iPhone time-tracking app Hours to be available for Apple Watch ‘on day one’

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

Apple Design Award winner Tapity announced that its popular time-tracking application, Hours for iPhone, will be available for the new Apple Watch “on day one”. While telling time is the core function of any watch, time tracking could easily become the killer feature of Apple's device.

Designed to take the pain out of time tracking by visualizing how you spend your precious time, Hours for iPhone debuted in mid-July and we immediately fell in love with it.

"The Apple Watch will be a game-changed for tracking time with Hours," developer Jeremy Olson tells me.

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How to grab your free copy of the new U2 album

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 30, 2018

Apple wrapped up yesterday's presentation by inviting U2 to perform onstage and announce that it will be giving away the band's latest album, titled “Songs of Innocence”, to iTunes users completely free of charge, no strings attached.

During the exclusivity window which closes October 13, iTunes user 13 or older can grab their free copy of the aging rock band's album.

Company CEO Tim Cook called the deal “the largest album release of all time” and here's how you can grab your free copy right now.

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Discover confirms joining Apple Pay ‘in the future’

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 11, 2016

Discover will be joining Apple's proximity mobile payment system called Apple Pay “in the future,” allowing iPhone 6 and Apple Watch owners to pay for goods and services using Discover's credit cards stored in the Passbook application, the company confirmed in a tweet last evening following Apple's press conference.

”No need to worry,” reads the tweet. “We are in discussions with Apple to add Discover cards to Apple Pay in the future”.

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Apple reveals new iCloud pricing on storage plans up to 1TB

Cody Lee ∙ September 10, 2014

At some point during the craziness after yesterday's event, Apple quietly rolled out new iCloud storage plan pricing. In an update to the iCloud section on its website, the company posted pricing for storage plans ranging from 5GB to 1TB.

As before, customers will continue to get 5GB of storage for free, with 20GB of additional storage available for $0.99 per month. 200GB of storage will cost you $3.99 per month, 500GB $9.99, and the 1TB plan costs $19.99 per month.

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Everything you need to know about iPhone 6, Apple Pay and Apple Watch

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Well, that’s all folks. The 'historic' iPhone 6 event has come, and gone. All announcements have been made, all products unveiled, and we finally got to see what was in the mysterious white structure Apple built outside of the Flint Center.

A lot has happened in the last 12 hours, and we understand that it might have been difficult to keep track of everything. So, as usual, we’ve put together this awesome roundup for you of everything important that happened at today's event.

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Hands on with iPhone 6, Apple Pay and Apple Watch

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 27, 2016

So you've watched Apple's keynote, and you've been keeping up with the news today, but thus far you've only seen the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch from either afar or in marketing materials. Sure, the products look good in rendered photos, but what do they look like up close and personal?

Select journalists were given the chance to go hands on with the aforementioned products after the event today, and have posted videos of their initial reactions. So naturally, we've rounded up some of those clips of folks trying out the iPhone 6, Apple Pay and Apple Watch for you below.

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Rumor: Apple planning to acquire social network Path

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Apple is close to announcing an acquisition of the social network Path, according to a report from PandoDaily, in an attempt to bolster its social offerings. According to a lone-source said to be placed within Apple's engineering team: “It’s almost done, if not signed already, but it’s essentially a done deal.”

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Apple Pay could be big source of revenue by collecting fees from banks

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 17, 2018

Apple Pay, the Cupertino-based company's new mobile payment service announced on Tuesday, could prove to be a big source of revenue for the company during a time when music and app downloads are slowing. Bloomberg reports Apple will collect fees from banks when iPhone 6 and Apple Watch users make a purchase. Fees will be charged for every single transaction, though the fee hasn't been detailed.

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Apple Watch photo gallery

Sébastien Page ∙ September 9, 2014

Apple entered a new product category today with the announcement of the Apple Watch. A beautiful smartwatch that doubles as a powerful health and fitness tracker, Apple Watch is presumably going to set a standard in the industry. we spent our entire day bringing you detailed coverage of the event, and along our musing, we collected dozens of images of the Apple Watch that we want to share with you. All these images are available on Apple's website, but we bring them all in one place for you. Right here.

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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus photo gallery

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

With not much surprises left to anyone who follows Apple closely, the company unveiled two new devices today: the iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. Along with our coverage of the event, we collected a fairly large amount of photos of both devices. All these photos are publicly available on Apple.com of course, but we thought we'd bundle them all here in one convenient location. Without further ado, here is the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus photo gallery.

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Watch today’s iPhone 6 and Apple Watch event

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 10, 2017

Folks who missed Apple’s keynote this morning, or would just like to watch it in its entirety, will be happy to hear that Apple has just posted the full video online for your streaming pleasure. Obviously, you can read everything you need to know about today’s event right here on iDB. But if you have the time, the video is definitely worth watching.

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