Tag: Apple Watch
Apple is training its sales nerds to talk fashion
Selling Apple hardware used to be so easy for a nerd. You know what all of the devices are capable of, you know the specs and the upsides and downsides to everything - but the Apple Watch looks set to be a whole different ball game. According to 9to5Mac, Apple is undertaking a training programme…
The iPhone is getting an official fitness app from Apple
When an Apple Watch is paired with an iPhone, a brand new app appears. "Activity" is the app that will let you access all of your fitness activity through your phone. So the Fitness app does exist on 8.2, it's just hidden until you connect an Apple Watch pic.twitter.com/R1BgnKYRHe— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) March 12, 2015…
7 alternative smart watches to the Apple Watch that you can buy RIGHT NOW!
[nextpage title="Next"] The Apple Watch isn't due to hit stores until April so what are you supposed to do if you want something smart on your wrist in the meantime? As luck would have it, Apple isn't first on this - there are already plenty of smartwatches out there. Here's our pick of some of…
Apple Watch apps only designed for “10 seconds” of use
A good spot by The Guardian, citing a Bloomberg report. Apparently, in Apple's lab where apps for the forthcoming smartwatch are being built, guidelines dictate that apps are being designed to be used for a maximum of ten seconds. This perhaps shouldn't be surprising - Apple is clearly wondering why anyone would stare at their…
Will the Apple Watch be waterproof?
It appears that the forthcoming Apple Watch will work fine in the shower - judging by comments from CEO Tim Cook. According to 9to5Mac, Cook told a Berlin Apple Store employee that he wears his watch all the time - "even in the shower". As 9T5M notes, whilst water resistance has been mooted before,…
WATCH: How Apple Watch could control your Tesla
If you're rich enough to own an Apple Watch and a Tesla, then surely you're going to want the two toys to work in perfect harmony? Check out the above concept video by Eleks Software, which has used the Tesla API to create an app for Apple's new watch that will sound the horn, lock…
Apple Watch companion app revealed
Details on what we can expect to see in the iPhone companion app for the forthcoming Apple Watch have emerged. Read on to find out exactly what it will be able to do. It was 9to5Mac which got the scoop - including the above screenshot. As you can see above, users will be able to…
Developers get their hands on Apple Watch development kits
Coders could have a busy Christmas as Apple has announced that its software development kit for the Apple Watch is now available for developers - enabling them to create Apple Watch apps for the first time. The WatchKit SDK comes with the iOS 8.2 SDK and lets developers build to support Apple Watch features like…
The Digest: Government crackdown on ‘notspots’… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Government crackdown on mobile 'notspots' | BBC News "The government plans to oblige mobile operators to improve their coverage, possibly by sharing rivals' networks. Partial 'notspots', where there is coverage from some but not all of the mobile networks, affected a fifth of the UK, leaving people unable to make calls or send…
Apple showing off the Apple Watch for one day only in Paris
There's still time to hop on the Eurostar and head over to Paris if you're desperate to try out the Apple Watch - the device, which isn't being released until next year - is being previewed today in a fancy French fashion store. According to, umm, The Daily Star (which is definitely a reliable source),…
