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If there is an advantage to running late with the news some days it is that some good stories can break late. That is the case today with 9to5Mac reporting on a Wall Street Journal story about a possible Apple TV online TV service with about 25 channels. Pricing in the US is said to start somewhere in the US$30-$40 range. Of course 9to5Mac have also carried recent reports about a possible thinner ...

Clearly you can’t attend 4 days at the Grand Prix and expect to get up at your usual time Monday morning. So the result is I didn’t have time to finish the news this morning before work. So here is the lunchtime news round up.

There has been a lot of excitement about the Apple Watch in the run up to it going on sale. However not everyone is excited about it or Smart Watches ...

We may have just done the OS X 10.10.2 and iOS 8.2 but Apple is already working on the next updates and developers received the latest beta’s of OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 overnight. In addition there are reports around that some members of the Apple Seed program have also received an invite to test out iOS 8.3.

Speaking of developers Apple has moved to back up ...

You might recall the recent lawsuit against apple from the battery maker A123, the latest news on that is that apple has filed a motion to dismiss the case. According to a Macworld report Apple described the case as speculative and therefore the case should be dismissed. The interesting line in the argument is that Apple argues it makes batteries that end up in consumer products, whilst A123 ...

After the excitement of yesterday and it’s new products and Watch prices, things are a little more subdued today.

Just about all the Apple Watch questions were answered yesterday, however 9to5Mac have been able to confirm a couple of minor points with the company. The watches will ship with 8GB of memory and will allow you to store up to 2GB of music on the device itself. ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage this morning to reveal further details on the Apple Watch, including shipping dates and pricing, a new MacBook and ResearchKit, to a packed house at the Yerba Buena Centre in San Francisco.

Cook began the launch event with the Apple TV, dropping the price in the US from US$99 to $69. However, it seems the price drop hasn’t reached Australia with the Apple TV remaining at $109.

That wasn’t the only news for the Apple TV; Cook also announced an exclusive deal with HBO for a new streaming service called HBO Now. Whether the service comes to Australia is yet to be announced.

Apple also had a series of numbers to share. Cook says the company has sold its 700 millionth iPhone, ...

Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac is saying that Apple will not be revealing a new Beats Music service at next weeks Spring Forward event , according to Gurman it will be launched at WWDC instead. In addition he also claims that Apple is still working on a redesigned slimmer Apple TV and that is also not expected until later in the year. He does however indicate that it should feature ...

For the cord cutters out there your Apple TV might be about to get a little bit more appealing. The International Business Times is reporting that Apple and HBO are in talks that would see HBO offer their upcoming stand alone HBO Now service on the Apple TV. This would allow consumers to subscribe for HBO direct from their Apple TV, rather than needing a stand alone cable ...

Having turned over its homepage to iPhone 6 photography, Apple is also rolling out billboards from buildings around the world to promote the power of the iPhone 6 camera. To date haven't seen any reports of Australian billboards but let us know know if you see one.

Not that sales of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are struggling, according to the latest numbers from Gartner ...