Apple to bundle Beats headphones with new iPads and Macs for students

Apple is giving incentives to students buying new Macs or iPads. With the purchase of a Mac from an Apple Store, students are given Beats free, with the option of choosing from Beats Solo3, Powerbeats3 or BeatsX. Students who buy iPad Pro will be provided BeatsX free, with the option to upgrade styles to Powerbeats3 for an additional $50, or Beats Solos3 for $150 more. Mac mini excluded. In addition to receiving Beats headphones, students can take advantage of saving through Apple’s education pricing for students.

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Apple's 'A Portrait of Canada,' shot on iPhone film focuses on country's inclusivity and diversity

Apple is celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary by focusing on Canadian-made apps and developers a well sa creating narratives with images and videos shot on iPhone.

Apple enlisted three Canadian artists to help capture the inclusive and optimistic character of their country in A Portrait of Canada, a short film shot on iPhone and released today. Humble the Poet, photographer Caitlin Cronenberg and first nations band A Tribe Called Red contributed their words, images and music. Their work was combined with photos shot by iPhone users across Canada.

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Apple Music releases curated 'Canada's top 150 songs of all-time' playlist

Apple Music Canada’s editors are helping our country celebrate Canadian music talent by releasing the top 150 Canadian songs of all-time. During the next three weeks, Canadians are invited to tune-in to Apple Music and count-down the music of all genres appreciated around the world through four amazing playlists.

To start, listen here to discover songs 101-150, plus 50 songs showcasing the top 50 tracks by Canada's “The Next Generation” of artists: applemusic.com/canada150 

For each playlist, artist Douglas Coupland has created four playlist covers for Apple Music, where elements of “Carr War Canoes” are featured - see sample of the first playlist cover attached. “Harris Holofile Iceburgs” if featured on the cover the Next Generation playlist.

Thoughts on Apple's HomePod

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Jose, California - Apple's newest product category since the Apple Watch in 2015 (or, it can be argued, since the EarPods last year) is their HomePod speaker revealed here a few days ago and which is coming to the US in December (with mid-2018 availability in Canada likely).

In typical Apple fashion, the company comes rather late into a market that's already quite mature. Amazon's Echo can be credited for creating the connected speaker/voice assistant space, and it's a huge seller in the US, Amazon's even expanded their product line to smaller Dot speakers as well as licensing Echo across various OEMs, including high-end speaker brands.

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