One of the first Kiwis to get their hands on an Apple Watch following its big release on our shores this morning said the device was everything it was cracked up to be.

The first batch of Apple Watches to be officially sold in New Zealand will be available in stores from 7am Friday.

Apple is weak in a way it wasn't under Steve Jobs and has grown afraid of its own long shadow, writes Leonid Bershidsky.

In hindsight, it's kind of crazy that Apple pulled off its unique store strategy - but clearly, it did.

Parallel Imported’s website lists a variety of Apple watches for sale, but at a $100 premium to the official launch price.

They range in price from a sports version at NZ$599 to a rose-gold cased version for NZ$21,000.

The US Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust review of Apple's treatment of competing music-streaming apps.

Apple may have accidentally revealed a New Zealand launch date for the Apple Watch today, before quickly taking the information offline.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen reviews Apple Music and gives you the steps you need to turn off the automatic renewal.

Chris Barton says he remains perplexed as to how Apple has managed to create an army of fanatical fans.

Apple's released its new music service, but after its three-month trial Hayley Tsukayama won't be paying for it - here's why.

Zane Lowe has signed up rap superstar Eminem to appear on his new radio show Beats 1.

Apple considers details including colour palettes to suit Chinese tastes, CEO Tim Cook said in an interview.

Tech giants are racing to find the next "I need it" home gadget.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen on Apple's not-so-exciting Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco and UFB.

This week's Apple conference marked the first time female executives had been on-stage since 2010.

Apple declares war on Spotify, as it unveiled its new music streaming service and 24-hour radio station, to be helmed by Kiwi DJ.

The Apple Watch has a punctuality problem: apps are slow to load, which could defeat the whole point.

Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams has dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car.

The United States space programme is famous for what it invented and also for how much it spent putting men on the moon.

Apple could change the way we watch television and movies if it decided to create a smart projector.

Apple is said to be eyeing further inroads into the Chinese market with the introduction of a "rose gold" iPhone.

That Apple should buy Greece with all the useless cash it has on hand is just a joke that won't go away.

Apple and the World Wildlife Fund will work together to manage as many as 1 million acres of forests across China.

Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, was the highest-paid female executive in the US last year.

Four of the world's most exciting and high-profile companies - Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google - released quarterly results in the past 10 days, Brian Gaynor writes.

Five Apple workers who were paid US$281 million ($366 million) last year are among the 100 highest-paid executives in the United States.

If you're getting an Apple Watch, keep one thing in mind: If you're not careful, it could turn you into a rude jerk.