Top 10 Tips When Getting Started On Tsū

Top 10 Tips When Getting Started On Tsū

1) First things first… Upload a PROFILE PICTURE and COVER PHOTO.

I can’t speak for everybody, but I know that I am very picky with whom I accept as a friend. If you don’t have a picture, then how are we going to know who you are?
A cover photo is also a great way to show people who you are, what you do, or what you’re interested in.

2) Get to know your limits.

• You can have a total of 5,000 FRIENDS
• You can have UNLIMITED FOLLOWERS
• You can FOLLOW 1,000 people, initially
• You can LIKE 1,000 times per 24 hours
• You can COMMENT 1,000 times per 24 hours
• You can FOLLOW 500 times per 24 hours
• You can have 50 outstanding FRIEND REQUESTS at a time
• You can POST 40 times per 24 hours
• You can SHARE 12 times per 24 hours
• You can MENTION (@username) 10 people per post/comment
• You can HASHTAG (#hashtag) 10 tags per post/comment
  Read the Tsū FAQ’s Here

3) DO NOT SPAM.
There is nothing more annoying than users who just write “nice”, “like”, or “fine” on everything they see! I understand that sometimes you really DO think something is “nice” and that is OK!… but at least take the time to write 3 or more words. Other forms of spam include posts asking you to comment, like, or share to earn $10. Help us put an end to these and please don’t spread them.
DO NOT USE THE HASHTAGS: #Follow4Follow , #Like4Like , #Share etc…

4) Post Original Content.
The best posts on Tsū are Genuine, Original, and Add Value. I can’t tell you how many times I see the EXACT SAME images posted over and over and over again… You are not contributing to the network and you run the risk of copyright infringement, meaning, you might not be allowed to collect your cheque at $100! Always put 100% into each and every post. Create your own personal brand and use Hashtags relevant to your content in order for more people to find it!

5) Engage With Your Audience.
Always take the time to thank a person for sharing one of your posts when you see it. If you don’t engage with the people commenting and sharing your stuff, eventually they will stop!I make the effort to go through my notifications and see who’s mentioning me in posts, Who’s talking to me in comments, and who’s Sharing and Commenting on my stuff. By thanking these people and showing gratitude, you can build relationships and meet like minded people!

6) Invite Your Friends To Join You.
The benefit to inviting people to this platform is that it helps the entire community grow, thus in turn bringing in more money for the company. The more money there is, the moreShared Economics there are.

When you invite somebody using your Short Code, you partake in their shared economics too!
Your short code is your Username: www.tsu.co/Kimjen

This link not only tracks who you invite, who they invited and who they invited, but the link also tracks how the revenues are earned and shared through your family tree. Be sure to welcome new TsŪsers to the network and shout-out anybody you personally invite via the #nmshoutout

7) Distinguish Between Friends vs. Followers.

Friends
If you are friends with a user, then each of you automatically follow each other, and you will share both levels of content in your feeds (‘Public’ and ‘Friends Only’ posts). We do not yet have ‘Private’ or ‘Restricted’ options to control content visibility to Friends. We suggest only befriending people you actually know or want to know. Trust us on this one!

Followers
If you follow a user, you can see their ‘Public’ posts. Users you follow will not see your ‘Public’ posts unless they choose to follow you. Likewise you can have Followers that you choose not to Follow. There is NO NEED to Follow AND Friend the same person seeing as how there are limits to the amount of people you can have of each and they both accomplish the same thing. Be selective with the people you accept as your friend and make sure they are relevant to your interests or target audience. The number of friends you have on here does not make any difference if they aren’t engaging with you, so don’t feel obligated to follow someone back just because they are following you.

8) Be Patient.
Just remember that while it is possible to make a lot of money on Tsū, you’re going to have to put up with a few pennies along the way. You have to allow time for the COMPOUND EFFECT to sink in, and you have to be CONSISTENT in your activity… If 30 minutes a day is all you have time for, then make sure it’s 30 minutes EVERY day.

9) Join Others In Challenges.
A great way to interact with others, and be productive with your time on Tsū, is to join in on challenges… There are many great, user inspired, challenges happening on a daily basis! These challenges could be anything from; taking a silly picture, to doing some sort of physical activity and tagging others to do the same. Most of the time these challenges are accompanied with a donation to a charity (sort of like the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge). These sort of post are the best because they follow all of the rules!

