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MobileNationsMobile Nations brings to you the very best of Android Central, CrackBerry.com, PreCentral.net, TiPb.com, and WPCentralhttp://www.mobilenations.com/ en-usSat, 30 May 2015 01:45:05 -0400Sat, 30 May 2015 01:45:05 -0400We took a look at the GoPro Google Jump camera array<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/we-took-look-gopro-google-jump-camera-rig' title="We took a look at the GoPro Google Jump camera array"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/google-io-2015-gopro-jump-rig-5.jpg?itok=Fs9GYBMq' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Google has been working on a way to bring more content to VR users and allow anyone to create it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-jump-platform-creates-immersive-3d-content-vr-experiences">Jump</a>, Google's newly announced VR creation platform, is entering the market with a <a href="http://www.connectedly.com/gopro">GoPro</a> camera array. This new camera rig will hold 16 GoPro cameras that will work in parallel to record an immersive 3D video. These new panoramic videos can then be shared to a new YouTube service and then can be enjoyed on VR systems such as <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/tag/google-cardboard">Google Cardboard</a>.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/we-took-look-gopro-google-jump-camera-rig Sat, 30 May 2015 02:25:12 +000046799 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/we-took-look-gopro-google-jump-camera-rig#commentsJustin DuinoBlackBerry App Roundup for May 29, 2015<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><b><p>A weekly look at new, exciting, and cool apps to try</p> </b><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-29-2015' title='BlackBerry App Roundup for May 29, 2015'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-29-2015' title="BlackBerry App Roundup for May 29, 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/app-roundup-052915.jpg?itok=8Ki55zN7' /></a></a></p> <p>Howdy CrackBerry nation! Hope you all are ready for the weekend. This week has just flown by and I just do not know where to begin. Bla1ze kicked things off with his <a href="http://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books">From the Editor's Desk</a> that discussed a variety of topics including the latest takeover rumors, BlackBerry layoffs, and a new book called Losing the Signal from the writers behind a <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-inside-story-of-why-blackberry-is-failing/article14563602/?page=all">Globe and Mail extensive report</a> on BlackBerry. If you haven't had a chance to read his post, I highly recommend it. There was also another riveting installment of the <a href="http://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares">BerryFlow Upstream podcast</a> for you to listen to. Finally, John Chen's <a href="http://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon">full interview</a> at the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce luncheon is now available to watch.</p> <p>Now it's time to bring you this week's picks for all your passionate BlackBerry addicts out there. You can find each app and game I've rustled up for you by clicking through the gallery below. If your favorite did not make the cut this week, remember you can help by offering your suggestions at the end. <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-29-2015'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-29-2015 Sat, 30 May 2015 01:28:52 +0000187523 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-29-2015#commentsAlicia ErlichAmazon Echo can now keep you up to speed with Google Calendar events<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">The Amazon Echo is ready to help you stay on task with added support for Google Calendar events.</p> <p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-echo-can-now-keep-you-speed-google-calendar-events' title="Amazon Echo can now keep you up to speed with Google Calendar events"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/02/echo-background-4.jpg?itok=R6RDiKmn' /></a></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-echo">Amazon Echo</a> just keeps getting handier. After adding numerous new features over the last several months, the connected speaker and digital assistant has picked up support for Google Calendar events.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-echo-can-now-keep-you-speed-google-calendar-events Sat, 30 May 2015 01:24:39 +000046800 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-echo-can-now-keep-you-speed-google-calendar-events#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterMicrosoft Hyperlapse Mobile updated with Lumia Icon support<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-hyperlapse-mobile-updated-lumia-icon-support' title="Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile updated with Lumia Icon support"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/hyperlapse-lumia-830-mock.jpg?itok=eVwpl3pF' /></a></p> <p>Microsoft's hot new app, <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/create-silky-smooth-time-lapse-videos-microsoft-hyperlapse-now-available-desktop-and-mobile">Hyperlapse</a>, which lets users create smooth, handheld time-lapse videos, has been updated today with support for the <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-icon">Lumia Icon</a>.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-hyperlapse-mobile-updated-lumia-icon-support Sat, 30 May 2015 01:08:38 +000031486 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-hyperlapse-mobile-updated-lumia-icon-support#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterTim Cook donates 50,000 shares of Apple stock to charity<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated 50,000 shares of Apple Stock to charity.</p> <p>Revealed in a Security and Exchange Commission filing earlier today, Apple CEO <a href="http://www.imore.com/tim-cook">Tim Cook</a> has donated 50,000 shares of Apple stock to charity. While the name of the charity wasn't specified in the filing, the large number of shares add up to about $6.5 million.</p>  <p>First spotted by <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>'s Daisuke Wakabayashi <a href="https://twitter.com/daiwaka/status/604426958747754497">on Twitter</a>, the stock transfer is the latest in several philanthropic efforts that Cook has been involved in since becoming CEO at Apple. Late last year, Cook made what was referred to as a <a href="http://www.imore.com/tim-cook-makes-generous-donation-southern-lgbt-equality-group">'generous donation' to an LGBT equality group</a>. Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.imore.com/auction-lunch-tim-cook-raises-200000-charity">Cook also helped raise $200,000 for charity</a> by auctioning off a personal lunch between himself and a lucky bidder. Additionally, during a March <a href="http://www.imore.com/tim-cook-speaks-about-following-steve-jobs-new-profile">profile with <em>Fortune</em></a> that covered a breadth of topics, Cook mentioned that he plans to give all of his wealth away to charity over the course of his life.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://investor.apple.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1181431-15-7652&CIK=320193">SEC</a>; Via: <a href="https://twitter.com/daiwaka/status/604426958747754497">Daisuke Wakabayashi (Twitter)</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/tim-cook-donates-50000-shares-apple-stock-charity Sat, 30 May 2015 00:45:13 +000032071 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/tim-cook-donates-50000-shares-apple-stock-charity#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterThis weekend's sidebar poll: which Google I/O announcement excites you the most?<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/weekends-sidebar-poll-which-google-io-announcement-excites-you-most' title="This weekend's sidebar poll: which Google I/O announcement excites you the most?"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/io-2015.jpg?itok=wIPyiH07' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Google I/O is here, and while the developer sessions are still very much underway (and you can find all that coverage on our <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2015">Google I/O page</a>, the keynote has come and gone. What tickled your fancy the most?</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>We know that this year may not have been quite as sexy or exciting as years past. There was no skydiving or free Pixels, no driving cars onstage and not much new hardware. But that didn't mean that there was nothing at yesterday's announcement — far from it, in fact. While L was a new runtime and a fresh design, <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/android-m">M looks to be</a> the update that focuses on polishing the Android system, making our devices last longer, work more smoothly, and be more secure. While we might not have quite gotten everything we asked for, there's a lot that we did get.</p> <p>So, which announcement made you scream at the livestream (or in Moscone West, if you were lucky enough to be there)?</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/weekends-sidebar-poll-which-google-io-announcement-excites-you-most Fri, 29 May 2015 22:36:41 +000046789 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/weekends-sidebar-poll-which-google-io-announcement-excites-you-most#commentsAra WagonerJohn Chen discusses privacy, security and BlackBerry's hardware business<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/john-chen-privacy-security-and-blackberrys-hardware-business' title='John Chen discusses privacy, security and BlackBerry's hardware business'><a href='http://crackberry.com/john-chen-privacy-security-and-blackberrys-hardware-business' title="John Chen discusses privacy, security and BlackBerry's hardware business"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/12/BlackBerry-Ceo-John-Chen-BlackBerry-Classic.jpg?itok=L_ZltupZ' /></a></a></p> <p>If there is anything we've learned about <a href="http://crackberry.com/john-chen">John Chen</a> in the 18 months since his joining BlackBerry as CEO, it's that he has a plan, and it's a plan he's sticking to it. Granted, not everyone might agree with that plan or believe that it will turn out in his favor, but it's a plan nonetheless. A new interview with Maria Bartiromo <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/29/bartiromo-blackberry-smartphones-business-security/28091949/">appearing on USA Today</a> sees BlackBerry CEO John Chen lay out the details of that plan once again while discussing the topics of privacy, security, BlackBerry's hardware business and more.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/john-chen-privacy-security-and-blackberrys-hardware-business'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/john-chen-privacy-security-and-blackberrys-hardware-business Fri, 29 May 2015 22:22:59 +0000187536 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/john-chen-privacy-security-and-blackberrys-hardware-business#commentsBla1zeHere's what's new, fixed, and broken in Windows 10 build 10130<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/heres-whats-new-fixed-and-broken-windows-10-build-10130' title="Here's what's new, fixed, and broken in Windows 10 build 10130"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/04/windows-10-start-screen-uninstall.jpg?itok=eKVJ_-tJ' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10">Windows 10</a> build 10130 has <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-build-10130-now-available-fast-ring-members">just started rolling out to Fast ring members</a> today, and of course includes some new stuff, like an updated look for icons, along with some bug fixes. Of course, there's still some stuff that's broken as well.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/heres-whats-new-fixed-and-broken-windows-10-build-10130 Fri, 29 May 2015 21:59:01 +000031485 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/heres-whats-new-fixed-and-broken-windows-10-build-10130#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterWindows 10 PC build 10130 is now available for Fast ring members<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-build-10130-now-available-fast-ring-members' title="Windows 10 PC build 10130 is now available for Fast ring members"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/windows-10-install-setup.jpg?itok=sg8wTqW-' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10">Windows 10</a> build 10130 is now rolling out to Windows Insider members on the Fast update ring. This comes just a little over a week after the release <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-insider-preview-build-10122-now-available-fast-ring-members">of the previous build, 10122</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-build-10130-now-available-fast-ring-members Fri, 29 May 2015 21:44:33 +000031484 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-build-10130-now-available-fast-ring-members#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterThis year's E3 will finally let up to 5,000 members of the public attend<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/june-e3-2015-will-finally-let-5000-members-public-attend' title="This year's E3 will finally let up to 5,000 members of the public attend"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/The_Los_Angeles_Convention_Center_during_E3_2014_0.JPG?itok=DVcJ1gQn' /></a></p> <p>The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the single biggest event in the video game industry, but since it began in 1995 it has been a show that has, with a few exceptions, not allowed members of the general public to attend. That will change, sort of, with <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/e3-2015">E3 2015</a> in Los Angeles on June 16-18. Between 4,000 and 5,000 gaming fans will be allowed to attend the show at the LA Convention Center for the first time.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/june-e3-2015-will-finally-let-5000-members-public-attend Fri, 29 May 2015 21:09:13 +000031483 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/june-e3-2015-will-finally-let-5000-members-public-attend#commentsJohn CallahamHow to read email on your Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-mail-notification-leather-hero.jpg?itok=62y4Dts0' /></a></p> <p class="intro">You can't send email from your Apple Watch, but you can read any email sent to you.</p> <p>While you can use your <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a> to dictate text message replies, the inability to edit text makes the same system ill-suited for longer and potentially more complex emails. So, there's no Siri for Mail, but there is a read-only version of the Mail app on your Apple Watch. You can see what's been sent your way, and can even mark mail as unread, flag it, and delete it. To respond, however, you'll have to hand off to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Here's how it all works! </p> <ul><li><a href="#set-notifications">How to set email notifications on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</a></li> <li><a href="#set-options">How to set Mail options on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</a></li> <li><a href="#read-mail">How to read email in the Mail app on your Apple Watch</a></li> <li><a href="#handoff-ios">How to hand off email and respond on your iPhone or iPad</a></li> <li><a href="#handoff-mac">How to hand off email and respond on your Mac</a></li> </ul><h2><a name="set-notifications" id="set-notifications"></a>How to set email notifications on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</h2> <p>The easiest way to read new emails on your Apple Watch is as they come in, and that means using the Apple Watch's notifications system.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail.</strong><br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-notifications-01_0.jpg?itok=_kxJFRsK' /></a><br /></li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same notification settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set additional options. <ol><li>Tap an <strong>Inbox</strong> you want to enable.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show Alerts</strong> to <strong>ON</strong>.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Sound</strong> and/or <strong>Haptics</strong> on to choose between audio or physical notifications, or both.</li> </ol></li> <li>Repeat for each inbox.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-notifications-02.jpg?itok=ZTpf_xqf' /></a></li> </ol><p>There are additional, general options you can set, including the notification indicator and Notification Center, which lets you view notifications you didn't open when they came in.</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-use-notifications-your-apple-watch">How to set up and use Notification Center on your Apple Watch</a></li> </ul><h2><a name="set-options" id="set-options"></a>How to set Mail options on the Apple Watch app for iPhone</h2> <p>The Mail app on your Apple Watch serves as a repository for all recent email messages you've received. You can configure it to match your iPhone settings, or customize it just for your Apple Watch.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail</strong>.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same mail settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set up additional options.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-settings-01.jpg?itok=KZ0rOpSv' /></a><br /><ol><li>Tap <strong>Include Mail</strong> to choose between <strong>All Inboxes</strong> or just a single sub mailbox.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Message Preview</strong> to choose between none, 1 line, or 2 lines.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Flag Style</strong> to choose between color and shape.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Ask Before Deleting</strong> to <strong>ON</strong> if you want to confirm before any emails are trashed.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Organize by Thread</strong> to group all emails from the same conversation together. (As opposed to single messages in reverse chronological order).</li> </ol></li> </ol><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-settings-02.jpg?itok=_kCVeb6i' /></a></p> <h2><a name="read-email" id="read-email"></a>How to read email in the Mail app on your Apple Watch</h2> <p>You can use the Mail app's read-only status to see the contents of an email, then mark it as unread, flag it, or trash it.</p> <ol><li>Tap the <strong>Digital Crown</strong> to go to the home screen (if you're not there already).</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Mail app</strong> icon.</li> <li>Tap on an <strong>email</strong> message to open it.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-read-01.jpg?itok=akbApzTT' /></a><br /></li> <li>Press firmly on an open email message to see options.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Flag</strong>, <strong>Unread</strong>, or <strong>Trash</strong> to quickly triage the message.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-read-02.jpg?itok=it6zCvQW' /></a></li> </ol><h2><a name="handoff-ios" id="handoff-ios"></a>How to hand off email and respond on your iPhone or iPad</h2> <p>You may not be able to dictate a reply to email on your Apple Watch, but you can hand off the exact message you're reading to your iPhone or iPad and answer it there. While reading an email on your Apple Watch, just pick up your iPhone or iPad.</p> <p>If your iPhone or iPad is locked:</p> <ol><li>Swipe up on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong> from the bottom left corner of the lock screen. </li> <li>Unlock your iPhone or iPad, if prompted.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Reply</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-handoff.jpg?itok=1EKs-S7f' /></a></li> </ol><p>If your iPhone or iPad is unlocked:</p> <ol><li>Double press the <strong>home button</strong>.</li> <li>Swipe all the way to the left.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong>.</li> <li>Tap <strong>Reply</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-handoff-02.jpg?itok=QmDAI6cc' /></a></li> </ol><h2><a name="handoff-mac" id="handoff-mac"></a>How to hand off email and respond on your Mac</h2> <p>In addition to your iPhone or iPad, you can also hand off email to your Mac and respond on the big screen and with its full-size hardware keyboard.</p> <ol><li>Click on the <strong>Mail app handoff icon</strong> in the far left (or top) of the Dock; or alt/option-tab to it in the App Switcher.</li> <li>Click <strong>Reply</strong>. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-handoff-03.jpg?itok=e50LtSDf' /></a></li> </ol><ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Mail.</strong><br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/larger/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-notifications-01_0.jpg?itok=_kxJFRsK' /></a><br /></li> <li>Tap <strong>Mirror iPhone</strong> to use the same notification settings as on your iPhone. Tap <strong>Custom</strong> to set additional options. <ol><li>Tap an <strong>Inbox</strong> you want to enable.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show Alerts</strong> to <strong>ON</strong>.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Sound</strong> and/or <strong>Haptics</strong> on to choose between audio or physical notifications, or both.</li> </ol></li> <li>Repeat for each inbox.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch' title="How to read email on your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/larger/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-mail-apple-watch-notifications-02.jpg?itok=ZTpf_xqf' /></a></li> </ol><div class="devicebox"> <h3><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a></h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gLIrLTWt8ic?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-glirltwt8ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-review">Apple Watch review</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-help">Apple Watch help</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-apps">Apple Watch apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-buyers-guide">Apple Watch buyers guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch news</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch/">Apple Watch discussion</a></li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch Fri, 29 May 2015 21:00:14 +000031957 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-read-email-your-apple-watch#commentsRene RitchieNVIDIA introduces AndroidWorks, wants to help everyone build great games for all Android devices<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">AndroidWorks is the latest set of developer tools from NVIDIA, and they are geared towards helping make the best games possible for all Android devices.</p> <p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-introduces-androidworks-wants-help-everyone-build-great-games-all-android-devices' title="NVIDIA introduces AndroidWorks, wants to help everyone build great games for all Android devices"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/03/nvidia.png?itok=2Ee3z67u' /></a></p> <p>With <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/2014-8-out-10-phones-shipped-ran-android-more-400-manufacturers-making-devices">more than 4000 unique Android devices</a> out there development can be difficult at times, but <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia">NVIDIA</a> is looking to make game creation a bit easier with their newest developer tools. AndroidWorks is the latest release from the company, which builds on top of their existing GameWorks tools. </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-introduces-androidworks-wants-help-everyone-build-great-games-all-android-devices Fri, 29 May 2015 20:11:36 +000046798 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-introduces-androidworks-wants-help-everyone-build-great-games-all-android-devices#commentsJared DiPaneHands-on with WhatsApp Calling for Windows Phone<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/video-whatsapp-voice-windows-phone' title="Hands-on with WhatsApp Calling for Windows Phone"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/whatsapp-calling-lumia.jpg?itok=3QI4tse8' /></a></p> <p>Earlier this morning, the <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/whatsapp-beta">private beta</a> of WhatsApp for Windows Phone received an update that <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/latest-whatsapp-beta-build-finally-adds-calling-functionality">enabled voice calling (VOIP)</a> for the modern messenger service.</p> <p>We got our hands on the latest release and demonstrate how it looks - and how it works - on our <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-icon">Lumia Icon</a> calling an iPhone.</div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/video-whatsapp-voice-windows-phone Fri, 29 May 2015 20:00:31 +000031482 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/video-whatsapp-voice-windows-phone#commentsDaniel RubinoHow to send your location with Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-your-location-apple-watch' title="How to send your location with Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-send-location-apple-watch-hero.jpg?itok=ZHqYb7NW' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Help your friends find you by sending your location to them via Messages!</p> <p>Meeting your friends somewhere and can't dictate the address perfectly? You can use your <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a>'s "Send Location" feature to give them easy directions to your whereabouts.</p> <p>This works especially well for locations that don't necessarily have perfect addresses — say, a spot along the beach, or a certain store in an outdoor mall.</p>  <h2>How to send your location with Apple Watch</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>the Messages app</strong>.</li> <li>Tap the conversation you want to send a location to, or <strong>press firmly</strong> on the display to start a new message with a new contact. For the latter, you'll need to send a quick text message before you can send your location.</li> <li>After you have the message in question open, <strong>press firmly</strong> on the display.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-your-location-apple-watch' title="How to send your location with Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-send-location-screenshot.jpg?itok=PJp_tbJx' /></a><br /></li> <li>Press <strong>Send Location</strong> to automatically send your contact your current location.</li> </ol><p>Note that this won't send your contact an active representation of where you are, just your current address at that point in time. If you move elsewhere, your location won't update for your friends and you'll have to re-send your whereabouts.</p> <div class="devicebox"> <h3><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a></h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gLIrLTWt8ic?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-glirltwt8ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-review">Apple Watch review</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-help">Apple Watch help</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-apps">Apple Watch apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-buyers-guide">Apple Watch buyers guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch news</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch/">Apple Watch discussion</a></li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-send-your-location-apple-watch Fri, 29 May 2015 20:00:09 +000031925 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-send-your-location-apple-watch#commentsSerenity CaldwellBBM beta for BlackBerry 10 and iOS updated in the Beta Zone<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/bbm-beta-blackberry-10-updated-beta-zone' title='BBM beta for BlackBerry 10 and iOS updated in the Beta Zone'><a href='http://crackberry.com/bbm-beta-blackberry-10-updated-beta-zone' title="BBM beta for BlackBerry 10 and iOS updated in the Beta Zone"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/02/BBM-Icon-Close-Passport.jpg?itok=__rqkwNv' /></a></a></p> <p>Aside from <a href="https://twitter.com/BBM/status/604273999187689473">their teasing of something new coming on Twitter</a>, the <a href="http://crackberry.com/bbm">BBM</a> team has also gone ahead and released two new BBM beta versions into the <a href="http://crackberry.com/tag/blackberry-beta-zone">BlackBerry Beta Zone</a>. Between the two new releases, there's ultimately two new features that have been added overall. We've got the rundown for each release.