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The “handoff” isn’t working like it’s supposed toPhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s new Series 3 smartwatch starts shipping this Friday, and the biggest feature change between last year’s model and this new Watch is that it has built-in cellular capabilities. Except, that cell service isn’t entirely reliable. While writing my review of the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE capabilities, I experienced notable connectivity issues. The new Watch appeared to try to connect to unknown WiFi networks instead of connecting to cellular, when I was out and about without my phone. (The issues are laid out in...

Apple CEO Tim Cook and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s special event today, September 12th, at 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT. The special event will be the first-ever event at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company’s new Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. Apple today will stream their special event live via Safari browser and Apple TV. Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 9.0 or later, a Mac with Safari on macOS v10.11 or later, or a PC with Microsoft...