The CW launches Apple TV app, no cable login required

The CW launches Apple TV app, no cable login required: "Adding to an already successful mobile app offering, television network The CW updated both its iOS and tvOS apps on Thursday with new features like AirPlay support and the ability to stream shows without a cable login. "

Another victory for the cord-cutter generation.

Programmable chips turning Azure into a supercomputing powerhouse | Ars Technica

Programmable chips turning Azure into a supercomputing powerhouse | Ars Technica: "That PCIe interface is shared with the virtual machines directly, giving the virtual machines the power to send and receive network traffic without having to bounce it through the host first. The result? Azure virtual machines can push 25 gigabits per second of network traffic, with a latency of 100 microseconds. That's a tenfold latency improvement and can be done without demanding any host CPU resources."

MSFT rolls out some cool tech.

DJI launches ultraportable iOS-connected Mavic Pro camera drone for $999

DJI launches ultraportable iOS-connected Mavic Pro camera drone for $999: "DJI's hardware and software also allow autopilot and auto-follow capabilities not seen in the GoPro Karma. Using a connected iPhone to select a subject, DJI's ActiveTrack technology can follow, lead, or track alongside objects including people, bicyclists, cars, boats, and animals.

Amazeballs!

Repair your broken iPhone Screen Cheap

Apple will replace your iPhone screen without a warranty for $129.

Repair, don't despair.

Snapchat announces Spectacles video-recording sunglasses, available this fall for $130

Snapchat announces Spectacles video-recording sunglasses, available this fall for $130Snap, Inc., the company formerly known as Snapchat, on Friday announced its first hardware product in Spectacles, a $130 pair of sunglasses with an embedded camera that captures 10-second point-of-view video clips at the tap of a button.

Take that, Google glass.

Twitter takeover being considered by Google, Salesforce, other tech firms - report

Twitter takeover being considered by Google, Salesforce, other tech firms - report: "everal major tech corporations — Google and Salesforce among them — have allegedly expressed in buying Twitter, as much for the data the social network generates as its actual media revenue. "

Twitter is an important media outlet for free speech, even when it censors and I hope Google shepherds it into a rosy future.

First Apple stock certificate awarded to Steve Jobs on sale for $195,000

First Apple stock certificate awarded to Steve Jobs on sale for $195,000: "As told by Zimet, shortly after the ouster in 1985, Sculley called for Jobs' office to be cleared out. The certificate on sale today was dumped in the trash along with other paraphernalia, but an industrious employee recovered the document and kept it for 31 years."

Glad I'm not John Sculley.

macOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica

macOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica: "It has been a long time since the Mac was Apple's favorite child, and there are places in Sierra (like the Messages app) where it clearly feels like Mac users are getting a second-tier experience compared to people on iOS. Add in the Mac’s stale, aging hardware lineup and Apple’s total lack of communication about it, and there seem to be real problems for the Mac as a platform."

SteveJ would never concede the desktop to Windoze. Ever.

Nikon takes aim at GoPro with new KeyMission line of iPhone-connected action cameras

Nikon takes aim at GoPro with new KeyMission line of iPhone-connected action cameras: "Nikon announced its first three action cameras on Monday ahead of this week's Photokina expo in Germany, looking to claim share of a field largely dominated by GoPro. "

A rapidly emerging field.

Black & Jet Black: Unboxing the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus with Lightning headphones

Black & Jet Black: Unboxing the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus with Lightning headphonesThe new Black and Jet Black (above) options are front-to-back black with nearly invisible black seams that join the top and bottom to the middle (allowing radio signals through the aluminum case).

You've been unboxed.

Snowden’s bias is blatant—but Gordon-Levitt makes its message powerful | Ars Technica

Snowden’s bias is blatant—but Gordon-Levitt makes its message powerful | Ars Technica: "The first major film event about Edward Snowden did not come this year thanks to Director Oliver Stone. Instead, it came in the form of Citizenfour, the deserving winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary."

Did you get the memo?

Apple Watch Series 2 teardown reveals high capacity battery

Apple Watch Series 2 teardown reveals high capacity batterySeries 2 comes with a higher capacity battery to handle the power needs of thirsty circuitry like a new GPS radio and brighter OLED display. The 38mm version gutted by iFixit comes with a 273 mAh cell, up from the original's 205 mAh unit.