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/bbm-beta-blackberry-10-updated-beta-zone'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/bbm-beta-blackberry-10-updated-beta-zone Fri, 29 May 2015 19:56:58 +0000187535 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/bbm-beta-blackberry-10-updated-beta-zone#commentsBla1zeKeep your eyes open for some Rise of the Tomb Raider news on June 1<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/keep-your-eyes-open-some-rise-tomb-raider-news-june-1' title="Keep your eyes open for some Rise of the Tomb Raider news on June 1"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/rise-of-the-tomb-raider.jpg?itok=-Xv4CpMj' /></a></p> <p>At E3 in June 2014, it was revealed that Rise of the Tomb Raider, the next game in the popular action-adventure game series from developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix, would be a timed exclusive for Microsoft's <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one">Xbox One</a> and <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-360">Xbox 360</a> consoles. Now there's word of some major news relating to the game that will be revealed on Monday, June 1.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/keep-your-eyes-open-some-rise-tomb-raider-news-june-1 Fri, 29 May 2015 19:42:58 +000031481 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/keep-your-eyes-open-some-rise-tomb-raider-news-june-1#commentsJohn CallahamCast for BlackBerry 10 updated with new UI, improved search, and, better controls<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/cast-blackberry-10-updated-new-ui-improved-search-and-better-controls' title='Cast for BlackBerry 10 updated with new UI, improved search, and, better controls'><a href='http://crackberry.com/cast-blackberry-10-updated-new-ui-improved-search-and-better-controls' title="Cast for BlackBerry 10 updated with new UI, improved search, and, better controls"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/cast-blackberry-10-update.jpg?itok=vpXJjmJk' /></a></a></p> <p>It has been a while since we have seen an update for <a href="http://crackberry.com/tag/chromecast">Cast</a>, and this is one you do not want to miss. Not only does it correct the Google API issues, but offers bug fixes, a UI overhaul, and more.</p> <p>If you are not familiar with Cast, it is a native application that supports Casting YouTube videos on your <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10">BlackBerry 10</a> device to your Chromecast. The application itself is easy to use and can be set up in a manner of moments. Once the app is connected to your network and Chromecast, simply share a YouTube video to Cast and it will begin to play.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/cast-blackberry-10-updated-new-ui-improved-search-and-better-controls'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/cast-blackberry-10-updated-new-ui-improved-search-and-better-controls Fri, 29 May 2015 19:34:08 +0000187528 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/cast-blackberry-10-updated-new-ui-improved-search-and-better-controls#commentsAlicia ErlichWindows 10 PC preview build 10122 gets two more security patches<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-preview-build-10122-gets-two-more-security-patches' title="Windows 10 PC preview build 10122 gets two more security patches "><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/01/windows-10-start-wc-photos.jpg?itok=gzizor6C' /></a></p> <p>While we won't get an all new build of <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10">Windows 10</a> this week from Microsoft, the development team has just released two new security patches for the current 10122 PC build of the OS.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-preview-build-10122-gets-two-more-security-patches Fri, 29 May 2015 19:20:25 +000031480 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-pc-preview-build-10122-gets-two-more-security-patches#commentsJohn CallahamMooVee wants to be the go-to companion app for movie buffs<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">MooVee is a new app for iPhone that helps you manage a list of movies you're interested in.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/moovee-wants-be-go-companion-app-movie-buffs' title="MooVee wants to be the go-to companion app for movie buffs"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/movee-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=poEMAFuT' /></a></p> <p>CrazyApps, the developer behind popular TV companion app TeeVee (<a href="http://www.imore.com/best-ipad-apps-tv-watchers">one of our favorites</a>), has released a new app called MooVee that works as a sort of guide to the movies you are interested in. Once you create a list of interested movies, MooVee will serve up information on when a particular movie is releasing near you, trailers, and direct links to movies on iTunes.</p>  <p>Here's the full breakdown of what MooVee offers:</p> <blockquote> <ul><li>Huge movies database (daily updated). Thanks to themoviedb.org</li> <li>Designed with attention to simple usage. </li> <li>Trailers!</li> <li>iCloud syncing & upcoming Trakt syncing.</li> <li>Ability to rate movies, that rating will save for movies on your list. </li> <li>Notification when your interested movie is coming out soon.</li> <li>Want to collect that movie? Integrated iTunes search will help you with that.</li> </ul></blockquote> <p>If you're a movie buff who is always looking for the next new release, or if you just have a sizable backlog of movies you want to catch up on, MooVee could be an interesting companion app for staying on top of releases and tracking what you have and haven't seen. If you'd like to check the app out for yourself, you can hit up the store link below to get started.</p> <ul><li>$1.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moovee-your-movies-guru/id933512980?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/moovee-wants-be-go-companion-app-movie-buffs Fri, 29 May 2015 19:18:52 +000032068 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/moovee-wants-be-go-companion-app-movie-buffs#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterGetting acquainted with the new Google Photos on Android and the web<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/getting-acquainted-google-photos' title="Getting acquainted with the new Google Photos on Android and the web"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/google-photos-phone-web.jpg?itok=lIuiSqgx' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Google Photos is finally here, and that means we have a new photography tool to play around with on our phones and computers.</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>After being tied completely to Google+ (woefully) for some time, Photos has <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-photos-companys-newly-revealed-app-organizing-images-and-videos">finally been broken out into its own apps</a> for Android, iOS and the web. Google Photos, as it's now known, adopts the same icon as the old app (which was really just a stub to the Google+ back end) as well as many of the same features, but is also developing its own identity since gaining independence from Google+.</p> <p>That means you technically no longer need a Google+ account to use it, and your photos now get a first-class experience with their own apps and website.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/getting-acquainted-google-photos Fri, 29 May 2015 19:18:31 +000046771 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/getting-acquainted-google-photos#commentsAndrew MartonikGoogle is working with Qualcomm on a Project Tango reference smartphone [Update]<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">Google and Qualcomm are teaming up to make a Project Tango smartphone, but it won't be released to the public.</p> <p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/google-working-qualcomm-project-tango-reference-smartphone' title="Google is working with Qualcomm on a Project Tango reference smartphone [Update]"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2014/02/Project-Tango-prototype.png?itok=WPu-tazh' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>Google is still working to bring <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/tag/project-tango">Project Tango</a>, and its 3D-sensing camera technology, into the light. Today, at a panel during the <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2015">2015 Google I/O conference</a>, the company revealed that it is working with Qualcomm to bring Project Tango's camera hardware inside the chipmaker's reference smartphone designs.</div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/google-working-qualcomm-project-tango-reference-smartphone Fri, 29 May 2015 19:05:27 +000046797 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/google-working-qualcomm-project-tango-reference-smartphone#commentsJohn CallahamBrowsie Browser adds BlackBullet support, faster start up, bug fixes, and more in latest update<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/browsie-browser-adds-blackbullet-support-export-bookmarks-html-and-faster-start-latest-update' title='Browsie Browser adds BlackBullet support, faster start up, bug fixes, and more in latest update'><a href='http://crackberry.com/browsie-browser-adds-blackbullet-support-export-bookmarks-html-and-faster-start-latest-update' title="Browsie Browser adds BlackBullet support, faster start up, bug fixes, and more in latest update"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/browsie-browser-passport-2.jpg?itok=6wQVkkHm' /></a></a></p> <p>As someone who is constantly on her phone and browsing the web, I not only use the native browser but third-party applications as well to help me with my daily fix. One such browser is Browsie Browser which is chock-full of features and options to give you a smooth way to open and search webpages.</p> <p>Upon firing up my BlackBerry, I saw that the developer released a new version in BlackBerry World that added several new capabilities including a new Browsie Turbo option (for loading pages on slower networks), faster start up, and even a new setting to push to third-party Pushbullet client <a href="http://crackberry.com/hands-look-blackbullet-blackberry-10">BlackBullet</a>.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/browsie-browser-adds-blackbullet-support-export-bookmarks-html-and-faster-start-latest-update'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/browsie-browser-adds-blackbullet-support-export-bookmarks-html-and-faster-start-latest-update Fri, 29 May 2015 18:55:03 +0000187529 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/browsie-browser-adds-blackbullet-support-export-bookmarks-html-and-faster-start-latest-update#commentsAlicia ErlichThe Apple Watch is a hot cup of convenience<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/trading-coffee-apple-pay-convenience-how-i-learned-starbucks' title="The Apple Watch is a hot cup of convenience"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-starbucks-hero.jpg?itok=ko5BeFDZ' /></a></p> <p class="intro">As I pull the car into the Starbucks drive-thru, my husband says, "Oh, sorry, I thought you said you wanted <em>coffee</em>."</p> <p>"Close enough," I tell him, and order a grande coffee with cream. He orders a breakfast sandwich. It's a Saturday morning and our family is headed to the beach for the day, about an hour and a half west of Portland.</p> <p>That's right: we live in Portland, Oregon, hipster capital of the Pacific Northwest, where you can find some of the best coffee in the country. And yet, sometimes, we go to Starbucks.  My husband, Neven Mrgan, asked me to please leave his name out of this article.</p> <p>In most cities, Starbucks is a perfectly acceptable place to go for coffee (or tea, if you're into that sort of thing). But in Portland, it's controversial. On the one hand, the company itself hails from Seattle, so it's semi-local; it also strives to <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/sourcing/coffee">ethically source</a> the coffee it serves. But on the other hand, it's a massive chain, which is inherently uncool in this indie-loving, D.I.Y. city, and the coffee it serves isn't great. Some of it barely even resembles coffee (<em>cough</em> "S'mores Frappuccino" <em>cough</em>). But, on the whole, it's fine.</p> <p>Yes, coffee nerds: I think the coffee at Starbucks is fine. While Portland is home to a ridiculously high number of small-batch roasters and I prefer <em>almost</em> everything about the Stumptown that's a few blocks from my house, I go there just about as often as I go to our local Starbucks. Now, let me drop some truth about why.</p> <h2>The magic of ordering ahead through iOS</h2> <p>I've been using the Starbucks app for a couple of years, because it's well-designed, tracks my rewards (buy 12, get 1 free!), and lets me reload my card and pay via the app. Pretty cool. About six months ago, though, I also began using the "order ahead" feature, which is still in beta; Portland is the test market.</p> <p>So far, it's been great. I can choose my Starbucks (yes, I have a few "favorite" locations saved, including the one nearest our house), place my fully-customized order in advance, pay within the app, and then just pick up my coffee at the chosen location. I have two kids, a job, and too many hobbies, so this is incredibly handy.</p> <p>While I love the Stumptown that's down the street, I usually only treat myself to coffee there when I'm working (I work remotely, designing Mac and iOS software), or if I happen to be taking a leisurely stroll over the weekend.</p> <p>Because here's the thing: Stumptown, like a ridiculously high number of independent coffee shops in this town, serves <em>great</em> coffee. And great coffee takes time. There's almost always a line. And if I'm in any kind of hurry, as I often am, I'm not likely to stand in it. Stumptown does have an honor-system collection can for self-serve drip coffee ($2 for a 12 oz. cup), but I rarely carry cash. So even if I just want a regular cup of coffee, not an exquisitely-crafted latte or a Chemex pour-over, I'm looking at standing around for 7-10 minutes to get it.</p> <p>Since you're reading this on iMore, you can also likely appreciate that tingle of nerd-pride I get when I walk into a Starbucks directly past the line of people waiting to order, asking for my coffee at the the pick-up counter and notifying the barista that I ordered via the app. I am insufferable.</p> <h2>Super Value Combo: Apple Watch and the Starbucks drive-thru</h2> <p>While the order-ahead feature is really great, I don't always have the foresight to use it. That's where the combination of the drive-thru and the the Apple Watch really shines.</p> <p>The Apple Watch component of the Starbucks iOS app only shows you information about your account and recent purchases — like all third-party apps, it's very limited for now. But you can use your Starbucks card via the Passbook app, and the result is almost exactly like using Apple Pay.</p> <p>Instead of double-tapping the side button and then holding your Watch near the reader, though, the barista just scans the bar code on your watch face. You can even leave a tip via the app on your phone when you get a chance; I've done it up to an hour later. It's super fast and really, really convenient.</p> <p>I'm often driving around with one or both kids in the car, and being able to just pull through a drive-thru and pay with a scan of my wrist, without touching my wallet or even my phone, is amazing. The appeal of higher-quality coffee from Stumptown (or <a href="http://www.coavacoffee.com">Coava</a> or <a href="http://www.wateravenuecoffee.com">Water Avenue</a> or <a href="http://www.heartroasters.com">Heart</a>) drops substantially when I consider parking the car, extracting a four-year-old and an 11-month-old from car seats, and standing in line for ten minutes.</p> <h2>When it comes to convenience, the coffee is fine</h2> <p>So back to that Saturday, at the drive-thru: I get my coffee, Neven gets his sandwich — which he admits is "actually pretty good" — a woman scans my watch, and just like that, we're on our way to the beach. The coffee is fine.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/trading-coffee-apple-pay-convenience-how-i-learned-starbucks Fri, 29 May 2015 18:47:10 +000032051 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/trading-coffee-apple-pay-convenience-how-i-learned-starbucks#commentsChrista MrganAlternative calendar app Fantastical gets teased for the Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Alternative calendar app Fantastical will soon make its way to the Apple Watch.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/alternative-calendar-app-fantastical-gets-teased-apple-watch' title="Alternative calendar app Fantastical gets teased for the Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/fantastical-apple-watch-teaser.jpg?itok=Qz4j41Jv' /></a></p> <p>Developer Flexibits has offered a teaser for <a href="http://www.imore.com/ios/fantastical-iphone">Fantastical</a>, its calendar app for iPhone. The developer doesn't mention a release date, simply saying that the watch app is "coming soon".</p> <p>We can glean a little information about the app from the teaser. When viewing a specific task, it seems that Fantastical for Apple Watch will show a horizontal timeline of your day to highlight when your events start, even if it doesn't display the names of all of your events.</p> <p>Fantastical is one of <a href="http://www.imore.com/best-calendar-apps-iphone">our favorite iPhone calendar apps</a>, and it will be interesting to see what Flexibits does with the Apple Watch app. The company recently launched the desktop version of Fantastical 2, and you can read our review of that <a href="http://www.imore.com/fantastical-2-mac-review">right here</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://flexibits.com/fantastical-watch">Flexibits</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/alternative-calendar-app-fantastical-gets-teased-apple-watch Fri, 29 May 2015 18:40:30 +000032065 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/alternative-calendar-app-fantastical-gets-teased-apple-watch#commentsJoseph KellerPick up the T-Mobile Lumia 435 from Walmart for $50<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/pick-t-mobile-lumia-435-walmart-50' title="Pick up the T-Mobile Lumia 435 from Walmart for $50"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/02/lumia-435-hand.jpg?itok=M7Ve2lsX' /></a></p> <p>If you're in the market for a budget-minded Lumia device for T-Mobile, Walmart is currently offering the low-end <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-435">Lumia 435</a> for $50, which is $20 less than the device runs from the Microsoft Store.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/pick-t-mobile-lumia-435-walmart-50 Fri, 29 May 2015 18:17:40 +000031479 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/pick-t-mobile-lumia-435-walmart-50#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterProject Abacus is an ATAP project aimed at killing the password<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">Google ATAP wants to implement a real time security system that constantly makes sure the person using your phone is you.</p> <p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/project-abacus-atap-project-aimed-killing-password' title="Project Abacus is an ATAP project aimed at killing the password"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/google-io-2015-atap-project-abacus.jpg?itok=bowgvzGx' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>The folks at ATAP, who are usually busy with things like <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/project-ara">Project Ara</a> or <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-project-jacquard-actual-wearable-wearable">making our clothes smarter</a>, want to kill the password. It's a lofty goal, one we've heard from many folks in the past, but the demonstration at Google I/O today is one of the first that seems like it might actually work. The effort is currently being called Project Abacus, and it's the result of a massive collaboration with 33 Universities, tested with 40tb of data across 28 states.</p> <p>How does it work? Well, in a sense, it works by constantly paying attention to who you are and how you behave. </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/project-abacus-atap-project-aimed-killing-password Fri, 29 May 2015 18:14:50 +000046795 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/project-abacus-atap-project-aimed-killing-password#commentsRussell HollyGoogle's new Saved Passwords site and Smart Lock for Passwords are now available<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">Google quietly rolled out a new password service that builds on its existing Chrome sync system.</p> <p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-new-saved-passwords-site-and-smart-lock-passwords-are-now-available' title="Google's new Saved Passwords site and Smart Lock for Passwords are now available"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/google-smart-lock-password-sync.jpg?itok=NLfSjTWb' /></a></p> <p>With the <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-play-services-75-gives-android-app-developers-access-smart-lock-passwords">announcement of Google Play Services 7.5</a> during all of the <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io">Google I/O fun</a> yesterday, Google quietly slipped in a new password syncing feature that developers can take advantage of. What we didn't know is that it'd be going live for anyone to use so quickly, and now the new features are out there to see.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-new-saved-passwords-site-and-smart-lock-passwords-are-now-available Fri, 29 May 2015 18:06:36 +000046796 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/googles-new-saved-passwords-site-and-smart-lock-passwords-are-now-available#commentsAndrew MartonikCortana now uses your name in Windows 10<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/cortana-now-uses-your-name-windows-10' title="Cortana now uses your name in Windows 10"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blb/public/field/image/2015/05/cortana-windows-10-surface.jpg?itok=U_IdD4X3' /></a></p> <p>Windows 10 and <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/cortana">Cortana</a> have recently had some updates on the backend. In fact, heading into the Insider Hub the top message is about how Cortana can now answer some common questions.</div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/cortana-now-uses-your-name-windows-10 Fri, 29 May 2015 18:00:30 +000031477 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/cortana-now-uses-your-name-windows-10#commentsDaniel RubinoGoogle's Project Jacquard turns your tunic, trousers or anything else into a touchpad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-project-jacquard-actual-wearable-wearable' title="Google's Project Jacquard turns your tunic, trousers or anything else into a touchpad"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/project-jacquard-14.jpg?itok=UBpS5ZwS' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>The idea of slipping sensors and controls into clothing isn't exactly new — you'll read stories about it every now and then. Connected workout clothes for monitoring your heart rate or other vitals without having to wear a wristband or chest strap. Or maybe you're just talking a hoodie with built-in Bluetooth. Whatever.</p> <p>Google's Project Jacquard takes things to a new level, basically turning your clothing into a touchpad.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/googles-project-jacquard-actual-wearable-wearable Fri, 29 May 2015 17:55:15 +000046770 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/googles-project-jacquard-actual-wearable-wearable#commentsPhil NickinsonDeal Alert: Get a free AT&T Lumia 635 when buying a Fitbit Charge at Microsoft Store<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/deal-alert-get-free-att-lumia-635-when-buying-fitbit-charge-microsoft-store' title="Deal Alert: Get a free AT&T Lumia 635 when buying a Fitbit Charge at Microsoft Store"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/postimages/2014/10/Lumia_635_Review_lead_grass.jpg?itok=NCzT7zgP' /></a></p> <p>The Fitbit Charge is one of the more popular health smartbands out there, and now people who purchase the wearable for $129 at the Microsoft Store site can get a free <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-635">Lumia 635</a> as well.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/deal-alert-get-free-att-lumia-635-when-buying-fitbit-charge-microsoft-store Fri, 29 May 2015 17:47:45 +000031478 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/deal-alert-get-free-att-lumia-635-when-buying-fitbit-charge-microsoft-store#commentsJohn CallahamHow to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug' title="How to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/10/messages_app_iphone_6_hero.jpg?itok=X1vcBB0Q' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Here's what you need to know about preventing and recovering from the iOS 8 Unicode crash bug.</p> <p>While <a href="http://www.imore.com/unicode-rendering-bug-crashing-messages-lockscreen">Apple is working on a fix</a> for the bug that causes Messages and notifications to crash iOS 8, there are several things you can do right now to help prevent your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch from being affected, and to try to recover if you've already been affected. </p> <ol><li>Unless you have reason to believe you're a target, you probably only need to do this until your friends' attention span lapses and they move on to the next prank.</li> <li>We've had luck with these methods. They may or may not work for everybody. Other people may or may not have had luck with other methods, up to and including a restore with Messages or notifications disabled. Make sure you let us know in the comments what's worthing for you!</li> </ol><h2>Update from Apple</h2> <p>Apple has posted a fix in the company's <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897">knowledge base</a>. It's similar to the Siri fix we listed below, but more specific and worth trying first:</p> <p>Ask Siri to "read unread messages."</p> <blockquote> <ol><li>Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. </li> <li>After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again.</li> <li>In Messages, swipe left to delete the entire thread. Or tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.</li> </ol></blockquote> <h2>How to prevent crashes from the lock screen</h2> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Settings app</strong> from your or iPad iPhone Home screen.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Messages</strong>.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show on Lock Screen</strong> to <strong>OFF</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug' title="How to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-disable-lock-screen-notifications.jpg?itok=eyzz-Wb1' /></a></li> </ol><h2>How to prevent Apple Watch crashes</h2> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> from your iPhone or iPad Home screen.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Notifications</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Messages</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Custom</strong>. </li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show Alerts</strong> to <strong>OFF</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug' title="How to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-disable-messages-apple-watch.jpg?itok=IAkbcDUf' /></a></li> </ol><h2>How to clear notification center to prevent crashes</h2> <p>If you've already received the bad Unicode string maliciously or as a prank, send yourself or have someone else send you a clean message to the same app.</p> <ol><li>Hold down the <strong>Home button</strong> to launch Siri.</li> <li>Say "Send a message to [name]".</li> <li>Say "Send it" or tap <em>Send</em>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug' title="How to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-siri-send-message.jpg?itok=q7ekrD1P' /></a></li> </ol><p>You can also use the Share Sheet.</p> <ol><li>Launch <strong>Photos</strong> from your iPhone or iPad Home screen. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>any Photo</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Share</strong> button.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>Messages</strong> icon.</li> <li>Enter the recipient. </li> <li>Tap <strong>Send</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug' title="How to fix iOS 8 Unicode Messages crash bug"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-share-photo-iphone.jpg?itok=crPC2nY8' /></a></li> </ol><p>That should fix the notification crashes, but you still won't be able to open any conversation or screen that contains the bad string.