09.Home/ Reviews/ Laptops & Notebooks/ New Apple MacBook vs. MacBook Air: Ultra-Thin Laptop Showdown

Apple has finally unveiled its newest, thinnest laptop, but it's not a MacBook Air.

Bringing to bear the lessons learned after making the iPad and iPhone for years, the newest laptop is simply the MacBook, and that same spare aesthetic is seen throughout the new design. It's slimmed down, polished, and refined about as much as a laptop can be, and the result is thinner and lighter than the 11-inch MacBook Air. The new MacBook doesn't hit stores until April 10, so the big question for shoppers is clear—Do I get the current MacBook Air or wait for the new MacBook?

The Apple MacBook 12-inch (2015) uses the same sort of unibody aluminum design seen on the Apple MacBook Air 11-Inch (2014)$999.00 at Amazon, but it's slimmer and lighter. The entire laptop measures just 0.51 inches at the thickest point, a fraction of an inch slimmer than the 0.68-inch thick MacBook Air. It's also lighter, weighing 2 pounds, shedding nearly 5 ounces from the MacBook Air's 2.31 pounds. It also has a fanless design, thanks to an Intel Core M processor (more on that below). That's a subtle change from the 11-inch Air, which hides its fan vents in the hinge, but it makes for a slightly thinner chassis and fewer concerns about airflow. When it comes to weight and size, the new MacBook has the edge.

Name	Apple MacBook 12-Inch (2015)	Apple MacBook Air 11-Inch (2014)
Editor Rating
Lowest Price	$1299.00MSRP	$999.00Amazon
Processor Name	Intel Core-M	Intel Core i5-4260U
Processor Speed	1.1 GHz	1.4 GHz
Operating System	Mac OS X	Mac OS X
RAM	8 GB	4 GB
Storage Capacity (as Tested)	256 GB	256 GB
Graphics Card	Intel HD Graphics 5300	Intel HD Graphics 5000
Screen Size	12 inches	11.6 inches
Native Resolution	3440 x 1440	1366 x 768
Storage Type	SSD	SSD
Weight	2 lb	2.31 lb
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08.iPad Pro Release Date, Specs, Features & Price: Way Thicker Than iPad Air 2? [Rumors]

  The rumored mega-tablet could disappoint prospects aiming for a thinner device.

  Days before Apple's "Spring Forward" event, speculations over the iPad Pro have bombarded the internet. Fresh from the highlights of this year's Mobile World Congress, the industry has now set eyes on the Apple Watch -- but the rest of Apple's products are certainly not forgotten.

  For the uninitiated, note that the iPad Pro (aka iPad Air Plus) has not been confirmed by the Cupertino giant. As told by Computerworld, analysts are now convinced that the tablet arrives late 2015 or early 2016. As you may have guessed, this is another push in the rumor wheelbarrow, which previously pegged a March arrival (Spring Forward, yes).
Another side of the story believes a third quarter launch, which technically puts June as the earliest time. This appears to be one possibility, considering that Apple's next Worldwide Developers Conference is expected to run on June 8 to 12.
While these are best taken with a spoon of salt, rumors about the iPad Pro's thickness have been fairly consistent since last year. In fact, the measurement may have been out all these time.
  The Daily Mail cited an earlier leak, which suggested that the iPad Pro is thicker by 0.9 mm than the iPad Air 2. Users would know that the latter possessed a depth of 6.1 mm (probably the world's second-thinnest tablet), which gives the iPad Pro a thickness of 7.0 mm.


Source:
http://www.latinopost.com/articles/15241/20150307/ipad-pro-release-date-specs-features-price-way-thicker-than-ipad-air-2-rumors.htm

08.TELEBIT, THE TELEGRAM BITCOIN WALLET

Former co-Director of SatoshiPoint, Jonathan Harrison, and Eric Goforth of cexstar.io (now defunct), have teamed up and developed Telebit, the bitcoin wallet for telegram.

Telegram is an open source instant messaging application that boasts over 50 million users, citing a free privacy orientated, open API, distributed servers, cloud-based messaging application. It is available for Android, iPhone, iPad, WP, web-version, Mac OS X, and PC/Mac and Linux. Users of each now have a bitcoin wallet.

You can send bitcoins between phones without the requirement of creating new wallets or bitcoin addresses, and you can send coins to any of your contacts without needing to request a receiving address, or similar.

Telebit is giving away free bitcoin to each user, and as a bonus, free bitcoin if to you and your contact if you send some of your first free bitcoin to a contact.

With easy to use commands (viewable here), Telebit is already integrated into the Telegram service, so no additional software or application is needed to be downloaded, nor identification or sign-ups required.

Telebit boasts instant free transfers and the ability to send bitcoin to any of your contacts, which they cannot refuse. They (your contacts) are then able to send the bitcoins forward, or withdraw to their personal wallet of choice.

“You contact Telebit just by searching for it within the telegram app and sending a message to it. The Telebit wallet is controlled by messaging simple commands to Telebit.” ~ Telebit.

Keep in mind that Telebit is for sending small amounts of bitcoin, the bitcoin is ultimately held and centrally controlled by Telebit. Each address can hold a maximum of 0.5 btc, any excess will flow into another bitcoin address you control.

Telebit has only been in existence for a few weeks and already boasts some excellent stats for users. Their total registration now exceeds 5239, active users in the last 15 days is 4352 and their total btc transacted is 29.85904481 (Stats provided by Jonathan Harrison).

Source:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/telebit-telegram-bitcoin-wallet/

10 things to expect from Apple in 2015

2015 could be one of the most interesting years in Apple's history.
It's moving into a whole new world with the Apple Watch, a device that's as much about high fashion as high tech, and with the tablet market showing signs of saturation it needs some bright ideas to reinvigorate iPad sales.

There are two new operating systems to prepare, an enterprise push to explore and some new musical directions - and there might even be a stylus.
Here's what Techradar think (and in a few cases, hope) we'll see from Apple in 2015.


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11345660/10-things-to-expect-from-Apple-in-2015.html

8 awesome paid iPhone apps that are all free for a limited time (save $45!)

A new week is here and we’re starting things off on the right foot with some great paidiPhone and iPad apps that are all completely free to download right now. Today’s list has eight apps total, and they would cost you a combined $45 on most days if you wanted to get them all. For a limited time, however, you can snag each and every one of them without paying a dime — but only if you hurry!

DON’T MISS: Meet the smartphone that rips off Apple and Samsung in one fell swoop

These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word “get,” it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged.

Source:

http://bgr.com/2015/01/19/best-free-iphone-apps-jan-19/

Apple users spent $500 million on apps in the first week of 2015

San Francisco: Apple and thousands of mobile software developers are feasting on people's ravenous app-etite for apps.
Users of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches spent nearly $500 million on applications and in-app services during the first week of the year, according to figures released Thursday. That's the highest weekly volume recorded by Apple since the Cupertino, California, company opened its App Store seven years ago and revolutionised the way people connect with online services and play games.
If sales continue at the same opening-week pace, Apple and the makers of the apps would split up about $25 billion in revenue. Apple's revenue-sharing formula calls for 70 per cent of app sales to be paid to the developers with the rest kept by the company.


Source:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/apple-users-spent-500-million-on-apps-in-the-first-week-of-2015/522004-11.html