Apple to livestream March 21 media event

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's confirmed that it is holding its next media event on March 21st at the intimate Town Hall at the campus in its 1 Infinite Loop headquarters in Cupertino. The event is the first product launch since the September 2015 bonanza in downtown San Francisco and is going to be live streamed at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Details can be found here.

Expected at this event are a new 4-inch iPhone which will be an updated version of the iPhone 5/5S form factor, a smaller 9.7-inch iPad Pro (taking over the iPad Air) as well as more Apple Watch straps and accessories. Apple could also unveil some new MacBooks now with new Intel Skylake processors and improved specs as well as elaborate on new software features for iOS, Mac OS X El Capitan, tvOS and watchOS. Timing for the event is odd since Tim Cook and some Apple executives will be at a federal court hearing in California to address the Justice Department's order to unlock an iPhone to aid in an investigation.

While products and technologies will be front and centre, specially since Apple's biggest rivals have played their cards at Mobile World Congress (and their latest smartphones are already shipping), all eyes will be on Apple CEO Tim Cook to see if he uses the event as a podium to discuss the DOJ matter.

New service offers data plans for travelling iPads with Apple SIM in over 45 countries

AlwaysOnline Wireless by Otomo, is a new company out of Vancouver that offers Cellular Data Plans for iPad users with Apple SIM in over 45 Countries.

With Apple SIM installed, iPad customers can conveniently view and select these short-term data plans directly on their iPad, avoiding the hassle of buying a local SIM when they travel. iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 and iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular models are compatible with Apple SIM.

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Adobe releases new mobile apps, updates desktop offerings at MAX

Adobe's unloaded some well-timed mobile apps as well as updates to desktop offerings at their yearly Adobe MAX creative pow-wow. Photoshop Fix and Capture CC, first demoed at last month's iPad Pro launch event, are now available as are updates to the entire suite of Creative Cloud applications.

Several of Adobe's apps, including the popular Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, and Premiere Pro CC are being updated with new Touch functionality usable on Windows tablets and Apple trackpad devices. Adobe Fuse CC is being added to existing Creative Cloud plans. You can find out more here.

Source: Adobe

Apple releases iOS 9 beta 4 and watchOS 2 beta 4 to developers

Apple today released iOS 9 beta 4 and watchOS 2 beta 4 to developers. The new watchOS introduces new features and watchfaces, a nightstand mode plus added functionality. iOS 9 beta introduces a variety of new apps including News, a new and improved Notes app and multitasking features and picture-in-picture capabilites on iPad Air 2 devices. Apple's beta releases seem to be on track to the iOS 9 launch this Fall.