Apple just kneecapped Google's smartwatch efforts
Bad news for Google: Apple has managed to sell more Apple Watches in a single day than the number of Android Wear smartwatches sold in an entire year, if market research from Slice Intelligence is to be believed. In 2014, all manufacturers using Google's smartwatch operating system — including Motorola, LG, and Samsung — sold 720,000 units. In contrast, Apple sold an estimated 957,000 Apple Watches on the first day the devices were available for preorder. These figures do not bode well for Google's app ecosystem.