March 21 tipped as new date for Apple's product event

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It seems that the earlier date of March 15 for the March Apple product event has been moved a week later to March 21st. Expected to be Apple's first product event for the year and which could focus on a smaller 4-inch iPhone (dubbed iPhone SE), the first glimpse of a new Apple Watch and the reveal of the iPad Air 3.

Recode's Kara Swisher broke the news while BuzzFeed's John Paczkowski,  who is usually dead on with these event date leaks, corroborated the information while adding that March 21 is a day before Apple has to face the FBI in a hearing regarding the iPhone unlocking issue that has divided a lot of people. The Loop Insight's Jim Darymple chimed in agreement on the March 21 date which all but confirms this event unless something else happens. Last year, Apple's "Spring Forward" event in March 9 showed off more information on Apple Watch plus saw the announcement of the new MacBook.

It's been a while since Apple's had a product event, the last one was the epic 'Hey Siri' event last September, which piled on a number of products including new iPhone 6S, the iPad Pro and Apple TV plus an assortment of new Apple bands and the Hermes edition Apple Watch.

This March event is expected to be way smaller and might be held at Town Hall in the Cupertino campus, this is understandable given that Apple and its key executives have a very high profile hearing to attend to the next day.

Source: Recode, BuzzFeed, The Loop Insight

The Apple Beat: Current products and services range ushers in age of expansion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

 “We’ve got the best product pipeline that I’ve seen in my 25 years at Apple,”

             - Eddie Cue, Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services.

Apple's list of products and also its services have balloned in 2015 which can very well be considered the age of expansion for the company. We now have two iPhone model sizes, three iPad model sizes, an expansive notebook line as well as the most choice in iMacs we've ever had before. Then there's Apple TV, Apple Watch and the iPods are very much still there.

More than just these product lines, we need to consider Apple's expanding ecosystems and their attached developer communities. OS X for desktops and notebooks, iOS for iPhones and iPads, tvOS for Apple TV, watchOS for Apple Watch plus why not throw in iTunes and Apple Music and iCloud as well.

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Top trends and tech to consider this holiday season

Shopping for friends, family and loved ones in the December can be one of the most stressful experiences of the year. It can be a real struggle to get everyone on your list something that they both want to receive and that they don't already own. A great way to avoid this dilemma is to look for items in emerging categories. And the industry with the most new and innovative products? Technology of course! 

To help make your holiday shopping easy, our friends at Future Shop have given us the scoop on the biggest tech trends of the year and the best-selling tech of the season. 

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iFrogz Launches Line of Eco-Friendly Cases for iPhone 5

iFrogz, a ZAGG Inc brand specializing in creative, fashion-driven mobile accessories, has launched a premium, eco-friendly line of cases for the Apple^® iPhone 5^®. Called the Natural series, each case is made from a combination of woods and recyclable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to protect the device from dents, scratches, and abrasion.

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