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China’s grey market could take off again as Apple’s new iPhones face a delayed launch

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 6:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

Apple Unveils iPhone 6

Apple’s slate of new product announcements was predicted well before this week’s event, but the US company did manage to pull a surprise when it omitted China from the list of markets that will be first to receive the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The company’s phones had traditionally been late to market in China, but that appeared to change last year with the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c — both of which premiered in China at the same time as the US and other tier-one markets. When the devices launched last year, Apple even arranged a press event…

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Samsung’s latest ads attack everything Apple launched this week, and its livestream too

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 4:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web

That was quick. It’s been barely a day since Apple announced two new smartphones and its first smartwatch at a media event, and Samsung is taking aim with a series of new videos promoting its new Galaxy Note 4. The ad spots (ordered in a playlist below) take aim the decision to adopt a bigger screen, multi-tasking, the lack of stylus, battery life, and even Apple’s glitchy livestream broadcast. Earlier this week, the Korean company used a quote from Steve Jobs criticizing large phones to question Apple’s new 5.5-inch iPhone Plus. There’s nothing quite like a fierce rivalry in the smartphone industry. ➤ Samsung…

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Apple’s decision to give its customers U2’s new album for free is confusing a lot of people

Sep11
by on September 11, 2014 at 3:48 am
Posted In: apple u2, Around the Web, U2

Apple’s partnership with U2 is having an immediate effect, although perhaps not as might be hoped, after customers began noticing that the band’s latest album had been uploaded to their accounts automatically. Some of the younger Apple folks don’t even appear to know who the Irish band is — sigh. The two heavyweights believe that their coming together can “transform the way music is listened to and viewed” — but the initial response seems to be confusion, judging on the reactions of many who have tweeted, and a post over at TechCrunch too. so there’s some glitch that automatically downloads U2’s…

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