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How an industrial designer became Apple’s greatest product

There were times, during the past two decades, when he considered leaving Apple, but he stayed, becoming an intimate friend of Steve Jobs and establishing the build and the finish of the iMac, the MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad.

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Swiss watchmakers are teaming up to fight Apple and Google

Swiss watch companies are finally waking up to the potential of smartwatches, with the launch of models from three different companies. Mondaine, Alpina and Frederique Constant have revealed their take on the smartwatch today, and they’re all very similar, and very familiar. All three are powered by MotionX, a new “open platform” for watchmakers to build smartwatch features into traditional watches.

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Hands-on with the new 12-inch MacBook with Retina Display

The new MacBook is just ridiculously thin and so light I literally didn’t believe it when I picked it up. It’s 13.1mm thick and weighs just two pounds, but since it’s distributed over the full 12 inches of the laptop, it feels even lighter (especially when it’s open). I’m very sad to see the SD card slot go, but I won’t be sad to have a laptop that lasts this long and weighs this little.

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Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge put design first

The S5 was largely considered a misstep by Samsung: its advanced display and plentiful features were overshadowed by its plasticky build and ho-hum design, and during the course of 2014, Samsung’s smartphone profits fell dramatically as a result. Clearly Samsung does not want a repeat of the Galaxy S5 and 2014.

So consider the S6 phones complete reboots of Samsung’s top-end Galaxy, a back to the drawing board approach that has resulted in the most visually stunning devices Samsung has ever produced. 

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