Apple launches fitness subscription service for just under $80 a year
Apple is launching a fitness subscription service called Fitness+, which for a skosh under $80 a year will give users access to workouts and instruction, plus folds in music, delivered through the Apple Watch or iPad.
Fitness+ will cost $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Apple is offering the first th
This is the new iPad Air, with Touch ID built into the power button
At Apple’s (virtual) hardware event today, the company announced a significantly redesigned iPad Air with a new look and tiny bezels. In a move portentous for other Apple products, Touch ID has returned — inside the power button on the top of the tablet.
For the 10th anniversary of the iPad
Tuverl aims to bring order and access to transit in Africa
Africa may be a diverse continent overflowing with different cultures, languages and customs, but Tuverl co-founder and CEO Hope Ndhlovu says there is one experience — or industry — that is consistent from South Africa up to Egypt and everywhere in between. Public transportation is the same fra
Apple to release iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 on September 16
Apple said its latest iOS 14 software will be released on September 16, ahead of the company’s release of the next-generation iPhones.
We saw our first glimpse at iOS 14 earlier this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, which included home screen widgets and reply threading i
Apple’s new ‘Family Setup’ aims to make Apple Watch a kid tracker
Apple today announced a new feature that will allow families to stay better connected, even if some members of the family don’t have an iPhone. The company introduced a feature called Family Setup, available in watchOS 7, that allows a parent to pair their iPhone with a child’s Apple Wa
SoloSuit launches a web app to to help US users respond to debt lawsuits
Online service SoloSuit wants to help Americans who are being sued for a debt fight back using automated tools. The company, which is launching its service nationwide today at technewss Disrupt Startup Battlefield, guides users through preparing a response to their lawsuit, optionally having a con
Apple One bundles iCloud, Music, TV+, Arcade, News+ and Fitness+ for $30 a month
Seems everything charges a monthly fee these days. It also seems that every Apple event brings another way to fork over $10 a month to the company. This time out, it was the addition of Fitness+, which brings metric-focused video workouts to an Apple TV near you. To keep things simple (and to keep
Apple introduces the Apple Watch SE, a cheaper Apple Watch
In addition to keeping older-generation devices at an entry-level price, Apple is introducing a brand new Apple Watch at a cheaper price point. The new Apple Watch SE features the same design as the newly announced Apple Watch Series 6, but it costs $279.
“The second thing we’re doing to ma
Apple Watch Series 6 will measure blood oxygen levels
Apple’s new Series 6 watch has some exciting new health features. Thanks to a new health sensor, the Apple Watch Series 6 is able to measure your blood oxygen levels in 15 seconds, the company announced today.
The sensor uses green, red and infrared LEDs, in addition to the four photodiodes o
The Apple Watch Series 6 arrives Friday, priced at $399
As expected, the centerpiece of today’s big hardware event is the latest version of the Series 6. Apple continues to utterly dominate the smartwatch category, with the company currently commanding around 30% of the wearables category. As such, it’s no surprise, really, that the company&
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Twitter debuts US election hub to help people navigate voting in 2020
Twitter debuted its election hub on Tuesday, introducing a set of tools to help Americans prepare for the most uncertain election in modern U.S. history.
The platform will add a new “US Elections” tab in the Explore menu, where the trending tab and other curated topic lists live. That t
Watch Apple's hardware event live right here
Apple is holding a keynote today to unveil some new products. This time, the company is switching to a virtual event, which means that you'll be able to watch the event as the company is streaming it live. The event starts at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. in New York, 6 p.m. in London, 7 p.m. in Paris).
LanzaTech is developing a small-scale waste biomass gasifier for ethanol production in India
As part of the continuing global rollout of LanzaTech’s technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions and turn those emissions into fuel and chemicals, the company is rolling out a new small-scale waste biomass gasifier in India.
The new gasifier, which was announced Tuesday on technewss Di