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Apple takes on Netflix with a $5-a-month streaming service

9:51 pm September 11, 2019

California: Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at a bargain price — $5 a month beginning on Nov. 1. Walt Disney Co. is launching its own assault on Netflix the same month, for just $7. It may be sheer coincidence that the […]

Pune: Five held for bid to extort donation for Ganesh festival

3:07 pm September 11, 2019

Pune: Pune Police have arrested five persons for allegedly beating a shopkeeper and his mother in Wakad area for refusing to pay donation for Ganpati festival, days after video of the incident became viral on social media. A Wakad police station officer said on Wednesday that a case has been registered against seven persons under […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs vision

Apple’s new offerings: Cheaper iPhone, streaming TV

3:38 am September 11, 2019

Cupertino, California: Apple is dangling deals for its new phones and TV streaming service as it seeks to offset slumping device sales with new services. Here’s a look at what Apple unveiled Tuesday at its product event in Cupertino, California. IPHONE 11: An update to last year’s iPhone XR, but $50 cheaper at $700. It […]

Apple unveils a cheaper iPhone and pricing for streaming TV

2:40 am September 11, 2019

CUPERTINO, California: Apple unveiled new iPhones that are largely unchanged from previous models and accompanied by an unexpected price cut for the cheapest model, underscoring the company’s efforts to counteract a sales slump of its flagship product. The company’s new models are so similar to last year’s lineup they may be upstaged by Apple TV […]

NOAA chief thanks Alabama weather office in Hurricane Dorian forecast

8:34 pm September 10, 2019

Huntsville: The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is both defending the administration and thanking a local weather office that contradicted President Donald Trump’s claims about Hurricane Dorian threatening Alabama. Acting administrator Neil Jacobs told a meteorology group Tuesday that a NOAA statement which criticized a local forecast office that contradicted Trump […]