• They are original and can’t be found anywhere else online.
• They are engaging and interactive.
• They expand your audience by using relevant hashtags.
• They allow you to get to know other users too.
• They typically bring in quite a few dollars for charity and raise A LOT of awareness!Be sure to credit the Challenge creator by mentioning them in the post.

10) Step Up And Become A Leader.
One of the most important things, often overlooked by people, is that WE are the ones responsible for the success or failure of this platform! Our CEO is a fantastic guy, and brilliant to say the least, but he understands that it’s the users who encourage and stimulate the growth of the platform by how well they interact and keep people coming back! Keep in mind that this platform is still under 1 year old. There is plenty of room for anybody to emerge as one of the top influencers that people look up to. If you follow all of these tips, you will find yourself building a name in no time! Leaders don’t create followers, they create other leaders, so make sure that the people you bring to Tsū stay plugged in, guide them to this website so they can learn and have fun with this wonderful Social Network.

Tsu Hashtags Your Way To Earn

Hashtags

Your Ticket to Enter a New Level

When using any social platform, the way that I and a great and growing number of others are using those platforms is with the help of #hashtags!

When I am looking to find content from friends, if that is not being displayed in my feed, then I search a hashtag like #FractalDesigns then all of a sudden -Bam★Pow★Bang★Zoink-, I am looking at the desired content.

The hashtag is a descriptive search in itself, the new hyperlink, just clicking it makes it go get the stuff you want.

Are you doing this;

searching for the content you choose to see, instead of scrolling a long list of content displayed by the time it was posted?

It does come down to Time, unless of course you have a never ending supply of it. Not many people can say they do!

Speeding Up The Process

Hashtags help you to speed up the process by gathering Only content that has been posted with a certain #hashtag in the actual post.

Example:

Here are some of the hashtags that I choose to describe my work with when posting on social sites;

#wallpaper #fractals #jwildfire #fractalart

They are generic and if others also use those hashtags, then when you click it, you get it all!

I am the sort of user who likes to let others use my work as free wallpapers for their devices and pc’s, so I use the #wallpaper hashtag for people searching for that and if they are searching for fractals, then I use #fractals or maybe they want to see what is possible in the program I use to create fractal art, then I use #fractalart and jwildfire.

When of course, your aim is to drive some traffic to your own website, it is a good idea to create a new hashtag just to use for that purpose.

This is my personal hashtag; #FractalDesigns, I use it on nearly every single post that I make.

Another way to use them is for finding your way back to content, especially on tsū, when you get your shares limited daily!

For this type of use, I create something like #comebackCraig and others have their favourite for doing the same like #returninglater or similar.

Anything will work as long as you remember it!

Putting the Hashtag to Work for You

So, if you want to grow your following and get more people sharing your content, then putting the Hashtag to work for you is a lot less effort and saves you spending more Time on the promotion of your content.

If you have cool hashtags that people can find your content faster and more directly, why not list it/them in the comments below!

Don’t forget! GOOGLE is Indexing tsū content and in turn Hashtags found around the Web.

You can also use hashtags to link a series of content together so that others can see a whole series in one place, without other content preventing you from seeing what you want like:

#ThreeTsuSphericalFlames

Wouldn’t that be a good idea to search on Google for a hashtag and see what comes in from the web and not just a single platform like tsū.co ?

TSU

When asking Google if the social network Tsu is legit you may run into this auto suggestion: ‘Tsu is ownership of content’ – but what does this mean? Well, as an content creator you automatically own the copyright to your work. It doesn’t matter if you are an artist with a formal education or just a hobbyist that loves to paint, draw or take pictures with your camera or phone.

You can do whatever you want with your newly created content. Upload it to your website, post it on Facebook and / or Google+, tweet it out to the whole world or just let it sit in one of these dark edges on your hard drive so it can gather some dust. If you want to do so you can even give it away for free. I don’t count how often I get asked if I could give away one of my pictures for a “we don’t have any budget for the photos” project.

But: others need to have your permission to use your photos, paintings and drawings. If anyone finds one of your images in the Google search she / he have to contact you before using it for their blog or website.