</p> <p>If you've been affected by the bug, or found any other fixes, please let us know.</p> <p><em>Nick Arnott contributed to this article</em>.</p> <p><em>Updated to include a fix posted by Apple.</em></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug Fri, 29 May 2015 17:28:53 +000032011 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-fix-ios-8-unicode-messages-crash-bug#commentsRene RitchieHow to manage file storage more efficiently in Windows 10<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/how-manage-file-storage-windows-10' title="How to manage file storage more efficiently in Windows 10"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/storage-save-locations-windows-10.jpg?itok=9y7qfLbW' /></a></p> <p>We recently got a look at how Microsoft is making it easier for Windows 10 devices with limited storage to deal with app installations by changing a simple option in <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-windows-10-apps-external-drive">Storage settings to install new apps on an external drive</a>. Today, we are looking at how you can save local storage space by saving your files to a secondary drive automatically.</div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/how-manage-file-storage-windows-10 Fri, 29 May 2015 17:21:56 +000031476 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/how-manage-file-storage-windows-10#commentsMauro HuculakProject Vault can provide secure storage for any device in the size of a microSD card<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.androidcentral.com/project-vault-aims-secure-all-things' title="Project Vault can provide secure storage for any device in the size of a microSD card"><img src='http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/google-io-2015-project-vault-1.jpg?itok=1yxOi8mo' /></a></p> <p class="intro">The ATAP group within Google is doing really neat (and secure) things with external storage devices.</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io" title="Google I/O developer conference"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android_visor/images/badges/google-io-2015-badge.png" width="150px" class="badge-left" /></a></p> <p>We're at Google's ATAP (the Advanced Technology And Projects group, and self-proclaimed pirates that "make epic shit") session during <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io">Google I/O 2015</a>, and we just saw our first look at Project Vault — one of those crazy projects that folks at Google love to get started.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.androidcentral.com/project-vault-aims-secure-all-things Fri, 29 May 2015 17:20:40 +000046792 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/project-vault-aims-secure-all-things#commentsJerry HildenbrandApple said to be gathering new map data to reduce reliance on partners<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple is reportedly in the process of gathering their own mapping data to build the next generation of their Maps service.</p> <p>Apple has reported deployed specially equipped vans in order to build up their own <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-maps">mapping database</a>, which would reduce the company's reliance on third parties like TomTom. This would seem to be a large-scale version of the approach the company is reportedly taking with <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-said-be-adding-transit-directions-maps-ios-9">indoor mapping</a>.</p> <p>From <em><a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/29/mystery-solved-apple-vans-gathering-next-gen-maps-data-grabbing-street-view-storefronts-3d-images/">9to5Mac</a>:</em></p> <blockquote> <p>For end users, this change will mean more accurate and rapidly updated data. For Apple, this means more control over the core user experience, and, consequently, less of a need to rely on partners for data to be updated. Apple is notably taking a similar approach to its upcoming indoor mapping feature, which is being developed entirely in-house with iBeacons equipped to small autonomous robots.</p> </blockquote> <p>Part of this data-gathering initiative is reportedly taking pictures for a street view feature, which may also be presented much differently than the feature found in Google Maps. Apple is also said to have focused on taking pictures of business, to replace the current Yelp-provided images.</p> <p>The initial plan is currently said to be for Apple to move to the new Maps foundation by some time in 2017, though that date could always change.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/29/mystery-solved-apple-vans-gathering-next-gen-maps-data-grabbing-street-view-storefronts-3d-images/">9to5Mac</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/apple-said-be-gathering-new-map-data-reduce-reliance-partners Fri, 29 May 2015 17:17:41 +000032064 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/apple-said-be-gathering-new-map-data-reduce-reliance-partners#commentsJoseph KellerHow to stop Facebook from constantly tracking and recording your location<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-constantly-tracking-your-location' title="How to stop Facebook from constantly tracking and recording your location"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/facebook-location-history-iphone-hero.jpg?itok=u-Q6Scjt' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Use Nearby Friends? If you don't want Facebook for iPhone tracking your every move, you're going to want to change your settings.</p> <p>I like using <a href="http://www.imore.com/facebook-iphone-ipad">Facebook</a> to share what I want, when I want, and it's fair game. But many of us don't fancy a social network tracking our every move, even privately. If you use Facebook's Nearby Friends feature, however, you may be at risk of just that. If you'd prefer not to have a personal map of every place you've been accessible via your Facebook account, here's how to change your settings and put the social network back in its place.</p>  <p>Whenever I update Facebook, I do a quick sweep through the account section of the Facebook for iPhone app. I was doing this yesterday, and came across a setting under <em>Location</em> that I hadn't remembered seeing. The setting has been there since April 2014's introduction of the Nearby Friends feature, but it was news to me — probably because I never enabled it.</p> <p>Regardless, this option gives Facebook the ability to monitor and record your location on a constant basis, and it's turned on by <em>default</em> after you enable Nearby Friends. Creeped out yet? I certainly was.</p> <p>Thankfully, Facebook has not tracked anything about <em>my</em> location because I turned off location services entirely for the Facebook app. (You can do this from the Settings app, under <strong>Privacy > Location Services</strong>.) The same couldn't be said for many of my friends and family members: It had tracked and recorded their every move without their knowledge for several months, producing highly-detailed maps for each day. Even though these maps are only viewable when you're logged in as yourself on Facebook, it presents scary scenarios for those who might have a significant other or friend's login credentials.</p> <p>If you want to make sure that Facebook <em>never</em> uses your location for new features, completely disabling location services for the app is the way to go. If you aren't sure how to do it, you can find directions below, as well as some tips on how I keep the Facebook app permanently in check:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-making-your-iphone-run-crap">How to stop Facebook from making your iPhone run like crap</a></li> </ul><p>If you don't want to <em>completely</em> disable location services for Facebook, however, you don't have to. (You may still want to be able to use the check-in feature, for example.) Instead, follow these steps just to disable background recording:</p> <h2>How to stop Facebook for iPhone from constantly tracking your location</h2> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Facebook app</strong> on your iPhone. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>More</strong> in the bottom navigation. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>Account Settings</strong>. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-constantly-tracking-your-location' title="How to stop Facebook from constantly tracking and recording your location"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/facebook-location-history-disable-howto-1.jpg?itok=VS8ToHnv' /></a></li> <li>Tap on <strong>Location</strong>. </li> <li>Turn <strong>Off</strong> the option for <strong>Location History</strong>. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-constantly-tracking-your-location' title="How to stop Facebook from constantly tracking and recording your location"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/facebook-location-history-disable-howto-2.jpg?itok=TiDsCrj-' /></a></li> </ol></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-constantly-tracking-your-location Fri, 29 May 2015 16:45:08 +000032049 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-stop-facebook-constantly-tracking-your-location#commentsAllyson KazmuchaCandy Crush Soda Saga bursts its way into Amazon's Appstore<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/candy-crush-soda-saga-bursts-its-way-amazons-appstore' title='Candy Crush Soda Saga bursts its way into Amazon's Appstore'><a href='http://crackberry.com/candy-crush-soda-saga-bursts-its-way-amazons-appstore' title="Candy Crush Soda Saga bursts its way into Amazon's Appstore"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/article_images/2015/05/candy-crush-soda-saga-amazon-appstore.jpg?itok=r97RVbig' /></a></a></p> <p>Whether you have five minutes or two hours to kill, <a href="http://crackberry.com/candy-crush">Candy Crush</a> Soda Saga is an extremely addictive way to do so. The game has made its way over to the <a href="http://crackberry.com/tag/amazon-appstore">Amazon Appstore</a>, and is now available as a free download. <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/candy-crush-soda-saga-bursts-its-way-amazons-appstore'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/candy-crush-soda-saga-bursts-its-way-amazons-appstore Fri, 29 May 2015 16:37:33 +0000187534 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/candy-crush-soda-saga-bursts-its-way-amazons-appstore#commentsJared DiPaneMicrosoft to unify payouts for developers with Windows and Windows Phone apps<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-unify-payouts-developers-windows-and-windows-phone-apps' title="Microsoft to unify payouts for developers with Windows and Windows Phone apps"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/05/Windows_Store_lede.jpg?itok=vInnvqcr' /></a></p> <p>The launch of <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10">Windows 10</a> later in 2015 will bring with it a storefront that will support downloading apps for both PCs and smartphones. Today, Microsoft continued to move towards that unified <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-store">Windows Store</a> with announcements of new payout setups for developers who make both Windows and Windows Phone apps.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-unify-payouts-developers-windows-and-windows-phone-apps Fri, 29 May 2015 16:31:55 +000031475 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-unify-payouts-developers-windows-and-windows-phone-apps#commentsJohn CallahamApple Watch support is coming to Volvo's iPhone app in June<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Volvo is the latest company with plans to support the Apple Watch, thanks to an update for its Volvo on Call app in late June.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-support-coming-volvos-iphone-app-june' title="Apple Watch support is coming to Volvo's iPhone app in June"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/volvo-apple-watch.jpg?itok=BVToUiFV' /></a></p> <p>If you own a Volvo and an <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a>, you will have some good news in late June. That's when the car company will issue an update to its Volvo on Call app for the iPhone that will include support for Apple's smartwatch. </p> <p>Here's what <a href="https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/163015/control-your-volvo-car-from-your-apple-watch">Volvo has to say</a> about the update:</p> <blockquote> <p>This will effectively allow Volvo drivers with the Volvo On Call app to control settings, lock/unlock, locate and utilize many other Volvo services from their wrist.</p> </blockquote> <p>Volvo on Call is currently available in 21 markets and is a standard for Volvo car buyers in Brazil, the US and Canada. The company says it currently has around 230,000 active subscribers for Volvo on Call worldwide. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/volvo-on-call/id439635293?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">The iPhone app</a> already allows users to locate their Volvo car on a map, along with remote locking or unlocking of their vehicle and getting help from roadside assistance, among other things.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/163015/control-your-volvo-car-from-your-apple-watch">Volvo</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-support-coming-volvos-iphone-app-june Fri, 29 May 2015 15:55:18 +000032062 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/apple-watch-support-coming-volvos-iphone-app-june#commentsJohn CallahamThe week's best Mac games: Sunset, Audiosurf 2, and more!<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/weeks-best-mac-games-sunset-audiosurf-2-and-more' title="The week's best Mac games: Sunset, Audiosurf 2, and more!"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/03/best_mac_games_hero.jpg?itok=ZyrrDaem' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Here are the latest Mac gaming releases, hot off the digital presses!</p> <p>Want to know which new <a href="http://www.imore.com/Mac-games">Mac games</a> are worth a look this week? Here are my five picks to check out if you're looking for something new and exciting: Read on for high-stakes narrative adventures, pumping rhythms, and fast-paced strategy.</p>  <h2>1. Sunset</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/weeks-best-mac-games-sunset-audiosurf-2-and-more' title="The week's best Mac games: Sunset, Audiosurf 2, and more!"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/sunset-game-screenshot.png?itok=uxZ7HXTf' /></a></p> <p>This Tales of Tales' first-person narrative is set in the 1970s and told from the perspective of Angela, a black university grad who ends up stuck housekeeping for a wealthy client in South America. The game is a meditative exploration of Angela's struggle to acclimate to her current circumstances, her memories of her previous life, and her thoughts on activism and the social upheaval happening in the city below her.</p> <ul><li>$19.99 - <a href="http://tale-of-tales.com/Sunset/" title="" rel="nofollow">Order now</a></li> </ul><h2>2. Audiosurf 2</h2> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AkFd2JNZ5sM?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-akfd2jnz5sm" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>Audiosurf's sequel has, at last, exited its lengthy early access beta phase. This rhythm game allows you to import your own music library, after which it will build a racing-themed rhythm track based on your songs' climaxes and cool-downs. New to Audiosurf 2 is a "surfing" mode that allows players to intentionally distort bits and pieces of songs as they play.</p> <ul><li>$14.99 - <a href="http://audiosurf2.com/#footer-wrapper" title="" rel="nofollow">Order now</a></li> </ul><h2>3. Catlateral Damage</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/weeks-best-mac-games-sunset-audiosurf-2-and-more' title="The week's best Mac games: Sunset, Audiosurf 2, and more!"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/catlateral-damage-screenshot.png?itok=2L-YkxDk' /></a></p> <p>Have you ever wanted to just throw all of your possessions on the floor? Humans don't ordinarily have any opportunity to engage in such cathartic (... cat-hartic?) destructions of physical property — not without having to worry about cleaning it up, paying for damages, and issuing apologies. Boring! Catlateral Damage lets you embrace your inner destructive animal without the consequences: Rack up points by using your kitty paws to slam all of your owners' prized possessions onto the floor as fast as possible.</p> <ul><li>$9.99 - <a href="http://www.catlateraldamage.com/" title="" rel="nofollow">Order now</a></li> </ul><h2>4. Ninja Pizza Girl</h2> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/187Txjocamo?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-187txjocamo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>Like most teens, 16-year-old Gemma has a cruddy food service job: dropping off pizzas for her dad's delivery service. But Gemma lives in a gritty cyberpunk dystopia. In spite of this 2D platformer's futuristic surroundings, Gemma's worst enemies are still the same as they would be today: She has to avoid other teenagers, dodging their hurtful insults so she can complete her pizza route in peace.</p> <ul><li>$12.99 - <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/319470" title="" rel="nofollow">Order now</a></li> </ul><h2>5. Interloper</h2> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/127143188" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-vimeo vf-127143188" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>Real-time strategy games can be an overwhelming time-sink: So much to learn, so many overwhelming bits and pieces, so much time required to learn and to play. Not so with Interloper, a rapid-fire strategy game that will scratch your crafting itch without stacking up a huge learning curve. Matches last only a few minutes, so if you're too busy — or too overwhelmed — to try Civilization or StarCraft, Interloper could hit that sweet spot.</p> <ul><li>$11.99 - <a href="http://interlopergame.com/">Order now</a></li> </ul><h2>What else is out there?</h2> <p>Spot any other great Mac titles released this week? Fill any of my gaps below in the comments.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/weeks-best-mac-games-sunset-audiosurf-2-and-more Fri, 29 May 2015 15:45:19 +000032028 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/weeks-best-mac-games-sunset-audiosurf-2-and-more#commentsMaddy MyersAudio Hijack 3.1 can listen for the sound of silence<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Rogue Amoeba has released Audio Hijack 3.1, adding a number of useful features to make working with your recording easier.</p> <p><a href="http://www.imore.com/audio-hijack-3-brings-new-interface-templates-and-much-more">Audio Hijack</a> 3.1 adds new and powerful features to the app's tool belt. The two major additions in this update are silence monitoring and file actions.</p> <p>Silence monitoring, found under the updated "File Limits" section of the Recorder Block, controls how Audio Hijack handles silence. For one thing, you can control exactly what the app thinks "silence" is by setting a silence threshold in decibels. You can also set when Audio Hijack should remove silence from a recording.</p> <p>You can now take action on files. In the recording tab, highlight a recording and tap the Actions button at the bottom of the window. From there, you'll be able to show the file in the Finder, open it in the audio editor of your choice, add it to iTunes, and share using OS X's built-in share sheet.</p> <p>Audio Hijack 3.1 adds other features as well, including higher sample rates for AIFF and WAV recordings, new keyboard controls, and better handling of missing audio devices. It is a free update to existing Audio Hijack 3 owners, while new users can purchase the app from Rogue Amoeba's website.</p> <ul><li>$49.00 - <a href="http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/buy.php">Download Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/audio-hijack-31-understands-sound-silence Fri, 29 May 2015 15:41:28 +000032061 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/audio-hijack-31-understands-sound-silence#commentsJoseph Keller6tag 5.0.2 gets minor bug fixes in another quick update this week<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/6tag-502-gets-minor-bug-fixes-another-quick-update-week' title="6tag 5.0.2 gets minor bug fixes in another quick update this week"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blb/public/field/image/2015/05/6tag-v5-new-hero.jpg?itok=XqgZ_esT' /></a></p> <p>Instagram client for Windows Phone <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/6tag">6tag</a> just picked up another minor upgrade <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/6tag-update-brings-fix-issues-video-uploads-and-filters-collages">this week</a>. Version 5.0.2 is live in the Store, fixing a few odd bugs that came with the new features found in the big 5.0 update.</p> <p>Although no changelog is available, 6tag developer Rudy Huyn did post on Twitter what today's update brings. We took the time and have cobbled those together for things to watch out for below.</div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/6tag-502-gets-minor-bug-fixes-another-quick-update-week Fri, 29 May 2015 15:31:08 +000031474 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/6tag-502-gets-minor-bug-fixes-another-quick-update-week#commentsDaniel RubinoOverkill 3 for Windows Phone will never support 512MB devices<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/overkill-3-windows-phone-will-never-support-512mb-devices' title="Overkill 3 for Windows Phone will never support 512MB devices"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/04/overkill-3-store-listing.jpg?itok=KjcHUKl-' /></a></p> <p>If you have a Windows Phone device with just 512MB of RAM (and that's a lot of you), you will never be able to play the third-person sci-fi shooter <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/overkill-3">Overkill 3</a>. It's publisher, GameTroopers, has confirmed that the game won't get an update that will allow support for those phones.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/overkill-3-windows-phone-will-never-support-512mb-devices Fri, 29 May 2015 15:29:07 +000031473 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/overkill-3-windows-phone-will-never-support-512mb-devices#commentsJohn CallahamRock this transparent hard case around your HTC One M8 — only $14.95!<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/rock-transparent-hard-case-around-your-htc-one-m8-only-1495' title="Rock this transparent hard case around your HTC One M8 — only $14.95!"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/09/L17752.jpg?itok=UNFf6VB4' /></a></p> <p>This <a href="http://shop.windowscentral.com/case-mate-naked-tough-case/4A123A17752A.htm?loc=us&utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_wp&utm_medium=content" title="" rel="nofollow">clear case</a> includes a shock absorbing bumper that fits inside the shell for extra protection against drops. The case itself is extremely slim, making it easy to slide in and out of your pockets. The interior bumper has cutouts for all the ports of your HTC One M8, while the buttons are raised with chrome accents.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/rock-transparent-hard-case-around-your-htc-one-m8-only-1495 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:22:04 +000031472 at http://www.windowscentral.comWindowsCentralShopVolvo will add Cortana voice control support to its Windows Phone app in June<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/volvo-will-add-cortana-voice-control-support-its-windows-phone-app-june' title="Volvo will add Cortana voice control support to its Windows Phone app in June"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/volvo-on-call-lumia-635-hero.jpg?itok=mHbSFrEI' /></a></p> <p>Owners of Windows Phone devices and Volvo cars will soon be able to control aspects of the car via <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/cortana">Cortana</a>. The car maker announced plans to update its Windows Phone app, <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/volvo-2015-lineup-connected-standard">Volvo on Call</a>, in late June to include voice control support via Microsoft's digital assistant.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/volvo-will-add-cortana-voice-control-support-its-windows-phone-app-june Fri, 29 May 2015 15:15:31 +000031471 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/volvo-will-add-cortana-voice-control-support-its-windows-phone-app-june#commentsJohn CallahamSeidio SURFACE Cases for iPhone 6 are 50% off today!<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/seidio-surface-cases-iphone-6-are-50-today' title="Seidio SURFACE Cases for iPhone 6 are 50% off today!"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/11/L19282.jpg?itok=fy-27Z_7' /></a></p> <p>The <a href="http://store.imore.com/seidio-surface-case/4A123A19282A.htm?loc=us&utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_im&utm_medium=content">SURFACE Case</a> is the ultimate low-profile iPhone 6 hard cover; combining a super-slim design with a protective outer shell. The exterior features a custom soft coating that provides additional grip to help prevent drops, too. Choose your favorite color today for only $14.95.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/seidio-surface-cases-iphone-6-are-50-today Fri, 29 May 2015 15:07:29 +000032060 at http://www.imore.comiMore.com5 Intriguing Apps for Windows 8.1: May 29, 2015<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/5-intriguing-apps-windows-81-may-29-2015' title="5 Intriguing Apps for Windows 8.1: May 29, 2015"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blb/public/field/image/2015/05/microsoft-fanband.jpg?itok=j_9V7pqS' /></a></p> <p>With the ever-growing number of apps and games in the Windows Store, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with what's out there.</p> <p>For that reason, every Friday we showcase some apps that have piqued our interest. They may have been in the news recently, they may be new to the Windows Store, or they could simply be old apps that we just stumbled upon.</p> <p>They are the <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/5-intriguing-apps">5 Intriguing Apps of the Week</a>.</p> <p></div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/5-intriguing-apps-windows-81-may-29-2015 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:05:19 +000031470 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/5-intriguing-apps-windows-81-may-29-2015#commentsSeth BrodeurBest travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/travel-iphone-ipad-mac-gear-hero.jpg?itok=SAugw74f' /></a></p> <p class="intro">iPhone, iPads, and Macs are great travel companions, but they're even better ones with the right accessories.</p> <p>No matter where you're going, bringing the right accessories for your iPhone or iPad can save you a lot of headaches while on the road or in the air. If you're traveling internationally, for example, you'll want to make sure you have the right adapters to charge your gear. If you need to bring multiple devices, a manageable way to keep cables in check is a must. Working on your iPad? A solid keyboard option should be considered.</p> <p>If you're not exactly sure what you need, we can help you figure it out. Here are some of our favorite travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that we never leave home without!</p> <p> </p> <h2>PlugBug World by Twelve South</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/plugbug-world-product-image.jpg?itok=JzLouX5r' /></a></p> <p><strong>Power your devices in any country</strong></p> <p>The PlugBug World charges not only your iPhone or iPad, but your Mac, too. Slide out the different sections of the PlugBug brick and charge away. The PlugBug comes with adapters that cover any international plug you may need while on the go. Just throw the ones you need in your bag along with the PlugBug brick and hit the road.</p> <ul><li>$45 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-South-PlugBug-MacBook-adapter/dp/B009ZT2CE4?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>Belkin SurgePlus</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/belkin-surge-plus-product-image.jpg?itok=r-mNET17' /></a></p> <p><strong>No outlet shortage here</strong></p> <p>For anyone that travels with multiple devices, charging all of them can be a challenge. Sometimes hotel rooms don't have enough plugs — especially if multiple people are fighting for outlets. The Belkin SurgePlus accommodates 3 AC outlets and 2 USB outlets. It also swivels, so the other plug in the outlet isn't wasted. Best of all, its tiny form factor makes it easy to stick it in the bottom of a travel bag until you need it.</p> <ul><li>$28 - <a href="http://store.imore.com/belkin-surgeplus-dual-21a-usb-swivel-wall-charger/5AA20066.