Ada Lovelace is now most famously known as the mother of computer science, but during her lifetime, she was also well known on account of her famous father: Lord Byron. Although Ada never met her father, his scandalous behavior had a profound effect on how she was raised — on a strict diet of mathematics.
Rock Band 4 will also be coming out this fall, alongside Guitar Hero Live. However, unlike Guitar Hero Live, Rock Band 4 will support your old guitar controllers, no matter what game they were made for.
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A new report claims that Apple is working to launch support for Apple Pay in Canada in November 2015, expanding beyond the US for the first time.
While it might be a longer wait than anyone would like, it appears that Canadian iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners may be able to use Apple Pay by the end of 2015. A new report, from The Wall Street Journal, says that Apple is working with six major Canadian bank to enable support for Apple Pay in that country. According to The Wall Street Journal :
Lenders in discussions with Apple include Royal Bank of Canada,Toronto-Dominion Bank,Bank of Nova Scotia,Bank of Montreal,Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and National Bank of Canada, the people said. Together, those banks account for more than 90% of retail bank accounts, which could provide Apple with near ubiquity upon launch if final agreements are reached.
It's not clear if all of these banks will agree to support Apple Pay. Indeed, the article claims the banks have some issues with Apple's fee proposals:
It is also possible that Canadian banks could face higher costs than their U.S. counterparts, some of those people said. A base case for Canadian banks could be in the range of 15 to 25 basis points on credit card transactions to Apple, according to one of those people.
Apple Pay is currently supported by over 2,500 banks and 700,000 retail locations in the United States, and Apple has been looking to expand the service into other countries.
Check out how to use Apple Pay in our ultimate guide
Source: Wall Street Journal
Will Carling, a British cyclist, has shown off his Apple Watch which appears to have a custom sport band, as well as a new wall charger for the U.K.
Carling showed off photos of his new stainless steel Apple Watch just a week before the official launch of the device on April 24. It also looks like his sport band comes in a new color: red. Carling posted a photo of his watch on Twitter:
While this could be the standard pink band, appearing red due to lighting, it's probable that this is, in fact, a red band. Apple often produces Product (RED) versions of their accessories, with portions of those proceeds going to AIDS research. Apple has also given Apple Watches with custom or unreleased bands to other celebrities, such as designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Carling also showed off a new U.K. charing plug, which he said was given to him by Jony Ive. The plug has three prongs which all fold down into the body of the unit, presumably for easy transportation and storage.
This funky little external battery pack for your smartphone is not only free, but it can also be swapped over for a fully charged one as many times as you like, and for free too.
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According to analytics firm KGI Securities, the Apple Watch continues to sell briskly: it's managed to top 2.3 million shipments in a little over two weeks. That's thanks largely to Apple's sales strategy.
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There are certain films that are so obviously meant to be projected on a big screen it feels wrong to watch them for the first time at home—grandiose, SFX-heavy space sagas like Gravity only feel right splayed across an IMAX canvass. Unfriended , in its scale, has the reverse affect. It’s best watched on a laptop, huddled in bed, alone.
I take buses and trains everywhere in the San Francisco area, and I know the city’s bus routes better than I know the UX on my phone. So I had to try Leap, the city’s new private bus service. It was a nice experience in many ways, but I wouldn’t recommend it – and not just because of the $6 price tag.
