Apple Watch, MacBook and Pro

Apple Stores display new art for Apple Watch, new 12" MacBook, & MacBook Pro ahead of April debut

Apple puts up in-store graphics for Apple Watch, new 12" MacBook ahead of April debut

Apple starts advertising Apple Watch in retail stores ahead of next month's launch

Apple starts advertising Apple Watch in retail stores ahead of next month's launch | 9to5Mac

The usual suspects

Who's afraid of the Apple Watch?

Apple Watch has incited more mocking disbelief, concerned handwringing and passionate prognostications of doom—for Apple, for its buyers, for society in general—than any product since iPhone, with the potential exception of iPad. Maybe Apple is onto something here.

Who's afraid of the Apple Watch? $AAPL

Photos show size of upcoming Apple Watch display Galeries Lafayette in Paris

Photos show size of upcoming Apple Watch display at Galeries Lafayette in Paris | 9to5Mac

More signs of this being a big Asian department store fashion event too.

Apple Watch Shop signage goes up at Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Apple Watch Shop signage goes up at Isetan Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo | 9to5Mac

Final Apple Watch Companion app for iPhone interface revealed (Gallery)

Final Apple Watch Companion app for iPhone interface revealed [Gallery] | 9to5Mac

You won't need an appointment to try on Apple Watch, but prepare to wait.

You WON'T need an appointment to try on Apple Watch in retail stores (but expect to wait) | 9to5Mac

Apple's 2015 MacBook Pro and Air models now at US retailers Amazon, Best Buy, MacMall, B&H and others

Apple's 2015 MacBook Pro and Air models now at US retailers Amazon, Best Buy, MacMall, B&H and others | 9to5Mac

I believe this is because the Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro have Broadwell processors and not the Skylake processor yet.

Benchmarks confirm new MacBook Air brings decent speed improvements, MacBook Pro less so

Benchmarks Confirm New MacBook Air Brings Decent Speed Improvements, MacBook Pro Less So - Mac Rumors

Apple, the world's largest company, isn't going to wait around for a bunch of European bureaucrats to decide by committee about their slim I/0 design.

Hopefully, there will also be new Mac Pros and new Mac Minis with more powerful Skylake processors, with Cinema displays and I/0 devices coming before Christmas.

Did Apple invent USB Type-C? Maybe a little bit.

I have heard, can't say who, but let's call them "informed little birdies", that USB-C is an Apple invention and that they gave it to the standard bodies. And that the politics of such is that they can't really say that. They're not going to come out in public and say it, but they did. It is an Apple invention and they do want it to become a standard. John Gruber

Did Apple invent USB Type-C? Maybe a little bit | 9to5Mac

It turns out Apple invented USB-C | Cult of Mac

USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Apple Store (U.S.)

Apple Inc drives CarPlay adoption deep into the auto industry, including China [u]

Apple now lists every major carmaker as a "committed partner" for CarPlay, including every company that produces more than a million cars per year—with the notable exception of China's state owned, "big four" vehicle producers (and those manufacturers largely sell models in joint ventures with Apple's CarPlay partners).