Microsoft displayed a chart at today’s WinHEC conference in China showing all of the update paths for Windows 10, which confirms that Windows RT devices like the Surface RT and Surface 2 are being denied a way to get the company’s next operating system.

If you’re having trouble deciding between the 38mm and 42mm Apple Watch sizes, Apple has made a way for you to try them on — virtually!

In-store try ons will start on April 10, but if you want to get a sense of how both Apple Watch cases look on your wrist right now, today, you can do just that using the Apple Store app. It’s not obvious how to get there, but once you know where it is, you can switch between both collections and sizes and see how aluminum, steel, and gold, in 38mm and 48mm, fit.

• Free – Apple Store app – Download now

How to “try on” an Apple Watch with the Apple Store app

1. Launch the Apple Store app from your iPhone Home screen.
2. Tap on an Apple Watch collection you want to “try on” from the Featured section.
3. Tap on View Pricing at the top right.
4. Tap on Compare case sizes in the middle.
5. Toggle between 38mm or 42mm.
6. Put your iPhone on your wrist and see how it looks!

I’ve tried both Apple Watch sizes on in person and the Apple Store app does a surprisingly good job of simulating the way they look on your wrist. If you like both sizes, however, and still can’t decide which one is for you, check out our complete Apple Watch buyers guide:

• Read our breakdown on who should get the 38mm and who should get the 42mm Apple Watch

Happy sizing!

White, blue, green, pink, or black — the Apple Watch Sport collection offers five pairs of vibrant fluoroelastomer sport bands for you to choose from.

Molded out of high-performance, fluorocarbon-based synthetic rubber, the Apple Watch Sport bands are meant for exactly what the name implies — active lifestyles. That means they’re tough enough to survive runs in the sun, workouts in the gym, and hikes in the woods. Form-fitting and skin-friendly with a pin-and-tuck-closure, the Apple Watch Sport band is what ships with every case in the Apple Watch Sport collection. There are several bright, fun colors to choose from, however, and that can make the choice more difficult. If you’re having trouble deciding, here’s some help!

Five bands, two cases

The Apple Watch Sport collection pairs five different band colors with two different case colors. The silver aluminum case comes with your choice of white, blue, green, or pink bands. The space gray aluminum case, however, only comes with black.

You’ll be able to get other bands later, but if you want to make sure you get your favorite right away, or you want a particular case color, just note that it will restrict your initial band colors to four for silver, one for space gray.

Dirt and damage

Light colors show dirt and discoloration and dark colors show dust and scratches. It’s just a fact of life. Looking back at the iPhone 5c and the cases which came with it — not coincidentally in colors very similar to the sport bands — it’s evident Apple has put a lot of time and effort into making high-quality materials, but even high-quality materials can get dirty sometimes.

Until the Apple Watch Sport bands have been on the market for a while, it’s impossible to know just how wear-and-tear resistant they’ll truly turn out to be. Since the color seems to go all the way through, scratching the surface probably won’t do much more than reveal additional surface. Likewise, Apple has long since figured out how to make colors stay colorful even after prologued exposure to sunlight and other elements.

That said, watch bands will be on your wrists, near your hands. Think about your lifestyle, what you wear now, and which colors have held up best under your daily activities. The same will likely hold true for the sport bands.

Band swapping

Apple will be selling additional Sport bands for $49 each in the same white, blue, green, pink, and black that come in the collections. That means if you have your heart set on more than one color, or if you buy a color and later change your mind, you’re not going to have to pay a lot to switch things up.

Who should get the white sport band?

White is the presence of all colors in light, and the absence of all colors in print. White is worn for weddings in the west and passings in the east. In other words, white enjoys tremendous range. That’s probably why it’s so divisive. For some, it’s nothing they want anything to do with, for others, it’s the only thing they want.

Since there’s no silver in the sport collection, however, if you want something bright yet neutral, you’ll want white.

Who should get the blue sport band?

Blue is the color of the sky and the sea. It’s the canvas our world is set against, but very little in the world is set in blue. That’s why sapphires and jays stand out. Although blue is often associated with boys, blankets, and super-suits, Apple chose a light, bright shade of blue for the sport band that can really suit anyone.

If you want your Apple Watch sport band to be bold and auspicious, you want it to be blue.

Who should get the green sport band?

Green is the color of spring, of grass, and of leaves. The Apple Watch’s green Sport band is light and bright and appears closer towards yellow-green than blue-green. It’s a very natural, healthy, active, prosperous green.

