Apple to house 1,400 employees at London's restored Battersea Power Station starting in 2021

Apple to house 1,400 employees at London's restored Battersea Power Station starting in 2021: "Consolidating a number of offices around London, Apple plans to open a new British headquarters inside an iconic decommissioned power station on the south bank of the River Thames."

Perfect location for the information revolution to be housed in the seat of the industrial revolution. What say, gunner?

October brings new Macs and MacBook Pros, this week on The CultCast | Cult of Mac

October brings new Macs and MacBook Pros, this week on The CultCast | Cult of Macreports point to a big Mac event coming in October!

That's what I'm talking about!

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.