Apple confirms September 12 iPhone event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple has confirmed it is going to host a September 12 iPhone event in its newly built Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino.

Some media invitations went out today to what many consider to be the Super Bowl of tech launches, the annual iPhone September event. This year is special because it marks the 10th year anniversary of the Apple iPhone, which has superseded the iPod and the Mac as Apple's biggest and most profitable product.

This is also the first time the company will unveil the Steve Jobs Theatre in its newly-built Apple Park Campus, considered by many to be Steve Jobs legacy to the company he founded, and later on rescued from insolvency in what was one of the greatest second acts in modern business history.

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‘Star Wars’ BB-8 gets an evil twin?

Just in time for Force Friday II, when merch for the upcoming Star Wars film comes out, Disney together with Sphero unveiled new droids we’ve definitely been looking for. One is a tiny incarnation of R2-D2 (at least that’s what it looks like to us based on the video) and another is what Hollywood Reporter calls the evil twin trope incarnation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens’s BB-8. Called BB-9E (or if Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson had his way, BB-H8), the new droid will be debuting in the Dec. 15 film as part of the Astromech unit of the First Order. BB-9E helps keep the starships and machinery running. The toy itself is being called a “rolling menace” and you see it toppling a Jenga tower in the video above.

The BB-9E is almost identical to BB-8, down to the markings on the body, but this time it comes in black and gray and has a more angular head and a red-eye, making it look similar to Darth Vader with his helmet on. The BB-9E will be available for US$149.99 (around CA$190), while if you’re more interested in R2-D2, the iconic droid goes for US$179.99 (around CA$220).

Source: Variety

Apple Stores are celebrating Force Friday with special learning sessions

Apple stores around the world are joining in on Force Friday II on Friday, September 1 and though the weekend with new and exclusive Star Wars Today at Apple sessions and a new lineup of third-party Star Wars app-enabled toys.  Force Friday is a huge Star Wars merchandising event where new toys, technologies and apps pertaining to the popular franchise are released. Many of the toys from the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie are expected to surface as well.

Apple stores around the world will host new Kids Hours coding sessions with the Droids from Star Wars and a How To session to learn to build their own Star Wars trailer in iMovie.

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TCl unveils BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition with updated specs

TCL has revealed a new BlackBerry KEYOne which is all black and has twice the storage and even more RAM. The BlackBerry KEYOne comes with 64GB of storage as well as 4GB of RAM for improved multitasking and overall speed improvements. This version goes tactical by replacing the silver accents with matte black finish added to the device's aluminum frame offering. The new device will be available to Canadians for $799