So what’s about social networks? You captured this wonderful sunset with amazing orange clouds in a dramatic sky. Your friends should see it! Uploading the picture to a social network of your choice is a breeze. Soon you will get some comments, likes and maybe even shares.

Places like Facebook need content and engagement like this to get their business running. And the goal of this business is very clear: selling advertisements. Facebook is a great place for advertisers to run paid ads, boosted posts and much more. Facebook make lots and lots of money with their Ads and the advertisers may make some Dollars with the very clever ad targeting system Facebook has.

And what’s about you, the user? The person who uploads his own content, likes, comments and shares posts from others? Do you get compensated for doing this? No?

Here is a quote from Tsu founder Sebastian Sobczak: ‘Established social networks have built amazing business models prospering on the total monetization of free user-generated content. Why should anyone commercially benefit from someone else’s image, likeness and work giving no financial return to the owner? The markets we participate in are enormous, growing and can materially compensate each user – we’re simply and uniquely rewarding the users who are doing all the work. This is the way the world should work.’

Tsu gives 90% of its ad revenues to the users. So while doing whatever you do on other social networks you can earn some cash for your content and your engagement.

To say it more precise: Tsu is payed ownership of content. And yes, Tsu is legit – trust me and many other users about this. 

Join Tsu Here:

http://www.tsu.co/Kimjen

Galaxy S6 to gain better manual exposure control in Android 5.1 update

Whether you’re an Apple fan or a Samsung fan, one thing is certain – the iPhone has offered one of the best camera experiences on a smartphone for quite some time now. Though, just recently, that may have changed for some users after the launch of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Samsung’s two newest flagships not only brought a much-improved camera experience over their predecessor, but they were arguably the first Android phones to give the current iPhone offering a run for its money. To make the experience even better, Samsung is supposedly bringing a handy feature to the Galaxy S6’s camera that has only been implemented on iPhone cameras so far.

Read more: Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge camera shootout

Just about every smartphone camera out there has an option to adjust exposure, but on Apple devices, users have the ability to manually adjust the exposure at the point of focus in the viewfinder. For instance, when there is an abundance of light behind the subject of the photo, using the stock camera on the iPhone will let you increase or decrease the exposure amount by simply dragging your finger up or down on the subject. According to SamMobile, this easier method of adjusting exposure is making its way to the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge in the update to Android 5.1 Lollipop. The publication has been testing out an early build of the software for a little while now, and they have confirmed that the feature is in fact present in the 5.1 update.

Just what is 2.5D screen glass?

Just what is 2.5D screen glass?

The 2.5D glass trend sounds like stereotypical marketing jargon… how can something exist between two and three dimensional space anyway? However, the term is actually based on a real design factor, it’s not just a name used to try and sell you semi-useless screen protectors.

2.5D refers to a slight curvature at the edge of the glass display, also known as a contoured edge. While not an official name for any piece of technology, it is widely used to reference this type of display design. You might not even really be able to notice it on some handsets, but on devices where the glass sits atop the rest of the body, rather than being secured behind a slightly raised bezel, you’ll certainly appreciate the more seamless edge.

A lot of phones have featured glass with some sort of curved edge over the years, but recently the design has become a much more prominent marketing term as handsets have tried to distinguish themselves based on aesthetic design. You can easily spot curved glass on modern handsets such as the Google Nexus 6, Xiaomi Mi Note, and now the Apple iPhone 6 too, just to name a few.

So, is it curved or not?

While not curved in the most obvious sense, the name refers to rounding off the edges of a flat “2D” display in the z-axis, adding a slight curve to what would usually be a straight edge. If you can’t quite picture this, a press slide from the launch of the Xiaomi Mi Note probably demonstrates the differences a little better than I can put into words.

This effect can be made more or less extreme, depending on how much of a curved edge is required. Even a small curve can be used to make the edge of the glass feel smooth, while a larger curve may look more stylish.

Going further and actually bending the display leads to a more noticeable 3D effect. This is probably how we would describe handsets like the G Flex 2 or Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge and S6 Edge, but these curved displays rely on bendable substrates and electronics too, while 2.5D glass does not. That’s not to say that these type of displays don’t feature curved glass edges as well, but it’s important to make the distinction about the term, now that handsets feature more noticeably curved displays.