Speak for yourself.

Shares of AAPL surge as hype builds for Friday's iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2 launches

Shares of AAPL surge as hype builds for Friday's iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2 launches: "T-Mobile CEO John Legere said on Monday that preorders for the iPhone 7 at his carrier are four times greater than the iPhone 6 launch"

When I get excited, I burst into flames...

Apple launches iOS 10, tvOS 10 & watchOS 3

Apple launches iOS 10, tvOS 10 & watchOS 3: "Apple on Tuesday made available iOS 10 for iPads, iPhones, and the iPod touch bringing mass enhancements to messages, Maps, Siri, Photos, Apple Music, News, and more. "

Launched in time for lunching. Lunch launch!

The 50-Year Mission reveals the egomania and idealism that built Star Trek | Ars Technica

The 50-Year Mission reveals the egomania and idealism that built Star Trek | Ars TechnicaThe Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek (UK), edited by Mark Altman and Edward Gross, is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the oral history of the franchise, from its earliest gleamings in 1964 to Star Trek Beyond in 2016. The two volumes, clocking in at over 1,700 pages, are overstuffed and prone to clutter and repetition, but they also have some fascinatingly honest assessments of Trek’s history from the people who were there.

Nerd out!

IBM lifts lid, unleashes Linux-based x86 killer on unsuspecting world • The Register

IBM lifts lid, unleashes Linux-based x86 killer on unsuspecting world • The Register: "HPC Blog IBM is mounting its strongest challenge yet to x86 hegemony with the unveiling of its spanking new Linux based S822LC system. What makes this system different is that it’s based on a new processor/motherboard configuration, complete with a sporty NVIDIA NVLink connector."

IBM, once the leader in proprietary computing, bets big on Linux, the little unix that could.

Video: Hands-on with waterproof Apple Watch Series 2 with GPS, white ceramic Edition

Video: Hands-on with waterproof Apple Watch Series 2 with GPS, white ceramic Edition: "The new Apple Watch Series 2 boasts a faster processor, GPS radio, waterproof design, support for swim tracking, and a new high-end white ceramic Edition casing. AppleInsider offers a closer look at the second-generation wearable device."

I like the Nike design a lot. GPS is a must in my books. Hopefully it's as accurate as the Polar V800 which is high on my radar based on GPS accuracy reviews. I'm hopeful because the iPhone 5 ranked highly in the same tests.

What Apple fans really want: New MacBook Pros

What Apple fans really want: New MacBook Pros: "The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are set to take the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium tomorrow, but what Apple fanboys really want today is some new MacBooks.

Cult of Mac polled more than 2,000 readers and found that while 31 percent are most excited about the iPhone 7 Plus with its dual-lens camera, another 31 percent are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of new MacBook Pros."

Mac = Create. iPad = consume. Consumers are fickle.

Report: Huawei is building a successor to the Nexus 7 | Ars Technica

Report: Huawei is building a successor to the Nexus 7 | Ars Technica: "Perennial product leaker Evan Blass claims that a new Google tablet is on the way. Huawei will apparently be building a 7-inch tablet for Google, making the device a follow-up to the Nexus 7. Blass says the device is due out before the end of the year."

Especially important with the latest Android OTA update turning the Nex7 into a slug.

Inside the 2016 MacBook Pro -- CPU choices

Inside the 2016 MacBook Pro -- CPU choices: "Apple is bleeding Mac users, mostly from the content producing side from lack of updates because of the infrequent updates. The loss and overall market perception of the Mac lines for professionals has gotten so bad, that HP's line of workstations was promoted with a network access function to allow macOS users left in the dust to do "heavy lifting" remotely."

Dang, guys, what is up with dat?

OpenOffice, after years of neglect, could shut down | Ars Technica

OpenOffice, after years of neglect, could shut down | Ars Technica: "OpenOffice, once the premier open source alternative to Microsoft Office, could be shut down because there aren't enough developers to update the office suite. Project leaders are particularly worried about their ability to fix security problems."

Things that go hmmm in the night...