The gold Apple Watch might be your most expensive Apple purchase ever

According to the most recent reports, Apple is getting ready for a spring 2015 launch for its Apple Watch, which will be priced starting at $349 for the aluminum model. Prices for the high-end Apple Watch versions including stainless steel and gold have not been revealed so far, though many reports speculated on how much Apple could charge for them. French site iGen , which offered accurate details about unreleased Apple products in the past including the iPhone 6, received more information from a trusted source about pricing for these two specific models, as well as release date plans.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, November 05

BlackBerry is about to announce the Passport – here’s how to watch live!

September has been a ridiculously busy month for new smartphone launches as we've seen the announcement of the Galaxy Note 4 as well as the release of the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus and the 2014 Moto X. But we're not done yet because BlackBerry is getting ready to unveil its flagship Passport smartphone at a special media event in Toronto starting at 9 a.m. EDT.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, September 24

BREAKING: Apple announces record-smashing iPhone 6 preorders: 4 million in just 24 hours

So it looks like this iPhone 6 device might be a pretty big hit. Apple announced on Monday that preorders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have smashed all previous records and totaled 4 million units over just the first 24 hours alone. This is roughly twice the number of iPhone 5 preorders that Apple received back in 2012, as the iPhone 5s and 5c weren't available for preorder last year.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, September 15

Check out Samsung’s official Galaxy Note 4 and Gear S introduction videos

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a slew of new products, including the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge phablets, the Gear VR virtual reality headset for the new Note and the Gear S Tizen smartwatch, which it already announced a few days ago.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, September 04

Apple is going to extreme lengths to make sure your iPhone 6 is just perfect

How much does Apple want to make sure the iPhone 6 is the best it can be? So much that it's willing to make a last minute change just weeks before its launch that has apparently left its supply chain partners "scrambling." According to a new report from Reuters , Apple this month sent a key iPhone 6 component "back to the drawing board" for a redesign after the company found that it didn't make the device's display bright enough to meet its exacting standards.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, August 22

European Commission Approves Apple's $3 Billion Acquisition of Beats [Mac Blog]

The European Commission has approved Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics and Beats Music (Via Engadget ). The Commission concluded that merger posed no threat to competition as "the combined market share of Apple and Beats Electronics is low."





In its decision, the Commission noted that the Apple and Beats merger would not negatively effect either the headphone or the streaming music market in the European Union.

"The Commission concluded that the combination of the two businesses did not raise competition concerns because the combined market share of Apple and Beats Electronics is low. In addition, Apple and Beats Electronics are not close competitors because the headphones they sell differ markedly in functionality and design. Moreover, even after the transaction, a large number of global competitors such as Bose, Sennheiser and Sony would remain. The Commission also examined the transaction's likely effects on the distribution of digital music to consumers. Both Apple and Beats Music are active in this field. Apple offers a music downloading service through iTunes and Beats Music offers a music streaming service, although it is currently not available in the EEA. The Commission concluded that Apple faces several competitors in the EEA such as Spotify and Deezer, making it implausible that the acquisition of a smaller streaming service that is not active in the EEA would lead to anticompetitive effects."

Now that the EU has given its approval, the next hurdle for the acquisition is the United States with regulators also examining the deal and determining whether there are any concerns with competition. Barring any unforeseen issues, Apple expects the $3 billion transaction to close sometime next quarter.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, July 28

New HTC One shown side-by-side with original model in extensive comparison video

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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, March 25

Is the Netflix TV boom too good to last?

The success of Netflix's original series House of Cards and Orange is the New Black has been terrific for TV viewers. Not only has it given us more quality shows to watch but it's also given studios more of an incentive to develop high-quality shows that they think might become hits on Netflix. Forbes' Dorothy Pomerantz, however, thinks that this boom in high-quality Netflix content might be too good to last because Netflix's economic model might not deliver the same long-term revenues that syndication typically delivers.



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Posted in 2014 at 12:40PM, January 10