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At a mere 13 millimeters thick and weighing just two pounds, the new Macbook might replace the iPad for some. The new MacBook is an iPad with a keyboard. That may be the best description of the new Apple laptop design, based on Apple’s  launch event  on Monday. At a mere 13 millimeters thick and weighing just two pounds, it approaches the iPad’s portability and is just as spartan, sporting only a  solitary connector.  PLAY VIDEO Why We Should Care About Quantum Computing With mega companies like Microsoft, Google and IBM quietly investing in quantum computing development, word is starting to leak out that the out-there technology with the sci-fi name might be a part of our lives sooner rather than later. DNEWS DCI Consumers tired of trying to shoehorn their iPad into a laptop (i.e., do real work on their iPad) may have finally found the ideal replacement. The new MacBook will replace the iPad for some people, according to Andy ...

This week at MWC, Intel revealed its 2015 and 2016 mobile chipset lineup, as well as the fact that the company is adopting a similar naming scheme to its Core line of processors with these new chips. They've been dubbed x3, x5, and x7, and as with the Core processors, bigger is generally better. Intel has long been something of a dark horse in the mobile industry. The company has seen negligible penetration in smartphones to date (though not  none ) and competes almost exclusively in the low to mid-range segment in Android tablets. Of course, as the ultraportable market changes and small, super-thin laptops and convertibles become more common, Intel is swooping in with design wins left and right, keeping the likes of Qualcomm, NVIDIA, MediaTek, and Samsung out of a lucrative market. The Ultrabook swing was a huge help to Intel, a beacon of hope as the world's top chipmaker failed to break into mobile. While Intel struggled to foist itself into a viable position in the ...

2014 has been yet another hugely successful year for Apple Inc.( NASDAQ:AAPL ), and there is no doubt that one of the contributing factors to this triumph has been the ever popular and growing App Store. The Apple App Store is still the envy of many other companies in the technology industry, and it remains a rich source of both entertainment and practical applications for people all over the world. There are so many apps in the Apple App Store that it is inconceivable that anyone could be aware of the vast majority of them. So here are some of the best free and pay apps in the Apple App Store of which you may not be aware. Apple Apps Iconical ($1.99) If there is one criticism of the iPhone series it is that it provides a uniform experience compared to Android platforms. Iconical aims to address this by bringing the sort of customization associated with Android devices to the iPhone. With Iconical it is possible to create custom icons for all of your apps, leading to...

The iPhone 6 Plus (image: Ewan Spence) The first A9 chips have rolled off Samsung’s fabrication lines in Austin (reports the Korean Electronic Times ). The chips will be used in the next-generation iPhone from Apple, potentially exploiting Samsung’s 14nm technology. I’m confident that Phil Schiller will have a number of graphs ready for a presentation to show the A9 is faster, more efficient, and uses less battery power than ‘any other chip we’ve ever designed’. Questions remain over which device the A9 chip will power and when it will be launched. Many industry watchers are still considering the idea of two iPhone releases next year, one to coincide with the launch of the Apple Watch in early Q2 and a second in the traditional September slot. Apple iPhone 5c (image: Apple.com) Releasing an A9-powered smartphone after the A8-powered iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been on sale for just over half a year feels like a bad move that will affect customer goodwill. The initial ...

Have you heard the news? Bayonetta 2 is great! It’s received a few perfect scores from major sites, and overall ratings have been pretty stellar , with reviews heralding the sequel as having huge improvements over its predecessor and declaring it a must-have exclusive for the Wii U. That’s enough to make you want to run out and buy it, right? Now wait two weeks. Despite the review embargo being lifted today, Bayonetta 2 does not actually come out in North America and Europe until October 24th, a full eleven days from now. Fans who may have expected the game to launch tomorrow, as is common with Tuesdays, are going to be puzzled to learn that the game won’t be released until one week from Friday. If this seems like an unusual complaint, it’s because it is. The common refrain you hear from games journalists like myself is that review copies often come too late, and don’t give reviewers enough time to experience the game ahead of launch. This results in marathon play session...