Apple iPhone 6 event officially set for Sept. 9

Apple on Thursday sent out invites for a press event on Sept. 9 in its hometown of Cupertino, Calif.

The company provided few hints about what will be announced beyond saying "Wish we could say more." That could indicate something related to Siri, Apple's digital voice assistant. Generally, Apple is expected to introduce its newest iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 6. The company also could show off awearable at the event.

The event will come a year after Apple introduced the iPhone 5S and 5C and a week after arch rival Samsung is set to unveil its Galaxy Note 4 phone-tablet hybrid, or phablet. Apple has added a new iPhone every year since former CEO Steve Jobs introduced the smartphone line in 2007, and new iPhones have been unveiled in the fall since 2011.

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Samsung ad challenges Apple's iPhone 5s to take 'ice bucket challenge'

The short, 15-second spot is voiced entirely by the Galaxy's British S-Voice variant. "I am the Samsung Galaxy S5, this is my ice bucket challenge," it intones. "Gosh that's freezing." 

Samsung has repeatedly touted the handset's waterproof housing when comparing it against Apple's iPhone. Apple has repeatedly been rumored to have a new waterproof option in the works, but it has yet to materialize in a shipping device.

As is the custom for the ice bucket challenge, Samsung will also make a donation to the British Motor Neurone Disease Association charity. One executive at Samsung UK's advertising agency, Cheil UK, told AdAge that it was the "perfect opportunity for the brand to do something that was meaningful but also unexpected."

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Samsung Uses Ice Bucket Challenge To Troll Apple, HTC, Nokia

By now you’ve likely seen videos of people dumping buckets of ice water on their heads as part of the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” a viral stunt designed to raise money and awareness for ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) research. Tech CEOs, celebrities and ordinary people have all doused themselves in the name of a good cause, or perhaps just to ride the crest of the latest hip meme.

The popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge has given rise to something of a backlash, as well as a backlash to the backlash. Whatever you think about it, clearly there’s marketing gold here just waiting to be exploited. That whooshing sound you hear is Samsung’s UK-based marketing team saddling up to ride out to meet the challenge.

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HTC Nexus 9 specs leak alongside pricing info and first image

Rumors about HTC working with Google on a Nexus tablet have been abundant this year. We've heard quite a few times that an 8-inch or 8.9-inch device would be coming, and that it would be manufactured by HTC, and not Asus - the company responsible for both Nexus 7 iterations.

Now though almost all the details about the upcoming HTC tablet have been leaked. It may be called Nexus 9 when it launches, and its codename is Volantis (or Flounder). It's got an 8.9-inch touchscreen indeed.

However, it comes with a very odd resolution: 2048x1440. That would be a big departure from previous Nexus tablets, which all had 16:10 aspect ratios. The new Nexus is closer to the iPad's proportions, though it's not 4:3 like Apple's tablets either. And that's strange, since the source of this leak claims that the Nexus 9 will have 4:3 aspect ratio. So something's off here, do note that.

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More leaked photos may show Apple’s fully assembled iPhone 6

We saw leaked photos of what may be fully assembled external components from Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 earlier on Wednesday, and now a new set of photos once again might show us exactly what we can expect from Apple’s flagship smartphone later this year. Reports claim that Apple’s new iPhone 6 is currently entering mass production and with hundreds of thousands of workers involved with that process, leaks are simply inevitable. We’ve seen it time and time again, and this year we’ll likely see these leaks take all of the mystery out of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6.

Want to learn more about Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6? Visit our iPhone 6 hub!

Australian gadget repair service Macfixit on Wednesday published several photos of what it claims to be a gold iPhone 6 that has been assembled from leaked exterior parts. In a blog post, the company said that the photos were from a reliable source in China that has delivered similar photos of unannounced products in the past that ended up being authentic.

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E3 2014: Live updates as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo reveal big new games in LA

By far the most hilarious announcement from the Xbox conference was this, from Capcom.

It's a new downloadable add-on for Dead Rising 3 bringing classic Capcom costumes and arcade style gameplay to the already delightful zombie splatterfest.

Of course in an homage to the ridiculous titles afforded to Street Fighter games over the years, it's called Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX plus Alpha.

Boom-shaka-likey.

The big surprise at the end of Sony's press conference on Tuesday morning was a trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

The cinematic trailer didn't give much away, but developers Naughty Dog have revealed a few details about the game's story.

They said: "The next generation of Nathan Drake will explore what it means when Drake is forced back into the world of thieves. He will embark on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. It’s his greatest adventure yet and will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he’s willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.

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HTC Sense 6 on the HTC One (M7) Review

Before last year’s HTC One smartphone arrived on store shelves there were a lot of questions. Could HTC, which was once one of the world’s leading smartphone makers, craft an Android device that could compete head to head against the understated gorgeous design of the iPhone 5s and the power and features of Samsung’s Galaxy S4? Once users got that now year-old smartphone in their hands, they found out the answer pretty quickly. The HTC One was then, and still is, a fantastic piece of Android hardware, maybe even more attractive than the HTC One M8 that replaced it.

Now HTC is throwing HTC One M7 owners the Sense 6 software from that new flagship smartphone.

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