Early Apple Watch Series 2 reviews praise the GPS and brighter screen and other top stories.

• Early Apple Watch Series 2 reviews praise the GPS and brighter screen

  

  The earliest reviews of the Apple Watch Series 2 went live on Wednesday. Series 2 is currently in the preorder phase, and launches in the first round of countries on Friday, September 16. Every reviewer agrees the Apple Watch experience has improved, largely due to watchOS 3. Apple is emphasizing the Apple Watch as a fitness device, where it gets competition from simpler trackers like the Fitbit line, as well as high-end sports watches like Garmin’s. Stuart Miles of Pocket Lint finds that Apple..

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• The Last Guardian finds beauty in uncertainty

  

  Much of your time with Fumito Ueda’s last game, the sublime Shadow of the Colossus, was spent on horseback searching a desolate land to hunt down mysterious beasts. But unlike in most games to feature equine exploration, your steed wasn't always well-behaved. Agro generally went in the direction you pointed, but often would remind you that he had a mind of his own. Sixteen years on and after perpetual delays, Ueda’s highly anticipated follow-up The Last Guardian is almost entirely built around ..

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• Apple just made a big hire that could mean it's serious about taking on cable

  

  Apple CEO Tim Cook and SVP Eddy Cue Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Apple has hired a former Time Warner Cable executive in what could signal an expanded push into streaming video and other online services. Peter Stern, who was most recently chief product, people, and strategy officer at Time Warner Cable but left when it was bought by Charter Communications, has joined Apple, an Apple spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Stern will be a vice president at ..

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• Apple's iPhone 7 Plus Sold Out Worldwide

  

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• Amazon's Alexa now has more than 3000 skills

  

  BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Amazon has announced that its popular voice assistant for its Echo speaker now has over 3,000 skills. Here are a few of the new capabilities that have recently been released: Twitter was added as a skill this past weekend. Users can now ask Alexa to read them tweets from their timeline or all tweets on a trending topic. Find My Phone from TrackR allows users to find their..

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