Apple Watch begins shipping, Watch Store opens with 3,000 apps

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today is a huge day for anyone who was lucky or fast enough to order their Apple Watch two weeks ago. Apple begins shipping Watch orders today and those new users will be greeted with over 3,000 Watch specific apps in the device's built-in store. Apple Watch is still not available for in-store purchases and if you preorder today, it will likely ship in in June (depending on model availability). So the grey market demand for this thing will be insane.

It seems that Apple's gambit of showing the Watch SDK to developers early has paid of with tremendous response from existing and new developers who are looking to make their services accessible from the new wearable. Journalists have been deluged with releases from app manufacturers promoting their new applications. For a good idea of what it is like for Canadians to use Apple Watch check out Mike Yawney's post on 25 days with the Apple Watch and what I used it for - Hit jump for some of the Watch apps available in Canada today.

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Microsoft hits 100 million downloads for Office on Android and iOS

It doesn't come as a surprise that Microsoft Office on Android and iOS has finally crossed the 100 million download mark. And it isn't just because the productivity suite is now free on Android and iOS. It shows how much Office is in demand across platforms. The goal is obviously to get more people to pay or subscribe to Office 365 service. There seems to be a boost in that area as well as the company says there are now 12.4 million consumers paying for Office 365. 

Source: The Verge 

Sony introduces touchless shutter app to let you take photos with an EVF camera

 

Sony's helping you out to take shake-free tripod exposures with a new camera app. The Touchless Shutter app works with Sony cameras with built-in or optional electronic viewfinders (full list of compatible cameras here). What it does is you just have to  wave your hand over the EVF and it'll trigger the shutter. For the A7S and A7II, you can even control bulb shooting. Just wave once to open the shutter and wave again to close. 

Source: Gizmodo 

Twitter summarizes your timeline with Highlights

Twitter is hoping to boost user engagement with the new feature they're introducing on Android. Called Highlights, the app will be sending you push notifications no more than twice a day of the best tweets of the day. Of course, getting best tweets seems like a subjective approach but what Twitter does is it goes through accounts and conversations that are popular among the people you follow as well as the trending stories of the day.  

It's an opt-in feature and you'll be getting no more than two notifications a day for your own Highlights reel. At the moment, it's only available in English for Android users. Twitter said they want to refine the experience on Android first before considering bringing it to other platforms. 

Source: Ubergizmo