WWDC 2015: Apple goes back to music roots with Apple Music

Apple today introduced the Apple Music service which it says will be a revolutionary streaming radio, music service and connection point between fans and musicians. The app will be available to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, Apple TV and Android phones. Apple Music will be available starting on June 30 in over 100 countries.

Apple Music is a single app that combines the a streaming music service, a worldwide live radio station from Apple broadcasting 24 hours a day, and a great new way for music fans to connect with their favourite artists.

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WWDC15: Apple's ecosystems in focus

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisc: Apple Inc. has evolved widely as a a company. While they're best known as makers of hardware including Macs, iPhones and iPads as well as the Apple Watch, it is the various ecosystems and software frameworks that make all these devices work well and work well together.

The World Wide Developer's Conference is, by its very nature, a software developer's show, and not only is this year expected to continue focusing on iOS 9, OS X 11 as well as Watch OS; Apple is expected to flex its muscles on the halo effect of these products going into 2015. 

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Review: ASUS ZenFone 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Asus ZenFone 2 is clearly designed as the company’s best vision for a modern Android smartphone. That they have managed to make it affordable and available contract-free, really shakes up the market and puts the ZenFone 2 at the very top tier of available affordable Android devices.

ASUS has made one of the most compelling 5.5-inch smartphones in the market today. The Zenfone 2, which comes to Canada this June, is designed as an affordable and contract-free option for anyone looking for a larger Android smartphone with all the power and functionality to match more expensive models from established competitors. 

A product of many firsts, the ASUS ZenFone 2 eschews the usual Qualcomm or NVIDIA processor for one of the first Intel Atom mobile processors designed for high-end smartphones and tablets. Both ASUS and Intel are avowed PC companies, so seeing them team up to take on the North American mobile market in this one device is surprising and very exciting.

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Pre ordered Pebble Time smartwatches begin arriving

People who pre-ordered the new Pebble Time smartwatch on KickStarter are starting to receive their kickstarter edition watches in the mail, sometimes even before receiving a notification email and tracking number. The Pebble Time began shipping out the last week of May and once most KickStarter orders are fulfilled, the company will begin selling non KickStarter editions. The Pebble Time Steel is coming to market next month. Users on Android will be able to install and explore the device right away by downloading the new Pebble Time app. iOS users will have to wait for the app to be cleared at the iOS App Store. Stay tuned for a full review of the new Pebble Time and its corresponding OS once we get our KickStarter edition.

(thanks to Corey Herscu for the picture) 

Update on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 3:11PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Pebble Time app on iOS has been approved and should be appearing in the App Store anytime now.