AppleInsider writes that heart-monitoring Apple Watch app Cardiogram has found a novel way of publicising what the app can do by creating a user challenge designed to monitor the heart rates of Game of Thrones fans when they are watching the show. A total of 300 people enrolled in the...

AppleInsider reports that Apple has just made a move that is bound to delight owners of the first-generation Apple Watch, as they will now be able to get free repairs to the back cover of the original Apple Watch for 3years rather than just 1 year. This includes all versions of the...

Apple has announced today that it is to celebrate America’s national parks in July in several different ways. Firstly, from July 1 to July 15, Apple will donate $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at any Apple Store, on apple.com, or via the Apple Store app...

WWDC17 kicked off today at the San Jose Convention Center in California with the Keynote presentation hosted by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The first main announcement was watchOS 4. After announcing proudly that Apple Watch is the number 1 best-selling smartwatch by far this year, with the best...

9to5 Mac reports today on a new survey out of Stanford University looking into fitness trackers that has found that the Apple Watch is the most accurate heart rate monitor, although it doesn’t fare so well at measuring calories. The study saw 60 participants wearing different fitness trackers...

Apple’s partnership with Nike continues today with the sports brand announcing four new Apple Watch bands that will be available on June 1 at Nike’s online and retail stores and also via Apple and resellers a few days afterwards. Nike says that the four colourways are inspired by the Nike Air...

Following on from recent reports that Apple is working on a glucose monitor feature for Apple Watch, CNBC reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been seen testing a prototype glucose monitor on his Apple Watch at Apple’s campus, in a bid to find out how blood sugar responds to various factors such...

Recent figures have shown that the Apple Watch is already the world’s best-selling fitness device, and now Apple wants to take the health and fitness features of the watch even further. BGR has an exclusive report in which it says that it has heard from its sources that Apple has hired 200 PhDs...

Tech Crunch reports that a new study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), using the heartbeat measurement app Cardiogram, finds that the Apple Watch is 97% accurate in detecting the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm when paired with an AI algorithm. The UCSF...

According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, via AppleInsider, Apple has just overtaken Fitbit to become the world’s largest wearables vendor for the first quarter of 2017. The latest figures from Strategy Analytics show that Apple sold an estimated 3.5 million Apple Watch units in the...

New data issued by Piper Jaffray, via MacRumors, reveals that the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone with teens. Piper Jaffray’s bi-annual U.S. teen survey showed that 76% of those teens that were surveyed own an iPhone, an increase from 69% in spring 2016. This represents the highest...

MacRumors reports today that according to Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Christopher Rolland, Apple’s third-generation Apple Watch could feature cellular connectivity, which has long been rumoured to be coming to the Apple Watch. In particular, Rolland says that this year’s Apple Watch...

AppleInsider reports that Apple has today announced a new range of seasonal bands for the Apple Watch in a variety of colours and designs, as well as making the Nike Sport Band available to buy separately without being bundled with the Nike edition Apple Watch. Starting off with the new Apple...

According to new figures from research firm IDC, via MacRumors, Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 are a “magnificent success” for Apple, resulting in the company recording its “best quarter ever” for the wearables market. IDC’s figures show that Apple shipped an estimated 4.6 million Apple...

With fitness tracking being one of the major selling points for Apple Watch, Twelve South has realized that there is a gap in the market for an accessory that keeps your precious watch safe during more vigorous types of exercise, such as kickboxing, weightlifting, and crossfit. The result is its...

Niantic has just announced that Pokémon Go is finally available for Apple Watch. Interacting with Pokémon Go on Apple Watch appears to be very easy; you simply have to tap the watch to find nearby Pokémon and to collect item drops from PokéStops. You’ll still have to use your iPhone in order...

9to5 Mac reports on another story of a business that is using the Apple Watch as part of its customer service initiative, namely the 30-year-old Union Square Café, which is due to reopen next month. According to a story in Eater, Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, who owns the Union Square Café...

Fortune’s Chuck Jones writes today that the next Apple Watch model will most likely be untethered from the iPhone, meaning that you won’t have to have an iPhone in order to use it. Jones points to the announcement recently posted by Apple on its developers' site stipulating that from June 1, all...

AppleInsider reports today on a strong rumour that says that trial production is set to start later this month for the second-generation Apple Watch. According to Taiwan’s Commercial Times, Quanta will be handling the trial production process, but Apple may also involve some of its other supply...

According to a report in the New York Times today, via AppleInsider, Apple may have some surprises for next Wednesday’s special event that have yet to be discovered by the press. The New York Times says that it has heard from its sources that new metal finishes for the Apple Watch may well be...