Captain America: Civil War is now available in Digital HD on iTunes. The movie comes with a host of special features exclusive to iTunes, and Forbes reports that Marvel and iTunes Movies worked together to create a new “immersive” set of bonus features for the release. The iTunes edition of the movie comes with a feature titled “Choose Your Side,” which lets viewers choose whether they’re on Team Cap or Team Iron…
Six days to go until the iPhone 7 launch! The latest rumors suggest we might see a nice glossy black color option, up to 256GB of storage, and optical image stabilization for the smaller 4.7-inch device. We also expect to see no headphone jack, improved waterproofing, a slight redesign, dual cameras for the 5.5-inch model, a flush pressure-sensitive home button, and more. For additional details on the iPhone 7, and plenty of…
Satechi today announced an expansion of its Type-C accessory line, introducing the new Slim 4K Multi-Port USB-C Adapter. The Slim Multi-Port Adapter is designed to add multiple extra port connections to a laptop or desktop along with 4K support. The adapter, which has a sleek aluminum design and comes in colors to match Apple’s MacBook line (Rose Gold, Gold, Silver, and Space Gray), features a 4K HDMI port able to output video…
Back at CES 2016, Sphero debuted a prototype version of the “Force Band,” a wearable that allows users to motion control the iPhone-controlled BB-8. While the Force Band can mostly be used to control BB-8 without an iPhone, it has some select features that need an iPhone and Sphero’s Star Wars app (via Engadget). The band comes with five modes, two of them for motion controlling BB-8 and other Sphero robots. The three other…
Apple CEO Tim Cook this week sold another $28.7 million worth of Apple stock, according to documents filed with the SEC. Cook sold 269,993 shares at prices ranging from $105.95 to $107.37, netting himself a total of $28,703,590. Combined with the 334,000 shares he sold last week for nearly $36 million, Cook has liquidated approximately $65 million in stock over the course of the last few days. Cook last week received combined…
When Steve Jobs stepped down from his position as Apple CEO on August 24, 2011 due to illness, he didn’t intend to leave the company. Instead Jobs told Recode‘s Walt Mossberg he planned work on an Apple-branded television set to re-invent the television industry. Recode today shared a full recounting of Jobs’ conversation with Mossberg, which took place on the same day that Jobs left the company. The two discussed his plans…
Tapbots, the developers behind popular Twitter client Tweetbot, today announced a public beta for their latest app, Pastebot. Pastebot is a clipboard manager for Mac designed to store everything you copy so that it can be re-accessed at any time. Available as both a Mac menu bar app and a standard app, Pastebot supports Pasteboards, where snippets of text that you frequently copy and paste can be quickly accessed. Multiple Pasteboards can…
Just a week ahead of Apple’s planned September 7 event, Samsung today unveiled its latest smart watch, the Gear S3. Samsung’s newest wearable device comes in two varieties – a “Classic” model with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and “Frontier” model that features LTE support. GPS, a new feature, is built into each model. An always-on Super AMOLED display is included and with LTE, the Frontier model, positioned as the more rugged, outdoor Gear…
Apple today released another update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March of 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. Safari Technology Preview release 12 includes bug fixes and updates for JavaScript, Web APIs, Web Inspector, MathML, CSS, rendering, and accessibility. Several security fixes are also included. As of release 8, Safari Technology Preview…
Following its recent acquisition of Turi, a Seattle-based machine learning and artificial intelligence startup, a pair of new job listings reveal that Apple has spun the company into its new machine learning division. Apple is looking to hire data scientists and advanced app developers, based in Seattle, who together will help build proof-of-concept apps for multiple Apple products to deliver new and improved user experiences where possible. Turi is the new machine…
