The Geekbench scores of 3276 single-core and 6374 multi-core leave other high-end Ultrabooks in the dust. Basically, there aren’t any normal 2D applications that the XPS 13 won’t run with ease. From photo-editing to media-encoding to video, this little beauty will handle the workload with ease.

Of course, things get trickier when it comes to 3D horsepower. The 6500U is a low-voltage chip and its Intel HD 520 graphics cores aren’t really built for console-quality gaming. While that means recent titles like Fallout 4 and Star Wars: Battlefront are off-limits, older stuff is fair game.

We had Call of Duty: Black Ops up and running at a playable frame rate with the detail settings turned down and the resolution dropped to 1600 x 900. You know what? It still looked pretty good while we fragged a few ne'er-do-wells.

If Skylake doesn’t give you maximum 3D graphics power, it does give you excellent battery life. Generally speaking, you’re looking at around eight hours of web browsing, Microsoft Office and a little video streaming from the XPS 13, and when we set it to run a 1080p clip from the hard disk repeatedly, it still managed seven hours and twenty minutes before conking out.

That’s not quite as good as the old model, with its 1080p screen and Core i5 processor, but all the pixels used here require a little more juice.
Like most ultrabooks, the XPS 13 uses an SSD, improving battery life and start-up speeds and removing any disk noise. Our sample came with a reasonably large 256GB SSD, and if you need more storage you can easily connect a USB 3.0 hard disk to one of the two ports provided and go from there. Otherwise, there’s a Thunderbolt port which will also run a DisplayPort monitor with the right cable, plus a headphone output and an SD memory card slot. Wireless connectivity is excellent, with a dual-antenna 802.11ac radio and Bluetooth 4.0, the first giving you a super-speedy connection if your router supports the same WiFi standard.

Our biggest moan about the old XPS 13 was that the sheer lack of frame had forced Dell to put the HD webcam below the bottom-left corner of the screen and the same fate befalls this new mode. There’s nothing wrong with the quality, but when it gives your significant other a fantastic view of your wobbly chin and rampant nasal hairs it’s either time for a rethink or a makeover.

The old XPS 13 was already a great lightweight laptop. The new one is even better. With Intel’s latest processors you get better battery life and more performance, and while there’s a big price premium to be paid for the Infinity Display and Core i7 processor, it’s one worth paying if you have the wonga.

We’ve seen other ultrabooks that are shinier and flashier, but none that packs so much into so little space while remaining practical. If you like to get around with your laptop, this one’s hard to beat.

Launched without fanfare, the Smart Battery Case is Apple's first-ever such accessory for an iPhone. The product effectively doubles the battery life of an iPhone 6 or 6s, while offering unique iOS integration and the rare use of a Lightning port instead of micro USB.

Its design was immediately controversial however, with some people calling it ugly, or criticizing its $99 price tag in light of modest features. Apple CEO Tim Cook was even forced to defend it when questioned.The new wireless chipset should also enable a heavily requested "Find my Watch" feature similar to "Find my iPhone" which is said to utilise Wi-Fi router triangulation technology, as opposed to GPS.

Apple Watch 2 rumours: New designs
Apple is also said to be exploring more variations of the Apple Watch, beyond the Sports, Steel and Edition tiers available with the first-gen Apple Watch. It's said that the company is planning to introduce new models that should sit between the most expensive steel Apple Watch (£949) and the cheapest Apple Watch Edition (£8,000).http://www.new-laptopbatteries.com/lenovo.html

It's looking to attract customers willing to pay between £1,000 and £8,000 for an Apple Watch, however it's unsure as to how the new tiers will differ from current models. It's been suggested that the new tier could feature more advanced bands or new materials including tungsten, palladium, titanium or even platinum.

Apple Watch 2 wishlist: Qi wireless-charging capabilities
The new form of wireless charging used by the Apple Watch is a great feature; it snaps into place using magnets and leaves no unattractive port on the watch. The only issue is that if your battery runs out while you're away from home, Apple Watch chargers will be hard to come across.http://www.new-laptopbatteries.com/dell.html

A rumor claimed that Apple is preparing a March 2016 press event where the company will not only announce a second-generation Watch, but possibly a 4-inch "iPhone 6c" with an A9 processor and Apple Pay support. Earlier this year Apple used a March event to cement the details of the first-generation Watch.Little is known about what a new Watch design might have, although talk has suggested things like a bigger battery, better outdoor visibility, and/or Pebble-style "smart bands."Not content with new accessories, Apple also released OS X 10.11.2, iOS 9.2, tvOS 9.1, and watchOS 2.1. As a rule, the updates mostly dealt with maintenance issues.

iOS 9.2, however, added new features to Apple Music, News, and Mail, while tvOS 9.1 added Apple Music support in Siri, plus compatibility with the iOS Remote app. Long mired in negotiations, Apple's efforts at launching a streaming TV service have been suspended, reports said on Tuesday. The stumbling block is believed to be resistance to Apple's demand for a "skinny" channel bundle costing less than $30 per month.

Talks with content partners are in fact said to have stopped several months ago. Instead, the company is concentrating on making the tvOS App Store a place where networks can sell directly to customers.The rumored project has been "under extreme secrecy for a few years," sources claimed on Thursday. There's no definite timeline though, and indeed Apple could still choose to abandon the idea.http://www.new-laptopbatteries.com/toshiba.html

iOS devices and the Apple TV generally use modified PowerVR GPUs designed by Imagination Technologies. By going with its own concepts, Apple could theoretically optimize its hardware even further.
AROUND MIDNIGHT ON a recent weeknight in Boracay, an island in the Philippines consistently rated one of the most desirable beach destinations in the world, Jay Meistrich is tracking invoices from his hotel room.

Meistrich, the founder of to-do-list startup Moo.do, says he only intended to be in Boracay for a few days while he focused on work—he’s in a "big crunch” right now, clocking 70-hour weeks. But then friends he’d met in Thailand posted photos of Manilla to Instagram and he remembered they’d made plans to meet up.

"I was like, ‘Oh! This is still happening’” says the entrepreneur, who tends to plan his life two or three days in advance. Meistrich extended his stay, and he and his friends—two Norwegians and a Canadian—co-worked from paradise for a few days. Their professions, in this case as a contract developer, the proprietor of a travel startup, and a Chinese translator, are similar to Meistrich’s in that they can be held down from pretty much anywhere, as long as you have a decent Wi-Fi connection and a willingness to Skype at odd hours.

Meistrich has been traveling uninterrupted for just over two years, managing his company from places like Bali, Shanghai, and Croatia. He’s one of the notable proponents of so-called digital nomadism, a relatively new term used to describe knowledge workers who have taken the tech economy’s move away from traditional office culture—and its flexing of the boundaries between work and leisure—to an extreme conclusion.

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