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_im&utm_medium=content">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>ZAGG Sparq</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/zagg-sparq-product-image.jpg?itok=TyYtgJn-' /></a></p> <p><strong>Never run out of power</strong></p> <p>While traveling and sight-seeing, you can end up away from a wall outlet for extended periods of time. Save your battery and your sanity with the ZAQQ Sparq, which packs a huge punch in a slim form-factor. You get two USB ports and a choice of 6000 or 10,000 mAh. I especially appreciate that the ZAGG Sparq doesn't appear to lose charge over time as fast as some the other power brick options I've tested: That means more time in your bag, and less against the wall.</p> <ul><li>$45 - $50 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ZAGG-Powerbank-10000mAh-Portable-External/dp/B00R0KKL5M/?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>Olloclip for iPhone</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/olloclip-iphone-6-plus.jpg?itok=bijxmc2o' /></a></p> <p><strong>Take your photography further</strong></p> <p>If you're going on vacation, getting great photos is likely at the top of your list. For more versatility, be sure to pick up an Olloclip: It functions as a 4-in-1 lens attachment that adds two different macro lenses, a wide-angle, and a fisheye. The iPhone camera has gotten incredibly capable, and the Olloclip makes it even easier to leave your standalone camera at home.</p> <ul><li>$70 - $80 - <a href="http://store.imore.com/search.htm?search_terms=olloclip&utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_im&utm_medium=content">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>Lowepro Passport Sling III</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/lowepro-sling-product-image.jpg?itok=UEf_VCFm' /></a></p> <p><strong>For a versatile carry-on bag</strong></p> <p>The Lowepro Passport Sling III is technically a camera bag, but I've found it to be a great travel companion no matter what you're toting along. For camera buffs, it comfortably fits a mid-size DSLR and a few lenses alongside an iPad; if you aren't taking a DSLR, however, you can easily remove the middle lens compartments and use it as a general storage area, with the side compartment for your iPad still intact. The Passport Sling makes for a great day bag because of the way it distributes weight: It's super comfortable to carry for hours on end — a must for traveling around strange and new cities.</p> <ul><li>Grey/Orange combo - $50 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J938IWG/?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> <li>Black - $50 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lowepro-Passport-Sling-Black-LP36657/?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/lowepro-passport-sling-iii-review-great-travel-gear-bag-great-price">Lowepro Passport Sling III review</a></li> </ul><h2>ClamCase Pro</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/clamcasepro-product-image.jpg?itok=Dh-yrPt5' /></a></p> <p><strong>For work iPads on the go</strong></p> <p>The ClamCase Pro is my favorite iPad keyboard case because it transforms your tablet into a mini-workhorse: It's got great battery life, protects the entire iPad, and has a spacious keyboard with dedicated keys. Sometimes I forget I'm not using my MacBook Air. It's seriously that good. If the ClamCase isn't quite the perfect fit for you, though, be sure to check out our Bluetooth keyboard roundups linked below.</p> <ul><li>$129 - $169 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=clamcase+pro&tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/best-keyboard-cases-ipad-air-2">Best keyboard cases for iPad Air 2</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/best-ipad-air-keyboard-cases">Best keyboard cases for iPad Air</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/our-favorite-keyboard-cases-ipad-mini">Best keyboard cases for iPad mini</a></li> </ul><h2>Fugoo wireless speaker</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/fugoo-product-image.jpg?itok=CaE9zvf0' /></a></p> <p><strong>Take your music with you</strong></p> <p>If music everywhere is important to you, Fugoo makes an impressive line of portable wireless Bluetooth speakers built to withstand anything you can throw at them — including time itself. They sport 40 hours of battery life, and they're even waterproof! That's right, it works next to and <em>under</em> the water. You can choose from three different styles to suit your travel needs, depending on your outdoor adventuring component.</p> <ul><li>$199 - $229 - <a href="http://www.fugoo.com/speakers/">Buy now</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/review-fugoo-blasts-other-bluetooth-speakers-out-water">Fugoo wireless speaker review</a></li> </ul><h2>Bobino cord wraps</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/bobino-cord-wraps-image.jpg?itok=4lMd5yRE' /></a></p> <p><strong>Keeping your cables under control</strong></p> <p>Traveling with cables doesn't have to be a pain: A few good cable wraps will go a long way, and you don't have to spend a lot of money to get things under control. I've tried a lot of different options, but the Bobino brand remains been my favorite. They're easy to use and easy to find in your bag due to the bright color options.</p> <ul><li>$10 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-Medium-Bobino-Assorted-Colors/dp/B007CM0BHG?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>BookBook Travel Journal by Twelve South</h2> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac' title="Best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/bookbook-travel-journal-image.jpg?itok=MZJfsE6s' /></a></p> <p><strong>For storing all the things, including your iPad</strong></p> <p>If you need something to not only carry your iPad, but manage <em>all</em> your cords, headphones, and other peripherals, the BookBook Travel Journal by Twelve South is an excellent choice. With tons of versatile compartments and storage space, how you choose to stow things away is completely up to you. And you can rest assured your iPad is also safe, sound, and hidden away from prying eyes.</p> <ul><li>$99 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-South-BookBook-Journal-Everything/dp/B00GHPBWNQ/?tag=imoreb-20&m1k=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy now</a></li> </ul><h2>Your picks?</h2> <p>If you depend on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac while traveling, what accessories do you consider to be essential? Let me know in the comments!</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac Fri, 29 May 2015 15:00:08 +000032038 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/best-travel-accessories-iphone-ipad-and-mac#commentsAllyson KazmuchaThis tough skin case for BlackBerry Classic is only $16.95 today<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/tough-skin-case-blackberry-classic-only-1695-today' title='This tough skin case for BlackBerry Classic is only .95 today'><a href='http://crackberry.com/tough-skin-case-blackberry-classic-only-1695-today' title="This tough skin case for BlackBerry Classic is only $16.95 today"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/L20513.jpg?itok=S7b_OQpo' /></a></a></p> <p>Combining rugged looks and durable protection for your BlackBerry Classic, the <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/body-glove-satin-case/4A54A20513A.htm?loc=us&utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">Body Glove Satin Case</a> is made of a wear-resistant material that helps absorb impact. The case features a brushed aluminum texture with high gloss accents around the sides that compliment your device, too!</p> </div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/tough-skin-case-blackberry-classic-only-1695-today Fri, 29 May 2015 14:51:33 +0000187533 at http://crackberry.comShopCrackBerryMicrosoft Lumia flagship phone allegedly spotted on benchmarking site<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/new-lumia-device-benchmark-site' title="Microsoft Lumia flagship phone allegedly spotted on benchmarking site"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/04/windows-10-phone-spartan-wc.jpg?itok=E-HxeXix' /></a></p> <p>As we continue to wait for Microsoft to offer up some official news about their first smartphones made for <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-mobile">Windows 10 Mobile</a>, the benchmarking site GFXBench supposedly has a new listing for an alleged new Lumia device with some high-end hardware inside.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/new-lumia-device-benchmark-site Fri, 29 May 2015 14:48:54 +000031469 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/new-lumia-device-benchmark-site#commentsJohn CallahamApple's newest New York City retail store opens June 13 on Madison Avenue<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple will open its newest New York City store location on June 13 at June 13 at 940 Madison Avenue.</p> <p>Apple fans in New York City will <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-retail-store">have another retail store</a> to check out soon. The company has revealed that its previously announced location at 940 Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, will open to the public on Saturday, June 13 at 9 a.m.</p>  <p>The opening comes even as some local residents <a href="http://www.imore.com/fearing-large-crowds-some-residents-are-opposing-apples-madison-avenue-store">have expressed concerns about the new store</a> disrupting the neighborhood with large crowds and people camping out for the launch of the next big Apple product. The company has issued a statement claiming that it will respect the established community, with the store getting "a smaller footprint, earlier closing time, and private shopping options for customers."</p> <p>The opening of the store at 940 Madison Avenue will bring the number of Apple Store locations in Manhattan to six. There's also a mall store located in the Staten Island borough of New York City. <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/28/queens-ny-apple-store-logo-appears-as-apple-announces-new-upper-east-side-store-opening-jun-13/"><em>9to5Mac</em> reports</a> that signs have gone up in the Queens Center Mall in the Queens borough which indicate that another Apple Store could be opening at that location soon.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/uppereastside/">Apple</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/apples-newest-new-york-city-retail-store-opens-june-13-madison-avenue Fri, 29 May 2015 14:11:51 +000032057 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/apples-newest-new-york-city-retail-store-opens-june-13-madison-avenue#commentsJohn CallahamMobile Nations Community Update, May 2015<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/w768/public/talkmobile_images/2015/05/community_update_blog_header.jpg?itok=Xbav8Y8_' /></a></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/w768/public/talkmobile_images/2015/05/COMMUNITY-UPDATE-header.jpg?itok=BBtUvjgu' /></a></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/w768/public/talkmobile_images/2015/05/top.jpg?itok=ZgOhldsn' /></a></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/w768/public/talkmobile_images/2015/05/middle.jpg?itok=jXRY0MVK' /></a></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/w768/public/talkmobile_images/2015/05/bottom.jpg?itok=3WFu-Qhe' /></a></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/talkmobile_images/2015/05/community_update_blog_header.jpg" alt="Mobile Nations Community Update" /></p> <p> It's the end of the month, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for the Mobile Nations Community Update! As always, we're about to take a look at the happenings around our network, including Android Central, Connectedly, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Central. </p> </div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015 Fri, 29 May 2015 13:56:24 +0000187517 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015#commentsJames FalconerMobile Nations Community Update, May 2015<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.imore.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://www.imore.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/695w/public/talkmobile_images/2015/04/community_update_blog_header.jpg?itok=tOv1DqNm' /></a></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><img src="http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/talkmobile_images/2015/05/community_update_blog_header.jpg" alt="Mobile Nations Community Update" /><p> It's the end of the month, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for the Mobile Nations Community Update! As always, we're about to take a look at the happenings around our network, including Android Central, Connectedly, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Central. </p></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015 Fri, 29 May 2015 13:56:24 +000032058 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015#commentsJames FalconerMobile Nations Community Update, May 2015<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015"><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015' title="Mobile Nations Community Update, May 2015"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/695w/public/talkmobile_images/2015/04/community_update_blog_header.jpg?itok=LoBzbZIQ' /></a></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/talkmobile_images/2015/05/community_update_blog_header.jpg" alt="Mobile Nations Community Update" /><p> It's the end of the month, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for the Mobile Nations Community Update! As always, we're about to take a look at the happenings around our network, including Android Central, Connectedly, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Central. </p></div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015 Fri, 29 May 2015 13:56:24 +000031468 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/mobile-nations-community-update-may-2015#commentsJames FalconerWhite BlackBerry Leap now available through ShopBlackBerry in France, Germany, and UK<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-through-shopblackberry-france-germany-and-uk' title='White BlackBerry Leap now available through ShopBlackBerry in France, Germany, and UK'><a href='http://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-through-shopblackberry-france-germany-and-uk' title="White BlackBerry Leap now available through ShopBlackBerry in France, Germany, and UK"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/White-Leap.png?itok=catNKVH1' /></a></a></p> <p>If you have been holding out for the white version of the <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap">BlackBerry Leap</a>, you may now be able to order one. BlackBerry has been <a href="http://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-shopblackberry">selling the white variant in the US and Canada</a> for a few weeks now, but they have just added a few additional countries to the list. <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-through-shopblackberry-france-germany-and-uk'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-through-shopblackberry-france-germany-and-uk Fri, 29 May 2015 13:31:40 +0000187530 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/white-blackberry-leap-now-available-through-shopblackberry-france-germany-and-uk#commentsJared DiPaneBeach Buggy Racing drives over from smartphones and tablets to the Xbox One<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/beach-buggy-racing-drives-over-smartphones-xbox-one' title="Beach Buggy Racing drives over from smartphones and tablets to the Xbox One"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/beach-buggy-racing-xbox-one.jpg?itok=KRzlOVeH' /></a></p> <p>After previously releasing Beach Buggy Racing as a free-to-play game for smartphones and tablets, including <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/beach-buggy-racing-available-windows-phone-and-windows">Windows Phone and Windows 8.1</a>, developer Vector Unit has launched the arcade racing game for Microsoft's <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one">Xbox One</a> console for the price of $9.99.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/beach-buggy-racing-drives-over-smartphones-xbox-one Fri, 29 May 2015 13:20:56 +000031467 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/beach-buggy-racing-drives-over-smartphones-xbox-one#commentsJohn CallahamSpark brings a smart and fast email experience to the iPhone<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Tired of email? You may want to give Spark a go. The brand new email client has just been made available for iPhone, offering a new solution for managing email while on the go.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/spark-brings-smart-and-fast-email-experience-iphone' title="Spark brings a smart and fast email experience to the iPhone"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/spark-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=Z-xaVuhV' /></a></p> <p>Regardless of whether or not you have thousands of unread emails lying dormant in your inbox, Spark is a new <a href="http://www.imore.com/best-mail-apps-iphone">client to help you work through your incoming mail</a> "faster than ever before." Spark automatically categorizes incoming mails for more convenient processing, basing its filters on sender and importance. </p> <p>A neat feature of the client is the integration with third-party cloud services, including Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Pocket, and Instapaper. Throw in widgets (calendar, attachments, smart folders, and more), as well as various interface options and you've got yourself a customize-friendly productivity suite.</p> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/128969440" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-vimeo vf-128969440" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>Not only does Spark sport some neat advanced features, but also baseline functionality one would expect to see in an email client:</p> <ul><li>Quick replies</li> <li>Smart Search</li> <li>Fast Signatures</li> <li>Smart Notifications</li> <li>Attachments</li> <li>Save email as PDF</li> <li>Apple Watch App</li> </ul><p>As noted already, Spark has just gone live on the App Store and is ready for download. Hit the link below and give Spark a try to see if it brings anything new to the table for all your email requirements.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id997102246?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/spark-brings-smart-and-fast-email-experience-iphone Fri, 29 May 2015 13:17:25 +000032029 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/spark-brings-smart-and-fast-email-experience-iphone#commentsRich EdmondsManchester City Football Club roll out BBM stickers<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/manchester-city-bbm-stickers' title='Manchester City Football Club roll out BBM stickers'><a href='http://crackberry.com/manchester-city-bbm-stickers' title="Manchester City Football Club roll out BBM stickers"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/MC.JPG?itok=oXMrsucg' /></a></a></p> <p>Believe it or not I'm not a big football (soccer) fan, even though I'm from the UK. So initially when I saw that <a href="http://www.mcfc.co.uk/">Manchester City Football Club</a> now had a pack of <a href="http://crackberry.com/tag/bbm-stickers">BBM stickers</a> available I thought it may only be of interest to those of you that live here. A moment later I changed my mind as I know how international the sport is and that football clubs have fans from all round the world.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/manchester-city-bbm-stickers'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/manchester-city-bbm-stickers Fri, 29 May 2015 13:02:10 +0000187527 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/manchester-city-bbm-stickers#commentsJames RichardsonHow to send someone your heartbeat with Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-someone-your-heartbeat-apple-watch' title="How to send someone your heartbeat with Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-heartbeat-hero.jpg?itok=vyVo86EG' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Share an intimate moment with a close friend or family member by sending them your heartbeat using Apple Watch and Messages.</p> <p>Your Apple Watch can read and record your heartbeat for health and fitness purposes, but it can also send that heartbeat in haptic vibration form to another <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a> wearer — if you'd like it to. Here's how to go about doing it.</p>  <h2>How to send your heartbeat with Apple Watch</h2> <ol><li>Press the <strong>side button</strong> to open the Friends interface.</li> <li>Select the friend you'd like to send your heartbeat to.</li> <li>Tap the <strong>Digital Touch</strong> icon in the bottom center of the screen. (This will only show up — and you can only send your heartbeat — if your recipient also has an Apple Watch.)</li> <li>Lightly rest <strong>two fingers</strong> on the screen. You'll see and feel a haptic representation of your heartbeat for as long as you have your fingers on the screen. (This is also the length of the heartbeat your friend will receive.)<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-someone-your-heartbeat-apple-watch' title="How to send someone your heartbeat with Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-heartbeats-screenshot.jpg?itok=TDfpi29t' /></a><br /></li> <li>A few moments later, your friend or family member will get a Digital Touch notification. When they open it, they'll be able to <strong>feel</strong> your heartbeat on their wrist with a rhythmic series of haptic taps. They can also respond immediately by placing two fingers on their Apple Watch display.</li> </ol><div class="devicebox"> <h3><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a></h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gLIrLTWt8ic?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-glirltwt8ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-review">Apple Watch review</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-help">Apple Watch help</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-apps">Apple Watch apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-buyers-guide">Apple Watch buyers guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch news</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch/">Apple Watch discussion</a></li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-send-someone-your-heartbeat-apple-watch Fri, 29 May 2015 13:00:07 +000031923 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-send-someone-your-heartbeat-apple-watch#commentsSerenity CaldwellXiaomi is taking sign-ups for Windows 10 Mobile ROM beta program, but just for Beijing residents<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/xiaomi-taking-sign-ups-windows-10-mobile-rom-beta-program-just-beijing-residents' title="Xiaomi is taking sign-ups for Windows 10 Mobile ROM beta program, but just for Beijing residents"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/04/xiaomi-mi4-wood-back-hero.jpg?itok=oLskxh9x' /></a></p> <p>In March, Microsoft and Xiaomi announced that both companies would work on a program to beta test a <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-and-xiaomi-enter-program-test-windows-10">Windows 10 Mobile ROM inside the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone</a>, which was originally built for the Android OS. Now Xiaomi is about ready to begin that beta program, but there's a big catch: the testers must live in Beijing, China.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/xiaomi-taking-sign-ups-windows-10-mobile-rom-beta-program-just-beijing-residents Fri, 29 May 2015 12:52:28 +000031466 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/xiaomi-taking-sign-ups-windows-10-mobile-rom-beta-program-just-beijing-residents#commentsJohn CallahamMicrosoft registers "HoloPet" trademark, likelihood of augmented reality kittens rises<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="intro">During <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/build-2015">Build 2015</a> Microsoft very briefly showed an augmented reality dog as part of their HoloLens presentation. It now seems as though the pixel pup could represent a flagship <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-hololens">HoloLens</a> brand.</p> <p>Microsoft registered the "HoloPet" trademark a few days ago, which means I may soon be able to circumvent my girlfriend's aversion to dogs by getting an augmented reality companion instead. </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-registers-holopet-trademark-augmented-reality-kittens-all Fri, 29 May 2015 12:40:54 +000031463 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-registers-holopet-trademark-augmented-reality-kittens-all#commentsJez CordenTrova il 6 - a crazy Windows Phone game with too many nines<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/trova-il-6-windows-phone-game-review' title="Trova il 6 - a crazy Windows Phone game with too many nines"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/Trova_il_6_Lead.jpg?itok=Lce-ebXr' /></a></p> <p>Trova il 6 is a Windows Phone puzzle game that can easily drive you nuts. The premise of Trova il 6 (which is Italian for Find the 6) is simple and true to the gaming title; pick out all the number sixes that are hidden amongst a bunch of nines.</p> <p>While that may sound simple, the games are timed and the field of numbers will change every few seconds. You might be surprised how difficult it is to find a 6 out of a crowded field of 9s. Did I say there were a bunch of nines?</p> <p>Available for low-memory Windows Phones, we were tipped on Trova il 6 by a few readers and found the <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/games">Windows Phone game</a> to be an enjoyable, although frustrating at times, game to pass the time with.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/trova-il-6-windows-phone-game-review Fri, 29 May 2015 12:31:27 +000031408 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/trova-il-6-windows-phone-game-review#commentsGeorge PonderMessenger for Facebook beta update lets you search and filter friends and also adds Active Frame support<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-update-lets-you-search-and-filter-friends-and-also-adds-active-frame-support' title='Messenger for Facebook beta update lets you search and filter friends and also adds Active Frame support'><a href='http://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-update-lets-you-search-and-filter-friends-and-also-adds-active-frame-support' title="Messenger for Facebook beta update lets you search and filter friends and also adds Active Frame support"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/messenger-for-facebook-v50400-passport.jpg?itok=WTIhSJlH' /></a></a></p> <p>On other mobile platforms, chatting via Facebook on your smartphone means you need another app. On <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10" title="BlackBerry 10">BlackBerry 10</a>, the native Facebook app still allows you to chat to your Facebook friends, however, there are some who like to keep their chat separate and this can be done with Messenger for Facebook by Nemory Studios. It has recently gone through a<a href="http://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-revamped-improved-and-now-available-beta-zone" title="Messenger for Facebook revamped, improved and now available in the Beta Zone"> new and improved revamp</a> and was made available through BlackBerry Beta Zone for people to test out and give feedback on. Nemory Studios has been busy, it seems and it has been updated with some more features.</p> <p>Messenger for Facebook is now at v5.0.400 and here are the new additions:</p> <ul><li>Added Like Button in Chats</li> <li>Added Active Frame Support</li> <li>Added ability to search/filter Friends</li> <li>Added ability to Copy Chats to Clipboard</li> <li>Fixed Logout then Login</li> <li>Fixed Blank Authentication Page</li> <li>Fixed Pixelated Tabs</li> <li>Other bug fixes and improvements</li> </ul><p>Note that this update is still within Beta Zone, if you do install it and find some bugs, give some feedback via the Beta Zone app. This will help iron out any issues so that it can be rolled out to everyone through BlackBerry World sooner, rather than later. To install the update, just load up the BlackBerry Beta Zone and look for the Messenger update.