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Apple Watch chips laid bare in X-ray, microscope imagery In its own teardown, Chipworks noted that with all the new and proprietary technology Apple built in to Apple Watch, the device is the most sophisticated attempt at a wearable product to date. The firm points out that most devices on the market run on relatively old embedded chips, while Apple developed an entirely new package for Watch. Teardown time!

Google announces Q1 2015 earnings: $17.3 billion revenue, $3.6 billion net income | 9to5Google : "Google today has posted its earnings for Q1 2015. The company reports revenue of $17.3 billion, which is up 12 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014. Net income for Q1 2015 was $3.68 billion For the first quarter of 2015, the company also reports earnings per share of $6.57." That's a lot of cheese. Nice to see my two favorite cheesy factories doing well.

Apple starts charging Apple Watch orders, preparing units for shipping : "A number of readers informed AppleInsider that their credit card accounts are now showing Apple Watch order deductions, meaning Apple has processed their reservations and is preparing to ship out the device for delivery on Friday. " Ere I am JH.

New 12-inch MacBook with Retina display unboxing, overview, and benchmarks (Video) | 9to5Mac : "Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook with Retina display is out now, and today we’re going hands-on with the new machine. This ultra thin and portable MacBook is as controversial as it is beautiful, but will its features make up for the compromises? Let’s go ahead and find out…" Let's find out!

Review: The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are the best smartphones Samsung has ever made (Video) | 9to5Google : "Either way, Samsung’s new camera is excellent. If you’d like to check out what the UHD video recording looks like, check out our Galaxy S6 cinematic camera test below:" Check out this baby's video!

Aperture, iPhoto disappear from Mac App Store following Photos debut Aperture and iPhoto were removed from the Mac App Store and are no longer available for download, checks of the storefront showed on Friday, signaling an end to two long-running product lines. Who are the psychos running this thing? Note to self: burn a copy of that Aperture binary to a DVD-R for safekeeping! Another example of that killer "enterprise strategy"!

BitTorrent launches its torrent-based browser Project Maelstrom in beta, debuts developer and publishing tools | VentureBeat | Business | by Emil Protalinski : "BitTorrent today launched Project Maelstrom, the company’s distributed browser, in beta. The company also released new tools on GitHub that let developers and publishers build content for the browser." Cool! What on earth could it be?

Video: Watch the world’s first Apple Watch unboxing | 9to5Mac : "The ‘exuberant’ demo shows how the Watch packaging resembles a jewellery case. Inside the square outer box is a rounded rectangle which contains the Watch itself, presented on its side with band already connected. " Gentlemen, start your engines.

Angela Ahrendts tells retail employees to push customers online for Apple Watch, 12" MacBook launches In a leaked internal memo sent to Apple Store employees on Tuesday, retail chief Angela Ahrendts asks her charges to help change customer opinion that Apple product launches come standard with long lines, constrained channel supply and low in-store inventory. Nothing makes people salivate more than unobtainium.

Move over, silicon. Gallium nitride chips are taking over | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Dean Takahashi : "Lidow has already changed the chip industry once before in the late 1970s with power MOSFET chips. Those chips resulted in a 15 percent decrease in the global cost of energy.  For example, today’s energy efficient home appliances, air conditioners, energy-efficient lighting, and high fuel-economy au" Warning: cool guy described within!