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To Siri, With Love • "Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s 'intelligent personal assistant' on the iPhone, is currently his B.F.F. Obsessed with weather formations, Gus had spent the hour parsing the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms — an hour in which, thank God, I didn’t have to …" by Judith Newman - NYTimes
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Infinite USB is back, this time tackling the new MacBook's lone USB-C port
Five years ago we saw a clever take on USB splitter accessories, with the chainable Infinite USB. Today the company is back to try to tackle the problems created by Apple's extreme minimalism in the new Retina MacBook.
On Death and iPods: A Requiem
The single-use device is gone---and with it, the very notion of cool that it once carried.
Apple Brings It
Apple on Tuesday rebuilt its iPhone foundation by introducing two new models with Retina HD displays: the iPhone 6 at 4.5 inches, and the iPhone 6 Plus at 5.5 inches. It launched Apple Pay, which promises to become the catalyst NFC mobile payment technology needs to become mainstream. Plus, it introduced the drool-worthy Apple Watch in two sizes, three style collections, and six choices of straps.
The update to iTunes U will allow instructors to create, edit and assign course work using an iPad. • "Apple will soon make another bid to persuade schools to replace textbooks with iPads. Next week, it will introduce a tool for instructors to teach from the tablet." • by Brian X. Chen
Apple Brings It
Apple on Tuesday rebuilt its iPhone foundation by introducing two new models with Retina HD displays: the iPhone 6 at 4.5 inches, and the iPhone 6 Plus at 5.5 inches. It launched Apple Pay, which promises to become the catalyst NFC mobile payment technology needs to become mainstream. Plus, it introduced the drool-worthy Apple Watch in two sizes, three style collections, and six choices of straps.
Apple Said to Reap Fees From Banks in New Payment System
Apple Inc. will reap fees from banks when consumers use an iPhone in place of credit and debit cards for purchases, a deal that gives the handset maker a cut of the growing market for mobile payments, according to three people with knowledge of the arrangement.
Apple Nears Introduction of Smartwatch and Bigger iPhones • "Thirty years ago at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts, a roomy auditorium in Cupertino, Calif., Steven P. Jobs introduced the original Macintosh. On Tuesday, Apple will come back to the center to unveil a set of long-anticipated products: two iPhones with larger screens, and a wearable computer that the media has nicknamed the iWatch. " • by Brian X. Chen • photo: Glenn Chapman / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images
Early Apple Computer Sells for $905,000 at Auction • "The Apple-1 that sold on Wednesday is thought to be one of the first batch of 50 machines assembled by Steve Wozniak, an Apple co-founder, in Steve Jobs's family garage in Los Altos, Calif., in 1976." photo: Bonhams / Associated Press • by Reuters on NYTimes.com
What We Expect Apple to Announce at Its Event This Thursday
For the second month in a row, Apple has sent out press invitations for a big product unveiling in California.
$100 kit lets you plate Apple Watch with 24K gold DIY-style (Video) - 9to5Mac
We’ve seen a number of solutions for getting a gold Apple Watch without spending the $10,000+ price Apple charges for the 18 Karat gold Apple Watch edition. We went hands-on with one of the first companies doing gold plating for Apple Watch, but that requires you to mail-in the device and pay approximately $400 on […]
Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, on Monday in Laguna Beach, CA • "Apple’s new mobile wallet, Apple Pay, is just a week old but has grown enormously, according to Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive. At a tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., Mr. Cook said that one million credit cards had been activated on Apple Pay in the first three days that the mobile payment system was live." • by Lucy Nicholson / Reuters