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Apple Watch launches in nine countries on April 24, pre-orders begin on April 10 — Apple Watch Available in Nine Countries on April 24 — Apple® today announced that Apple Watch™, its most personal device yet and the newest innovative addition to Apple's ecosystem …
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Apple Watch prices for 38mm and 42mm sizes: Sport starts at $349 and $399, Collection at $549 and $599, and Edition at $10,000 — Apple Watch available on April 24 starting at $349 with 18 hour battery life — After introducing the Apple Watch at the iPhone event in September …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
iOS 8.2 with Apple Watch support coming today — Apple is releasing iOS 8.2 with support for the Apple Watch today. The update is a minor one, but it's something that anyone planning on buying an Apple Watch will want to download soon: the watch requires connection with an iPhone …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces all new ultra-thin 12" MacBook with Retina display, single USB-C port, and Force Touch trackpad; ships on April 10 starting at $1299 — Apple debuts all-new 12″ MacBook with ultra-thin chassis, new Retina screen, Force Touch — During its Spring Forward event …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Numbers from Apple's event: 700 million iPhones sold, 453 retail stores, 21 stores in China, more — From Apple's ‘Spring Forward’ Apple Watch event today, we've rounded up the notable numbers and other updates shared by CEO Tim Cook and other execs throughout the presentation.
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9to5Google, Engadget, Re/code, AppleInsider, The Next Web, The Verge, iMore and BGR. Tweets: @charlesarthur
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Apple announces ResearchKit to help medical researchers collect data — At Apple's March event today, the company announced ResearchKit, a software framework that allows medical researchers to get data directly from iPhone users. — The company said that users can sign up to participate …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 2, new i5/i7 CPUs; available today — Apple Updates Existing MacBook Air And MacBook Pro — In addition to today's new 12-inch retina MacBook introduced during the Apple keynote, Apple is keeping the existing lineup, and upgrading the specs across the board.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
HBO's $14.99 streaming service HBO Now will launch before April 12, exclusively on Apple TV for three months — HBO on the Web Is Coming in April, Exclusively From Apple — Here's a surprise: HBO's streaming service will only be available via Apple when it launches next month.
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The Verge, BuzzFeed, 9to5Mac, NEWS.com.au, Engadget, The Next Web, GeekWire, iMore, MacRumors, Gigaom, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Engadget, timewarner.com, AppleInsider, Apple, Bloomberg Business and Digiday
Tweets: @shaliniwsj, @pkafka, @pkafka and @rjcc
See also Mediagazer| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
Apple TV price drops from $99 to $69 — Apple TV gets a new price: $69 — It's been a long three years since Apple refreshed its streaming box, the Apple TV. And it looks like we're going to keep waiting. But, that's not to say the company has forgotten about the platform; in fact …
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The Verge, VentureBeat, BGR, CNET, BetaNews, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Square, now shifting its focus to small businesses, plans to introduce instant deposits and disputed purchase protection on Monday — The Payment Start-Up Square Expands Its Reach Into Small Businesses — What is Square? — The six-year-old payments start-up began by offering small … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: SugarCRM Buys Mobile Startup Stitch, Shuts It Down — SugarCRM, a CRM and open source rival to Salesforce, has made an acquisition to help the company raise its game on the mobile front. It has acquired and is shutting down Stitch, a startup co-founded by ex-Salesforce execs …
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The Register, ZDNet, InfoWorld, Fortune and SugarCRM.com
| Damon Darlin / New York Times: |
With Emoji a product of Japanese origins, America needs new Emoji symbols that reflect its own culture — Dispatch: America Needs Its Own Emojis — America Needs Its Own Emojis — There's so much we can't express because the symbols don't exist: no Vulcan salute, no pickup truck, no bacon.
Tweets: @adrjeffries
| Michael Brown / PC World: |
Samsung's Milk streaming music service now available through a free web client — Samsung is celebrating the first anniversary of its Milk Internet radio service by a web browser client. You'll still need a Samsung device to use the Milk app on a smartphone, tablet, or television.
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Engadget, The Next Web, Android Authority and AndroidHeadlines.com
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