The Apple Watch is the timepiece of choice for 41 percent of smartwatch buyers. Apple remains the leading smartwatch maker, but it has also seen fewer people interested in its tech-enabled timepiece this year than in 2015. It has lost significant ground to Garmin, thanks to that company's growing portfolio of fitness-focused smartwatches. In 2015, Apple owned more than 70 percent of the smartwatch market and Garmin only 2 percent. Garmin now owns more than 20 percent, and Apple 41 percent. Samsung has remained on pretty much an even keel, even though its newest watch, the Gear S3, hasn't yet gone on sale. Motorola, on the other hand, has been a victim of its own success, given that many vendors sold out of the first and second generations of its Moto 360 device -- and that for the first time in several years it has not released a smartwatch in the run-up to the holidays.
A major factor in the sea turtle - turquoise ocean waves iphone case decline in smartwatch shipments is Google's decision to hold back Android Wear 2.0, said IDC wearables research manager Ramon Llamas, "Collectively, this left vendors relying on older, ageing devices to satisfy customers."In turn, Apple held back the release of the latest version of its WatchOS until the Watch Series 2 launched at the end of September, Apple and Garmin did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Apple's timepiece remains the most popular smartwatch, but Garmin is hot on its heels..
When I saw the 15-foot fencing on the side of the highway, I was pretty sure I was nearing Calais, France. When I saw police vans blocking the off-ramps, I knew I'd arrived. For three hours that night, I'd followed signs directing me toward the Channel Tunnel, which connects Calais with Folkestone in the southwest corner of the UK. The tunnel -- and the link to the UK it represents -- has drawn roughly 5,000 refugees to Calais, on the northern coast of France. It's the unwelcome presence of those refugees -- from Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and other war-torn countries -- that's militarized this otherwise drab city. A city known only for its train station has been transformed into a fortress.
Fortress Calais, Workers string new razor wire along a highway next to the Jungle refugee camp, The martial atmosphere is ever-present, As my sea turtle - turquoise ocean waves iphone case colleague Rich Trenholm and I interviewed refugees at the Jungle, a grimy camp that houses about 6,000 refugees and migrants, crews strung razor wire on a double line of white fences, Workers cleared brush, removing hiding places, as a national police unit patrolled the area, Already the fences are wreaking havoc, They're so high they impair radio signals that the Refugee Info Bus, a volunteer operation that provides free Wi-Fi in the Jungle, uses to distribute its network, Concrete barriers, erected to direct drivers from the city's original roads, have disrupted traffic, Google Maps and car sat-nav systems are now useless..
The barriers are working. Every night, hundreds of refugees head from the Jungle onto the roads of Calais. On our first morning there, we watched dozens trudge dispiritedly back to the Jungle after failing to sneak onto trucks headed for the train station, where they hoped to catch the train to the UK. The Jungle can look something like a ghost town because so many refugees, exhausted from their nighttime excursions, sleep during the day. Photos and videos also look depopulated because most refugees don't want to be identified until they reach the UK and try to claim asylum.
