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How to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:43 pmTuesday, October 17, 20174 Comments

Starting with macOS Sierra and above, Apple implemented the ability to unlock your Mac…

Apple Watch Series 2: Worthy of a rare Macworld five-star rating

Tuesday, July 25, 2017 2:02 pmTuesday, July 25, 201713 Comments

The Apple Watch Series 2 is a great wearable, and the only one we’ve seen that feels like it has…

Beleaguered Fitbit’s smartwatch project continues struggles ahead of debut

Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:06 amSaturday, July 1, 201711 Comments

Fitbit Inc., months away from the debut of its smartwatch, has lost several people working on the project…

What Apple’s watchOS 4 should revive from the original Apple Watch OS

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:01 pmWednesday, May 17, 20173 Comments

Apple will likely unveil watchOS 4 at WWDC next month which should bring new features…

Sweaty fitness bands fall behind as Apple Watch outpaces sales

Friday, May 12, 2017 11:25 amFriday, May 12, 20176 Comments

Consumers’ love affair with fitness bands looks to have run its course with smartwatches shaping up…

Apple product lineup is now too big to fit on a table but adds growth anyway

Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:00 pmThursday, May 11, 20172 Comments

In 2010, before he became chief executive officer, Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook said all the company’s gadgets…

Fossil shares plunge as Apple Watch kills traditional watch market

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 3:56 pmWednesday, May 10, 201710 Comments

Fossil Group’s latest financials show the watchmaker is clearly hurting from Apple’s encroachment…

Strategy Analytics: Apple becomes world’s no.1 wearables vendor in Q1 2017

Friday, May 5, 2017 5:30 pmFriday, May 5, 201710 Comments

Apple is now the world’s largest wearables vendor, overtaking Fitbit…

Apple looks to face down Apple Watch naysayers

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 4:50 pmWednesday, May 3, 201744 Comments

Few tech products are as polarising as the Apple Watch…

Google Maps returning to Apple Watch ‘in the future,’ Google says

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 10:03 amWednesday, May 3, 20177 Comments

Google on Monday responded to revelations that the latest Google Maps update is stripped…

Exxon Mobil Speedpass now lets pay for gas with your Apple Watch

Thursday, April 27, 2017 3:02 pmThursday, April 27, 20172 Comments

Exxon Mobile Speedpass+ launched Apple Pay payments for gas from the iPhone last year…

Apple sues Swatch over its ‘Tick Different’ marketing campaign

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:27 amWednesday, April 12, 201722 Comments

Apple has filed a complaint over Swatch’s use of the slogan ‘Tick Different’ in a marketing campaign…

Beleaguered Fitbit’s first smartwatch plagued by design flaws, delayed

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 3:12 pmTuesday, April 11, 201714 Comments

Fitbit’s first ‘proper’ smartwatch and first-ever pair of bluetooth headphones are due out this fall…

Apple debuts new Apple Watch Series 2 television ad ‘Live Bright’ starring Olympian Michael Phelps

Friday, March 31, 2017 4:38 pmFriday, March 31, 201710 Comments

Apple has debuted a colorful, new 60-second television ad for Apple Watch Series 2…

Swatch looks to take on Apple with homegrown watch operating system

Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:34 am21 Comments

Swatch Group AG said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems…

Apple Inc., the new leader in wearables

Monday, March 6, 2017 5:33 pm14 Comments

There has been a sea change within the wearables industry. In a remarkable turn of events…

Apple Watch sales hit all-time high while Fitbit stumbles

Thursday, March 2, 2017 4:00 pmThursday, March 2, 20176 Comments

The Apple Watch is moving on up…

WSJ: Google’s Android Wear 2.0 less refined, falls short of Apple Watch in fitness

Friday, February 10, 2017 10:28 amFriday, February 10, 20178 Comments

Android Wear 2.0 is much more like the latest Apple Watch software, but where it falls short…

The blossoming new world of Apple Watch apps

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 5:00 pmWednesday, February 8, 20171 Comment

I’m a big fan of the Apple Watch and wear mine seven days a week…

Why you should give the Apple Watch another chance

Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:05 pm35 Comments

The Apple Watch, quickly approaching its second birthday, was released to the world facing…

AnandTech reviews Apple Watch Series 2: A much better experience the second time around

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:03 pmTuesday, December 20, 20162 Comments

Appel Watch Series 2 tackles the areas where its predecessor faltered, and provides a much better experience as a result…

Did Tim Cook really dispute reports of poor Apple Watch sales?

