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The Apple-Watch is currently on sale in just nine regions: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. A report earlier this month claimed that Apple would launch Watch in a second-wave of countries, announced Apple Ceo Tim Cook. Cook didn´t mention which specific countries would be included […]

The Sport’s screen is made from Ion-X glass, unlike the Apple Watch and premium-priced Edition, which have sapphire screens. Most smartwatches are covered with the same hardened glass as smartphone screens. It is softer than sapphire and can be scratched by more materials, including keys.Hardened glass, however, is of a similar hardness to the silicate […]

The Apple Watch heart monitor is reliable and accurate. The results are as good as the Mio Alpha results.  During a workout, the Apple Watch measures the heart rate often, to get an exact result. But there is one restriction: If you wear a tattoo on your wrist there can be inaccuracies with the measurement, which is confirmed […]

iOS 6 goes down well with the public; that´s not only a rumor any longer. In contrast Android is losing market share. According to a latest statistic, iOS had an increase in market share by 1.8%, so that the new market share is 20,3%. The Android market share had a fall by 3.1% compared to the same […]

Android 5.0 Lollipop might has only arrived to 10 percent of devices, but attention is already turning towards the next version, currently known as Android M or Android 6.0. If we take a look at the names of previous android versions, the letter M might stand for muffin or marshmallow. Here is a list with features that […]

VW Konzern is following the trend and has some ideas for an Apple Watch App. Volkswagen says owners of 2014 and newer models, e.g. Golf, Passat, Eos, Tiguan, will be able to use the Apple Watch with a VW App, which has the following extras available: lock and unlock the doors check the car’s fuel […]

The new Android 5.0 and 5.1 Lollipop versions have been available for 4 months. Together they reached a market share of almost 10%.This basically means it has doubled since the previous month.  Indeed the market shares of Android 4.1 and 4.4 decreased, but 73% of Android users use Android 4.2 or newer. The growth in Lollipop isn’t all […]

Apple published a list with the most popular and useful Apps for the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch App Store houses more than 3,000 apps, but Apple only put a few apps on spotlight, that it views as top-notch. Here is a list of popular apps: Dark Sky: a famous weather app NYTimes app: get all current […]

Recently Skype published an update for the iPhone app, whereby Skype is supporting the Apple Watch now. New features are e.g.: receive notifications for new messages and reply to them type messages or send messages using Siri-activated voice-to-text lets you start chats on the go with your favorite contacts There should also be some general […]

Recently, we’ve been hearing reports that the Apple Watch’s plethysmograph sensor plays not-so-nicely with wrist or arm sleeve tattoos. The ink pigmentation interferes with the sensor’s ability to read your heart rate — and with it, the Watch’s ability to assess whether or not it’s maintaining skin contact. Apple uses various spectrums of light to track […]

WhatsApp’s user growth has been truly remarkable. The messaging app now has more than 800 million monthly active users and there is no end in sight! There’s every likelihood that WhatsApp will be growing on and on; so that it´s possible that there will be more than 1 billion users till the end of the […]

Apple published some hints regarding the iWatch: For best results, the back of Apple Watch needs skin contact and you shouldn´t wear the watch too loose. The reason is, that e.g. the sensors aren’t reading the heart rate, so you cannot get accurate results. You may want to tighten your Apple Watch band for workouts, then loosen it when […]