By thefredelement I ordered a leather loop band (black) for my watch a week or so ago and got an email of death for that order #, however the email says, my “watch” will ship in the next 2 – 3 weeks.
Cool but weird.

Source: MacRumours

By MacRumors AT&T has quietly updated one of its policies to reflect that it will now only throttle customers that are connected to a cell tower experiencing network congestion, reports Ars Technica. The carrier previously throttled all grandfathered customers with unlimited data plans that exceeded 5GB of 4G LTE data usage in a single monthly billing period, regardless of network congestion.
The updated policy reads as follows:
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“As a result of AT&T’s network management process, customers on a 3G or 4G smartphone or on a 4G LTE smartphone with an unlimited data plan who have exceeded 3 gigabytes (3G/4G) or 5 gigabytes (4G LTE) of data in a billing period may experience reduced speeds when using data services at times and in areas that are experiencing network congestion. All such customers can still use unlimited data without incurring overage charges, and their speeds will be restored with the start of the next billing cycle.”

Last October, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a federal court complaint against AT&T, accusing the carrier of misleading its smartphone customers by charging them for unlimited data while reducing their data speeds by up to 90 percent. The FTC claimed that AT&T did not adequately inform its customers that they would be throttled for using more than a certain amount of data during a billing cycle. AT&T could still face penalties from the FTC if it loses the case, despite changing its policy.
AT&T customers with unlimited data plans have experienced speeds as low as half a megabit per second when being throttled, according to the report, resulting in barely usable service. By throttling unlimited data plans, AT&T is naturally encouraging customers to switch to one of the tiered data plans that it introduced in the years after discontinuing unlimited plans. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have similar throttling practices where there is network congestion.
Article Link: AT&T Scales Back Throttling of Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans

Source: MacRumours

By Mulley2472 Im surprised there isn’t a charging box similar to the box that comes with the edition models out there to buy. I find the charging stands look bulky and wouldn’t necessarily add much value. If you wanted to see a notification while in bed or whatever you would just glance at your phone.

Source: MacRumours

By mariojdo Has anyone on T-Mobile noticed that when you have Wi-Fi Calls Activated (Carrier name changed to “T-Mobile Wi-Fi”) you don’t see incoming calls on your watch?

Source: MacRumours

By Neo2ooo So far I love the watch except for one annoying issue. When you put a particular imessage on Do Not Disturb you still receive the message on the watch. The setting will not take affect on the watch. This is extremely annoying since I am part of a few group messages that are not important and I do not need them buzzing the watch every 15 seconds. Hopefully this is something Apple can add in a future IOS release. Anyone else experiencing this issue or know of any work-arounds?

Source: MacRumours

Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, Jeff Williams, will be interviewed later this month at the second annual Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, the event’s organizers announced on Thursday.

Source: Apple Insider

One of the most customizable Apple Watch features is its clock face, with multiple “styles” like Modular, Chronograph and Solar each having individual options for complications, or sub-displays containing glanceable information.

Source: Apple Insider

During electric car maker Tesla’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, company founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk said it would be great to see Apple enter the automotive industry, while allaying concerns that the Cupertino tech giant’s poaching operations posed a threat to his company.

Source: Apple Insider

Spotify and other streaming music services are upset with Apple’s App Store policies, which they say effectively prevent them from competing with iTunes or Beats Music, a report claimed on Wednesday.

Source: Apple Insider

Apple on Wednesday released Safari 8.0.6, a minor update of the Mac browser, concentrating primarily on fixing security holes discovered in the software.

Source: Apple Insider