How is it made?

Although a lot of fuss has been made about 2.5D glass, there’s nothing particularly special about the way it is designed and built. Because the actual electronic display components are not curved in anyway, unlike a flexible display, 2.5D glass is manufactured in much the same was as a straight glass panel, just with some additional shaping added when it comes to forming the glass to the right size.

It's a little more expensive, but can produce more premium looking results.

Fortunately, this means that 2.5D displays can still benefit from hardening and strengthening manufacturing techniques, such as those used by Corning’s popular Gorilla Glass. Individual smartphone sized glass pieces are cut from the larger mother sheet, with an additional processing layer thrown in to trim and smooth the edges of the glass. It’s a little more expensive, but can produce more premium looking results.

The shaped glass can then be put through the hardening process, by heating the sheet in a solution of molten salts at very high temperatures and then cooling it rapidly to force the glass to compress. Shaping and hardening is done in this order so that the structural integrity of the stronger glass is not put at risk by attempting to reshape it nearer the end of the processes.

For comparison, a fully curved display like the G Flex 2 or Galaxy S6 Edge requires that the display’s transistor backplane and circuit light elements, such as the OLEDs or LCD pixels, also conform to the curve. Flexible electronic circuits like this are even more complex and expensive to produce than the curved glass component.

What are the benefits?

The benefits of 2.5D glass are purely ergonomic and aesthetic. It is especially important on touchscreen devices to ensure that any surfaces that consumers are going to touch and swipe their fingers across are smooth. You wouldn’t want to snag your finger on a sharp glass corner!

You’ll still find 2.5D displays used in products with a non-glass edge, simply because it helps keep the edge of the glass away from the user’s fingers. Remember that intentional gap between the Note 4’s body and its metal frame? It would have been a big deal if sharp glass was exposed by the gap.

In curved glass edge smartphones, 2.5D simply looks a little nicer than raising the bezel up above the display edge and helps to ensure that the glass fits nicely against the rest of the phone’s body.

2.5D has become a prominent marketing term as handsets have tried to distinguish themselves based on aesthetic design

As for toughness and scratch resistance, it’s the underlying manufacturing technique that determines these properties rather than anything inherent in the 2.5D name that specifies any such properties.

You’ll find that a number of Gorilla Glass handsets are also listed as 2.5D displays, but the two are separate terms. There’s also no reason to assume that these are any tougher or weaker than their regular flat glass counterparts. After all, it’s only the very edge of the display which is any different. 2.5D displays manufactured with a different process will result in different levels of toughness.

The only minor downside is that consumers who like to place an additional screen protector on their smartphone might find it difficult to find third party products that exactly fit the contours of the 2.5D glass. This is because the screen protector has to be manufactured to fit around the curves of the display, which is a trickier and more expensive process than producing a completely flat protector. You can find specific 2.5D screen protectors for these devices.

Overall, the term 2.5D display is not completely meaningless, but it’s not a major technical achievement that gives one phone an advantage over another either. A 2.5D display may lend itself to some nice looking designs, but it’s certainly not something to base your purchasing decisions on.

At Google I/O,     Spotlight Will Be on Spruced-Up Android, Virtual Reality

At I/O last year, Google showed off the next frontiers of Android, announcing versions of the software for cars, wearable's, TV and cheap phones in emerging markets. Don’t anticipate anything that seismic this year, however.

Instead, at its annual developer conference, which begins on Thursday, Google is expected to introduce updates that fine-tune these connected platforms while attempting to make the case that they've had a solid inaugural year.

It’s a tough case. Sales of Android Wear devices are sluggish while the Apple Watch has captured the lion’s share of buzz. Android Auto is moving slowly too — last year, Google predicted 2015 model cars would be on the road with Android Auto support but very few have yet to hit the road.

Meanwhile, Google has seen its position at the forefront of virtual and augmented reality with Glass take a hit while Facebook and even Microsoft made noteworthy strides. In the past year, Google copped to the lack luster performance of its first big bet, Glass. It can’t afford to stay out of the arms race for much longer.

It’s unlikely Google will unveil a new version of Glass. But it may reveal more on the future of another tarnished product: Google+. A new photo-sharing service will premier at I/O,according to Bloomberg, which would decouple it from Google+ and further call into question the future of the beleaguered social network.

