Apple Watch Developer Kit Reveals Tantalizing New Details
Apple kept a tight lid on everything to do with its first wearable, but now some of the secrets of the Apple Watch have been revealed. Apple has launched WatchKit for developers who want to create apps for the wearable. The detailed software development kit (SDK) hints at several key aspects of the…
You Can Now Make Amazon Purchases with an Android Wear Watch
If you're an impulse buyer and own an Android smartwatch, you may not want to read this. Amazon's Google Play app for Android Lollipop now lets you "search for products, buy with 1-click or add products to (your) wish list" with an Android Wear watch. On top of being able to order a banana slicer…
Acer’s Liquid Leap Goes a Step Beyond Being a Fitness Band, Thinks it’s a Smartwatch too
Acer has put its Liquid Leap wearable on sale, after giving us a sneak peak way back in April, and finally revealing it during the IFA tech show in September. The Leap has shown up on Amazon’s website in the UK, priced at £80, or about $125. It’s a competitive price, particularly given Acer’s…
Moment iPhone 6 Lens Add-Ons are Big, Bold and Feel a Bit Dangerous
Moment Lens asks the question: How committed are you to high-quality iPhone photography? Its two, $99-a piece iPhone 6 add-on lenses require a special, bayonet-style mount that you have to basically glue onto your iPhone. Putting anything on your brand-new device that can’t be slipped off is, well,…
Samsung wants its Sensor-Packed Simband to Change Your Life for the Better
Samsung has uncovered the Simband, the result of several months development following the announcement of its health-focused SAMI platform back in May, when the wearable was only seen as a concept. The wristband has been redesigned, and it’s based on Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch, only loaded with…
Beats Announces Solo 2 Wireless Headphones
Beats is releasing its latest wireless headset, the Solo 2 Wireless on-ear headphones, just in time for the holiday season. The headphones, a wireless version of the cans released in May, is the first product Beats launched since its acquisition by Apple was completed in July. But don't get it…
LG Just Combined Tamagotchis With Smartphones
LG has created a new line of smartphones with… personalities. The company is calling them Aka phones (pronounced ‘ah-kah’) and, thanks to sleeve covers embedded with smart chips, the phone changes between four pre-set personalities. They have names. Eggy is the yellow one, and he “falls in love…
Latest Firefox Browser Puts Web Privacy One Button Away
You may be very privacy-conscious in this era of mass surveillance, but your web browser hasn't done much to keep up -- big updates like Do Not Track and private browsing windows arrived years ago. Mozilla isn't satisfied with this state of affairs, so it's releasing a new version of Firefox that…
Amazon Echo is Part Speaker, Part Assistant - and Tells You What You Want to Hear
In its first major push into the smart automation market, Amazon announced a new cylinder-shaped device on Thursday called Amazon Echo, which tracks the news, plays your music, says the weather, remembers your shopping list and even tells you jokes. Amazon Echo will cost $99 for Amazon Prime…
Microsoft: Now you can create, edit on Office mobile apps for free
Mobile customers want robust, free software that works with a lot of apps and can be accessed anywhere. So far, Microsoft has failed to embrace those concepts -- but it's working to change that. The software giant on Thursday unveiled a handful of changes to its Office mobile software on…