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The 5 Essential Apple Watch Apps

Apr 26, 2015

There are thousands of great apps to download to your shiny new Apple Watch. Don’t have time to pick out the best ones? Then skip the hassle and simply download these 5 essential Apple Watch apps:

  1. Things - Things for Apple Watch brings the easy to use task manager to your wrist. It’s the perfect companion for everything you want to achieve in life, offering a great balance between ease of use and powerful features.

  2. ESPN - Get up-to-the-minute sports news, scores, and video highlights with ESPN, one of the most popular sporting apps. You will never be at a loss for getting hot game scores with real-time updates for all of your favorite sports. From the NFL to college football, the NBA to college basketball, soccer, baseball and more - ESPN has it all.

  3. Berry Quest - Berry Quest for Apple Watch will take you on an epic quest through the Garden of Berries in the first berry matching game for the Apple Watch. It’s up to you to match the berries and start the lightning. Are you up for the challenge? Can you reach the next level?

  4. Mint - From Intuit, the creators of TurboTax and QuickBooks comes the Mint money management app. Keep track of your personal checking, savings, and credit card accounts all in one place. Mint lets you easily set up bill reminders and alerts, manage your budget, and review your spending habits.

  5. Twitter - Twitter for Apple Watch makes it easy to tweet and consume the most interesting posts in your timeline. There are also creative new features not seen before in any Twitter app.

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  1. Airlines Updates Apps For Apple Watch

    Apr 24, 2015

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/04/22/airline-apple-watch-apps/26175035/

    A few app categories stand out when I think about apps for the Apple Watch. Check out a solid list of apps for each category: transportation, health, and games.

    #applewatch #apple #apps #smartwatch

  2. Apple Watch Developers Can Get Watch Shipped by April 28th

    Apr 24, 2015

    http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/21/apple-watch-developers-guaranteed-device/:

    “We want to help give Apple developers the opportunity to test their WatchKit apps on Apple Watch as soon as it is available. You have the chance to purchase one (1) Apple Watch Sport with 42mm Silver Aluminum Case and Blue Sport …

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    #applewatch #ios #games #gamedev #indiedev #smartphone #smartwatch

  3. Jony Ive Has A Deep Understanding Of The Materials He Uses

    Apr 24, 2015

    http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8468893/jony-ive-apple-watch-interview-conde-nast:

    “I don’t think you can design in materials without understanding their exact attributes.” Ive said that the reason Apple created its own gold for the Apple Watch Edition is because “we loved how it felt.” He told the conference, “It …

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    #applewatch #materials #apple #smartwatch

  4. Apple Watch is going to be trouble for old-school watchmakers

    Apr 23, 2015

    http://venturebeat.com/2015/04/15/analyst-apple-watch-is-going-to-be-trouble-for-old-school-watch-makers/:

    Our key insights include: (1) +11% of iPhone users “very likely” to purchase an Apple Watch this year, (2) regular watch wearers are among the most likely to order an Apple, (3) young consumers are substantially more likely to buy an Apple Watch …

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    #applewatch #iphone #smartphone #smartwatch

  5. Global Games Market Will Be $91.5B in 2015

    Apr 23, 2015

    http://venturebeat.com/2015/04/22/video-games-will-make-91-5b-this-year/:

    The global gaming market will reach $91.5 billion this year. That will represent a 9.4 percent increase compared to 2014’s $83.6 billion. Smartphones will lead the way with 21 percent growth year over year. Spending on PCs and Mac …

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    #games #applewatch #market #smartwatch #indiedev

  6. How Will the Apple Watch Change Good Manners?

    Apr 23, 2015

    From Jesse Singal, http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/04/how-will-the-apple-watch-change-manners.html:

    There’s nothing new about new technology rejiggering society’s views of what is and isn’t rude. “Technological innovations tend to have an impact on manners, obviously in part by moving the boundaries of what we consider acceptable …

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    #applewatch #iphone #smartphone #smartwatch

  7. Unlock Your Mac From Your Apple Watch

    Apr 23, 2015

    http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/22/two-new-apple-watch-apps-knock-and-oneid-let-you-unlock-your-mac-from-your-wrist-and-more/

    This is a perfect example of what the Apple Watch will give us: a dead simple way to save seconds here or there throughout the day. Love it.

    It’s also a great (or not so great, depending on how you look at …

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