Google is also likely to talk about where it is heading with its constant — and constantly evolving — Android TV effort.

Still, the theme of the conference will be mobile and how much Google claims to be the gravitational center and chief innovator there. And the centerpiece, like every year, will likely be the debut of a new version of Android. Expect new features to entice developers and delight users. Also, expect it to have a stronger Google footprint, the next steps in a process — started last year — to tighten the company’s control over the OS and the data and dollars that pump through it.

Of course, I/O, like Google, is multi-faceted and will dip into many areas. Here are a few to watch.

A more alluring Android

While the sexiest things at Google I/O are the big updates to Android and cool demo hardware (and giveaways), a lot of the nuts and bolts are about making life easier for developers, especially those writing for Android. Expect Google to show off a bunch of things designed to make it easier not just to write apps, but also to make money. And within that, a big focus will be on using Google’s own services for as many steps as possible.

That includes ads. Apple’s universe remains more lucrative terrain for mobile developers, although that has begun to shift thanks to the sheer number of Android devices shipping around the world. Google certainly wants developers to stick with Android, and being able to offer an easier way to earn more money is the strongest motivation for developers. Google is feeling heat from another source, too; Facebook, its biggest rival for mobile money, centered much of its own developer conference on its formidable ad technology.

But Google’s mobile strategy isn’t limited to its own efforts with Android. While Google certainly likes people to write for Android, it also makes a lot of money from Google services used on the iPhone (many believe it is more per user than for Android), so expect Google to devote some time to iOS developers as well. Also, Twitter’s new developer platform, Fabric, is on hand at I/O, a sign of yet another partnership between the two companies.

Reviving payments

Back in March, Android chief Sundar Pichai teased Google’s new payments product, called Android Pay. Google has said little about the feature since, or how it sits with its fledgling Google Wallet. It probably will during I/O. Also, expect Google to shed a bit more light on its deal, inked in February, with three of the big carriers — AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile — for their (even more fledgling) wallet, Softcard, and pre-installation on smartphones.

Despite being the earliest entrant in mobile payments, Google has struggled to gain consumer traction. Now it faces pressure from Apple as well as its biggest hardware partner, Samsung, which is rolling out its own payments product this summer.

Android for everything

After cars, wrists and TVs, the next target for Android could be the so-called smart home.According to the Information, Google and Nest Labs are cooking up open source software that can connect to the panoply of devices soon to connect to the Internet. Nest, whose executive, Tony Fadell, also oversees Glass 2.0, has delivered scant news since its acquisition of Dropcam last June. A few sessions are scheduled at I/O for Nest and the Internet of Things.

Next chapter of “epic shit”

With I/O, the biggest challenge is often meeting the expectation set in recent years that it will have something truly mind-blowing and unexpected. Google will certainly have plenty of chances to do so. Astro Teller, the head of Google X lab, will lead a session. Another is devoted to Project Loon, Google’s audacious global connectivity program. Last year, Google launched Cardboard, a simple VR apparatus, that Google is positioning as the technology’s first mainstream product. Keep an eye for some new advancements and partnerships.

There’s also ATAP, Google’s other secretive research lab designed to “do epic shit,” in the words of its director, Regina Dugan. Expect an update to some of its existing initiatives — like the modular phone Project Ara — and possibly some of its hidden ones. A wearable, perhaps. The description of the ATAP sessions at I/O hints at “wearables that we hope will blow your socks off. (We mean this more literally than you might think…).”

Re/code will be on hand, with socks and shoes kept intact.

iOS 8.3 Jailbreak

Jailbreak iOS 8.3

Latest iOS 8.3 Jailbreak Status

Apple released iOS 8.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on April 8th. It includes new features such as a redesigned Emoji keyboard, CarPlay Wireless, new Siri languages, and a long list of bug fixes and improvements. However, there is currently no tool available to jailbreak iOS 8.3. TaiG jailbreak and PP Jailbreak do not work with iOS 8.3 as Apple has patched several vulnerabilities in iOS 8.1.3, one vulnerability in iOS 8.2, and one more in iOS 8.3 that were used by them to hack iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

However, the good news is that, security expert and hacker Stefan Essar aka ion1c hasshown off a jailbroken iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.4 in a video, which means that iOS 8.3 can also be jailbroken.

