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Hands on with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Hands on with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch

The new iPhone 6 models are beautiful and appear it even more functional than the iPhone 5S they supersede, but the Apple Watch was the revelation.

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'Scarf guy' steals the iPhone 6 show

Tommy Krul
LISA VISENTIN 1:03pm | As the world tuned in for the great iPhone 6 unveiling, there was one thing Apple had not counted on to steal the show: scarf guy.

Will the Apple iPhone 6 be a crowd-pleaser or a flop?

The image a French website used to confirm the iPhone 6's release date.
Hannah Francis 5:43pm | Ahead of Apple's latest product launch, a survey suggests Australians may not be all that impressed with the new iPhone.

Apple Pay gives tap-and-go a much-needed shove

An Apple iPhone making a tap and go transaction behind CEO Tim Cook.
ADAM TURNER 12:25pm | iPhone 6 owners can swipe to pay at the counter, but Aussies need to wait in line.

Apple Watch: why I won't be buying one

The Apple Watch comes in a choice of two sizes, three cases, and heaps of straps, but do you need one?
Todd Wasserman 10:27am | It looks like an elegant, useful and fashionable device. But I'm not interested.

Apple unveils iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds the new iPhone 6 Plus.
11:06am | Apple has moved to recapture its role as the leading tech trend-setter as it unveiled its first smartwatch and two large-screen versions of the iPhone.

iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch: the 6 things you need to know

The Apple iPhone 6 Plus and 6, next to the smaller iPhone 5S.
Tim Biggs 9:57am | From technical specs to battery life, how much you can expect to pay and what accessories you can get, your first questions answered.

Apple's iPhone 6 payment system 'Apple Pay' could benefit banks

The Apple Watch will be able to make payments using Apple Pay in the US.
Elizabeth Dexheimer 9:44am | Apple's new iPhones are threatening to make the plastic in US wallets obsolete.

Microsoft may be in talks to buy Minecraft

Minecraft Tablet.
Chelsea Stark 12:03pm | Microsoft reportedly in talks to purchase Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, for $2 billion.

Online music piracy in Australia declining: study

Radio Head frontman Thom Yorke has described the state of the music industry as 'the last desperate fart of a dying corpse'.
BEN GRUBB 1:25am | New research from streaming service Spotify claims a 20 per cent decline in music piracy over a 12-month period.

'One more thing': Apple Watch unveiled

Tim Cook unveils the Apple Watch.
Andrea Chang 9:46am | At the Apple event underway in California, Chief Executive Tim Cook unveiled Apple Watch, "the most personal device we've ever created," he said.

Big-screen iPhone 6 Plus, the first Apple phablet, announced at event

The iPhone 6 Plus can, like the iPad, be used in landscape.
Christina Warren 5:18am | Ladies and gentlemen, Apple has gone full phablet.

Sydney students first in line for new Apple iPhone 6

Sam Vieira, 22, and his friend Davor, 25, are waiting for the new iPhone.
BEN GRUBB 6:57am | Two university students have lined up outside the Apple store in Sydney for the iPhone 6, unveiled in California overnight.

PayPal to accept payments in bitcoin

Golden touch: acceptance of bitcoin is growing
Spencer Soper and Olga Kharif 7:14pm | The move will open the world's second-biggest internet payment network to virtual currency transactions.

CSIRO celebrates arrival of $126m science ship

RV Investigator, the new $126 million CSIRO research ship, arrived in Hobart on Tuesday. Photo supplied.
ANDREW DARBY 3:27pm | There was no one from the federal government on the dock in Hobart to greet CSIRO's new flagship when it arrived on Tuesday.
 

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