We take a look at how many Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 & do a little predicting about what that could mean for the Apple Watch.

YouTube is rolling out “radio”, Elementary OS follow up & our Kickstarter of the week!

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Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 | Canalys

Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands. Though the Moto 360 remained supply constrained through Q4, Motorola was the clear leader among Android Wear vendors. LG’s round G Watch R performed significantly better than its original G Watch, while Asus and Sony entered the market with their own Android Wear devices. Pebble meanwhile shipped a total of 1 million units from its 2013 launch through to the end of 2014. Continual software updates, more apps in its app store and price cuts in the fall helped maintain strong sales in the second half of the year. ‘Samsung has launched six devices in just 14 months, on different platforms and still leads the smart band market. But it has struggled to keep consumers engaged and must work hard to attract developers while it focuses on Tizen for its wearables.’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones.

YouTube Radio

YouTube has a feature called YouTube Mix, which automatically creates a playlist with many videos related to the video that’s currently playing. Now YouTube tests a new feature based on YouTube Mix: it’s called YouTube Radio. “A non-stop radio station based on the current video. You can like, dislike and dismiss videos to tailor your Radio Station to your taste.”

15-year-old bug allows malicious code execution in all versions of Windows | Ars Technica

Microsoft just patched a 15-year-old bug that in some cases allows attackers to take complete control of PCs running all supported versions of Windows. The critical vulnerability will remain unpatched in Windows Server 2003, leaving that version wide open for the remaining five months Microsoft pledged to continue supporting it.

The flaw, which took Microsoft more than 12 months to fix, affects all users who connect to business, corporate, or government networks using the Active Directory service. The database is built into Windows and acts as a combination traffic cop and security guard, granting specific privileges to authorized users and mapping where on a local network various resources are available. The bug—which Microsoft classifies as MS15-011 and the researcher who first reported it calls Jasbug—allows attackers who are in a position to monitor traffic passing between the user and the Active Directory network to launch a man-in-the-middle exploit that executes malicious code on vulnerable machines.

Elementary OS Funding : techtalktoday

The idea that people would pay to help support an OS before they’ve tried it seems strange. It seems to me that their problem lies in that they’re asking for money at the time of install. These people most likely haven’t tried Elementary before or are busy setting up a new system. The people who would be more likely to help fund development are those who have using it, old installs not new ones. They should think of an unobtrusive way to remind people that funding helps maintain the project and get more features and improvements. Just my two cents. It’d be nice to hear what some of you guys think about that sort of funding strategy.

JamBlaster – Play music in real time with others from home by JamKazam — Kickstarter

The JamBlaster is crazy fast, greatly extends the distances over which you can play together, and offers plug and play ease of use.