Apple Special Event October 2014

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• Apple's new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 are now available to pre-order in the US

  Apple's freshly launched iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 from yesterday's event are now available to order for customers based in the US. The ultra-slim 10-inch iPad Air 2 is priced from $499 for a 16GB model, up to $699 for a 128GB version. Meanwhile, the 7.9-inch iPad mini 3 is ...

  • Ben Woods

• Apple just introduced a SIM that you don't have to replace when you switch carriers

  Apple didn't announce this during its event today, but it has created a SIM that makes switching carriers as easy as a few taps without having to visit a physical carrier store. The Apple SIM that ships in the new iPad Air 2 just made switching carriers and traveling abroad about ...

  • Roberto Baldwin

• Everything Apple announced at its iPad and Mac event

  A recap of everything Apple announced at its October 16, 2014 event in Cupertino, California.

  • Natt Garun

• Apple updates the Mac mini with 4th-gen Intel processors

  At today's Apple event in Cupertino, the tech giant unveiled an upgraded Mac mini. The new and improved tiny computer sports 4th-gen Intel core processors and Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000 for pushing all those pixels. It touts PCIe-based flash storage available in 500GB, 1TB ...

  • Roberto Baldwin

• Much-loved image editing app Pixelmator is coming to the iPad this month

  Pixelmator, the app long touted as at least a partial replacement for Adobe Photoshop on the desktop, has now gone mobile. At Apple's Town Hall meeting this morning, The Pixelmator team demoed its upcoming app for the iPad, which will be available in the App Store later this month. That's ...

  • Jackie Dove

• Apple announces iPad mini 3 with Touch ID fingerprint sensor

  At its October media event today, Apple announced the next generation of the iPad mini, adding the Touch ID fingerprint sensor that first arrived with the iPhone 5s last year. Pre-orders for the device will begin on October 17, with shipping set to start by the end of next week. The ...

  • Josh Ong

• Show me the pixels: Apple is launching an iMac with Retina Display, starting from $2,499

  Apple is giving its all-in-one iMac an upgrade in the pixel density department. The company today announced a Retina Display model, which should offer a sharper viewing experience. The 27-inch screen boasts a 5120 x 2880 resolution, totalling 14.7 million pixels. Apple says it's ...

  • Nick Summers

• Apple has sold 225 million iPads worldwide

  While Apple CEO, Tim Cook didn't share any updated sales numbers for the latest iPhone launch, he did share some iPad numbers. Over the life of the tablet, Apple has sold 225 million iPads. Cook also shared that there are over 675,000 iPad apps. Cook also stated that Apple shipped ...

  • Roberto Baldwin

• Apple unveils the iPad Air 2, an even thinner 10-inch tablet with Touch ID

  Apple has unveiled the iPad Air 2, a successor to its incredibly thin 10-inch tablet from last year. The overall design is largely the same, with slim bezels on the side and slightly larger ones at the top and bottom. The original iPad Air was heralded for being as thin as a pencil; ...

  • Nick Summers

• Apple to release OS X Yosemite on the Mac App Store later today

  At its October media event, Apple announced the release of OS X 10.10 Yosemite later today. Update: Yosemite has shown up on the Mac App Store for download, though some users are having trouble connecting as usual. The world first got a glimpse of Yosemite at WWDC in June. ...

  • Josh Ong

• Apple is bringing back the beloved Camera Roll with iOS 8.1, out next week

  Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. And apparently, Apple also giveth back. At Apple's Town Hall event today, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering said the company will restore the Camera Roll to its Photos app as part of the updates to iOS 8.1. "We ...

  • Jackie Dove

• The Apple Watch SDK, WatchKit, will be available next month

  Apple just announced that the Apple Watch SDK, WatchKit, will be available to developers starting next month. Developers will be able to create apps for the Apple Watch that will launch in early 2015. Apple introduced the Apple Watch at its September event. Today's announcement ...

  • Roberto Baldwin