</p><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-update-lets-you-search-and-filter-friends-and-also-adds-active-frame-support'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-update-lets-you-search-and-filter-friends-and-also-adds-active-frame-support Fri, 29 May 2015 12:02:55 +0000187526 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/messenger-facebook-update-lets-you-search-and-filter-friends-and-also-adds-active-frame-support#commentsDJ ReyesSwitch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-hero.jpg?itok=qZopl5YQ' /></a></p> <p class="intro">If you're fresh from Windows, you're probably used to right-clicking your mouse to pull up contextual menus and other actions. You can do the same on the Mac, even without a right mouse button. Here's how!</p> <p>If you've just <a href="http://www.imore.com/switch-mac">switched to the Mac</a>, you may find yourself a bit confused by how the Mac's mice and trackpad work. The Mac famously doesn't come with a mouse or trackpad that has a distinct right-mouse button. But that doesn't mean you <em>can't</em> right-click on the Mac. Whether you use the built-in trackpad on your Mac laptop, a Magic Trackpad, a Magic Mouse, or a third-party mouse that has a distinct right button, here's how to enable right-click menus on your Mac.</p>  <h2>How to right click on any Mac</h2> <p>[custom:mac-switcher] Regardless of how your Mac is set up, holding down the <strong>control</strong> key on the keyboard and pressing your primary mouse or trackpad button will open a shortcut or contextual menu, providing the same functionality that most Windows switchers are accustomed to seeing from a right click.</p> <p>If you have a third-party mouse that has a right physical button, OS X should recognize the button and map it accordingly after you plug in the mouse. If you like having a different button as your right click, you can customize which button is primary — left or right — in the Mouse system preference pane.</p> <p>You may also want to check your third-party mouse maker's web site for Mac drivers: Some of the better ones, like Logitech, offer very sophisticated tools for programming not only buttons, but other great functionality like optic tracking speed and acceleration, scroll wheel motion, chording, and more.</p> <h2>How to turn right click on for a Magic Trackpad or MacBook trackpad</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>System Preferences</strong>.</li> <li>Click on the <strong>Trackpad</strong> icon. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-1.jpg?itok=lsb7ZkQ5' /></a><br /></li> <li>Make sure the <strong>Point and Click</strong> tab is selected.</li> <li>Check <strong>Secondary click</strong>. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-2.jpg?itok=Cpm44oxa' /></a></li> </ol><p>Once it's activated, you'll be able to right click by tapping the trackpad with two fingers simultaneously. You can change the preference to click in the bottom left or right corners, if you prefer.</p> <h2>How to turn right click on for a Magic Mouse</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>System Preferences</strong>.</li> <li>Click on <strong>Mouse</strong>. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-3.jpg?itok=4dmoJtbN' /></a></li> <li>Check <strong>Secondary click</strong>, and choose either "click on the right side" or "click on the left side" depending on your preference. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-4.jpg?itok=eRq6YYEs' /></a></li> </ol></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac Fri, 29 May 2015 12:00:07 +000032039 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac#commentsPeter CohenLatest WhatsApp beta build finally adds calling functionality<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/latest-whatsapp-beta-build-finally-adds-calling-functionality' title="Latest WhatsApp beta build finally adds calling functionality"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2014/04/WhatsApp_81_Lede_Tile.jpg?itok=x784LXSb' /></a></p> <p>Attention <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/whatsapp-beta">WhatsApp beta</a> testers! A new build is reportedly rolling out to the testing channel that brings with it calling functionality. Once updated, you should be on version 2.12.38 with the highly anticipated functionality ready to use. Unfortunately for those not on the beta, you'll have to hold out until the build is made live on the public listing.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/latest-whatsapp-beta-build-finally-adds-calling-functionality Fri, 29 May 2015 11:37:28 +000031465 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/latest-whatsapp-beta-build-finally-adds-calling-functionality#commentsRich EdmondsHow to remove glances from your Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-remove-glances-your-apple-watch' title="How to remove glances from your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-remove-glances-apple-watch-hero.jpg?itok=29GKFQPJ' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Removing Glances you don't use can make it faster to get to the ones you do.</p> <p>Apple includes the Settings, Now Playing, Battery, Activity, Maps, Stocks, Weather, Calendar, and World Clock Glances on your <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a> by default, and you can add more from the App Store. But that can lead to a very long list, and a lot of swiping. To save yourself time and effort, you can easily remove the ones you don't use. Here's how!</p>  <h2>How to uninstall Glances when you uninstall apps</h2> <p>You can remove Glances from your Apple Watch at the same time you remove the apps that include them.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Scroll down and tap on the <strong>app</strong> that includes the Glance you want to install.</li> <li>Toggle <strong>Show in Glances</strong> to <strong>OFF</strong>. (If you don't see the option, it means the app doesn't include a Glance.)<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-remove-glances-your-apple-watch' title="How to remove glances from your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-add-glances-apple-watch-screens-01.jpg?itok=3Y3I0afU' /></a></li> </ol><p>You can use this method to toggle glances on or off at any time.</p> <h2>How to remove Glances to your Apple Watch at any time</h2> <p>You can also disable Glances at any time from the Glance management screen.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Apple Watch app</strong> on your iPhone.</li> <li>Tap on the <strong>My Watch</strong> tab.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Glances</strong></li> <li>Find the Glance you want to uninstall (it will be in the top section).</li> <li>Tap on the red <strong>-</strong> icon on the left to install. </li> <li>Tap the red <strong>Remove</strong> button to confirm. (You can also touch the <strong>grabber</strong> icon on the right and drag the Glance down into the "Do Not Include" section at the bottom.)<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-remove-glances-your-apple-watch' title="How to remove glances from your Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/how-to-remove-glances-apple-watch-screens-01.jpg?itok=jZsgTGrg' /></a></li> </ol><div class="devicebox"> <h3><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a></h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gLIrLTWt8ic?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-glirltwt8ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-review">Apple Watch review</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-help">Apple Watch help</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-apps">Apple Watch apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-buyers-guide">Apple Watch buyers guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch news</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch/">Apple Watch discussion</a></li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-remove-glances-your-apple-watch Fri, 29 May 2015 11:00:07 +000031949 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-remove-glances-your-apple-watch#commentsRene RitchieSquare Enix releases Snack Truck Fever and Chaos Rings 3 for iPhone and iPad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Square Enix has released three new titles for mobile devices running iOS. We've already covered the <a href="http://www.imore.com/lara-croft-relic-run-now-available-iphone-and-ipad">launch of Lara Croft</a>, but the publisher also released Snack Truck Fever and Chaos Rings 3.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/square-enix-releases-snack-truck-fever-and-chaos-rings-3-iphone-and-ipad' title="Square Enix releases Snack Truck Fever and Chaos Rings 3 for iPhone and iPad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/chaos-rings-3-screen.jpg?itok=HHcUGp2l' /></a></p>  <p>First up is Chaos Rings 3, which is under Square Enix's bread and butter genre, RPG. The title is the next instalment in the Chaos Rings series of games for the mobile platform, taking players to the Blue Star where unexplored lands, hidden treasures, monsters, legends and more await those who are ready for an adventure. Those familiar with previous party-based RPGs by Square Enix will feel right at home with Chaos Rings 3.</p> <p>While Chaos Rings 3 has been available for some time, it's the English version which has finally been released for gamers.</p> <ul><li>$19.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chaos-rings-iii/id958455860?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Chaos Rings 3 Now</a></li> </ul><div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0G6BM5p3eSg?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-0g6bm5p3esg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <h2>Snack Truck Fever</h2> <p>As well as Chaos Rings 3 now available in English, Square Enix also released Snack Truck Fever. The title is essentially a matching game, but with ingredients to create servings for finicky customers. There are more than 100 levels available, offering lengthy gameplay with a variety of characters.</p> <p>Here are some feature highlights:</p> <blockquote> <ul><li>Over 100 appetizing levels and a cast of colorful characters</li> <li>Fuse flavorful ingredients to prepare the dishes customers order</li> <li>Connect six or more of a kind to create snacks and ingredients with special properties</li> <li>Plenty of playful boosters to help you along your route, including:</li> <li>Game data easily synced between mobile and tablet devices, so you can play the game on the device you want, wherever you want</li> </ul></blockquote> <p>Snack Truck Fever is free to download, but does sport in-app purchases.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/snack-truck-fever/id961869459?l=fr&mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Snack Truck Fever Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/square-enix-releases-snack-truck-fever-and-chaos-rings-3-iphone-and-ipad Fri, 29 May 2015 08:54:47 +000032055 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/square-enix-releases-snack-truck-fever-and-chaos-rings-3-iphone-and-ipad#commentsRich EdmondsYou can now create custom stickers using Telegram Messenger Beta<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/you-can-now-create-custom-stickers-telegram-messenger-beta' title="You can now create custom stickers using Telegram Messenger Beta"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/telegram-messenger-beta-custom-stickers.JPG?itok=YpdoWo5d' /></a></p> <p>Enjoy using stickers in your instant messaging app? You'll want to check out the latest update (version 1.11.0.0) to <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/telegram-messenger-beta">Telegram Messenger Beta</a>, which allows you to create custom sticker sets. Users will be able to design stickers with the help of the @stickers bot, and then be able to share their creations — such as this <a href="https://telegram.me/addstickers/Animals">Animals sticker set</a> — with their contacts.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/you-can-now-create-custom-stickers-telegram-messenger-beta Fri, 29 May 2015 08:21:39 +000031462 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/you-can-now-create-custom-stickers-telegram-messenger-beta#commentsHarish JonnalagaddaFlipkart for Windows Phone lets you sign in with your phone number<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/flipkart-windows-phone-allows-you-sign-your-phone-number' title="Flipkart for Windows Phone lets you sign in with your phone number"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/flipkart-windows-phone.jpg?itok=oyKY8ioI' /></a></p> <p>It's raining updates for Windows Phone fans based out of India today, with the country's largest e-commerce retailer <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/flipkart">Flipkart</a> rolling out an update that brings a new splash screen highlighting its new logo as well as security-focused improvements.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/flipkart-windows-phone-allows-you-sign-your-phone-number Fri, 29 May 2015 06:06:46 +000031461 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/flipkart-windows-phone-allows-you-sign-your-phone-number#commentsHarish JonnalagaddaBADLAND: Game of the Year Edition lands on Xbox One with analog controls, full-HD visuals<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/badland-game-year-edition-lands-xbox-one-analog-controls-full-hd-visuals' title="BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition lands on Xbox One with analog controls, full-HD visuals"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/badland-goty-edition.jpg?itok=ff7hRDdU' /></a></p> <p>Critically-acclaimed side-scroller BADLAND made its way to <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/badland-windows-phone">Windows Phone</a> last year, accumulating over <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/badland-celebrates-20-million-players-new-daydream-level-pack">20 million downloads</a> (across all mobile platforms) in just over six months of its release. The game is now available for the <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one">Xbox One</a>, boasting analog controls that allow you to play with the Xbox One controller, as well as full-HD visuals.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/badland-game-year-edition-lands-xbox-one-analog-controls-full-hd-visuals Fri, 29 May 2015 05:28:25 +000031460 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/badland-game-year-edition-lands-xbox-one-analog-controls-full-hd-visuals#commentsHarish JonnalagaddaBookMyShow update makes it easier for you to find the latest offers on movie tickets<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/bookmyshow-update-makes-it-easier-you-find-latest-offers-movies' title="BookMyShow update makes it easier for you to find the latest offers on movie tickets"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/bookmyshow-lede-windows-phone.jpg?itok=NGcNiHh_' /></a></p> <p>India's movie ticketing service <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/bookmyshow">BookMyShow</a> updated its Windows Phone app with a new design for its offers section, allowing you to find the latest deals on tickets with ease. Also included in the update is the ability to easily add gift vouchers to your transactions.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/bookmyshow-update-makes-it-easier-you-find-latest-offers-movies Fri, 29 May 2015 05:09:54 +000031459 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/bookmyshow-update-makes-it-easier-you-find-latest-offers-movies#commentsHarish JonnalagaddaZomato update brings new design, Uber integration and Urbanspoon listings<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/zomato-update-brings-new-design-uber-integration-and-urbanspoon-listings' title="Zomato update brings new design, Uber integration and Urbanspoon listings"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/zomato-lede-lumia-930.jpg?itok=MaGFKMIn' /></a></p> <p>After <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/urbanspoon-yanked-their-windows-phone-app-return-zomato">acquiring Urbanspoon</a> last year, <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/zomato">Zomato</a> announced that it will integrate the listings from the service within its own app. The restaurant finder service has now finalized the integration, with the latest version of Zomato now showing hundreds of thousands of listings in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The latest version also brings a new design.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/zomato-update-brings-new-design-uber-integration-and-urbanspoon-listings Fri, 29 May 2015 04:47:57 +000031458 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/zomato-update-brings-new-design-uber-integration-and-urbanspoon-listings#commentsHarish JonnalagaddaOneDrive for Windows Phone update with Cortana search now available<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-windows-phone-update-cortana-search-starts-hitting-devices' title="OneDrive for Windows Phone update with Cortana search now available"><img src='http://www.windowscentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2014/08/onedrive_splash_925_hero.JPG?itok=vqRp7dyw' /></a></p> <p>It looks like the update to <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive">OneDrive</a> for Windows Phone that brings along some new search integration with <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/cortana">Cortana</a> is rolling out to devices. The update <a href="http://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-windows-phone-picks-little-search-help-cortana-latest-update">was announced last night</a>, but has been slow out the gate.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-windows-phone-update-cortana-search-starts-hitting-devices Fri, 29 May 2015 00:19:53 +000031457 at http://www.windowscentral.comhttp://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-windows-phone-update-cortana-search-starts-hitting-devices#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterAn Apple customer's thoughts on Google I/O 2015<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apple-customers-look-google-io-2015' title="An Apple customer's thoughts on Google I/O 2015"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/google-io-2015-1.jpg?itok=UiHNZuG1' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Apple customers can and do use many of Google's services, making us Google customers as well.</p> <p>While Apple's <a href="http://www.imore.com/wwdc">WWDC</a> is of little interest to hard-core Android customers, <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2015">Google I/O</a> can and often is of significant interest to Apple customers. It's where Google shows off its big new initiatives and previews updates for its existing services. Some years, those are blips on the radar, here for a moment, gone the next. Other years their scope and implications shake the world. This year, for me, fell somewhere in the middle. Google was restrained, relatively speaking, and focused. Yet as much as they acknowledged the need to shore up what came before, the company's focus is clearly on what's coming next. And that's worth a deeper discussion. </p> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7V-fIGMDsmE?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-7vfigmdsme" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <h2>North Stars</h2> <p>Both Apple and Google have been stating their corporate goals with increasing frequency, including during their respective keynotes. Both are worth comparing and contrasting.</p> <p>Apple's is to make great products. Google's is to organize the world's data.</p> <p>Expanded, that means Apple needs to enter categories where the company believes it can make a substantial contribution through really great products it can sell to a select segment of the market.</p> <p>Google needs to convince everyone on earth to hand over all of their data so Google can organize it and make it accessible to everyone else on earth.</p> <p>Apple funds its strategy by selling those great products at substantial margins. Google by selling advertising against, and intelligence obtained from, the data.</p> <p>Everything Apple says and does on stage is designed to get you to give them money for a product, and to enjoy it so much you want to keep giving them more money for subsequent products.</p> <p>Everything Google says and does on stage is to get you to give them more data, and to enjoy it so much you want to keep giving them more data.</p> <p>That's critical to keep in mind when you watch presentations from either.</p> <h2>Android M</h2> <p>Like last year, Google previewed the next version of the company's mobile operating system, using only the first letter of what will eventually be its dessert-inspired product name. So, <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-announces-android-m-developer-preview">Android M</a>.</p> <p>Of the six tent-poles revealed ons stage, four brought Android much closer in philosophy and functionality to iOS. Permissions are becoming more human. Android Pay will offer platform-level mobile payments. Fingerprint scanning will become core to the system. Battery life is getting more attention and more intelligence.</p> <p>While Google keeps heralding the company's "different together" philosophy, and the advantages of its non-integrated model — just like Microsoft did at the height of its PC dominance — reality is increasingly heralding something else.</p> <p>From Material Design to Google Play Services to app review to moving functionality into the platform, Google realizes that control matters. It serves both the company's interest and consumers. It's absolutely good for everybody. It'll just be interesting to see when Google starts matching its verbiage to its actions. While people famously reference Apple's reality distortion field, Google's has been far, far more effective for the last half-decade.</p> <p>The other two tentpoles were app links and Chrome tabs. I like them both. Letting an app securely register ownership of a link, so it opens in the app rather than the browser, is something I'd love to see on iOS. Apple already does web-to-app <a href="http://www.imore.com/handoff">handoff</a> and has had smart data detectors for years, so app linking seems like a logical step.</p> <p>The idea of a Safari view controller for iOS has been <a href="http://bryan.io/post/104845880796/we-need-a-safari-view-controller">brought up before</a> and remains compelling. Form and password filling can already be handled by <a href="http://www.imore.com/extensibility">extensibility</a> but having everything from bookmarks to logged in status ubiquitous would be a huge win.</p> <p>Even better, if and when Apple brings features like these to iOS, they'll be available on hundreds of millions of devices, going back generations, all at once, everywhere. By contrast it'll likely take years for Android M to propagate to a majority of handsets.</p> <p>Google is working to improve that, and they should be, but it remains a significant challenge for Google and a competitive advantage for Apple.</p> <h2>Android Wear</h2> <p>Google's vendor partners managed to push out seven watches in the last year, which have likely, collectively, sold over a million units by now, and accumulated over 4000 apps. (Google didn't specify if clock faces were counted as apps; I'll assume not).</p> <p>4000 is the same number Apple's Jeff Williams announced as available for the Apple Watch the day before. Apple hasn't announced sales numbers for the Apple Watch, but it's no doubt in double digit millions already and growing.</p> <p>Given the differences in business and app models, it's not a fair comparison, but it's an important one.</p> <p>Though the features gone over on stage weren't brand spanking new, they're still worth mentioning: always on apps, wrist gestures, draw emoji, and more resources for apps.</p> <p>Jeff Williams likewise reiterated native apps would be coming to the Apple Watch, would be previewed at WWDC, and would include access to sensors and the Digital Crown.</p> <p>Drawing emoji and wrist gestures seem like they might be convenient but also annoying. I'll have to try the implementation. I'm not desperate for them, though. Always on apps I really want in theory but the way they work on Android Wear right now doesn't look great.</p> <h2>Apps, Maps, and Photos</h2> <p>Google stressed the size and reach of the Android platform several times as a way to entice developers. It fell flat for me. Platform size is meaningless unless you give developers a way to pay for food and shelter. Every customer has a cost, and the platform has to offer value that exceeds that cost. That's why iOS, despite the difference in install base, continues to attract insanely disproportionate developer attention.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-bringing-full-offline-access-google-maps-later-year">Google Maps</a> stuff looked great, though. They're going offline. You'll be able to search and even get turn-by-turn navigation in areas with a spotty or non-existent data connection. Other services have done this by requiring gigabyte-sized downloads. I'm not sure what Google will be doing, by I'm hoping it's <em>way</em> smarter than that.</p> <p><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-photos-companys-newly-revealed-app-organizing-images-and-videos">Google Photos</a> also looks great, and in many ways similar to Apple's new Photos and iCloud Photo Library. It's available for iOS as well as Android, so it's another option for iPhone and iPad owners to consider. It's also got an unlimited "<a href="http://www.imore.com/google-photos-may-be-free-what-personal-cost">free-as-in-Google</a>" storage and backup tier. (If you want to keep the original quality, however, you'll have to pay.)</p> <h2>Google Now and On Tap</h2> <p>Google Now continues to fascinate me. There's nothing I'd love more than Tony Stark's JARVIS in my life — a virtual persona assistant to rival a real one. Yet, at the same time, nothing would terrify me more. Privacy, like security, is at perpetual war with convenience. Surrendering personal data to get services isn't inherently good or bad, but we should carefully consider each and every choice we make along that path.</p> <p>I currently don't use Google Now because it feels too "expensive" to me. The amount of data it wants me to give in exchange for more convenient notifications is too high. Each time Google adds a new feature, including the new, more contextually relevant "On Tap" feature they showed off on stage, I'm forced to re-evaluate that.</p> <p>I joke about how, when Google uses terms like "machine learning" and "neural networks", and when I see those spider dog bots from Boston Dynamics, Terminator and the Matrix come instantly to mind. But in truth, the humans concern me just as much.</p> <p>Apple, who for years didn't want to do operations on customer data in the cloud, is working on a Google Now-like service of its own. I have a tendency to trust Apple more only because its business model doesn't involve brokering my data. But that could change one day too. Data last a long, long time and humans are very, very good at mortgaging our long term interests for short term convenience.</p> <p>The new Google Now and On Tap features look like amazing technology. I'm just terribly conflicted about using any of it.</p> <h2>Balloon, Cardboard, Brillo, and more!</h2> <p>Google deserves a lot of credit for how inclusive the company's keynotes continue to be. There was a lot of other stuff announced as well, much of it aimed at bringing Internet access and mobile devices to emerging markets, virtual reality to schools, Android to the Internet of Things, and otherwise increasing the scope of Google market. (I wish they'd spent some time talking about first-party accessibility, though.)</p> <p>The optimist in me sees this as Google trying to make the world a better place by giving back. Thanks to the revenue they accrue from showing ads, they can afford to create novel new infrastructures, enable low-cost technologies, and otherwise fund the future.</p> <p>It's the Star Trek machine. It's Memory Alpha. And all these great services are the bits upon which it's built.</p> <p>The pessimist in me sees this as Google creating ever more channels for data acquisition. By getting emerging markets and children onto the company's services in a way that looks altruistic. Instead of people getting angry when Google advertises to parents in an attempt to get their children's data, they put their services in schools and parents thank them for taking their children's data.</p> <p>It's a beast of unprecedented, unimaginable size. And all this cool technology is the sedative we're given to feed it.</p> <p>The realist in me sees both. Google is pushing out fantastic new features at a breakneck pace, but all of them are ones I need to go into with eyes wide open.</p> <p>Google wants to organize the world's data. To do that, it needs the data. It needs us to provide it, and it needs us to <em>want</em> to provide it. Everything Google does is based on that single truth.</p> <p><em>Updated with a section on Google Now and On Tap.