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Apple’s new WatchKit SDK hints at the future of Apple Watch’s apps

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Apple released a bevy of developer resources for the upcoming Apple Watch Tuesday.

The company released a WatchKit, documentation and guidelines for developers alongside the new iOS 8.2 SDK. The WatchKit page includes a Getting Started with WatchKit video outlining the new tools and how developers can build apps.

The resources also let registered developers download a new font (called "San Francisco" for Apple Watch development), along with PSD templates for designers to develop mockups of their applications.

You need to be a registered developer to download the tools, but anyone can read the ...

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By |November 18th, 2014|Apps and Software|0 Comments

Viber’s ‘public chats’ let you see what celebs are texting about

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Can text messaging be a public platform? Viber aims to find out with its new Public Chats.

The feature lets users "listen in" on a chat between a celeb and an interviewer. The first round includes DJ Paul van Dyk and singer-songwriter Pixie Lott

Viber CEO Talmon Marco says Public Chats "give you that fly-on-the-wall experience as you watch other people that you care about as they have conversations." A good analogy might be a podcast in texting form, or a live blogging of an interview.

The idea, says Marco, is to increase engagement on the platform. Marco says he believes Public Chats will prompt more engagement, but admits it's an untried format ...

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Uber VP: we could spend $1 million to take revenge on journalists

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In one of the most disquieting remarks ever to emerge from the hothouse of Silicon Valley, Uber senior Vice President Emil Michael has threatened to hire "opposition researchers" to dig up dirt on journalists who oppose his company

Michael floated the notion of spending $1 million on looking into "your personal lives, your families", according to BuzzFeed

"Nobody would know it was us," he reportedly added. Michael's remarks were made at a private off-the-record dinner in New York Friday

Michael, who came to Uber a year ago after serving as the COO of Klout and a senior adviser at the White House, reportedly focused his investigation suggestions on Pando Daily founder Sarah Lacy, who has ...

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Newark Airport’s Terminal C is about to get a lot more high-tech

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Newark Airport, like all of the New York region's major transportation hubs, could use some work. In airport rankings last year, Newark came in as the fourth worst in the country.

But things are looking up, at least from one angle: The dining experience at Terminal C is getting a complete overhaul.

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Samsung’s health ambitions go way beyond wearables

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Samsung is probably not the first company that comes to mind when you think of healthcare.

Seeing the electronics giant release an experimental health-centric wearable took many by surprise. But as Samsung continues to push into the health market, there's a lot more to its plan than fitness trackers and smartwatches

The Simband and the Sami platform behind it signal a bigger shift within the company as it looks to broaden the reach of its hardware beyond day-to-day convenience.

Among the ...

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