I spent a few days combing the app selection for the Watch; here are the best ones (as of 4/29/15): I’ve been combing through the Apple Watch app store’s 3,000+ entries to figure out which apps I want (and which ones other Watch wearers might need). To explore the App Store, you need to first download the Apple Watch app …
Finally, it’s Apple Watch time
After months and months of wait, it’s time. Apple Watch pre-orders begin at midnight tonight, Pacific time (that’s 3 a.m. ET Friday), with the Watch arriving in stores and from the delivery man on April 24. It also means that on Monday morning, April 27, a lot of early adopters — having spent the weekend figuring out how their new wearable …
New 13-in. MacBook Pro brings Force Touch to the trackpad
The 13″ MacBook Pro, which starts at $1,299, shares the same weight (just under 3.5 lb.) and dimensions (12.35 x 8.62 x 0.71 in.) as last year’s, but offers improvements to the internal architecture, including a faster PCIe-based flash storage system and improvements to battery life. But the most notable addition is the inclusion of the new Force Touch trackpad. …
Unboxing the 13″ MacBook Pro (2015)
Here are a few shots of Apple’s latest 13″ MacBook Pro. A review will be published shortly; stay tuned!
How does Apple Pay work on the Apple Watch?
It’s not the same as using it with an iPhone; it’s easier. So, it’s April 25, 2015 and the delivery man has just delivered your new Apple Watch. Your first instinct: Spend more hard-earned cash trying out Apple’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay. The question is, how? Read the article…
Apple ‘Springs Forward’ With More Than Just the Watch…
With the new MacBook, ResearchKit, Apple Pay and even HBO Now, Apple showed it’s still innovating. When Apple execs took the stage on Monday, virtually everyone expected them to focus on the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch. That, they did. The Watch, we now know, arrives in retail on April 24, and it did indeed get most of the attention. But it …
Apple Watch Conundrum, Revisited
Apple Watch will do to the watch market what iPhone did to cellphones. Apple, which unveiled the Apple Watch in September (it’s due out in April and starts at $349), faces a modern audience for whom watches have become increasingly irrelevant. With wearables already on the market mostly limited to a tech-savvy fitness crowd, it’s natural to ask whether the …
Tech face-off: Mac Pro vs iMac with Retina 5K
Apple now effectively has two top-end contenders for users who need power and speed. There used to be a time when the gap between Apple products made choosing the right computer obvious and easy. The deliberate compartmentalization of prices and features clearly dictated which laptop or deskop machine was right, with minimal overlap between the categories. But as Apple expanded …
Review: iMac with Retina 5K display
Apple’s latest 27-in. desktop comes with an impressive Retina display, great performance and a sleek design. There are 14.7 million reasons to want Apple’s latest iMac — the 14.7 million pixels that make up its stunning 27-in. 5K Retina display. At $2,499, the new iMac isn’t cheap, but its screen makes this desktop a great value. Though the tech behind …
iPad Air 2 review: A great tablet gets better
Apple’s newest tablet is thinner, lighter, faster and now includes the Touch ID sensor. If you liked last year’s iPad Air, you’ll almost certainly like this year’s version, unveiled early last month (along with the 5K Retina iMac) by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The iPad Air 2 features Touch ID, a (much) faster system architecture and an aluminum enclosure that …