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 Apple completed their Far out event today and it was quite a show as always. Confirming a lot of information that has been coming out over the last couple months as well as a few new surprises with their new line up of devices.  Apple Watch Updates -  It was nice to see Apple continuing to update their SE line of Apple watches to make smart watches more approachable without giving up too many features from the premium more expensive models.  But the watch that stole the show was the much awaited Apple Watch Ultra. This is the first watch with a lot of new features.  - Multi day battery for long hiking and adventures  - Night mode for low light conditions to limit blue light  - GPS back tracking for long excursions  - Dive computer that tracks depth and water temperature  - More rugged band and casing  As a long time Apple watch user since the series 3, it has been interesting to see the evolution of this device. We have incrementally be...

 Today marks Apples long anticipated September event. With the leaks and rumors surrounding the upcoming iPhone 14, Airpod Pro 2, Apple Watch Series 8 I think this will be an interesting event to watch.  Thanks to a lot of the pre release leaks it will unfortunately be another year of the lightning connector on the iPhone which is really a shame, but hopefully we will see that corrected as more and more of Apple's devices are moving to the USB-C connector already standard on Android devices, the iPad Pro line up, and all Macbooks.  I think this is a miss in my opinion as many users (myself included) are getting tired of carrying around a lightning cable for their phone and airpods, an apple watch charger, and now a USB cable for their macbooks and iPads. The movement to USB-C would be a big step in cutting down cable clutter and improving data transfer speeds when transferring large files to and from iPhones.  This will definitely be an interesting event beyond the h...