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Apple Watch Series 4 hits all-time low prices It’s been a big morning for Apple Watch Series 4 discounts. Various retailers are taking up to $70 off various configurations, including GPS, Cellular, Nike+, and more. We’ve never seen a bigger discount than $50 prior to today, so if you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to pick up Apple’s latest wearable. Deals start at $349 shipped. Make sure you grab an extra Apple Watch band to complete your new setup....

Apple today officially unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 6, bringing new color options, faster performance, and support for blood oxygen level monitoring. Here are some additional details on the Apple Watch Series 6, new Apple Watch bands, and more. Apple Watch Apple no longer offers the Apple Watch Series 6 in stainless steel space black, unless you opt for the Hermès model with the Double Tour band. Instead, Apple has a stainless steel graphite option for the Apple Watch Series 6 that looks similar, but slightly lighter....

iMessage has gained several new features since 2011, including extensions, stickers, and message effects. But none of this is available to Mac users, as macOS still has a basic version of the Messages app that only works to send and receive standard messages. The Catalyst technology allows developers to port their apps from iOS to macOS. Although Apple has already introduced some Catalyst apps, such as Voice Memos, Podcast, and Stocks, none of the native macOS apps have been replaced by the iOS version yet — iTunes has been discontinued to be replaced with three new apps, but the Music app is still a native Mac app....

It’s been a little over five months since James Wan’s Aquaman movie wrapped principal photography, but King Nereus actor Dolph Lundgren has confirmed on social media that the movie is currently undergoing additional photography. Starring Jason Momoa in the titular role, Aquaman will be the first DC movie to arrive in theaters since last year’s somewhat lackluster team-up movie, Justice League. Still, hopes are high for this solo outing, since fans responded positively to Momoa’s version of Arthur Curry, and Wan has plenty of hits under his belt....

Amber Heard’s Mera goes on the run in a new leaked set photo from next year’s Aquaman standalone film. Following his brief introduction in last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, fans are finally going to get to spend some substantial time with Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry/Aquaman later this year in Justice League, But Momoa’s presence in the DCEU is only going to continue growing after that film’s release, with the actor set to star in and lead his own Aquaman solo film next year, which will be the first DCEU film to hit theaters after Justice League, and is set to be directed by The Conjuring director, James Wan....

We’ve received word that Apple is building another enormous data center—this time in Hong Kong SAR, China. Apple recently finalized a location in the New Territories region of Hong Kong near the Shenzhen China border for the data center. We spoke to a bidding contractor employee who, on the condition of anonymity, told us the planned data center’s scale is unprecedented for his business: “There is simply nothing to compare it to and therefore it is hard to make estimates on size based on the materials required....

Apple Tower Theatre celebrated its grand opening today in Los Angeles. The new store marks the completion of an extensive historic restoration project and the first Apple Store downtown. In the Broadway Theater District, Apple worked for years with preservation experts, restoration artists, and the City of Los Angeles to reimagine and reactivate the historic Tower Theatre at 8th and Broadway streets. Apple Tower Theatre recalls the original splendor of the gilded movie palace era, blending thoughtful preservation with cutting edge technology....

Apple Watch will add support for native sleep tracking with watchOS 7, tying it together with new features like Wind Down on iPhone and iOS 14. In new interviews following WWDC, Apple VP of technologies Kevin Lynch offered more details on the strategy behind the company’s implementation of sleep tracking with Apple Watch. Speaking to the Independent, Lynch explained that Apple spent “a lot of time learning about the science of sleep” before adding sleep tracking to Apple Watch....

Apple uses a series of concentric circles to represent its spaceship campus, and it’s now seeking a US trademark for the Apple Park logo … Apple sells bags and t-shirts bearing the logo in the Apple Park visitor’s center, and has applied for a trademark on the design. Interestingly, the wording of the trademark application spotted by Patently Apple is extremely specific, seeking to protect only the exact arrangement depicted above....

According to a document leaked as part of WikiLeaks’ latest dump of information form the Sony Pictures hack, Apple has been testing and licensing 4K content from Sony since as early as 2013. The document is signed by Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, and former Sony Pictures exec Jim Underwood (via AppleInsider) The letter that was leaked is from Sony’s Culver Distribution company, located in Culver City, California....

