonder, but dynamic hardware keyboards are the future
Following speculation that Apple may be looking to acquire Sonder Keyboard, the startup yesterday confirmed to us that it has been in discussions with Apple’s procurement board. Coincidentally or not, the company’s website was not accessible at the time of writing (that may simply be yesterday’s story driving too much traffic to it, of course).
Sonder was not the first company to make a keyboard with dynamically-assigned keys. Patents for the idea go back as far as the 1970s, and the first commercially-available one was the German-made LC Board in the 1980s.
The Optimus Maximus was one of the better-known examples of the technology, later superseded by the Optimus Popularis, in which each key is an individual color LCD display. At $1500, it hasn’t exactly made it into the mainstream, and other examples have come and gone.
But Sonder’s approach has a realistic shot at making dynamic hardware keyboards a mainstream technology …
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Nike+ special edition of the Apple Watch Series 2 going on sale on October 28
When Apple unveiled its swimproof Apple Watch Series 2, it showed off a special Nike+ edition, which will be available in a choice of four colors. It told us that the price would be the same as the standard version, at $369, but didn’t tell us when it would go on sale.
As French site WatchGeneration spotted, Apple has now updated its website to reveal that the Nike+ edition will go on sale on October 28. It differs from the standard Apple Watch Series 2 in three ways …
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iPhone 4, Late 2010 13-inch MacBook Air & more obsolete from the end of the month
If you have an iPhone 4 or Late 2010 13-inch MacBook Air in need of repair, you may need to act quickly: Japanese site Macotakara is reporting that Apple will declare both products obsolete from the end of the month. This means that Apple will, with a a couple of exceptions, no longer offer parts or repair services for these products.
You’re already out of luck for the CDMA version of the iPhone 4, which lost support last month, along with three Macs.
The 3rd-generation AirPort Extreme and 2nd-generation Time Capsule will reportedly meet the same fate on October 31 …
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