The reveal of a new line of products is always an exciting time for Apple, but we rarely see Tim Cook as effusive as he was on Tuesday as the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay and Apple Watch materialized on stage. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal after the event, Cook’s excitement was still palpable.
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No, iCloud isn’t the only popular online service that runs into security problems every now and then. FreedomHacker brings us word that roughly 5 million different Gmail user names and passwords have been posted online on a Russian Bitcoin forum and it looks like phishing scammers are already using the leak to lure in unsuspecting users to enter in their user names and passwords into websites that purport to help them figure out if their passwords have been compromised or not.
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Specs definitely aren’t everything but Ars Technica reviews editor Ron Amadeo, who specializes in reviewing Android products, couldn’t help laughing at some of the specifications that Apple included with the iPhone 6. With this in mind, he made a graphic that’s become a hit among Android fans that compares the iPhone 6 to 2012’s Nexus 4 and shows that a lot of the upgrades that Apple added to its newest smartphone were present in the Nexus 4 when it launched nearly two years ago.
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If you were hoping Apple would pull a rabbit out of its hat for the Apple Watch’s battery life, then you’re in for some bad news. Re/code’s John Paczkowski, who has been spot-on with his Apple reports so far this year, brings us word that the Apple Watch’s battery right now will last for about a day, which means that you’ll have to take it off and recharge it when you go to bed every night.It’s confirmed: You’ll have to recharge your Apple Watch every night
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Despite all the leaks and rumors that have cropped up over the past few weeks, the design of the Apple Watch had been kept pretty safely under wraps. Many of us were caught off guard, but until we can see the device up close, we’ll have to leave it up to the fashion experts to decide if Apple’s smartwatch is a chic accessory or an unsightly eyesore. According to Reuters, they haven’t reached a consensus yet.
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Apple announced during its big press conference on Tuesday that it will finally release the finished version of its long-awaited iOS 8 software to the public on September 17th. This is huge news for iOS device users and developers alike, and it will bring the latest and greatest software features to Apple devices just ahead of the company’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch. As has been the case with earlier pre-release versions of Apple’s iOS 8 software, however, you can install the just-released Gold Master (GM) version of iOS 8 right now without a developer account.
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Miss Apple’s big presentation on Tuesday? Don’t worry, you can now catch up on one of the most important parts of it with a six-minute video that shows off both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple’s two large new flagship smartphones.
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Is the Apple Watch the next big thing? Or is it just another smartwatch that people might buy, use a couple of times and then stuff into their desk drawers? A new parody video from jacksfilms makes the case that the Apple Watch — and smartwatches in general — are overhyped products that have questionable utility and that meet a demand that simply doesn’t exist. Or as the video’s mocking slogan puts it, “You didn’t really ask for it, so here you go.”
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We showed you more than $50 worth of paid iPhone and iPad apps that were on sale for free for a limited time on Tuesday — in fact, a few are still free if you hurry — and now we’re back with another seven apps. Today’s batch is worth a combined $76 based on regular prices, but you won’t have to pay a single cent if you hustle.
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Notice anything unusual about this week’s Apple keynote? You know, aside from the first Apple phablet and confirmation of a wrist-worn wearable? This year’s mix of iPhone product is dramatically different from that issued at Apple’s prior September event, and I suspect that it speaks volumes about where the company will (and won’t) go moving forward. When the iPhone 5c was unveiled, it felt very forced. It wasn’t a low-cost iPhone — a product that could’ve driven up Apple’s marketshare in emerging markets. It was a watered down iPhone 5s, a phone that left many scratching their heads as to who exactly it was for.
This year, Apple still took the wraps off of two new phones, but with one key distinction from 2013: both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are premium products.
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