</em></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/apple-customers-look-google-io-2015 Fri, 29 May 2015 00:10:19 +000032054 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/apple-customers-look-google-io-2015#commentsRene RitchieShazam snags visual recognition for QR codes and images<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Shazam isn't just for audio anymore: you can now use the app to recognize QR codes and images as well.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/shazam-snags-visual-recognition-qr-codes-and-images-latest-update' title="Shazam snags visual recognition for QR codes and images"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/shazam-visual-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=Ba3kRJDs' /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.imore.com/tag/shazam">Shazam</a> announced that users with the latest version of its can now scan images and QR codes that will offer up access to interactive content and more.  Here's how Shazam describes the new feature:</p> <blockquote> <p>Starting today, users with the latest version of Shazam installed on their mobile phones can simply open the app and tap the new camera icon to start the visual experience. Whenever they wave their phone over any item with the Shazam camera logo on it or a QR Code, they'll instantly get taken to custom mobile experiences including interactive content, special offers, and ability to purchase items or share them with others.</p> </blockquote> <p>To make the magic happen, Shazam says that it has partnered with a long list of companies, including Target, Disney, Esquire, to put interactive content on their products through the Shazam camera logo and QR codes.</p> <p>If you're eager to give things a shot, it should be available today. It looks like the scanner will work with regular old QR codes well enough, but you may have to work a little harder to track down any interactive, Shazam-specific images to check out.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shazam/id284993459?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download</a></li> </ul><p>Source: <a href="http://news.shazam.com/pressreleases/shazam-introduces-visual-recognition-capabilities-opening-up-a-new-world-of-shazamable-content-1168520">Shazam</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/shazam-snags-visual-recognition-qr-codes-and-images-latest-update Thu, 28 May 2015 22:54:27 +000032053 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/shazam-snags-visual-recognition-qr-codes-and-images-latest-update#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterNew Google Photos app now available for iPhone and iPad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Google's brand new Photos app is now available to download for iPhone and iPad, in addition to being available on the web, letting you back up all of your photos with at no cost.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/new-google-photos-app-unlimited-storage--available-iphone-ipad' title="New Google Photos app now available for iPhone and iPad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/google-photos-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=XRaZeXNu' /></a></p> <p>Earlier today at <a href="http://www.imore.com/http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2015">Google I/O 2015</a>, Google introduced <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-photos-companys-newly-revealed-app-organizing-images-and-videos">their revamped photos service</a>, which offers a free, unlimited storage tier that's good for up to 1080p video and 16MP still images. (If you're okay with compression, if not you'll need to use paid storage to keep the original, uncompressed files.)</p> <p>Google Photos has been built from the ground up to ensure maximum security of your most precious images. Google Photos does not store your images locally on your device, but from the overall experience you would never know otherwise.</p> <p>The app offers automatic image backup from smartphones, computers, and memory cards. Once images are uploaded they will then be organized and easily searchable. Users will be able to easily navigate photos from yesterday, last month, or last year with a few simple swipes on the screen. Check out the all new <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-photos/id962194608?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad</a>, and <a href="http://photos.google.com">on the web</a> now.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-photos/id962194608?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/new-google-photos-app-unlimited-storage--available-iphone-ipad Thu, 28 May 2015 21:46:59 +000032050 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/new-google-photos-app-unlimited-storage--available-iphone-ipad#commentsJared DiPaneVainglory is now a universal game for the iPhone and iPad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">The latest update to the game Vainglory turns it into a universal app for the iPhone and iPad.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/vainglory-now-universal-app-iphone-and-ipad-its-latest-update' title="Vainglory is now a universal game for the iPhone and iPad "><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/11/ipad-vainglory-hero.jpg?itok=40-MIpNc' /></a></p> <p>Fans of the hit free-to-play MOBA game <a href="http://www.imore.com/tag/vainglory">Vainglory</a> can download an update to version 1.5. In addition to some new game content, it turns the game into a universal app for both the iPhone and iPad.  Prior to today, Vainglory was released as separate apps for the iPhone and iPad. While iPad players will not notice any difference, gamers on the iPhone version will be directed to the new, universal Vainglory app when they download the 1.5 update.</p> <p>After that is done, the iPhone players will see two Vainglory apps. One is the brand new version which can be played immediately, while the other is the old version which will continuously ask users to "update to latest version". That one can be safely deleted.</p> <p>The new version also adds a new Hero to the game called Fortress. Here is its description:</p> <blockquote> <p>This Halcyon Well guardian is a snarling, frightening sight in the jungle. He stalks prey, closes in with teammates, flanks targets and creates challenging, multi-front confrontations. Stay near your allies and bite and claw your way to kills.</p> </blockquote> <p>There are a number of other new additions and features in this update, including a Basic Bots mode that helps new players get used to playing Vainglory before they join online matches with real people.</p> <p><a href="http://www.imore.com/vainglory-review" title="" class="cta large">Check out our review of Vainglory</a></p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vainglory/id671464704?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download now</a></li> </ul><p>Source: <a href="http://www.vainglorygame.com/news/2015/5/27/fortress-update-15-attack-of-the-pack">Vainglory</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/vainglory-now-universal-app-iphone-and-ipad-its-latest-update Thu, 28 May 2015 21:00:34 +000032048 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/vainglory-now-universal-app-iphone-and-ipad-its-latest-update#commentsJohn CallahamHow to send a message with Siri on Apple Watch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-message-siri-apple-watch' title="How to send a message with Siri on Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/send-message-via-siri-apple-watch-hero.jpg?itok=ksT-pnGU' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Want to dash a quick message off to your friends? Use Siri on your Apple Watch to get the job done.</p> <p>When you're on the go and want to quickly reply or initiate a conversation to a friend, family member, or passing contact, you can use <a href="http://www.imore.com/siri">Siri</a> on your <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a> to take care of it all.</p>  <h2>How to send a message using Siri on your Apple Watch</h2> <ol><li>To activate Siri, either say <strong>"Hey Siri"</strong> after you wake your Apple Watch, or press the <strong>Digital Crown</strong>.</li> <li>You can send a text message to someone a couple of different ways, depending on your hands-free requirements. <ol><li>To initiate a message with your voice, say <strong>"Send a message to [contact/phone number]"</strong>. This will then bring you to the traditional Messages interface, where you can send a quick reply, emoji, and voice or text message.</li> <li>To avoid tapping, you can send the entire message in one fell swoop, like this: <strong>"Tell [my friend] We're going out for sushi later period want to join question mark"</strong>. You'll see a preview of your message, at which point you can either tap it to send, or say <strong>"Hey Siri, send"</strong>.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-message-siri-apple-watch' title="How to send a message with Siri on Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-tell-siri-screenshot.jpg?itok=UJmmMDLF' /></a></li> </ol></li> </ol><h2>How to reply to a message using Siri on your Apple Watch</h2> <p>You can also reply to messages using Siri.</p> <ol><li>When the notification comes in, you can respond to it one of two ways: <ol><li>Say <strong>"Hey Siri, reply"</strong> to bring up the Messages interface.</li> <li>Say <strong>"Hey Siri, reply [message]</strong>, then <strong>Hey Siri, send</strong> to do the whole thing hands-free.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-send-message-siri-apple-watch' title="How to send a message with Siri on Apple Watch"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/apple-watch-reply-messages-siri-screenshot.jpg?itok=Nxd0bdjh' /></a><br /></li> </ol></li> <li>You can also reply if you don't have "Hey Siri" turned on by holding down the <strong>Digital Crown</strong> and saying <strong>"reply"</strong> or <strong>"reply [message]</strong>.</li> </ol><div class="devicebox"> <h3><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch</a></h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gLIrLTWt8ic?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-glirltwt8ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-review">Apple Watch review</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-help">Apple Watch help</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-apps">Apple Watch apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-buyers-guide">Apple Watch buyers guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-watch">Apple Watch news</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch/">Apple Watch discussion</a></li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/how-send-message-siri-apple-watch Thu, 28 May 2015 21:00:08 +000031921 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/how-send-message-siri-apple-watch#commentsSerenity CaldwellApple acquires augmented reality firm Metaio<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple has acquired an augmented reality company called Metaio.</p> <p>According to legal documents obtained by <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/28/apple-metaio/"><em>TechCrunch</em></a>, Apple has acquired augmented reality company Metaio. Additionally, according to the company's website, Metaio has suspended purchases of its products and subscriptions.</p>  <p>Prior to today, Metaio offered up a range of tools for developers of augmented reality applications, including an SDK, an AR authoring tool, and cloud services for distributing content updates for AR apps. An example of Metaio's technology in action is an app from Ferrari, seen below, that creates a virtual showroom on a user's device.</p> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DT5Wd8mvAgE?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-dt5wd8mvage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>It's unclear where Metaio's technology may fit in with Apple's plans, but we have seen <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-said-be-taking-google-now-upcoming-service-codenamed-proactive">recent hints</a> that the company is looking to bring augmented reality features to Apple Maps in a future update, codenamed "Proactive."</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/28/apple-metaio/">TechCrunch</a></p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/apple-acquires-augmented-reality-firm-mataio Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:19 +000032047 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/apple-acquires-augmented-reality-firm-mataio#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterWhat's new on the App Store: Pixelmator for iPhone, Geometry Wars 3<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Every week, the <a href="http://www.imore.com/app-store">App Store</a> highlights some of the best new and updated apps in its catalogue. This week we have apps like Pixelmator for iPhone, Moleskine's Timepage calendar, and important game updates.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/whats-new-app-store-pixelmator-iphone-geometry-wars-3' title="What's new on the App Store: Pixelmator for iPhone, Geometry Wars 3"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/app-store-5-28-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=gfLEpOlm' /></a></p> <p>One of the major new arrivals on the App Store this week is photo editor <a href="http://www.imore.com/pixelmator-arrives-iphone-put-desktop-class-editing-your-pocket">Pixelmator for iPhone</a>. Moleskine also brought a new app to the iPhone and Apple Watch with Timepage, a minimal calendar. We've also got Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions for iPhone and iPad, and GifLab, an app for turning your videos into GIFs.</p> <ul><li>Pixelmator - $4.99 (limited time) - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pixelmator/id924695435?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> <li>Moleskine Timepage - $4.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id989178902?at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> <li>Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions - $4.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geometry-wars-3-dimensions/id917463360?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> <li>GifLab - Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/giflab-turn-your-videos-into/id975415947?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> </ul><p>Apple has also highlighted a number of games that have received major new updates recently. Notable updates include Vainglory, which has added a new hero, skins and is now Universal, Block Fortress, with its new player-vs.-player arena, and Zen Pinball, which has added Portal Pinball features.</p> <ul><li>Vainglory - Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vainglory/id671464704?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> <li>Block Fortress - $1.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/block-fortress/id586280100?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> <li>Zen Pinball - Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zen-pinball/id465694275?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download Now</a></li> </ul><p>Be sure to check out all of the new apps and games now available on the App Store.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/whats-new-app-store-pixelmator-iphone-geometry-wars-3 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:27:36 +000032046 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/whats-new-app-store-pixelmator-iphone-geometry-wars-3#commentsJoseph KellerGoogle Photos may be free — but there's still a cost<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/google-photos-may-be-free-what-personal-cost' title="Google Photos may be free — but there's still a cost"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/google-photos-hero.jpg?itok=N9yPAr48' /></a></p> <p class="intro">Google Photos storage won't cost money, but you should know what you're signing up for.</p> <p><strong>Updated on 5/29 10AM ET to add information from Steven Levy's excellent interview with Google Vice President of Streams, Photos, and Sharing Bradley Horowitz, and to add information about Google's high-quality photo pricing tiers.</strong></p> <p>Google announced its <a href="http://www.google.com/photos/about/?page=auto-enhance">new Photos service</a> at I/O today: It looks a lot like <a href="http://www.imore.com/icloud-photo-library">iCloud Photo Library</a>, but with even more perks. Automatic slideshow movies! Insta-GIFs from burst photos! Interactive stories! You can automatically search for faces, places, and things without tagging! It syncs with iOS and the web! And, oh yeah — unlimited* (if your photos are 16MB or less) storage for <em>free</em>. What could be better?</p> <p>Well, to start, it's important to know what "free" might actually cost you, and whether you're okay with that tradeoff.</p>  <h2>The dark side of free</h2> <p>As a company, Google has a lengthy history of offering free services with outrageously awesome storage capacities: Look at Gmail or Google Drive. There's a great business reason for that: free, in many cases, equals mass adoption. People love free things. One less bill I have to deal with? Sign me up!</p> <p>As a result, you get an awesome service you don't have to pay money for. But what does Google get from this relationship? Data. Lots and lots of data.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/google-photos-may-be-free-what-personal-cost' title="Google Photos may be free — but there's still a cost"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/05/google-photos-free-hero.jpg?itok=SWXeZLP8' /></a></p> <p>When you offer a free service, you're likely to get many more people to sign up or download it than if that service was offered at a cost. Google in large part uses this data to improve and expand its services: It needs those vast user numbers to make its services the best in the world. But because the company isn't charging for its services to get those user numbers, it still has to make money — it isn't a charity.</p> <p>And therein comes the potential dark side of Google's data usage, where the company pays its debts by leveraging its biggest asset: you. The millions of people who sign up for free Google services agree to terms and conditions that give the company permission to access certain subsets of any information you put online.</p> <p>In plain English, that means being able to sell custom ads against your data: showing you a Nordstrom ad for shoes, for instance, because Google knows from search or web history that you looked at some yesterday, or from Gmail that you purchased heels at the store last week.</p> <p>The company uses this data to sell to advertisers, and advertisers in turn get a much closer look at you, your spending habits, and your daily activities. For some people, this is a perfectly reasonable tradeoff for "free". But many others sign up for these services without ever quite realizing what they've given away.</p> <h2>The potential of photographic data</h2> <p>An image may be worth 1000 words, but image metadata may spill far more information than that, especially when applied to a Google service. According to <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2015-keynote-liveblog">this year's Google I/O keynote</a>, the Photos service will offer a search function that can find people, places, and objects — all without any active tagging on the end user's part.</p> <p>It does this in part by scanning your image's metadata: the location and other information your camera builds into the underlying code of your digital image. For the rest, I suspect Google is inventing its own supplemental metadata, using rapid image scans and automatic face detection as part of the company's continuous "machine learning" system. It may not be perfect at the start, but as Google gets more and more photographs to scan, it could become the most accurate auto-tagging service on the Internet.</p> <p>In an <a href="https://medium.com/backchannel/bradley-horowitz-says-that-google-photos-is-gmail-for-your-images-and-that-google-plus-is-not-dead-54be1d641526">interview with Medium's Steven Levy</a>, Google Vice President of Streams, Photos, and Sharing Bradley Horowitz talks a bit about their systems for doing this:</p> <blockquote> <p>We have a proliferation of devices and storage and bandwidth, to the point where every single moment of our life can be saved and recorded. But you don't get a second life with which to curate, review, and appreciate the first life. You almost need a second vacation to go through the pictures of the safari on your first vacation. That's the problem we're trying to fix — to automate the process so that users can be in the moment. We also want to bring all of the power of computer vision and machine learning to improve those photos, create derivative works, to make suggestions…to really be your assistant.</p> </blockquote> <p>On one hand, that's fantastic for users: They'll have a speedy, smart search option that can help bring up the image they're looking for even if they've never written a word about it.</p> <p>But, like with Gmail, this kind of technology innovation costs money: I doubt the company is making this feature available out of the kindness of its heart. Google has yet to put up its terms and conditions for Google Photos, so we don't quite know what it might do with this metadata — how the company's advertisers might be able to use or not use it — and whether you'll be able to opt-out and still use the free service.</p> <p>According to Horowitz, Google has no plans to utilize this data for advertising or other means... yet:</p> <blockquote> <p>The information gleaned from analyzing these photos does not travel outside of this product — not today. But if I thought we could return immense value to the users based on this data I'm sure we would consider doing that. For instance, if it were possible for Google Photos to figure out that I have a Tesla, and Tesla wanted to alert me to a recall, that would be a service that we would consider offering, with appropriate controls and disclosure to the user.</p> </blockquote> <p>I want to reiterate that Google's goals for using your information aren't intentionally shady: The company is trying to use your data to help you live your life. Down the line, however, targeted ads may well fit into that life. It's just a matter of what data you want to share (and potentially give) to companies for their usage.</p> <p>Take Yahoo's Flickr, which offers 1TB of free photos storage: In the company's <a href="https://policies.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/products/flickr/index.htm">privacy policy</a>, it notes the following:</p> <blockquote> <p>Advertisements shown to you may be related to textual information, such as metadata and notes, associated with the photo you are seeing, or the search term you entered.</p> <p>... We use image recognition algorithms to identify scenes, actions, or objects to tag your photos and make it easier to search images. You may hide your images from appearing in search results.</p> </blockquote> <p>Flickr's advertisers can not only insert ads into your Flickr timeline, but they can also use your metadata and information to customize ads for you. Hypothetically, this information-gathering could result in something like the following: Say you went to Disney World last November, and you pull up the photo album in May to give it a look through. After your tenth picture, you get an ad that encourages you to plan a trip to Disney World this fall and gives you a special coupon for it.</p> <p>Helpful? Sure. Creepy? Just a bit.</p> <p>It's also worth noting that Google Photos isn't entirely free in the conventional sense: Despite not mentioning it on-stage at the I/O keynote, Google's service is only free for those uploading video under 1080p and photos under 16 megapixels. Upload anything larger — say, a great DSLR shot — and if you're on the free plan, it's automatically compressed. For some, again, this may not be a problem, but those who want to back up their images at full resolution will have to pay for a plan. To Google's credit, those plans are significantly cheaper than Apple's storage options: 1TB will cost you $10 on Google to Apple's $20. For people with large libraries that won't quite fit into iCloud Photos Library or those on more of a budget, that's an incredibly appealing price.</p> <h2>Proceed with caution</h2> <p>As I've said multiple times above, I'm not going to advise people <em>against</em> signing up for Google Photos: Google has a lot of admirable technical goals, and it genuinely believes this kind of mass data-gathering will help achieve those goals. But the company may not be able to get the vast userbase numbers it needs to make its search services best in class without making those services free. And if they're free, Google has to pay for them in another way. Right now, Google has no plans for ads in your photos, a la Flickr, but, as Horowitz said, they're not opposed to the idea.</p> <p>Apple has chosen to go the opposite route for its Photos service: The company charges for storage beyond 5GB, but underneath that is a top-tier guarantee against data-mining and unauthorized use of your personal information. But that monetary cost — atop a dozen other bills — has proved somewhat of a barrier to people looking to store their full libraries in iCloud. Google's large free tier and pricing for larger, HQ libraries is a shot across the bow to Apple in that department, and it'll be interesting to see if Apple responds come <a href="http://www.imore.com/wwdc">WWDC time</a>. The service is currently being outpriced by almost every other one in the game, and it might be worth putting a few million dollars from its massive savings account toward storage to encourage new users to give it a try.</p> <h2>Choose your own adventure</h2> <p>At the end of the day, it's up to you to choose whether you're spending your money or your data on your online services. It's a personal call. I'm not going to decry Google for its practices, nor will I put Apple's iCloud Photo Library service on a pedestal. All I'm advocating for is that when you choose a photos service, you know and choose how you're paying for it. For me, that choice is simple.</p> </div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/google-photos-may-be-free-what-personal-cost Thu, 28 May 2015 20:15:08 +000032043 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/google-photos-may-be-free-what-personal-cost#commentsSerenity CaldwellGeometry Wars 3: Dimensions blasts its way onto iPhone and iPad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Sierra's Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions brings its shapely shooter action to iPhone and iPad today.</p> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sKVlW3Npv5Y?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-skvlw3npv5y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <p>Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, an insanely fast-paced shooter based in a world of geometric mayhem, has launched for iPhone and iPad today after originally hitting Mac <a href="http://www.imore.com/geometry-wars-3-dimensions-lands-mac-15">late last year</a>.  As the latest entry in the wildly popular line of Geometry Wars games, here's what you can look forward to in Dimensions:</p> <blockquote> <ul><li>50 Adventure levels with a wide variety of 3D grid shapes, game modes, and boss battles</li> <li>2 Exclusive bonus levels for the iPhone, iPad and iPod </li> <li>5 Classic Arcade levels inspired by franchise heritage</li> <li>Over 10 battle modes including Pacifism, King and Claustrophobia</li> <li>5 unique companion drones such as Attack, Collector, Ram and Snipe</li> <li>5 devastating super abilities including Homing, Black Hole and Turret</li> <li>Compete with friends and other players on global leaderboards for every level in the game </li> <li>Metal support with stunning, console-quality graphics </li> <li>Dual and single-stick touch control configurations</li> <li>MFI Controller support </li> <li>Use iCloud to save your progress and pick up where you left off across iPhone, iPad and/or iPod devices</li> </ul></blockquote> <p>If you're ready to give the game a shot on your iPhone or iPad, you can grab it from iTunes for $4.99 from the link below. Also be sure to <a href="http://www.imore.com/geometry-wars-3-dimensions-mac">check out our review of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions for Mac</a> to read our impressions of the game.</p> <ul><li>$4.99 - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geometry-wars-3-dimensions/id917463360?