Eddy Cue: Apple has ‘best product pipeline’ in 25 years coming up

Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher, Eddy Cue, and Jimmy Iovine

Apple’s senior vice president for Internet software and services Eddy Cue isn’t playing coy with his recent statement. The iCloud and iTunes chief said the company is introducing its best products later this year in the past 25 years. “Later this year, we’ve got the best product pipeline that I’ve seen in my 25 years at Apple,” Cue said.  He made this statement at the Code Conference in California, where he appeared on stage with Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine. As we all know, Beats has just been bought by Apple.

It has been a relatively quiet year of refreshes and product updates for Apple so far, so we can’t wait to see what products Cue is talking about. We should probably start seeing some of these at Apple’s upcoming developer conference. Stay tuned for our live coverage from WWDC next week!

Source: Mac Rumors

Netflix partners with DreamWorks for ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ series

With the new How To Train Your Dragon movie coming out, fans of the franchise have more to look forward to. DreamWorks and Netflix have partnered to release a series based on the movies. This exclusive deal will bring the “beloved set of characters” to the kids for the coming years. The story is said to bridge the gap between the first film and the upcoming sequel. It will arrive in 2015 and be available to Netflix users around the world.

Microsoft reportedly developing its own smartwatch

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Looks like Microsoft doesn’t want to be too far behind in the wearable tech game. According to a Forbes report, Microsoft is also joining the smartwatch market with Kinect engineers working on the project as well. The device will reportedly be like a life tracker and collect health information around the clock. It will be compatible not just with Windows Phone but with Android and iOS as well. It might look similar to Samsung’s Gear Fit and have a color touchscreen. Battery life is said to last for around two days.

Broadcom develops new chip capable of letting phones charge using any wireless charger

Wireless charging isn’t as ubiquitous as we’d want it to be, largely because of extremely fragmented standards. There are different companies that provide the technologies, including Qi, PMA, and Rezence, and there is no indication which one will last. Broadcom has found a solution for that with a new chip its introducing. The BCM59350 is designed to charge your devices using any of these existing wireless technologies. The chip also supports up to 7.5W of power (instead of the usual 5W), which means it can charge your devices faster, too.

Broadcom has kept mum about which manufacturers plan to use the chip and when it will be available out on the market. We can just hope it comes out real soon to help make charging an even more painless process.

Source: Engadget