In addition to the Apple Watch Series 8, Apple unveiled a brand new Apple Watch model at its press conference. The Apple Watch Ultra has been specifically designed for intense sports tracking. It is a larger model with better battery life. It also has a different body that should resist extreme weather conditions. The case…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Apple has a long history of putting legacy businesses out of business, and it looks like dive computers are next. The company just announced that its newest watch can be used as a full-on Scuba diving watch. At $799, it is competitive with high-end dive computers, price-wise, but it adds a ton of powerful functionality…
We’re gearing up for an epic Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Competing can be a life-changing milestone. Just ask the founders of Cloudflare, Dropbox, Fitbit, Mint and Yammer. Like those who came before them, this year’s contenders will have to work hard to impress the seasoned VCs who…
Apple unveiled a new Apple Watch SE with an upgraded chip and new materials for manufacturing today at its fall hardware event. This second Generation SE uses the same chip as the new Apple Watch 8 — making it 20% faster than the first version. It also shares some features with the Series 8, like…
Apple introduced the iPhone 14 at a press event today. The new phone draws inspiration from the iPhone 13 with sharp aluminum edges, rounded corners, a glass back, the familiar notch at the top of the device and a Lightning port. The biggest change in the lineup is that the company isn’t updating the iPhone…
Three years after announcing the first AirPods Pro, the company has finally launched its upgrade, the second generation AirPods Pro today at the “Far Out” event with a new H2 chip and improved noise cancellation (2x more than its predecessor). Apple said the new AirPods Pro has a low distortion audio driver, and a custom…
One of the most frustrating experiences you can have with an Apple product is losing your AirPods. Apple’s products are so deeply interconnected that it doesn’t make sense why, until a few months ago, the “Find My” technology couldn’t tell you that you lost a headphone at your friend’s house. Evidently, the Apple team agreed….
Apple’s new iPhones — the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus — won’t have physical SIM cards. The company announced the nugget at its event in Cupertino today, revealing that eSIM will be the only way the iPhone 14 series authenticates with wireless carriers — at least in the U.S. eSIM lets you change a…
People use their phones for all sorts of things, but ‘photography’ is top of the list for many. Apple knows this, and points out that iPhone users took more than 3 trillion photos in the past year. It stands to reason that the company continues to focus on making its cameras better, but also to…
In addition to the regular iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, Apple is updating its pro lineup today as well. The biggest change in iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max design is at the top of the screen. The company is dropping the notch and replacing it with what the company calls the…