Users who have jailbroken their device on iOS 8.1.2 or lower should not upgrade their device to iOS 8.3 as one would lose the jailbreak and it will also wipe out the jailbreak tweaks installed on your device.

You can jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 or lower, so check our jailbreak page for links to the latest tutorials.

We’ll let you know as soon as there is an update on the iOS 8.3 jailbreak. Don’t forget to join our Facebook Fan page, follow us on Twitter, add us to your circles on Google+, subscribe to our RSS feed or our Daily Newsletter for the latest updates.

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iOS 9 Feature Wish List

iOS 9 feature wish list: Customize Control Centre

Posted by CH ASIM on May 24, 2015 | 

Apple is widely expected to unveil iOS 9, the next major mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, at next month’s WWDC.

With less than a month to go, we wanted to set our expectations for iOS 9. The ability to customize Control Centre is one of the features that I hope makes it to iOS 9’s feature list.

Customize Control Centre

This is not a new one. It was on my iOS 8 feature wish list as well, but did not make it to the OS despite rumors and even clues that Apple was working on it.

Control Center is one of of my favorite iOS features, but one of its most obvious limitations is the limited number of toggles and quick launch app shortcuts, and the lack of ability to customize it. I hope Apple finally addresses these limitations in iOS 9.

Currently, Control Center gives you quick access to 5 system toggles, such as AirPlane mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb and Orientation Lock. It also gives you quick access to turn on the LED flash, which turns your iPhone into a flashlight. It is great to be able to access these features from anywhere in iOS without leaving the app you’re currently using. It also has 3 more quick launch shortcuts for the Stop Watch, Calculator and Camera apps.

But Apple can make it a lot more useful and user-friendly by giving us the ability to customize and extend its functionality. For example, I use Personal Hotspot and VPN quite often, and would ideally like to access toggles for these from Control Center.

The same applies for quick launch app shortcuts. I hardly use the Calculator since I prefer using the PCalc widget, so it would be nice to be able to launch some of my frequently used apps such as Safari, Tweetbot and Reeder, from the Control Center (rather than having to press the Home button, and so on). It should also allow us to change the Camera shortcut with that for our favorite Camera app. I would also like to change the shortcut for the Stop Watch, which I have never used, with Alarm, which I use daily.

In addition, it would be great if we can configure the order and the number of toggles and quick launch shortcuts in Control Center. So instead of static toggles and app shortcuts, we should be able to scroll through them so that we can access more than just 5 toggles or quick launch shortcuts. The ability to order them will allow us to configure the system based on how often we use them. Apple could allow us to customize and extend the functionality of the Control Center via the Settings app, in similar fashion to the customization feature available for Glances in the Apple Watch Companion app.

Jailbreak tweaks such as FlipControlCenter already allow us to customize and extend the functionality of the Control Centre, so this should be an easy one to implement.

What do you think? Let me also know what’s on your iOS 9 wish list in the comments below.

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Apple update for the Apple Watch and ‘TVKit’ SDK for the Apple TV

Apple preparing first major update for the Apple Watch and ‘TVKit’ SDK for the Apple TV

Posted by Ch Asim on May 24, 2015 

The Apple Watch is a brand new piece of technology running a brand new OS under the hood, so obviously there’s room to grow.

Now, according to a report published recently by 9to5Mac, Apple is preparing the first “significant” software upgrade for the Apple Watch, which will add plenty of noteworthy features, as well as improve what’s already on board. The main tenants of the update involve security, health and fitness, and even better connectivity with other Apple-branded devices.

First and foremost, and what will help those who purchased a Watch sleep better, is a bump to the security features within the wearable. The report indicates that Apple is putting together a “Find my Watch” feature, which will work exactly like the “Find my iPhone” feature for Apple’s iOS-based mobile device. Meaning, if the Watch is misplaced or stolen, users will be able to wipe or lock the accessory.

Apple will make this possible with a new feature called “Smart Leashing,” as it’s known internally. The report cites unnamed sources, saying that this feature will use the Watch’s wireless signal to discern its location in relation to the owner’s iPhone. As noted in the report, this means that if someone leaves their iPhone on a table and walks away, the Watch can gently tap their wrist to let them know they’re leaving their phone behind:

“Apple wants to give [a user] a tap or a light notice if it thinks [he or she is] accidentally leaving [the] phone somewhere.“

Unfortunately, this specific feature could be further out than some other new additions to the Watch, as the sources suggest it could need a better chip under the hood.

