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Apple Watch at the ‘Spring Forward’ Keynote: Our Complete Overview

At Apple’s ‘Spring Forward’ keynote held earlier today at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, Apple provided more details about the Apple Watch, which will open for pre-orders on April 10 and launching on April 24. Today’s keynote was mostly a recap of last September’s announcement of the Apple Watch, with a handful of new details sprinkled throughout, read on to get all the key details. Read on to get an overview of the important announcements from today, but if you’re looking for more information, look no further than the Apple Watch website or the keynote video.

“Apple Watch begins a new chapter in the way we relate to technology and we think our customers are going to love it,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait for people to start wearing Apple Watch to easily access information that matters, to interact with the world, and to live a better day by being more aware of their daily activity than ever before.”

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‘Spring Forward’ Keynote Video Now Available for Streaming

Apple has now posted the video of its ‘Spring Forward’ keynote held earlier today in San Francisco. The video can be streamed here, and a higher quality version should be made available in a few hours through iTunes (on the Apple Keynotes podcast). To avoid streaming errors, Safari is recommended for the best viewing experience.

For more coverage, check out our ‘Spring Forward’ keynote news hub and follow @macstoriesnet on Twitter.

Apple Announces HBO Now and Lowers Price on AppleTV

The good news is that the rumors about HBO Now[1] were true:

Apple and HBO today announced HBO NOW is premiering next month [April 2015], making an HBO subscription available directly to Apple customers for the first time ever. iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV users can purchase HBO NOW directly in-app as a standalone service to watch every episode of every season of the best of HBO’s original programming, as well as the biggest and latest Hollywood hit movies, groundbreaking documentaries, sports and exclusive comedy specials—for just $14.99 a month.

This is good news, especially for those of you anticipating the upcoming premier of Game of Thrones season five. Hopefully some of this money will go towards solving HBO’s previous problems keeping up with video demand for Game of Thrones. However, there was some very small print at the bottom of the screen (and which isn’t mentioned in the press release): “HBO NOW is only accessible in the US and certain US territories. Some restrictions may apply.”

Assuming that Apple handles this the same way it handles other subscriptions, one big convenience of HBO Now will be the ability to cancel your HBO subscription without having to call your cable/satellite TV provider and sit through a “Retention Specialist” trying to convince you to keep it. So if you only want to keep it while Game of Thrones is on, that will be easier.

In related news, Apple had news about the AppleTV! But if that made you excited because you hoped they were going to update the AppleTV, or at least the user-interface, well, sorry. It’s not getting better, but it is going to be cheaper. It will now sell for $70 instead of $100. Which is a good price, but the AppleTV really looks outdated and clunky compared to the Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

Apple press release about HBO Now

  1. Apple and HBO want you to capitalize it “NOW” but there’s no need to be that shouty. ↩︎

Apple Events Channel Now Available on Apple TV to Stream Today’s ‘Spring Forward’ Keynote

Those with an Apple TV can now access the Apple Events channel, ahead of today’s ‘Spring Forward’ keynote. The channel will allow users to stream the keynote live, from 10am San Francisco time, as Apple previously announced. The channel also allows users to stream past Apple events, just in case you have some time to kill whilst you wait for today’s event to start.

For those without an Apple TV, you will also be able to stream today’s keynote from Apple’s website if you use Safari on Mac or iOS. You can also follow our March 9 Event hub for updates, or subscribe through RSS to our dedicated March 9 event feed.

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Apple to Live Stream March 9 Event

With an update on their website, Apple has confirmed that they will offer a live stream of the March 9 event, rumored to focus on Apple Watch.

Join us on March 9 at 10 a.m. PDT for our special event. Watch the live video and follow every moment on apple.com/live.

In November, Apple released WatchKit, a set of developer tools to allow developers to make apps for the Watch, which will be bundled inside iOS software on the App Store. Apple is expected to show off Watch apps from launch partners at the March 9 event. This wouldn’t be the first time Apple has live streamed an Apple Watch presentation – the company prominently featured a live video event for the original Watch introduction in September 2014, alongside a live blog of the media event with photos and text updates on Apple.com.

The March 9 event will be streamed live at apple.com/live, with an Apple TV channel likely to be added a few hours ahead of the event.