Apple just made iMovie, the entire iWork suite and GarageBand free for everyone. Those applications have already been free for folks who purchased a new iOS or macOS device in the past several years. That means you may already have a free version installed or available to you through the App Store. If you hadn’t purchased new hardware though, chances are you were looking at paying $9.99 per iOS app, like GarageBand for example, or up to $19.99 per iWork app. You should find the free apps availab

In a statement, IBM chief financial officer Martin Schroeter said the company had ramped up research and development spending during the quarter. In 2016, those strategic imperatives grew to represent more than 40 percent of total revenue, CEO Ginni Rometty said earlier this year. In the first quarter, strategic imperatives revenue grew 12 percent to $7.8 billion, not adjusted for currency, while cloud revenue grew 33 percent to $3.5 billion. Under Rometty, IBM has pledged to hire about 25,000 U

The sub shop on Tuesday launched a chatbot for Facebook Messenger at more than 26,500 domestic locations, allowing its tech-savvy customers to place an order with ease. “It’s really about connecting and engaging with customers,” Carman Wenkoff, chief information and digital officer for Subway, told CNBC. Subway is by no means the first restaurant to allow customers to order via Facebook Messenger. Wenkoff said that the company is relaunching its entire digital platform from the ground up, starti

That includes Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram and affects, oh, somewhere approaching 2 billion people. But what Facebook is really trying to do is to fully insert itself in the real world. “Facebook is so much about marrying the physical world with online,” the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg told BuzzFeed News in an interview late last week. It’s something you’ll use when you want to share photos and videos, sure, but also when you want to overlay digital experiences on the

The Galaxy S8 will start arriving on customer doorsteps later this week. If you ordered one, you might want some help figuring out what you can do with it. Sure, there are tons of advanced new features that will let you scan your irises or use your face to unlock the phone. Samsung does a good job walking new users through some of those features, but still leave a lot of the other functions buried inside of menus. We dug around a bit in our review unit to try to find some tips to help you get th

Samsung confirmed the larger model is already more popular, but I found it more cumbersome to use. It’s hard to reach the top of the phone with one hand, which was frustrating. The 5.8-inch display size of the smaller Galaxy S8 was more than large enough for gaming and watching movies and much easier to hold. And speaking of easier to hold, Samsung embedded the home button right into the display. There’s a small area at the bottom of the screen that can be pressed to return back to the home scre

In a jab at Snapchat, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that Facebook will be making the “first mainstream augmented reality platform out of the camera,” positioning it as “Act 2” for the company. The feature builds off Facebook’s “Act 1,” according to Zuckerberg — which included a widespread implementation of Snapchat-like “stories.” So far, it’s been hazy how virtual reality fits into Facebook’s goals to connect the world, beyond augmented reality applications similar to Snapchat’s. Fa

Bourses in Europe are seen lower on Tuesday morning as tensions between North Korea and the U.S. intensify and European monitors criticizes Turkey’s referendum. The FTSE 100 is seen 24 points lower at 7,303; the French CAC is expected to start off by 5 points at 5,080 and the German DAX is set to open 3 points lower at 12,125. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday, aiming to open Japan’s doors for U.S.-made goods and attracting Japanese infra

From NATO to health care, President Donald Trump has evidenced he is comfortable making major policy flip-flops. His most recent reversal came last week, when a U.S. Treasury report declined to name China as a currency manipulator despite Trump’s repeated promises to formally accuse Beijing — a signature pledge during his campaign trail. One analyst said he hopes it will be the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the world’s largest trade deal that Trump withdrew from in January on the claim that it woul

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday diplomatic means must be used to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea has vowed to continue with its nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of U.N. sanctions. Wang, speaking at a news conference in Beijing, urged all sides to find a peaceful solution.

Our live blog is tracking reaction after Turkey’s President Erdogan wins a referendum which grants him sweeping powers. We’ll bring you the latest analysis below.

Salaries of executives at China’s largest state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will be directly linked to their performance on tests by the ruling Communist Party to assess their “party building” efforts, state media said on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping has overseen a push to re-establish the party in Chinese business and institutions, stating that a “key few” loyal and talented officials should play a greater role in leading the country. These efforts, often described as efforts to strengthen party

“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.” You may have to read the quote more than once, but Bob Marley knew what he was talking about. At the moment, investors seemingly disagree a bit with him, and they have pushed spot gold up around 8 percent higher since the beginning of the year. The lack of wisdom from everyone with the desire to hurt others has meant the safe-haven trade has found a new pocket of geopolitical opportunity. Kieron Hodgson, a commodity

Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday all options are on the table in dealing with North Korea, but that President Donald Trump is determined to work with Japan, China and South Korea to find a peaceful solution. “We appreciate the challenging time in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocation across the Sea of Japan,” Pence said in Tokyo before a lunch with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “We are with you 100 percent.” Abe said he supported Trump’s stance that strategic patience

Tesla’s Model X SUV was the overall top pick in the Automobile Association of America’s 2017 Green Car Guide. AAA testers found the car to be the best choice among the 65 cars tested, including full-battery electrics, hybrids, alternative fuel-based cars and even fuel efficient internal combustion cars. In fact, Tesla’s Model S and Model X cars claimed three out of the seven top spots in the ranking — the same Model X, with the 75-kilowatt hour battery pack, also won the SUV category, and the Te

The global market for interconnected aircraft is set to exceed $20 billion by 2020, and Honeywell is focusing on leading that trend, according to its Southeast Asia President, Briand Greer. “Five or 10 years from now, people get on an aircraft and forget what it was like to not be completely seamlessly connected. You’ll be able to get on board, you will be able to download files or do emails, stream movies, all of those things as our world becomes more connected,” Greer told CNBC’s “The Rundown”

Steve Ballmer launches new website to track government spending Tuesday, 18 Apr 2017 | 7:07 AM ET | 01:49Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn’t satisfied with owning the Los Angeles Clippers and teaching at Stanford and USC. He’s also trying to improve political discourse by making government financial data easier to access. Companies typically organize revenue into segments, and Ballmer’s USAFacts team has done the same. The U.S. government “10-K” pulls its segments from the missions mandated

There were six IPOs last week (seven if you include a blank check company), tied for the busiest week of the year. If all goes as planned, there will be at least seven IPOs next week (there’s only one scheduled for this week), making next week the busiest week of the year. There’s not just more IPOs going public, those that have gone public are performing better. There are no additional unicorns (companies with valuations in excess of $1 billion) in the pipeline for the moment. “Last year, it wo

Over-deliverIn school, turning in complete assignments on time was enough to succeed, but in the working world, that’s the bare minimum. “Getting promoted is not just about doing your job,” Welch says. It’s about over-delivering, which involves re-thinking the way you do your job. If you consider your job an opportunity to go above and beyond, she says, then “you’re not just going to do what’s asked of you and what’s expected of you. You’re going to expand your job to help the company [and] help

It’s extremely difficult to be at your best when in pain. Because of this, the right course of treatment is crucial. At Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, a patient plays a vital role in determining effective treatment that will lead to better results. “People are coming out of HSS much better equipped to go back to the quality of life they envisioned for themselves,” notes nurse Polly de Mille, an exercise physiologist. Find out how HSS has built its care, processes, and culture ar