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Buy Now</a></li> </ul></div></div></div>http://www.imore.com/geometry-wars-3-dimensions-blasts-its-way-ios Thu, 28 May 2015 19:57:57 +000032044 at http://www.imore.comhttp://www.imore.com/geometry-wars-3-dimensions-blasts-its-way-ios#commentsDan Thorp-LancasterBlackBerry Leap arrives in the Philippines May 30th with special offers from Globe Telecom<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-arrives-philippines-may-30th' title='BlackBerry Leap arrives in the Philippines May 30th with special offers from Globe Telecom'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-arrives-philippines-may-30th' title="BlackBerry Leap arrives in the Philippines May 30th with special offers from Globe Telecom"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/BlackBerry-Leap-Right-Angle-Brown.jpg?itok=ca-O5Yb-' /></a></a></p> <p>BlackBerry customers in the Philippines looking to get their hands on a brand new <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap">BlackBerry Leap</a> won't have much longer to wait now. As announced by BlackBerry, the device will be made available starting May 30th with retail pricing set at PHP 13,490 through MemoXpress stores.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-arrives-philippines-may-30th'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-arrives-philippines-may-30th Thu, 28 May 2015 02:07:55 +0000187522 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-arrives-philippines-may-30th#commentsBla1zeHow to transfer files using Wi-Fi Direct on BlackBerry 10<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Wi-Fi Direct isn't a new feature to <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10" title="BlackBerry 10">BlackBerry 10</a>, in fact it has been available since OS 10.2 but we haven't actually shown it in action here to CrackBerry yet, so there's no time like the present to do so. After all, you might be new to the BlackBerry 10 OS and didn't realise this was something you could do. I've actually started using it more as I recently got hold of a <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap" title="BlackBerry Leap">BlackBerry Leap</a> and usually I use NFC to transfer photos and files between my devices but since the Leap does not have NFC, I've had to find other ways and W-iFi Direct was the next best thing.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/how-transfer-files-using-wi-fi-direct-blackberry-10'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/how-transfer-files-using-wi-fi-direct-blackberry-10 Wed, 27 May 2015 19:04:31 +0000187519 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/how-transfer-files-using-wi-fi-direct-blackberry-10#commentsDJ ReyesBlackBerry hosting three-part webinar series covering enterprise mobile security<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-hosting-three-part-webinar-series-covering-enterprise-mobile-security' title='BlackBerry hosting three-part webinar series covering enterprise mobile security'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-hosting-three-part-webinar-series-covering-enterprise-mobile-security' title="BlackBerry hosting three-part webinar series covering enterprise mobile security"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/BES12-EMM-Webinar.png?itok=uGNLiFal' /></a></a></p> <p>BlackBerry has been on a roll lately with webinars and the latest announced sessions are spanned across three parts and focus on how enterprises can build bullet-proof security by having a proper enterprise mobility management strategy in place. Each session will offer strategic insights and actionable tactics to minimize risks in mobile security.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-hosting-three-part-webinar-series-covering-enterprise-mobile-security'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-hosting-three-part-webinar-series-covering-enterprise-mobile-security Wed, 27 May 2015 02:23:23 +0000187518 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-hosting-three-part-webinar-series-covering-enterprise-mobile-security#commentsBla1zeWatch John Chen's full interview from the Greater KW Chamber of Commerce luncheon<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon' title='Watch John Chen's full interview from the Greater KW Chamber of Commerce luncheon'><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon' title="Watch John Chen's full interview from the Greater KW Chamber of Commerce luncheon"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2013/12/john-chen-stock.jpeg?itok=ofxTMQLS' /></a></a></p> <p>Back on May 5th, <a href="http://crackberry.com/john-chen-speaks-greater-kitchener-waterloo-chamber-commerce-luncheon">BlackBerry CEO John Chen sat down with the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and 400 guests for a special luncheon and interview</a> with Chamber of Commerce CEO, Ian McLean, that covered such topics as BlackBerry's turnaround strategy and the company's ongoing commitment to the region. At the time, there was no video from the event available but now, the full interview has been posted for everyone.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon Tue, 26 May 2015 23:02:48 +0000187516 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/watch-john-chens-full-interview-greater-kw-chamber-commerce-luncheon#commentsBla1zeLatest version of Hub2Watch brings hidden options and dynamically changing watchfaces<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/latest-version-hub2watch-brings-secret-functions-and-dynamically-changing-watchfaces' title='Latest version of Hub2Watch brings hidden options and dynamically changing watchfaces'><a href='http://crackberry.com/latest-version-hub2watch-brings-secret-functions-and-dynamically-changing-watchfaces' title="Latest version of Hub2Watch brings hidden options and dynamically changing watchfaces"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/hub2watch-4-pebble.jpg?itok=dUNKaMAG' /></a></a></p> <p>If you're a Pebble user you may have come across <a href="http://crackberry.com/hands-hub2watch-get-all-hub-notifications-your-pebble-smartwatch" title="Hands-on with Hub2Watch - get all Hub notifications on your Pebble smartwatch">Hub2Watch</a>, an app we have covered here before. It's more of an extension to the <a href="http://crackberry.com/app/talk2watch-pro" title="Talk2Watch Pro">Talk2Watch Pro</a> -- the third party Pebble watch client. Hub2Watch catches all accounts in the Hub and can notify you when you have a message. Which is great as it can notify you of messages that Talk2Watch Pro can't let you know of. However, you can't see the contents of the message, it's just a notification if which account has a message unread and how many unread messages there are within that account. You can check out our <a href="http://crackberry.com/hands-hub2watch-get-all-hub-notifications-your-pebble-smartwatch" title="Hands-on with Hub2Watch - get all Hub notifications on your Pebble smartwatch">hands-on review of Hub2Watch</a> to see it in action.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/latest-version-hub2watch-brings-secret-functions-and-dynamically-changing-watchfaces'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/latest-version-hub2watch-brings-secret-functions-and-dynamically-changing-watchfaces Tue, 26 May 2015 21:48:44 +0000187513 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/latest-version-hub2watch-brings-secret-functions-and-dynamically-changing-watchfaces#commentsDJ ReyesThe Leather Flex Shell Case doubles as a sturdy desk stand for the BlackBerry Passport<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>BlackBerry has updated their Transform shell cases for <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10" title="BlackBerry 10">BlackBerry 10</a> smartphones and they are now called Flex shell cases. So called because the back can <em>flex</em> outward to form a stand. There was a Transform shell for the <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-z10" title="BlackBerry 10">BlackBerry Z10</a> and <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-z30" title="BlackBerry Z30">Z30</a>, both different in design and now the Flex shell is a pretty nice update to the design. I was very fond of the Transform shell case for the Z10. It was one of the first cases I used on my Z10 and one that stuck around for a long while. The shell cases have always been of minimal design and minimal protection but they're made by BlackBerry so I always give them a go. I wasn't too fond of the Z30 Transform shell. It was a nice case but not too great when it came to using it as a kickstand. And that's where the new Flex shell comes in with it's new and improved design.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/leather-flex-shell-case-blackberry-passport'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/leather-flex-shell-case-blackberry-passport Tue, 26 May 2015 11:36:04 +0000187506 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/leather-flex-shell-case-blackberry-passport#commentsDJ ReyesNew features and bug fixes introduced as Follow Mail updates to version 4.0<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/foll0w-mail-v4' title='New features and bug fixes introduced as Follow Mail updates to version 4.0'><a href='http://crackberry.com/foll0w-mail-v4' title="New features and bug fixes introduced as Follow Mail updates to version 4.0"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/Follow%20Mail.JPG?itok=0IMZeWeJ' /></a></a></p> <p>It was only a couple of weeks ago that native <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10">BlackBerry 10</a> developer 'Emberify' once again <a href="http://crackberry.com/emberify-app-giveaway">gave away</a> a bunch of apps, including Follow Mail. Today see's the enhanced email application update to version 4.0 and a few new features are brought to the table.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/foll0w-mail-v4'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/foll0w-mail-v4 Tue, 26 May 2015 09:01:11 +0000187514 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/foll0w-mail-v4#commentsJames RichardsonBerryFlow Upstream Podcast - Shares<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares' title='BerryFlow Upstream Podcast - Shares'><a href='http://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares' title="BerryFlow Upstream Podcast - Shares"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/UpstreamYoutube-4.jpg?itok=X3B9C5wf' /></a></a></p> <p>Did you miss out on checking out BerryFlow Upstream live last night? If you did for whatever reason, you can now watch the replay or download the audio to get yourself caught up. This week we took a look at some of the latest takeover rumors, Jennifer Doidge joining BlackBerry, talk a little on handsets and how John Chen plans on turning a profit with them and more. No BS here, we started off rough, but it gets good around that middle right to the very end. We ended up getting into some hot debate about future hardware, swore a few times making it a bit NSFW but overall, good convo.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares Mon, 25 May 2015 23:15:17 +0000187512 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/berryflow-upstream-podcast-shares#commentsBla1zeFrom the Editor's Desk: BlackBerry takeover rumors, layoffs and Losing the Signal<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books' title='From the Editor's Desk: BlackBerry takeover rumors, layoffs and Losing the Signal'><a href='http://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books' title="From the Editor's Desk: BlackBerry takeover rumors, layoffs and Losing the Signal"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2014/12/BlackBerry-Signage.jpg?itok=A4GUqJqA' /></a></a></p> <p>I know. It has been a while since I've written a 'From the Editor's Desk' post and I should probably write more of them, but to be honest I really need to feel pretty strongly about something in order to write them and the past few days have me a little fired up. With that out of the way, the past three days have been interesting for the BlackBerry world, made even more so when you consider the timing of everything, and some of it has me fired up.</p> <p>We've had a few new takeover rumors and BlackBerry has confirmed an unspecified number of layoffs along with <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program">a new common share purchase program</a>. If that's not enough, there were some rumblings about the possibility of BlackBerry using Samsung's Exynos processors for some of their next-gen smartphones and to add even more to the mix there's a new and dramatically titled book coming out about the "rise and fall of BlackBerry", though that story is still ongoing.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books Mon, 25 May 2015 21:57:23 +0000187504 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/editors-desk-takeover-rumors-layoffs-and-tell-all-books#commentsBla1zeWatch the 'Building Secure Android Apps for the Enterprise' webcast replay<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast-replay' title='Watch the 'Building Secure Android Apps for the Enterprise' webcast replay'><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast-replay' title="Watch the 'Building Secure Android Apps for the Enterprise' webcast replay"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/Android-Dev-Enterprise-Replay.png?itok=_M1vJzR_' /></a></a></p> <p>If you're a developer and missed out on the <a href="http://crackberry.com/building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast">'Building Secure Android Apps for the Enterprise' webcast that was held on May 21st,</a> you can now settle in and get yourself caught up whenever you do so wish as the replay has been posted.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/watch-building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast-replay'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/watch-building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast-replay Mon, 25 May 2015 21:28:57 +0000187511 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/watch-building-secure-android-apps-enterprise-webcast-replay#commentsBla1zeSave up to 84 percent on Kingston MicroSD cards at Amazon for today only<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/save-84-percent-kingston-microsd-cards-amazon-today-only' title='Save up to 84 percent on Kingston MicroSD cards at Amazon for today only'><a href='http://crackberry.com/save-84-percent-kingston-microsd-cards-amazon-today-only' title="Save up to 84 percent on Kingston MicroSD cards at Amazon for today only"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/kingston-microsd-cards.jpg?itok=L6nfd-u0' /></a></a></p> <p><a href="http://crackberry.com/tag/amazon">Amazon</a> frequently has big sales on Flash storage cards and today the retailer has cut back the prices on Kingston microSD cards by as much as 84 percent.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/save-84-percent-kingston-microsd-cards-amazon-today-only'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/save-84-percent-kingston-microsd-cards-amazon-today-only Mon, 25 May 2015 14:14:41 +0000187510 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/save-84-percent-kingston-microsd-cards-amazon-today-only#commentsJohn CallahamBlackBerry launches the Leap in the United Arab Emirates<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-launches-leap-united-arab-emirates' title='BlackBerry launches the Leap in the United Arab Emirates'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-launches-leap-united-arab-emirates' title="BlackBerry launches the Leap in the United Arab Emirates"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/04/Leap-Display-Left-Angle.jpg?itok=isPLhqnz' /></a></a></p> <p>BlackBerry has launched the <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap">Leap smartphone</a> in the United Arab Emirates. The company has released the white and shadow grey variants, enabling consumers in the region to pick up the all-touch smartphone. From today, you'll be able to pick up the BlackBerry Leap at various telecom retailers at the suggested retail price of 1099 AED ($299).</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-launches-leap-united-arab-emirates'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-launches-leap-united-arab-emirates Mon, 25 May 2015 10:54:53 +0000187508 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-launches-leap-united-arab-emirates#commentsRich EdmondsCarry around your BlackBerry Classic the old school way with the OEM Leather pouch<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Remember the days when you would find a leather pouch inside the box of your brand new BlackBerry smartphone? I do and I miss it somewhat. But at the very least you can still purchase an OEM leather pouch for your beloved BlackBerry smartphone. So, no doubt there would be one available for the <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic" title="BlackBerry Classic">BlackBerry Classic</a>. It actually would have been nice to see one included with the BlackBerry Classic, seeing as it's a nodd to the legacy line of devices. Alas, there isn't but we'll take a quick look at it in case you want to pick one up.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/carry-around-you-blackberry-classic-old-school-way-oem-leather-pouch'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/carry-around-you-blackberry-classic-old-school-way-oem-leather-pouch Mon, 25 May 2015 08:44:58 +0000187496 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/carry-around-you-blackberry-classic-old-school-way-oem-leather-pouch#commentsDJ ReyesBlackBerry App Roundup for May 24, 2015<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><b><p>A weekly look at new, exciting, and cool apps to try</p> </b><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-24-2015' title='BlackBerry App Roundup for May 24, 2015'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-24-2015' title="BlackBerry App Roundup for May 24, 2015"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/app-roundup-052215.jpg?itok=xhIawaPb' /></a></a></p> <p>Howdy CrackBerry nation! This weekend is a long one due to Memorial day in the United States, so we decided to post this up a little bit later than normal. Whether you are sitting back and relaxing or traveling for the weekend, be sure to have a safe and happy holiday. Now it's time to bring you this week's picks for all your passionate BlackBerry addicts out there. You can find each app and game I've rustled up for you by clicking through the gallery below. If your favorite did not make the cut this week, remember you can help by offering your suggestions at the end. <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-24-2015'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-24-2015 Sun, 24 May 2015 15:22:39 +0000187491 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-app-roundup-may-24-2015#commentsAlicia ErlichTelcel Mexico launches the BlackBerry Classic<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-now-available-through-telcel' title='Telcel Mexico launches the BlackBerry Classic'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-now-available-through-telcel' title="Telcel Mexico launches the BlackBerry Classic"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/03/BlackBerry-Classic-Device-Stock.jpg?itok=vB1_XpVo' /></a></a></p> <p>Telcel customers looking to pick up a <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic">BlackBerry Classic</a> now have the choice of doing so through the Mexican carrier. With <a href="https://twitter.com/Telcel/status/601568408182751234">the launch event held recently</a>, the carrier has <a href="http://holatelcel.com/blackberry-classic-mejor-desempeno-en-un-diseno-tradicional/">now announced the arrival of the BlackBerry Classic</a> to their device lineup.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-now-available-through-telcel'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-now-available-through-telcel Sat, 23 May 2015 01:22:54 +0000187501 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-now-available-through-telcel#commentsBla1zeInto PC or console gaming? Get Twitch on your BlackBerry<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/get-twitch-your-blackberry' title='Into PC or console gaming? Get Twitch on your BlackBerry '><a href='http://crackberry.com/get-twitch-your-blackberry' title="Into PC or console gaming? Get Twitch on your BlackBerry "><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/article_images/2015/05/Twitch.JPG?itok=PA5VtU-B' /></a></a></p> <p>If you're not a PC or console gamer feel free to ignore this post as it probably won't be of interest. However, millions of people do spend a ton of time on their computers, PlayStation or Xbox and you may well be pleased to hear that you can join your Android or iPhone buddies by having Twitch on your <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10">BlackBerry 10</a> device.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/get-twitch-your-blackberry'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/get-twitch-your-blackberry Fri, 22 May 2015 14:08:14 +0000187497 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/get-twitch-your-blackberry#commentsJames RichardsonBlackBerry announces proposed common share purchase program<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program' title='BlackBerry announces proposed common share purchase program'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program' title="BlackBerry announces proposed common share purchase program"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2013/03/bbry-nyc.jpg?itok=3tNZc7yf' /></a></a></p> <p>At its annual meeting of shareholders on June 23, 2015, BlackBerry will present for approval a new employee share purchase plan and a proposed increase in the number of shares available under BlackBerry's equity incentive plan. If these proposals are approved by shareholders at the meeting, BlackBerry will file a notice of intention to commence a normal course issuer bid with the TSX.</p> <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program Thu, 21 May 2015 20:37:12 +0000187495 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-announces-proposed-common-share-purchase-program#commentsBla1zeRed, white and blue sale: Save 20% on BlackBerry accessories!<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/red-white-and-blue-sale-save-20-blackberry-accessories' title='Red, white and blue sale: Save 20% on BlackBerry accessories!'><a href='http://crackberry.com/red-white-and-blue-sale-save-20-blackberry-accessories' title="Red, white and blue sale: Save 20% on BlackBerry accessories!"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/rwb_sale_2015.jpg?itok=5YYp-enC' /></a></a></p> <p>In honor of the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country, we're offering 20% off all <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry accessories</a> at ShopCrackBerry.</p> <p>Starting today until Tuesday, May 26, you can pick up a <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-cases.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">new case</a>, <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-charging-docks.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">charging dock</a>, <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-screen-protectors.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">screen protector</a> or <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-batteries.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">battery</a> for your BlackBerry device and enjoy a 20% savings by using coupon code: <strong>RWB2015</strong> at checkout. There's an extensive selection of <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry accessories</a> to choose from, along with a convenient 60-day return policy and free shipping on all orders over $50 in the US and Canada.</p> <p>Save big on accessories for the most popular devices including the <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-accessories.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry Classic</a>, <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-z30-accessories.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry Z30</a>, <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-z10-accessories.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry Z10</a>, <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/unlocked-passport-accessories.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">Unlocked Passport</a> and the <a href="http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-q10-accessories.htm?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">BlackBerry Q10</a>.</p> <p>Take your time, browse, and enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!</p> <ul><li><a href="http://shop.crackberry.com?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content/?utm_campaign=community&utm_source=d_cb&utm_medium=content">Let's go shopping</a><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/red-white-and-blue-sale-save-20-blackberry-accessories'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/red-white-and-blue-sale-save-20-blackberry-accessories Thu, 21 May 2015 12:22:28 +0000187475 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/red-white-and-blue-sale-save-20-blackberry-accessories#commentsShopCrackBerryBlackBerry Leap will be available in Singapore beginning May 23rd<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-will-be-available-singapore-beginning-may-23rd' title='BlackBerry Leap will be available in Singapore beginning May 23rd'><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-will-be-available-singapore-beginning-may-23rd' title="BlackBerry Leap will be available in Singapore beginning May 23rd"><img src='http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2015/05/BlackBerry-Leap-Device.jpg?itok=J4_Uzude' /></a></a></p> <p>Adding to <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap">the already expansive list of areas the BlackBerry Leap has arrived</a>, BlackBerry has now announced the availability date for Singapore. Beginning May 23rd, BlackBerry customers looking to purchase a <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap">BlackBerry Leap</a> in Singapore will be able to pick one up through M1 Shop outlets, as well as the enterprise sales teams of carriers M1, Singtel and StarHub. <p><a href='http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-will-be-available-singapore-beginning-may-23rd'>Read More »</a></p></div></div></div>http://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-will-be-available-singapore-beginning-may-23rd Thu, 21 May 2015 10:46:34 +0000187492 at http://crackberry.comhttp://crackberry.com/blackberry-leap-will-be-available-singapore-beginning-may-23rd#commentsBla1zeLG's new Urbane LTE smartwatch runs webOS<p><img alt="LG Watch Urbane LTE" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/urbane-lte-3.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></p> <p>LG's taking their purchase of webOS back closer to where it was born: mobile, in the form of the LG Watch Urbane LTE. That's right, the just-announced <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-watch-urbane-urbane-lte-hands">LG Watch Urbane LTE</a> is a webOS smartwatch. We got our <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-mystery-smartwatch-actually-runs-webos">first hints of this new watch back at CES 2015</a>, and today we've finally gone full hands-on with LG's latest take on webOS. It's worth noting though, that unlike the TVs, which LG emphasizes as running webOS, the Watch Urbane LTE is touted as running the LG Wearable Platform, but at it's core, this is webOS.</p> <p>We'll get this out of the way right now: this is not like the webOS we're used to. LG's built an entirely new interface on top of the core of webOS, though it retains a lot of the gesture-driven feel of webOS. There's a lot that's had to change, by virtue of the new owner's design style, the passing of time, and the constraints and requirements of a circular watch platform versus a larger phone or tablet screen. But the swiping left-to-right to go back gesture will be familiar to anybody that's used a webOS device in the past.</p> <p>Speaking of that interaction, the app menu is a spinning ring of your installed apps. There are three buttons on the right side — the top opens up the settings, the middle (and raised to for prominence) the apps launcher, and the bottom cycles through recently-opened apps. LG's loaded a bunch of their own apps on the watch, including standards for messaging, phone calls, contacts, music, calendar, email, find my phone, voice memo, etc.</p> <p>In addition, there are apps for LG Health (using the on-board sensors — we'll get to those in a bit), remote camera shutter control, Cashbee (a Korean payments system), CGV (Korean movie theater chain), Golf, Tranggle Cycling (GPS fitness tracking), and a voice translator that works surprisingly well from the watch's microphone and speaker.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tEGWvBFlmNo" width="600"></iframe></p> <p>At this point we should note that the LG Watch Urbane LTE is designed as a standalone device — as the LTE in the name would indicate. All of these apps are self-contained on the device (except for the obvious remote shutter needing a remote shutter to control) and aren't mere companion apps to an app installed on your smartphone, as with <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/android-wear">Android Wear</a> (which the standard LG Watch Urbane runs).