Shares of Apple end week at all-time high with 'iPhone 6' & 'iWatch' hype at fever pitch - Apple stock reached an all-time high in trading on Friday, and also finished the day at its highest-ever closing price, as investors and customers alike are clamoring to see what the secretive company has up its sleeve for a Sept. 9 media event.
(Via AppleInsider.)
Apple Co-Founder 'Woz' Thinks Wearables Like iWatch Will Be A 'Hard Sell' -
So what does Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, think of the "wearables" category of technology, which the so-called "iWatch" will join when it's presumably announced on September 9? "I feel that wearables are a hard sell," he says. "Woz" explained his beliefs further in a recent interview with Cnet shortly after word leaked that we would probably be seeing the long-awaited smartwatch next month after all.
Wearable pieces of technology like the iWatch, he says, are simply "go-betweens for your smartphone, but are an extra piece and need special advantages that the smartphone doesn’t have, in my opinion. If they are just a Bluetooth go-between then it could wind up in the category of Bluetooth headsets: Fun to wear and show off for a day."
(Via Mac|Life all.)
Google debuts Slides app for iOS, updates Docs and Sheets - 
Leica M-P 24MP rangefinder camera doubles memory buffer of Leica M - 
Android Phones Hit by ‘Ransomware’ -
Nicole Perlroth, reporting for the NYT:
You are guilty of child porn, child abuse, zoophilia or sending out bulk spam. You are a criminal. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has locked you out of your phone and the only way to regain access to all your data is to pay a few hundred dollars.
That message — or variations of it — has popped up on hundreds of thousands of people’s Android devices in just the last month. The message claims to be from the F.B.I., or cybersecurity firms, but is in fact the work of Eastern European hackers who are hijacking Android devices with a particularly pernicious form of malware, dubbed “ransomware” because it holds its victims’ devices hostage until they pay a ransom.
Seems like some apps do get written for Android first.
(Via Daring Fireball.)
SpaceX rocket explodes. ('Rockets are tricky,' says Elon Musk) - After a malfunction during a test flight, a Falcon 9 Reusable rocket built by Musk's firm explodes over McGregor, Texas.
(Via CNET News.com.)
Napa's earthquake, as measured by Jawbone Up - Seismologists aren't the only ones culling data from the 6.0-magnitude quake that hit Northern California early Sunday. The fitness-tracking bracelet maker is sharing its info on who woke up, where and when.
(Via CNET News.com.)