Over the past week, we’ve heard rumors that Apple planned “pop up” stores for displaying the new Apple Watch inside high end stores in both Paris Galeries Lafayette and London Selfridges (pictured above). Now the Austin Statesman notes that Apple has participated in SXSW in a number of ways over the past few years and it would almost be surprising if the Apple Watch wasn’t displayed in some capacity to the international SXSW Interactive audience there....

Next week, Apple will likely unveil its new Apple Watch Pro during the September 7 “Far Out” event. While this new, rugged Apple Watch has been rumored for a few months now, as we get closer to its announcement, more rumors about it have started appearing. This time, a leaker believes this upcoming smartwatch won’t have older band compatibility, and here’s why. As shared on the Chinese social media Weibo, user UnclePan (via MacRumors) says this Apple Watch Pro, with a 47mm/48mm screen, will have a wider strap due to its squared shape, meaning the current bands won’t have a perfect aesthetic fit for this Watch....

Apple’s WebKit team is proposing a change to the format of SMS one-time passcodes. The WebKit team’s hope is to make the two-factor authentication process more secure, and the proposal outlines two goals to help achieve that. ZDNet details the proposal, which was shared by Apple engineers on GitHub this week. The first goal is to make it possible for SMS one-time passcodes to be associated with a URL. To do this, Apple engineers propose adding the login URL to the SMS itself....

Today’s apps and updates news kicks off with four free apps from publisher McGraw-Hill, which was one of Apple’s partners for the iBooks textbooks launch in January, as well as big updates to popular apps such as Instagram, Facebook Messager, Facebook Pages Manager, and Words With Friends HD. McGraw-Hill Education is attending the International Society for Technology in Education conference this week, and it is offering some of its best-selling apps free....

The e-mail that customers will receive Earlier this week, a report surfaced with claims that Apple is preparing to roll out a new remote and URL-based iOS Diagnostics service. Since then, we’ve learned that Apple Stores across the globe are already using a similar tool. However, we’ve now confirmed that Apple is in fact rolling out a new online tool that enables retrieval of diagnostic information from iOS devices. This tool is fairly different than the one being currently used at Apple Retail Stores and is geared towards all of Apple’s support operations worldwide, according to sources....

SDK beta 2 is now available as a 1.36GB download from Apple’s developer website. The kit contains all the tools developers may need to build applications for the device, and now also includes an Interface Builder, a visually-based tool that lets us build application interfaces using drag-&-drop. Developers also gain access to new sample code and technical documentation, as Cupertino’s iPhone dev team respond to the first batch of developer feedback....

You can now buy an iPhone-connected accessory for your dog through Apple Stores as the Whistle Activity Monitor officially goes on sale in Apple’s retail stores in North America. The product was previously available through select retailers and online, but today arrives as the Apple Store’s first iPhone accessory specifically for dog owners. The company has also added some new features and dropped the price to $99 to accompany the Apple Store launch:...

Apple has traditionally shut down the App Store Connect platform for a week during the holiday season. This year, however, Apple is forgoing that practice and has announced that it will “continue accepting submissions in App Store Connect throughout the upcoming holidays.” In a post on the Apple Developer website today, Apple said that developers should still plan to send time-sensitive submissions early, because reviews will take longer to complete during the holiday season, particularly around Christmas and Thanksgiving....

In an email to customers, Apple has announced that their iWork.com beta service will be shutting down effective July 31, 2012. The service was launched in early 2009 in concert with iWork ’09, and has served as an online method for document sharing and commenting. Apple tells users that iCloud, since its launch last fall, has grown popular enough to be a fitting replacement. The company recommends users to switch to iCloud’s Documents in the Cloud feature....

According to DailyTech, Apple is gearing up to launch a television set business this fall. The site claims that a former Apple executive spilled the beans on the project, saying “you’ll go into an Apple retail store and be able to walk out with a TV. It’s perfect.” This TV display is said to be powered by Apple’s popular iOS (currently runs on the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV)....