One other new feature could be tied to the heartbeat sensor within the Watch, as a source cited in the report indicates Apple is testing the idea of the Watch being able to notify the wearer of an irregular heartbeat, if the situation comes up. However, the source also states that this feature might not ever make it out of the testing labs, as government regulation, and concerns of potential liability might dissuade Apple from releasing it.

Of note, Apple is reportedly also developing “Complications,” for third-party applications. This would allow, for instance, the Twitter application to show the wearer how many unread tweets they have even before they dig into the app.

And, finally, the report also shines some light on the next-generation Apple TV, which will reportedly use the Apple Watch as one major input device for the set-top box. On top of that, the new Apple TV will reportedly be quite thinner than the current generation Apple TV, but won’t retain the puck-like shape. It will launch with third-party app support, as has been previously rumoured, and the report suggests the Apple Tv will be unveiled in June at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Are you excited about the future of the Apple Watch and Apple TV?

Microsoft Surface 3 Review: Laptop Destroyer

Previous attempts to cross breed laptop and tablet has spawned some questionable creations that have been rightly consigned to the history books, filed under ‘oops’.

Not so with Microsoft MSFT -1.1%’s Surface range. The tablet/laptop (tabtop?) in question is the Surface 3, the slightly less glitzy version of the Surface Pro 3. It’s aimed at casual users and students I’m told, and the price is supposed to reflect that.

The basic version of the Surface 3 costs $499, but the full, pro version costs $799, which includes a more powerful processor, quad-HD display and larger screen. That $499 rises to $628 when you add the keyboard accessory, which is a lot of money for a tablet. There’s certainly nothing casual or studenty about that price.

But in comparison to its Android and iOS rivals – the iPad Air and the SonyXperia Z4 – it comes in cheaper than both. Indeed, it’s the ‘lite’ version, so you’d expect it to be cheaper, but – for that price  - you get a lot more than you would from a standard tablet…

Design and accessories

Image credit: Jay McGregor

What’s immediately clear is that the Surface 3 isn’t a conventional tablet. It’s not obsessed with its silhouette like the ultra thin iPad Air 2 or Sony Xperia tablets. It’s thicker width might put some off, but there’s a functional reason for it: a full size USB 3.0 port. Microsoft is unashamed of that, because this Surface range is squarely aimed at productivity enthusiasts.

With that said, it’s as thin as a full-size USB allows it to be. Given that it’s thinner than the average laptop – and it’s pitching itself as a superior replacement – then there’s no problem here.

The magnesium alloy casing and angular shape makes the Surface 3 feel like an expensive, professional piece of kit. On the back there’s a practical non-flimsy kick-stand that sharply clicks into place when pulled out and pushed back in, underneath the kickstand is a subtle microSD slot.  Around the edges are the sturdy volume and power buttons – that reward you with a satisfying click when pushed – the full size USB port, a micro USB port and mini DisplayPort.

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Across the bottom is the magnetic connector that the Type Cover accessory (keyboard) attaches too. The keyboard has been been shrunken from the Surface Pro 3’s to accommodate for the smaller sized device. It’s narrow, but not unuseable. The back-lit touch keyboard is responsive and the keys have a good bounce to them. The trackpad is hilariously small though, you’re better off using touch to navigate around the interface.

There’s also a very swish stylus that accompanies tablet, although it’s sold seperately. It does all of the things you’d expect a stylus to do, but it also has some extra, useful, functionality. In particular, the button at the top of the pen instantly opens up One Note, even when the tablet is asleep, which means you can quickly take notes without having to go through the rigmarole of finding and opening the app – although you do have to be logged in. The idea is that the Surface can replace the speed of using pen and paper to quickly jot down a note.

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Curiously, there’s no way of attaching the pen to the tablet. There’s a clip on the top of the pen and the only thing it kind-of clips on to is the keyboard (with a bit of force). It seems strange that a core accessory has no way to stay connected to the main device, especially when it’s something as easily lost as a pen.