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Your smartwatch market leader. Photo: Apple

Your smartwatch market leader. Photo: Apple

So the Apple Watch wasn’t the first smartwatch. It just became the most popular in a hurry.

Shortly after its debut last year, the Apple Watch set out to take over the market it was late to, accounting for two-thirds of all smartwatch shipments in 2015, according to a report by analysts with Canalys.

By Canalys estimates, that’s about 12 million units with more than 5 million Apple Watches sold during the final quarter of 2015.

Apple wants Supreme Court to kill Samsung lawsuit. Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr CC

Apple wants Supreme Court to kill Samsung lawsuit. Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr CC


In a petition to the Supreme Court, Apple says the high court shouldn’t waste its time with Samsung’s high-profile appeal in the two companies’ long legal battle over patents.

Samsung filed an appeal in December asking for the Supreme Court to take a look at how the damages were calculated, but Apple argues that even though it was awarded $548 million, the case is “legally unexceptional.”

Apple Music now supports saving finally on Android. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Apple Music now supports saving offline music to external storage on Android. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Apple today updated the official Apple Music app for Android to add support for saving offline music to SD card on Android devices.

Samsung's browser with and without Ad Block Fast. GIF: Ad Block Fast

Samsung’s browser with and without Ad Block Fast. GIF: Ad Block Fast

Google has pulled an ad-blocking plugin for Samsung’s Android browser just days after it made its debut. Ad Block Fast promised to deliver faster web browsing by removing unnecessary content, but Google says the app violates its Play Store policies.

Google could make its own iPhone rivals. Photo: Google

Google could make its own iPhone rivals. Photo: Google

Google’s flagship Nexus 6P delivered significant design improvements last year, putting its hardware on par with the best devices from rival manufacturers. But Google wants the Nexus lineup to be even more like the iPhone.

To make that happen, the company will reduce its reliance on third-party manufacturing partners like Huawei and LG and assume greater control over Nexus hardware, according to one report.

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