If you want your Apple Watch sport band to be bright but fussy, colorful but natural, green is a great choice.

Who should get the pink sport band?

In the west, reds are typically associated with danger and prohibition, but in the east red is the color of luck and good fortune. In both it’s attention-getting; the color of roses and race cars. That’s probably why Apple went with a more coral shade of pink for the Sport band. Often — but not only — associated with women, ‘pink’ has its own name in English (unlike light blue, green, or yellow), which shows just how unique a place it has in the culture.

If you want your Apple Watch sport band to stand out from across the room, maybe across the street, you’ll want to go with the power of pink.

Who should get the black sport band?

Little black dress. Black tie. As a shade, black represents timeless elegance — the something that goes with everything. With Apple Watch Sport, the black Sport band comes only with the space gray case, so if that’s the case you want, this is the band you’re going to get. Sold separately, however, it’ll look just as good with the silver case, if in contrast rather than complement.

If you want the blacked out look, you’ll want the blacked out sport band.

Still undecided?

At the end of the day, the only real answer is get the color you like best. Everything else is manufactured anxiety. Just close your eyes, picture your Apple Watch on your wrist, and picture the color. Then buy that. And if you later change your mind, you can always pick up an extra band in a different color.

Apple’s latest App Store distribution numbers show that iOS 8 has now been installed on 77% of all compatible devices as of March 16, 2015.

iOS 7 now stands at 20%, with all the older versions claiming a total of 3% of installs. While the new stats represent a 5% gain compared to the iOS 8 adoption numbers from February 2, 2015, they are still behind the installs of iOS 7 for close to the same time period a year ago. In early April 2014, Apple showed that iOS 7 was installed in 87% of all supported devices.

Apple launched iOS 8 in September 2014. Rival Google launched Android 5.0 Lollipop in November, but its current adoption numbers showed that it is installed on just 3.3% of all Android devices. The older Android 4.4 KitKat now has a 40.9% adoption rate.

Source: Apple

While Microsoft no doubt wants each and every one of us to upgrade to Windows 10 and stay there, in practice we all need a way back. We do of course have that, but at the WinHEC conference out in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft has shown off a super easy way to uninstall Windows 10 and roll back to whatever you had before.

Apple’s new MacBook sports a Retina display. But how does it compare to the Retina MacBook Pro or the 5K iMac? Let’s take a look…

The new MacBook recently revealed at Apple’s Spring Forward event hits stores on April 10th. It’s the second MacBook product to feature what Apple calls a “Retina display,” joining the Retina MacBook Pro which first appeared in 2012. What does Retina display mean, and how does the new MacBook’s Retina display compared to existing Macs?

“Retina” Display

Retina display is a marketing term Apple came up with, originally to describe the display on the iPhone 4. It has no intrinsic medical or technical meaning, but Apple uses “Retina display,” “Retina HD Display” and, in the case of the iMac, “Retina 5K Display” to describe the high-res displays on many of its iPhones, iPads, iPod touches and Macs.

What all of these devices have in common is higher-resolution displays than their counterparts. Apple claims that on Retina displays, people with average vision can’t make out the individual pixels — each illuminated square on the screen. The number of pixels per inch (PPI) on Retina displays — the pixel density — is much higher than on other displays.

As a result, images on Retina displays look sharper, text looks less jaggy, and stuff is easier to read and easier to look at. It enables Apple and app developers to make user interfaces with finer levels of detail, and it helps you see details you couldn’t easily see before.

The iPhone 4 was the first iPhone to sport a Retina display. Retina displays have since been added to the iPad, iPad mini, and iPod touch. The new Apple Watch has a Retina display. Apple continues to ratchet up Retina display quality: The iPhone 4, 5, and 6 all have 326 PPI displays; the iPhone 6 Plus has a 401 PPI display; the Apple Watch will sport 290 or 302 PPI displays depending on whether you pick the 38 or 42 mm version.

iOS devices and watches aren’t the only ones to get the Retina display treatment. Apple began offering MacBook Pros with Retina displays beginning in 2012.

The actual pixel density of the MacBook Pro with Retina display is lower than the iPhone, because the typical viewing distance is much further away. You usually look at your phone from about 10-12 inches (25-30 centimeters) from your face. You typically look at a computer screen from closer to two feet (61 cm).

Mac Retina displays compared

The Retina MacBook Pro comes in 13 and 15-inch sizes. Both of them have similar pixel density: 227 and 220 pixels per inch, respectively. The 13-inch screen has an actual resolution of 2560 x 1600, while the 15-inch screen’s physical resolution is 2880 x 1800 (OS X scales to lower resolutions so you can actually see what you’re doing).

