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According to AppleInsider, Marriott is currently putting both Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa through their paces at an Aloft hotel in Boston in an effort to decide which one they will use to help guests control their rooms via voice commands. The original report by Bloomberg says that Marriott...

AppleInsider reports that Apple has today announced a new range of seasonal bands for the Apple Watch in a variety of colours and designs, as well as making the Nike Sport Band available to buy separately without being bundled with the Nike edition Apple Watch. Starting off with the new Apple...

Apple has today announced a new app for iPhone and iPad for creating video clips to share through the Messages app, Instagram, Facebook, and other social networks such as YouTube, Vimeo. Clips also includes Live Titles, a new feature that lets you create animated captions and titles using...

MacRumors reports that Apple has just updated the System Status page to show that its online store will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow, between midnight and 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time. This has led to speculation that Apple could be about to launch new products, as has been rumoured recently...

Philips has today announced its new Hue E14 candle/chandelier bulb, writes AppleInsider. With the launch of the new 40-watt equivalent, 470 lumen at 4,000 kelvin bulb, Philips now supports more than 80% of household light fittings for Hue. The new E14 bulbs are available in multi-color and...

MacRumors reports today that Netflix has announced that it is to replace its familiar star viewer ratings with simple thumbs up and thumbs down ratings. In the original source report, Variety said that while the star ratings previously given to content on Netflix will still be used on viewers’...

Recode writes that Apple has recruited renowned forensic security and mobile phone hacking expert Jonathan Zdziarski, with Zdziarski himself announcing today that he has accepted Apple’s offer to join its Security Engineering and Architecture team. While Zdziarski did not discuss the specifics...

According to an exclusive report on MacRumors today, Apple will be announcing several new products sometime next week, between Monday, March 20 and Friday, March 24. MacRumors says that the information was leaked to the website by reputable anonymous Apple supply chain analysts. Unfortunately...

Telltale Games and Marvel Entertainment have unveiled the world’s-first screenshots and cast details for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, which is due to launch digitally this spring on consoles, PC, and mobile. The game boasts a brand new storyline featuring the most...

AP reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said in an online press conference today that WikiLeaks will work with tech companies to help them deal with the CIA’s hacking tools. Assange said that some tech companies had requested more information from WikiLeaks about the CIA hacking...

AppleInsider reports that comments from Foxconn chairman Terry Gou have cast doubt on the prospect of Apple and Foxconn partnering to build a factory in the US. Talking at an event to open a new display panel production factory in southern China, Gou said that he had recently returned from...

Recode reports that Facebook Messenger has today launched its own version of Snapchat’s Stories feature. Called “Days,” the new feature will enable Messenger users to share photo and video collections with friends for up to 24 hours before they disappear. Messenger has been testing the feature...

The announcement by Imagination Technologies of its new next-generation GPU architecture, PowerVR Furian, could be good news for iPhone and iPad gamers, as according to MacRumors it could lead to greatly improved graphics performance and power efficiency. PowerVR Furian architecture can provide...

Recode reports today on WikiLeaks’ new Vault 7 series that has released more than 8,000 pages of documentation about various CIA programs, including those designed to break encryption of iPhones, Android phones, Samsung Smart TVs, among other devices. WikiLeaks says that this has enabled the...

9to5 Mac reports today on the new Annual Jamf Trends Survey that was published today by Jamf, a company that makes Apple device management software for businesses, and which shows that both iOS and Mac adoption rose in the enterprise over the past year. Jamf collected data from 300 IT...

In this week’s Recode Decode podcast, Recode Executive Editor Kara Swisher had a very interesting conversation with Ron Johnson, founder and CEO of personal commerce tech product delivery company Enjoy. Johnson previously worked at Apple from 2000 onwards, running the Apple retail stores...

If you’re someone that needs a little motivation to keep up your fitness program, then Animoca’s Garfield Fit health app might just be the most fun way possible to get you moving on your iOS device or Apple Watch. The free-to-play app features the world’s cutest lasagna-lover, Garfield the cat...

According to new figures from research firm IDC, via MacRumors, Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 are a “magnificent success” for Apple, resulting in the company recording its “best quarter ever” for the wearables market. IDC’s figures show that Apple shipped an estimated 4.6 million Apple...

Recode writes that Google has today unveiled its new YouTube TV platform, which will cost $35 per month to use and which will feature a bundle of channels from both broadcast networks and cable networks. The new service will have its own app, which is due to launch later in the spring, and...

Mashable has a great story today about an 81-year-old Japanese woman, Masako Wakamiya, who has just launched her first ever iPhone app, having only started using computers when she was 60 years old. Wakamiya worked at a big Japanese bank for 43 years before retiring, but clearly she is just as...

