How Apple Watch setup and app downloads work | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Mark Sullivan
I perused the Apple developer pages, talked to Apple, talked to some WatchKit developers, and downloaded the Watch app in iOS 8.2. After doing that stuff, here’s the picture I have so far.
Google launches new online ‘Google Store’ marketplace to sell its devices | 9to5Google: "Google has today launched the Google Store, a new marketplace separate from the Play Store that will let customers browse devices and products that were ‘made with Google.’ You’ll find the wide variety of products you’ve come to shop for in the Play Store, including Chromebooks, Nexus devices, Android Wear smartwatches, and Nest smart thermostats among many others…"I think Google has become the nerdy science fair winner and Apple is now the varsity prom queen. I'm having a moment of illiteracy.
Review: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera offers pro features at a consumer price: "From iPhone to mid-level DSLR cameras, the video production world has many options for the amateur and prosumer videographer. Blackmagic's Pocket Cinema Camera offers users a next step into the pro video world, along with pro video challenges. "It's that old black magic!
WSJ footnote suggests 12-inch MacBook Air could be announced by Apple as early as Monday | 9to5Mac: "Tucked away at the bottom of the WSJ’s report on the often-postponed iPad Pro was a single sentence that, if correct, suggests that Apple could announce the 12-inch MacBook Air as early as Monday."One form factor, two operating systems.
How-To: Boost your Mac’s speed and prolong its useful life with easy RAM upgrades | 9to5Mac
As I’ve spotlighted over the past month, the best way to dramatically speed up an older Mac is to replace its old hard drive with a new solid state drive (SSD). The process is super-easy on MacBooks and Mac Pros, surprisingly manageable on iMacs, and challenging on Mac minis, yielding 3X to 5X speed boosts. But there’s another option that can speed things up with relatively little effort or expertise: upgrading your Mac’s RAM.
Apple Surpassed Samsung as World's Largest Smartphone Maker in Fourth Quarter - Mac Rumors: "The latest numbers from research firm Gartner reveal that Apple surpassed Samsung in worldwide smartphone sales during the fourth quarter of 2014 to become the world's largest smartphone maker. Samsung lost the top spot to Apple for the first time since 2011. "Marketshare news is so hard to interpret.
Lenovo unveils a camera-phone hybrid, a smartphone, and a pocket projector | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Mark Sullivan: "Pocket Projector Finally, Lenovo let fly with a new mini projector here in Barcelona today. The Lenovo Pocket Projector snaps onto any compatible Android device and super-sizes movies, photos, or business presentations, Lenovo said. The thing will project images up to 110 inches in size on any surface in low-light conditions. It has a 50-lumen light source, and automatically corrects for distortion. It also has a couple of speakers built in for sound. The Lenovo Pocket Projector will be available this month, starting at $199 USD."This is extra super cool!
Apple hanging billboards on skyscrapers and buildings around the world to showcase iPhone 6 photography | 9to5Mac: "As part of its Shot on iPhone 6 campaign promoting iPhone photography, Apple is now hanging billboard advertisements around the world. The ads feature the photographs in full bleed with a simple ‘Shot on iPhone 6′ tagline. The posters are going up around the world, including some dramatic large billboards on the side of skyscrapers. Pictured above is one such poster (photo taken by Jimmy Grewal on Twitter) being setup on a skyscraper in Dubai."Ah the joys of huge art. I bet you can see the pixels.
Google purchases rights to the entire .app top-level domain for $25 million | 9to5Google: "Google paid $25 million to get exclusive rights to the .app TLD, according to a new report. TLDs, or ‘top-level domains’ are the bits like ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ at the end of web domains. ICANN, the organization responsible for managing web addresses, has been launching many new, customized TLDs in recent months."I totally had the .app top level domain in my cart at GoDaddy and was about to check out when Google scooped me. Dang!