</p> <p>The Watch Urbane LTE is a standalone device. It might share part of its design and styling with the Android Wear-powered Urbane, but there's little else about it. Inside it's mostly a different and more powerful device. Under the 1.3-inch circular P-OLED display (the same as you'll find in the standard Watch Urbane, as well as it's less-fancy and slightly older Android Wear compatriot the LG G Watch R) is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of storage.</p> <p>This is all fueled by a 700mAh battery, and connects to the outside world with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC, and (of course) a cellular LTE. It even has fine motion tracking thanks to an accelerometer and gyroscope, a compass, barometer, heart rate monitor, and GPS + GLONASS. Combine that with the speaker and microphone and you've got what amounts to an entry-level smartphone, but strapped to your wrist. In fact, the power of this phone is roughly equivalent to that of <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/review-hp-pre3">the HP Pre 3 (from 2011)</a>.</p> <p>All of this is crammed into a polished metal body that's on the chunky side, noticeably, but not terribly so, in comparison to the average smartwatch today and many high-end watches today. Considering everything that's in that body it's not shockingly thick, nor thin. It's right about what you'd expect.</p> <p>Like webOS on an LG TV, this isn't webOS like we grew used to under Palm and HP. This is LG's webOS, where it's not just the interface, but the core OS that's useful and extensible. There are points here and there where you'll find hints of the webOS of old (surely, if you look at the code, there's a lot of webOS in there), but many of those are simply modern user interface conventions that aren't anymore unique to webOS anymore. You won't not find cards or classic webOS notifications here.</p> <p>Then there's the matter of availability. LG's not commented on a launch time or price, but we can be sure it won't be cheap with everything packed inside and the quality of the design. And right now it's looking like the Watch Urbane LTE might only see a release in Korea. That could change, but LG put a strong emphasis on saying that Android Wear is still their primary platform.</p> <p>More: <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-watch-urbane-urbane-lte-hands">Hands-on with the LG Watch Urbane LTE at MWC 2015</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-urbane-lte-smartwatch-runs-webos Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:36:52 +0000General AccessoriesLG Watch Urbane LTELG webOSMWC 201516182 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-urbane-lte-smartwatch-runs-webos#commentsDerek KesslerLG's sold more than 5 million webOS TVs<p><img alt="LG's sold more than 5 million webOS TVs" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/webos-tv-curved-press.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></p> <p>At CES this year LG introduced the improvements of their take on <a href="http://www.imore.com/lg-spills-all-bean-birds-webos-tv-gets-first-crack-netflix-4k">webOS for televisions</a> (oh, and <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-mystery-smartwatch-actually-runs-webos">Audi was running around with a webOS smartwatch</a>), but shortly afterwards we saw LG announce a milestone for webOS: they've sold more than 5 million televisions with webOS installed.</p> <p>There was a period where we though we'd never see another new webOS device, let alone the pronouncement of five million sales. It's somewhat surreal.</p> <p>Of course, it's worth noting that what primarily drives which TV people buy: it looks good and is as big as they can get for as much money as they're willing to spend. There are some who hunt out the best TV they can find, yes, going for quality over pure size:price ratio, but for most people what OS their TV runs is nowhere near as important as what OS, say, their new phone or computer runs. It's becoming more important, sure, but for most it's not a deciding factor.</p> <p>That said, as it looks like LG is expanding webOS beyond TVs sooner rather than later, if a common codebase exists between the TVs, smartwatches, and whatever else LG has planned to run webOS, these 5 million TVs and the apps being developed for them could serve as a fertile launching ground for a wider webOS app ecosystem.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LGUSA/posts/2gUmFnBJjEo">LG (Google+)</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/lgs-sold-more-5-million-webos-tvs Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:49:02 +0000LG webOSNewswebOS TV16179 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/lgs-sold-more-5-million-webos-tvs#commentsDerek KesslerLG's new mystery smartwatch actually runs webOS<p><img alt="LG's new mystery smartwatch actually runs webOS" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/lg-audi-watch-webos-13m.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></p> <p><a href="http://androidcentral.com/ces2015">CES 2015</a> has been an insane ride, but the craziest news out of the show wasn't even an announcement: <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-audi-watch-android-wear-webos"><strong>the LG smartwatch that Audi was using to control their autonomous car runs webOS</strong></a>. Yes. webOS. On a watch. In a week that brought us the news that <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/its-confirmed-tcl-bringing-back-palm">TCL is resurrecting the Palm brand</a> and the latest webOS TV's from LG, we also get webOS expanding to a new platform: the wrist.</p> <p>Yes, at CES 2015, we're writing about <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/hands-kodak-instamatic-5">Kodak</a>, Palm, and webOS. It's like a tech episode of the Twilight Zone. The reveal of the smartwatch came as a surprise, with an Audi executive revealing the watch as being from LG and using it briefly in his demo, but not saying much more about it. The assumption was that it was running <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/android-wear">Android Wear</a>, but our friends at Android Central decided to dig in to the watch and found that it was in fact not Android Wear.</p> <p>Google's imposed <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-prevent-oems-customizing-ui-android-wear-auto-and-tv">strict restrictions on the customizations that can be made to Android Wear</a>, so the more we looked at it the more curious we became. It was clearly not Android Wear, and then we ended up deep in the settings and saw something amazing: webOS Version Open webOS.</p> <p><strong>It. Runs. webOS.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.webosnation.com/webos-watch-would-prove-just-how-right-we-were">LG's teased webOS smartwatches before</a>, but never made a public statement on where they would next expand webOS beyond their TVs.</p> <p>Most interesting is that the watch has a number of LG's custom apps built in, including apps for calendar, dialer, messages, email, and more. It even sports NFC and a cellular radio. Yes. This thing is a ready-to-go webOS portable.</p> <p>We hate to be speculative (that's a lie, we love it), but everything here indicates that LG is working hard to make a device that's thoroughly capable of operating independently, and has the makings of a proper modern webOS smartphone.</p> <p>In a world where Samsung's <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s">ported their Tizen OS from smartwatches</a> to <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/samsungs-going-all-tizen-their-smart-tv-os">smart televisions</a>, LG is bringing their <a href="http://www.imore.com/lg-spills-all-bean-birds-webos-tv-gets-first-crack-netflix-4k">webOS smart TV OS</a> to portable devices. It's a mad mad world, and we're excited to find out even more about what LG has in store for webOS.</p>http://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-mystery-smartwatch-actually-runs-webos Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:26:45 +0000CES 2015LGNewssmartwatchwebos16170 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/lgs-new-mystery-smartwatch-actually-runs-webos#commentsDerek KesslerIt's confirmed! TCL is bringing back Palm!<p><img alt="It's confirmed! TCL is bringing back Palm!" class="imagecache-large" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/imagecache/large/postimages/84473/mynewpalm-logo-touchpad_0.jpg" style="height: 451px; width: 600px;" /></p> <p>TCL is resurrecting the Palm brand with a brand-new Palm, Inc. based in California. As we reported last week, <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/it-looks-alcatel-onetouch-purchased-palm-trademarks-hp">TCL purchased the Palm brand from HP</a> late last year, although at the time it wasn't clear what the company had planned. It's not at all clear what TCL intends to do with the Palm brand, although they seem to recognize the history that the brand carries.</p> <p>Says TCL:</p> <blockquote><p>Palm has always carried a lot of affect and emotions. That's why TCL has set the direction to rebuild the brand involving Palm's very own community, making it the largest scale crowd-sourced project ever seen in the industry.</p> </blockquote> <p>Where TCL's Alcatel Onetouch has long produced <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/quick-look-alcatels-new-affordable-pixi-s-45-4-and-3">entry-level and mid-tier smartphones</a>, and it seems that TCL wants Palm to be a division that produces "a more-advanced device", with "breakthrough innovations" across the hardware, software, and even sales models.</p> <p>TCL's full weight will be behind Palm, touting 5000 engineers and 7 research-and-development centers around the world. When we'll see more from TCL and Palm isn't clear, but we do know one thing: Palm is coming back.</p> <p><a href="http://www.webosnation.com/palm-timeline">The story of Palm is a twisted one</a>, with Palm being founded as an independent company in 1992, being bought by US Robotics in 1995, and then 3Com in 1996, being spun off in 2000, split in half in 2002 and renamed PalmOne, merged with Handspring in 2003, rebranding as Palm, launching webOS in 2009, selling to HP in 2010, getting canceled in 2011, webOS getting open sourced in 2012, and the remnants of the Palm company (minus the branding) being sold to LG in 2013. It's rare that a company receives a second life as Palm did, and rarer still to be revived after being left for dead.</p> <p>Regardless, the Palm brand carries a lot of emotion for many, so it's good to see it coming back and we hope TCL produces a phone that's worthy of the name Palm.</p> <p><a href="http://www.webosnation.com/its-confirmed-tcl-bringing-back-palm" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/its-confirmed-tcl-bringing-back-palm Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:37:13 +0000NewspalmTCL16168 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/its-confirmed-tcl-bringing-back-palm#commentsDerek KesslerIt looks like Alcatel Onetouch purchased the Palm trademarks from HP<p><img alt="It looks like Alcatel Onetouch purchased the Palm trademarks from HP" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/mynewpalm_0.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></p> <p>We've been wondering for a while what is up with Palm.com domain, and it's looking more and more certain that HP sold the brand and trademarks to Alcatel Onetouch. The first hints of this came from the teaser when the website started <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/just-what-mynewpalmcom">redirecting to mynewpalm.com</a>, with a <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/theres-now-old-palm-logo-mynewpalmcom-whaaaaat">looping video of the Palm logo</a> with the text "coming soon" and "smart move" beneath. "Smart move," as it would be, is the slogan of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Alcatel Onetouch (a brand of Chinese electronics firm TCL). That's not exactly a lot to go off of though, but it was enough to raise suspicions.</p> <p>That's where webOS Nation Forum member <a href="http://forums.webosnation.com/palm-os-devices-apps/329082-mynewpalm-2.html#post3430752">Ederic Eder comes into play</a>. He did a bit of diging and found that on October 31st Palm, Inc (still technically a subsidiary of HP) transferred ownership of the Palm name, trademarks, and logos to Wide Progress Global Limited.</p> <p>The transfer was executed on the Palm side by Rishi Varma (HP SVP Deputy General Counsel) and Wide Progress Global Limited was represented by Nicolas Zibell. We wouldn't expect either of those names, nor Wide Progress Global Limited to be familiar to you. It doesn't take much research to find that Wide Progress Global Limited is what's called a "<a href="http://www.offshore-inc.com/en/index.html">shelf company</a>", a corporate entity that's created and the tucked away for the day somebody needs to do something without exposing who's <em>really</em> behind that something. It's different than a shell company in that it was created with no intended purpose — it's "put on a shelf" until it's needed. A quick search revealed that the Palm trademarks are the only trademarks currently held by Wide Progress Global Limited.</p> <p>Nicolas Zibell is, according to the trademark transfer, a VP at Wide Progress Global Limited. But that's nothing — Nicolas Zibell is also President, Americas and Pacific, of Alcatel Onetouch and TCL. Alcatel Onetouch isn't a huge brand, though they have <a href="http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/usa/news/pressroom/press300millionunits.html">sold well over 300 million handsets</a>. The company's strongest positions are in Asia, with very little presence or brand recognition in the US.</p> <p>So we have HP transferring the Palm trademarks to a shelf company that just so happens to be led by the same guy who is in charge of Alcatel Onetouch America. Interesting, no?</p> <p>We reached out to Alcatel Onetouch and Nicolas Zibell directly, both neither have responded to our requests for comment.</p> <p>If we assume that the trail of crumbs to this point is correct (and we see very little reason to assume otherwise), then the real question is this: what is Alcatel Onetouch going to do with the Palm brand?</p> <p>There are a couple of approaches to consider. The most basic is that Alcatel Onetouch has in the past produced phones with a model name of Palm, and they just are working to protect their own branding. Though why that would necessitate a shelf company transfer maneuver, we couldn't tell you.</p> <p>The more intriguing option is that Alcatel Onetouch plans to use the Palm brand going forward, either as part of a line of phones, or as their own brand. While an Alcatel Onetouch Palm line of smartphones seems like a reasonable proposition, Alcatel Onetouch America rebranding as Palm (or perhaps even all of Alcatel Onetouch) would be a very interesting move.</p> <p>Like we said, Alcatel Onetouch has very little brand recognition in the US, while the Palm name has significant recognition and customer goodwill. What was probably a few million dollars to buy the Palm trademarks (perhaps several million, though we have no way of knowing right now) brings instant brand recognition that would cost far more in advertising dollars. Of course, Alcatel Onetouch as Palm would still have to follow up with an advertising campaign for "The new Palm" (see the new URL at play there, eh?) as well as delivering quality products.</p> <p>The most impressive smartphone that Alcatel Onetouch offers right now is the <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-7293382-11031750?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fcell-phones%2Falcatel-onetouch-fierce-2.html">Fierce 2 on T-Mobile</a>. It's a rather unimpressive slate-style Android 4.4-running smartphone with a 5-inch 540x960 display (220ppi — the <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/review-hp-pre3">HP Pre 3</a> of 2011 had a pixel density of 260), octa-core Samsung Exynos 5 processor, 5MP rear camera, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB internal storage. It doesn't even have LTE. It's primary redeeming factor is its price, at just $126 off contract on T-Mobile (<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/fierce-2-lands-metropcs-50">or just $50 on MetroPCS</a>)</p> <p>Palm was something truly impressive. They pioneered the PDA and the smartphone. Palm webOS revolutionized the way we approached multitouch user interfaces so thoroughly that you can pick up literally any smartphone made in the past few years and find something that was lifted from webOS.</p> <p>Alcatel Onetouch has carved out out a comfortable little niche for itself serving the lower end of the smartphone market. We hope that if they're truly planning to go full bore with the Palm brand that they start producing hardware that's worthy of the name.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/caseviewer/assignments?caseId=78717319&docIndex=4#docIndex=4">USPTO</a>; Via: <a href="http://makapalm.ederic.net/will-alcatel-resurrect-palm/">MakaPalm</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/it-looks-alcatel-onetouch-purchased-palm-trademarks-hp Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:16:29 +0000Alcatel Onetouchmynewpalm.comNewspalm16166 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/it-looks-alcatel-onetouch-purchased-palm-trademarks-hp#commentsDerek KesslerThere's now an old Palm logo on mynewpalm.com... whaaaaat?<p><img alt="There's now an old Palm logo on mynewpalm.com... whaaaaat?" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/mynewpalm-logo-touchpad.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></p> <p>What. Is. Happening?</p> <p>Two weeks ago we found out that palm.com was <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/just-what-mynewpalmcom">redirecting</a> to <a href="http://www.mynewpalm.com">mynewpalm.com</a>. It was weird to see activity on the old domain after so many years of silence, and now thanks to a heads-up from <a href="https://twitter.com/LuneOSfans/status/545959397927976960">@LuneOSfans</a> we've seen another update: the orange globe palm logo.</p> <p>There was plenty of speculation about what was going on here, with nothing really concrete. The domain was registered by the same company that registered by the same company that managed the registration for <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/gram-website-transforms-nonchalant-redirect-inscrutable-logo-white">gr.am</a>. But what was going on with the Palm redirect? Perhaps somebody had purchased the Palm name and was setting it up for their new ocean-view condominiums or something.</p> <p><img alt="WP Central" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/84473/mynewpalm-logo-screen.png" style="width: 600px; height: 505px;" /></p> <p>But now if you visit, you get a Palm logo with the cycling text underneath of "Coming soon" and "Smart move" (set in the Copperplate font, so sorry about that). It's a repeating mp4 video (<a href="http://mynewpalm.com/palm_animated5.mp4">here's the file</a>) and nothing more right now (there's nothing hiding in the source that we can see).</p> <p>It's worth noting that this is the second-to-last Palm logo. They dropped the circular orange background and went with just the angular wordmark from inside well before the HP purchase. But maybe that old logo's being used for nostalgia's sake, to tug at our heartstrings.</p> <p>Either way. What. The. Hell?</p>http://www.webosnation.com/theres-now-old-palm-logo-mynewpalmcom-whaaaaat Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:48:35 +0000mynewpalm.comNewspalmPalm.com16164 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/theres-now-old-palm-logo-mynewpalmcom-whaaaaat#commentsDerek KesslerJust what is mynewpalm.com?<p><img alt="Just what is mynewpalm.com?" class="imagecache-large" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/imagecache/large/postimages/84473/mynewpalm.jpg" title="" /></p> <p>Well, this is all together something unexpected. If you point your browser to palm.com, which you might do <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/hpweboscom-revamped-depressing-and-inaccurate-hardware-graveyard">for nostalgia's sake</a> from time to time, no longer are you redirected to the HP webOS museum website. Instead it, along with every other palm.com address, now redirects to "<a href="http://mynewpalm.com/">mynewpalm.com</a>". After years of languishing away under HP, something's happening here.</p> <p>Digging in with the handy tools at domain name service <a href="http://www.whois.com/whois/mynewpalm.com">Whois reveals that mynewpalm.com was registered</a> by the blandly-named company "Corporate Service Corporation". On their website they advertise as being a "Digital Brand Services" company, specializing in digital brand protection. One may think that'd mean doing things like registering potential mis-typings of web domains (go ahead and type gooogle.com with three 'o's into your browser and see where that takes you). Okay, that's interesting.</p> <p>But dig a little further and look at the most-recent website associated with HP and webOS: <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/gram-website-transforms-nonchalant-redirect-inscrutable-logo-white">gr.am</a>. And, yep, it turns out that the domain name of the short-lived/never-born Gram subsidiary was <a href="http://www.whois.com/whois/gram.com">also registered by CSC</a>. Huh.</p> <p>So what's the plan with mynewpalm.com? Could HP be resurrecting the Palm brand? After all, <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/lg-purchasing-hps-webos-division-licensing-webos-smart-tvs">the sale of webOS to LG</a> was only of the OS assets and employees — HP kept the Palm branding. It's been a full three years since <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/hp-cancels-webos-devices">HP pulled the plug on webOS devices</a>, but even then the Palm brand only held equity among its fans, and for a lot that equity was in nostalgia.</p> <p>HP's current handheld strategy has been a <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/hp-debuts-6-inch-voicetab-ii-india">disappointing line of oversized Android deviced destined solely for developing markets like India</a>. Perhaps the Palm brand could see a revival, but we hope that if HP's planning on doing such a thing, they give the name the justice it deserves. We are, after all, talking about a brand that ushered in the PDA, smartphone, and seamless multitasking eras.</p> <p>What do you think HP has in store with mynewpalm.com? It's gotta be something, right?</p> <p><em><a href="http://forums.webosnation.com/general-news-discussion/328973-stuff-keeps-getting-weirder.html">Thanks to Remy X, Preemptive, and lc_lol in the webOS Nation Forums!</a></em></p>http://www.webosnation.com/just-what-mynewpalmcom Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:10:27 +0000NewsPalm.com16161 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/just-what-mynewpalmcom#commentsDerek KesslerHP is shutting down webOS cloud services — including backups, device set-up, and the App Catalog — on 15 January 2015<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="HP is shutting down webOS cloud services — including backups, device set-up, and" class="imagecache-large" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/imagecache/large/postimages/84473/hp-scratched_4.JPG" title="" /></p> <p>Well, it was bound to happen eventually, and now we know exactly the day when HP will flip the switch on the webOS cloud services servers: 15 January 2015. Just barely six years after the Palm Pre was introduced at CES 2009, HP plans to shut off their last remaining expenses related to their <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/hp-cancels-webos-devices">disastrously-managed webOS experiment</a>. The date also falls just short of two years after <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/lg-purchasing-hps-webos-division-licensing-webos-smart-tvs">HP sold off their webOS assets to LG</a>. It's a sad, but not unexpected day. And when the 15th of January does come, all webOS cloud services will go offline.</p> <p>What all does that entail? Here's what you won't be able to do on a webOS device come January 15th:</p> <ul> <li> Backups</li> <li> Restore</li> <li> New device set-up</li> <li> Password recovery</li> <li> App Catalog app downloads</li> <li> App Catalog app updates</li> <li> App Catalog app restores</li> <li> webOS system updates (you know, if you've for whatever reason <em>not </em>updated in the past three years...)</li> </ul> <p>It's unsurprising to have this come to pass, and we're at least thankful that HP is being forthright and transparent about it. As they say in the FAQ:</p> <blockquote><p>Shutting down webOS cloud services is part of an orderly end of life program.  HP announced the end of webOS devices (phones and tablets) over 3 years ago but the services were kept running to allow customers to continue to have a richer user experience.  The user count has dwindled to the point where it is no longer viable to keep the services running.</p> </blockquote> <p>It's a sad day, and it'll be a sad day yet when the 15th of January comes and those servers go dark.</p> <p>But in the meantime, the <strong><a href="http://www.webosnation.com/apps">webOS Nation App Gallery</a></strong> is still up and running. Yeah, we know, we're still here. Any developers interested in moving their apps over to the App Gallery are welcome to do so and can <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/contact">request access to submit apps here</a> (select "Submit Homebrew App" as the category). We know it's not the same as the App Catalog and we don't have a system in place for payments, but what have you got to lose at this point?</p> <p>For those of you that are wondering how you'll manage in a post-App Catalog world, <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/how-install-homebrew-apps-your-touchpad-or-webos-smartphone">check out our guide for installing Preware on your webOS device</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/faq.htmla">HP webOS Developer Center</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/hp-shutting-down-webos-cloud-services-%E2%80%94-including-backups-device-set-and-app-catalog-%E2%80%94-15-january-20 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:21:44 +0000Appscloud servicesHPHP cancels webOSNews16131 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/hp-shutting-down-webos-cloud-services-%E2%80%94-including-backups-device-set-and-app-catalog-%E2%80%94-15-january-20#commentsDerek KesslerA webOS smartwatch from LG would prove just how right we were!<p><img alt="webOS smartwatch from LG. Yes, reallly." class="imagecache-large" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/imagecache/large/postimages/262398/webos-2.0.jpg" title="" /></p> <p>If you can dream it, you can do it.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/2/6888445/lg-webos-smartwatch">The Verge</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/webos-watch-would-prove-just-how-right-we-were Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:00:44 +0000LGNewssmartwatch16130 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/webos-watch-would-prove-just-how-right-we-were#commentswebosnationAnnouncing the winners in our 15 Years of Mobile Nations contest!<p><img alt="15 Years of Mobile Nations!" src="/sites/webosnation.com/files/postimages/183973/15-years-since-visor-central_0.jpg" style="width: 595px; height: 346px;" title="" /></p> <p>September 9th, 2014, marked 15 years since the <a href="http://www.mobilenations.com">Mobile Nations</a> story began, with the launch of <a href="http://www.visorcentral.com">Visor Central</a>. A lot has changed in mobile tech in the years since, but one thing definitely has not — the passion of this great community. The response to our <a href="http://www.webosnation.com/celebrating-15-years-mobile-nations">anniversary article</a> was fantastic, and I want to thank each and every one of you for the congratulations and support you shared. It truly means a lot.</p> <p>We celebrated the day by recognizing our ten longest, still-active members and also by holding a contest where two members from each of our active communities could each win a $150 gift card to be used towards the purchase of their next phone. And the usernames of the lucky winners are....</p> <p><a href="http://www.webosnation.com/announcing-winners-our-15-years-mobile-nations-contest" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.webosnation.com/announcing-winners-our-15-years-mobile-nations-contest Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:04:51 +0000News16129 at http://www.webosnation.comhttp://www.webosnation.com/announcing-winners-our-15-years-mobile-nations-contest#commentsMarcus Adolfsson

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