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 3:25 pmWednesday, December 7, 201620 Comments

IDC reported poor sales of the Apple Watch in the September quarter of 2016…

To critics, Tim Cook’s defense of Apple Watch falls flat

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 4:45 pmTuesday, December 6, 201633 Comments

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday tried to punch back against a downbeat report on Apple Watch…

Apple Watch dominates online holiday revenue share

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 3:15 pmTuesday, December 6, 20169 Comments

A new research study has determined that not only did Apple garner nearly half of the online revenue generated…

Apple Watch sales growth is ‘off the charts,” on track for the best quarter ever

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:28 amTuesday, December 6, 201616 Comments

As we expected, we’re on track for the best quarter ever for Apple Watch…

Apple CEO Cook: Apple Watch sales to consumers set record in holiday week

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 9:32 amTuesday, December 6, 201610 Comments

Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping…

Hidden Apple Watch feature helps find your lost iPhone in the dark

Monday, December 5, 2016 5:36 pmMonday, December 5, 20167 Comments

You probably already know that you can use your Apple Watch to ping your iPhone…

IDC: Apple Watch sales fell 71% YOY in Q316 as Series 2 launched at end of quarter

Monday, December 5, 2016 4:50 pmMonday, December 5, 201627 Comments

While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year…

Apple begins issuing activity challenges to Apple Watch owners

Monday, November 21, 2016 12:59 pm4 Comments

If you’ve got an Apple Watch, you’ll probably have already noticed that the company issued a challenge…

Apple Watch offers special Thanksgiving Activity achievement: Do a 5K on November 24 to earn unique award, Messages sticker

Monday, November 21, 2016 9:55 amMonday, November 21, 20167 Comments

Apple Watch owners can get a special Activity Challenge for Thanksgiving, this November 24th…

Apple Watch Series 2 is an impressive smartwatch

Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:32 pmThursday, November 3, 20165 Comments

Apple’s newest version of its original smartwatch is here…

Apple Watch continues to dominate smartwatch market, but challenges lie ahead

Thursday, November 3, 2016 4:50 pmThursday, November 3, 20164 Comments

Apple shipped 2.8 million of its Apple Watch wearables in the third quarter of this year…

Kohl’s to sell Apple Watch at 400 stores starting November 15th

Thursday, November 3, 2016 4:01 pmThursday, November 3, 20165 Comments

Kohl’s has landed a brand new partner to help it win a super-competitive holiday season: Apple…

Hello, Dick Tracy! CMRA band delivers two HD cameras to Apple Watch

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 5:32 pmWednesday, November 2, 201630 Comments

Today, Glide unveiled CMRA, an industry-first smart watchband for Apple Watch featuring two HD cameras…

IDC: Apple Watch continues to dominate the worldwide smartwatch market

Monday, October 24, 2016 2:32 pmMonday, October 24, 20163 Comments

According to data from the International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker…

Computerworld reviews Apple Watch Series 2: Delivers on first generation’s promise

Friday, October 21, 2016 9:06 am1 Comment

They’ve come a long way in a year….

Apple Watch Series 2 threatens Fitbit

Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:55 pmThursday, October 13, 201613 Comments

The Apple Watch Series 2 offers major improvements when it comes to fitness, this makes it a considerable threat to Fitbit…

Samsung brings in founders of Apple’s Siri with ‘Viv’ startup acquisition

Thursday, October 6, 2016 9:26 amThursday, October 6, 20168 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. is acquiring Viv Labs Inc., a U.S.-based artificial-intelligence software company…

Apple Watch has blood on its hands: ‘Microsoft Band’ wearable is dead

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, October 4, 201625 Comments

Microsoft has removed all references to its Band devices from its Microsoft Store…

Computerworld reviews Apple Watch Series 2: It’s time to jump in

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 5:33 pmTuesday, September 27, 201611 Comments

I’ve been using my Apple Watch Series 2 for over a week…

Hands-on with the new ceramic Apple Watch Edition Series 2

Monday, September 26, 2016 2:55 pmMonday, September 26, 201610 Comments

This year, Apple switched it up and ditched the all gold models in favor of ceramic…

Apple’s watchOS 3 user interface transforms Apple Watch experience

Friday, September 23, 2016 2:02 pmFriday, September 23, 20166 Comments

Glances are gone, replaced by the app Dock, and the side button has been repurposed to access it…

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