Wednesday Morning News

[bennyling]

It’s cool, you can stop the speculation now: Apple has unveiled their plans for certified third-party bands for the Apple Watch. From the limited information available on Apple’s website, the Made for Apple Watch program should operate much like the Made for iOS one does — Apple has given designers of third-party bands a band design guidelines document. I wonder…

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Originally published at: http://appletalk.com.au/2015/05/wednesday-morning-news060515/

[tcn33]

@bennyling

Apple has released a new Digital Camera RAW update

Doesn’t this seem like an outdated way of doing things? We don’t get printer driver updates every time a new printer is released, why should we continually get updates for hundreds of cameras we will never own?

[Steeley]

I hope this year the new Apple TV comes to fruition. I use my ATV more than my iPhone or iPad so I’ll be snapping the next version up no matter the cost.

[alfrsr]

@bennyling

Belkin’s WeMo now works with internet automation service IFTTT, alongside adding support for more third-party bulbs. While that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to use WeMo units with your Hue or LIFX bulbs anytime soon, it’s good Belkin are exploring ways to extend their internet-of-things appliances.

Wemo worked with IFTTT before. The support for Wemo bulbs was added yesterday.