Apple launches six new iPhone 7/Plus case colors, matching new silicone & leather Watch bands
Alongside the new (RED) iPhone, Apple has also given existing iPhone 7/Plus owners the chance to update the color of their phone with a range of six new cases. These match the colors of the new Watch bands also announced today.
As with the bands, the new colors are split between silicone and leather. You might need a color chart to make sense of some of the names, though …
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The new $329 iPad is thicker and heavier than the iPad Air 2
Apple’s new iPad for the spring is a $329 model with an A9 chip; it replaces the $399 iPad Air 2 in the lineup that Apple sold — until today. However, the new iPad is not an upgrade over the iPad Air 2 in every respect; it is cheaper, but it is also significantly thicker and heavier.
The iPad Air 2 was very slender; 6.1mm and 0.96 pounds. The new iPad is relatively bulky, measuring at 7.5mm thin and weighing 1.03 pounds …
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Swift Playgrounds goes multilingual, now available in five additional languages
Swift Playgrounds, an iPad app which provides an introduction to Apple’s Swift programming language, is now available in five additional languages: Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, German and Latin American Spanish.
Apple said that all of the coding lessons support the new languages, with English speakers also benefiting …
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Apple & AT&T able to identify alleged Twitter attacker despite use of prepaid SIM bought with cash
Apple and AT&T have been able to identify the man believed responsible for sending seizure-inducing tweets to Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Tracing the perpetrator initially looked impossible, reports The Verge.
In theory, it was the perfect setup: an anonymous Twitter account on a prepaid SIM card, bought with cash. With no credit card or other identifiable info tied to the account, there should have been no way to trace tweets back to a human …
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Apple Watch gets new bands for Spring 2017, Nike Sport bands now sold separate
Apple Watch is getting a new Spring 2017 collection of bands launch today, including new colors and variations of the Striped Woven Nylon, Nike Sport and Apple Watch Hermès Bands.
Among the new bands are 3 new colors for the Sport band, 6 new colors for the Woven Nylon band, and 3 new options for the Classic Buckle which also now sports a new buckle design:
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Apple announces Clips app that combines video, photos, music w/ animated captions & effects
Apple today announced a brand new app called Clips that allows users to combine video clips, photos, and music with animated captions and effects into creative videos that can be shared through the usual social networks. While the functionality is very similar to video and photo editing features in apps like Instagram and Snapchat, it doesn’t appear Apple is competing directly with those apps as Clips will allow users to share directly to Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere.
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Apple officially announces (RED) iPhone 7 & 7 Plus, updated iPhone SE with double the storage
Apple announces new $329 9.7-inch iPad, replaces iPad Air 2, goes on sale Friday
The Apple Store is back up and Apple has just announced a new cheaper iPad, going on sale Friday for $329. The product replaces the iPad Air 2 in the lineup and is simply called ‘iPad’.
The $329 iPad features older internal components to enable the lower price point, featuring an Apple A9 chip. It does not support Apple Pencil or include a Smart Connector like the ‘iPad Pro’ line.
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Apple under fire for paying $0 tax on $3B worth of sales in New Zealand
Apple has come under fire in New Zealand after it was revealed that it had paid no tax whatsoever in the country for the past decade, despite selling more than NZ$4.2B ($2.96B) worth of products in the country. The NZ Herald said that the company’s tax arrangements had been criticized by parties across the political spectrum.
Green Party co-leader James Shaw said Apple was not paying its fair share. “It is absolutely extraordinary that they are able to get away with paying zero tax in this country. I really like Apple products – they’re incredibly innovative – but it looks like their tax department is even more innovative than their product designers,” Shaw said …
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Chinese retailer seemingly teases release of rumored red iPhone whilst Apple Store is down
A Chinese carrier has sent out an interesting photo on its Weibo feed earlier today, as spotted by iGen.fr. The note very clearly alludes to an as-yet-unannounced red iPhone color, with a pun of the word Ready. The idea of a red iPhone has been rumored before and it’s something that doesn’t really justify a dedicated Apple product event.
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