AppleInsider writes that current Apple CEO Tim Cook has today tweeted in honour of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who would have been 62 today. “Remembering Steve, whose words and ideals will always inspire us. ‘There is no reason not to follow your heart,’” tweeted Cook. Steve...

With AirPods still in short supply (I’ve just checked and there’s currently a wait of 6 weeks in the UK, for example), MacRumors has a possible solution if you really need to get your hands on a pair sooner, but you’ll have to pay a premium price of $289 for the privilege. Known for its custom...

Apple has today announced the name of its spaceship-shaped campus, which is nearing completion in Cupertino, California. The new 175-acre campus, which will be open for employees to start using in April, will be called Apple Park. Over a period of 6 months, more than 12,000 people will be moved...

MacRumors reports that according to the latest adoption rate data revealed by Apple today, some 5 months after iOS 10 was released it is now installed on 79% of active iOS devices. iOS 9 is still installed on 16% of active iOS devices, and 5% of devices have older versions of iOS installed...

AppleInsider reports that Apple has announced that it will be returning to San Jose for this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), which will be running from June 5-9 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, with registration starting on March 27. The news came via The Loop’s Jim...

MacRumors reports that Apple’s Siri is featured in the LEGO Batman movie that was released last Friday, in the role of Batman’s personal assistant. Aside from seeing the movie, you can also actually have fun with Siri on your Apple device by simply saying “Hey ‘puter,” just like Batman does in...

Finally the big Pokémon Go news that everyone has been waiting for is here today, and fans are so excited about it that the game is trending worldwide on Twitter once again, just like those heady days last summer. Pokémon Go developer Niantic has caused all the fuss today by announcing that...

In a new interview with Vice, via AppleInsider, Niantic CEO John Hanke has been talking about the game’s massive success and what players can expect from future Pokémon Go updates. Referring to the eventual arrival to the game of Generation Two Pokémon, PvP battles, and an “abbreviated form”...

Sniper Ghost Warrior developer CI Games’ iOS version of Lords of the Fallen has finally arrived in the App Store. The original console version was first launched in 2014 to great critical acclaim, as well as receiving several nominations for German Computer Game Awards in 2015. This new mobile...

Following on from its Christmas and Halloween special events, Niantic has announced its brand new Valentine’s Day Pokémon Go event, which kicks off today and runs through until 11:00 a.m. PST on February 15, 2017. Candy is pretty much a given on a holiday such as Valentine’s Day, and that’s...

Beats By Dre has officially announced via Twitter that BeatsX earphones will be available to buy from this Friday, February 10, according to MacRumors. This follows on from yesterday’s reports of BeatsX earphones appearing in stock lists in some Apple retail and Best Buy stores. Elsewhere, CNET...

According to 9to5 Mac, it looks as though stock of BeatsX earphones is slowly arriving in Apple retail stores in the United States. Apple’s online store tracker reveals that the earphones are shown as being in stock in certain US retail stores for a very short time, before disappearing from sale...

AppleInsider reports today that augmented reality (AR) expert Robert Scoble has once again been talking about the possibility of Apple partnering with Carl Zeiss to release an AR headset, possibly even as soon as the middle of 2017. Speaking on yesterday’s “This Week in Tech” show, Scoble says...

Super Bowl LI takes place this Sunday in Houston between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. 9to5 Mac has a great article detailing all the ways that you can watch the game live on your Apple device. For starters, Fox Sports Go will be streaming it on iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. You...

Nintendo’s strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Heroes has finally made it to iOS, and it looks like Nintendo has managed to get it just right as far as their mobile games are concerned. Despite being part of a beloved Nintendo franchise that already has millions of fans around the world, Polygon writes...

MacRumors reports that Apple has announced that Siri can be a big part of your Super Bowl Sunday experience if you want her to. First off there’s Live Tune-In support, where Apple TV users can ask Siri to play Super Bowl live by asking “Watch the Super Bowl.” This is the first time that Live...

Following a lengthy testing process that began last October, Twitter has today announced the official launch of its revamped “Explore” tab on the iOS version of its app. The new tab is designed to provide one-stop access to trends, search, Moments, and live video. MacRumors writes that Twitter...

AppleInsider reports that according to new data from consumer spending analytics company TXN, Apple Pay transactions grew by 50% in December 2016 compared with the same month a year ago. TXN’s graph shows a steady rise during the year, aside from a small dip in the middle of the year. TXN’s...

MacRumors reports that Apple has today seeded the first iOS 10.3 beta to developers. We’ll learn more about the various features included in the update when developers start reporting them, but it looks like the biggest feature is the new “Find My AirPods” mode, which is pretty self-explanatory...

The Pokémon Company sprung a nice surprise on Pokémon fans today by releasing a new Pokémon game, Pokémon Duel, in the App Store. The free-to-play game is a mobile strategy game where Pokémon battle against each other in order to reach a goal in their opponent’s territory. Here are the key...