The Apple Beat: iPad turns five

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I spent most of my time on the iPad with the Safari browser, which is stellar on the tablet. If there's an inherent game-changing feature in the iPad it is how it relates web surfing to the form factor. How the screen manages to reveal entire webpages in your hand in such crisp and functional detail is simply awe-inspiring. Multi-touch is the best way to navigate the Internet and multi-touch on the iPad just works.  

--- Gadjo Sevilla’s review of the original iPad in 2010

The iPad quietly celebrated its 5^th birthday this weekend and it is hard to believe that this game-changing device has been with us for 5 years already and has evolved the way many of us interact with each other through e-mail, social media and the web as well as with tens of thousands of ‘made for iPad’ apps.

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‘iWatch’ tipped to get its own app store

The rumour mill keeps turning and they seem to be convinced that Apple will be unveiling its new “iWatch” wearable at its upcoming September 9^th event. A new report has surfaced stating the iWatch will have its own App Store and will be able to run third-party applications. According to 9to5mac.com, reports say that a handful of high-profile social network and services have been seeded pre-release version of the iWatch SDK, with Facebook being one of them. Of course, we have to take everything with a grain of salt still but until September 9 comes and goes, we’re pretty sure people will keep talking about this heavily rumoured wearable.

Source: 9to5mac | Via: Ubergizmo

The Apple Beat: Great Expectations

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As we near Apple’s September 9 announcement it becomes clearer that 2014 will be defined by events prior to and after Apple’s big reveal.

Each iPhone launch event is soaked in hype and a tremendous amount of interest, even from non-tech circles but this year is different. The upcoming event at Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino (where the iconic Macintosh and the iMac were first revealed) will be the setting for what many are expecting to be Apple’s largest launch event in the Tim Cook era.

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Apple confirms September 9 product launch event

Wish we could say more.

Apple has officially confirmed that there will be an Event on September 9 likely focusing on new iPhones, iOS 8 and possibly more. The unusually white and colour-free invitation received by some news outlets, shows a stylized close-up of the Apple Logo, the 9.9. 2014 date, and the mother of all teasers "Wish we could say more." at the bottom.

The yearly iPhone events usually take place in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts or at Apple's Cupertino headquarters at One Infinite Loop, but this time, the event will be held at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California. 

What else was launched at this now historic venue? The original Macintosh in 1984. You know what else? The original Bondi Blue iMac in 1998. Apple's also said to be building a large structure next to the venue. 

Stay tuned as the tech press begins the yearly parsing of this invitation as we try to unravel more clues as to what is coming.

Source: AppleInsider