The 5K iMac is the second Mac model to get the Retina display treatment. This premium 27-inch iMac model gets a screen with 5120 x 2880 resolution — higher even than the brilliant 4K televisions now gracing the media centers of well-heeled consumers. That display has a PPI measurement of 218.

The new MacBook, meanwhile, comes with a 12-inch display, with 2304 x 1440 physical resolution. It supports a scaled resolution as high as 1440 x 900, higher than the old standard-resolution MacBook Pro, but not quite as high as the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, which maxes out at 1680 x 1050. The MacBook’s Retina display sports an actual PPI measurement of 226, just a single pixel per inch lower than the 13-inch Retina display.

How good is the MacBook display?

The MacBook’s display is going to be just as sharp and clear as the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. It’s a physically smaller display, however — it measures an inch smaller than the rMBP.

Apple’s also set up OS X to scale the graphics on the MacBook a little differently. Not only is the screen smaller, but it will scale fewer pixels than the Retina MacBook Pro, so you won’t see as much text or graphics on the screen.

Apple’s optimized the Retina display on the MacBook to look the best for the most people. And it’s gorgeous. Don’t take our word for it, though: On April 10th, go to your local Apple Store and take a look.

Have any questions about the new MacBook, or Retina displays? Let me know!

German developer Handy Games has brought several solid games to Windows Phone, including Aces of the Luftwaffe, SPS Football, and 1941: Frozen Front. Even though most of those titles are free to play, they all look and play very nice. They also have a game called Stage Dive Legends that stars a rock-and-roll playing Confederate soldier, for some reason.

We now have another Handy Games title to look forward to, as the developer has informed us that Devils & Demons will soon be coming to Windows Phone. Devils & Demons is a fantasy-themed strategy role-playing game with highly detailed character art. And to celebrate the game’s impending release, all in-app purchases in 1941: Frozen Front (also a strategy game) are half off until the end of the week.

IK Multimedia has announced that iRig 2, their followup to their successful guitar interface for iPhone and iPad, is now shipping.

iRig 2 aims to provide better sound quality and increased flexibility over its predecessor. The interface still plugs into the headphone jack on your iPhone or iPad, letting you send your guitar’s signals to compatible apps. iRig 2 has added a gain control for precise input gain adjustment for their instrument.

From IK Multimedia:

With iRig 2, you get an input gain dial that gives you the power to ensure high-quality sound in every situation. This means that you’ll be able to perform at your best no matter whether you’re connecting a wailing 3 humbucker electric guitar to your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or a jazzy archtop to your iPhone 6.

Alongside it’s 1/8-inch headphone output, iRig 2 now has a 1/4-inch output to connect to an amplifier. This allows you to take iRig 2 on stage with you, and you can plug it into a guitar amplifier or speakers without an adapter. The new FX/THRU switch lets you play through an amplifier while plugged into your mobile device.

iRig 2 comes with a number of apps out of the box, including a free version of AmpliTude for iOS and Mac.

You can get order iRig 2 right now for $39.99 from IK Multimedia

Source: IK Multimedia

Twelve South takes a new approach to elevating your Macbook with their latest accessory, Baselift.

Knowing that not everyone will want to lug around a stand in order to change the elevation of their MacBook, Twelve South has taken a new approach in an accessory that will always be attached. The Baselift is a microfiber-layered pad that serves two purposes once installed.

Rolling the pad up will create an elevated angle for the back of the MacBook, allowing for different viewing angles and a more comfortable typing experience. When not being used to elevate your computer, the Baselift doubles as a lap pad to put an additional barrier between your legs and the bottom of the aluminum MacBook. From Twelve South:

BaseLift features a two-piece design that fits any current MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. There’s the primary BaseLift Pad and an optional secondary Fit Strip for 13 and 15-inch models. The dual-purpose stand + pad attaches to the bottom of your Mac quickly and easily thanks to our SurfaceGrip technology. Should you decide to remove SurfacePad, you’ll find a clean, like new bottom on your MacBook. Once you attach BaseLift to your MacBook, you’ll never go without it. Literally.

Twelve South will be selling the Baselift for $39.99 and appears only be available in red as of right now.

Source: Twelve South

The facial authentication features that will be a part of Windows 10 have already been tested extensively by Microsoft. The company says that over 13,000 unique faces have been captured so far by the “Windows Hello” system.