Swaive debuts smart ear thermometer

With the wave of wearable technology coming in, it doesn’t come as a surprise that even our medical equipment are getting smarter, too. Swaive has created a smart ear thermometer. The Swaive Thermometer communicates with your iPhone and iPad through an app to check on your family members’ vitals, even remotely. The data can even be used when consulting with healthcare professionals. It will show you a time stamp for each temperature reading to chart the progress of the illness. The Swaive Thermometer will also sync with the new Apple Health app. It is up for pre-order on their site and will retail for US$79.99.

Source: Swaive

SwiftKey is now available on iOS 8

One of the most anticipated features of iOS is the ability to replace Apple's stock keyboard with any of the available third party keyboards. SwiftKey, one of our favourite features on Android is now available as a download for iOS 8 and while the SwiftKey app may not initially appear in the App Store, you can get it via a direct link here. SwiftKey allows you to swipe instead of type and it your vocabulary and can predict your next word, it's pretty awesome stuff.

Review: Martian Notifier watch

Text and Photos by Corey Herscu

Another day, another connected watch.

Pardon my cynicism, but it has become impossible to stay interested in every new project that makes its way into my inbox, solely because ever since Pebble disrupted an industry and created an personal wrist-bound gadget, everyone from your mother and sister to your neighbor and weird uncle Harry have all taken a stab at creating a ‘connected’ watch.  All -- aside from a standout few – have failed to win hearts and take names.

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iOS 8 begins rolling out to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches

Today's a great day for many iOS users looking to enjoy the biggest and most dramatic functional update to Apple's mobile operating system. iOS 8 started appearing as a free downloadable option on compatible iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.

The update showd up just after 1 p.m. EST. On my iPhone 5s, the size of the download was 1.1GB and it says it would take around an hour to complete the download, possibly more for the whole update process. iOS 8 will be covered in a separate review but it is the most dramatic functional update to iOS and will bring some cool new functions like Continuity with OS X Yosemite, HealthKit and HomeKit integration plus various welcome add ons like third-party keyboards.

iOS 8 is compatible with iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini with Retina display and the iPod touch 5th generation.