Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 9:21PM 
Apple Watch users can now control their GoPro cameras thanks to an updated app that lets you preview shots, start and stop recording. Apple Watch needs to be running the latest software and GoPro 2.11 for iOS needs to be installed in the companion iPhone which makes it easier to use the Watch to control various camera setups quickly.
Source: GoPro
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 9:15AM 
BlackBerry's first Android smartphone, the BlackBerry PRIV beat out the Nexus 6P and the Nexus 5X as per Google's Top Trending technology searches for 2015. A comeback story of sorts for Canadian smartphone innovator BlackBerry, the PRIV merged great hardware, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and security with the expanse of Android apps and services. The device earned mostly positive reviews.
Google’s 15th annual Year in Search analyzed the trillions of searches that took place globally throughout the year to determine the technology terms that struck a chord with Canadians and the BlackBerry PRIV beat out Apple Watch, iPhone 6 Plus, and even Windows 10. For the complete Canadian lists click here.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 3:32PM 
Apple's SVP for Software Engineering Craig Federighi - Photo By Gadjo C. Sevilla
Apple's Senior Vice President for Software Engineering Craig Federighi was a guest on John Gruber's The Talk Show podcast recently and gave some insights on Swift in open source. Swift is Apple's unified programming language which it hopes developers will shift to from Objective C. Apple released Swift into open source recently hoping to make it widely available to all developers.
Federighi said that Swift is the most popular language on Github, which is a widely used repository for open source programming and resources. Expected to be the major language for the next 20 years and the lynchpin of Apple's various OS ecosystems, Swift is now also available for Linux where it can be used on servers.
"I think our team is a really seasoned team in the world of developing languages and we know that a language really can’t be developed in a vacuum," Federighi noted. "The first step is you have to crystallize your basic ideas and have a starting point. But we knew we needed feedback then to work toward the language that ultimately Swift has become and will become in the future." For more information on Swift, check this link.
Source: Daring Fireball
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 10:31AM 
Owners of Sonos speaker systems who are also Apple Music subscribers (and who signed up for the beta earlier this month) will start receiving the long awaited ability to stream Apple Music via Wi-Fi directly to their speakers. The feature, for those who have it, will be available in the Sonos Controller App and is slated for wider release earlier next year.
Source: 9to5Mac
