New details have emerged about the forthcoming Apple Watch, like the fact that -- at least from an application perspective -- it’s of little use with an iPhone. “That’s in part because Watch apps’ processing power is all coming from the iPhone,” The Verge reports. As Apple makes clear in some new documentation for developers: "A Watch app complements your iOS app; it does not replace it.” Also, don’t expect much in the way of video streaming on the first Apple Watch. Beyond GIFs, “No support for videos, as best as we can tell,” The Verge reports. 

The guys behind Candy Crush and Angry Birds are backing the next generation of game makers by sending them into the woods. As Re/Code reports, they are supporting a Swedish nonprofit program named Stugan, which plans to send 20 developers — who can apply from anywhere in the world — to a cabin in the wilderness to come up with the next great gaming idea. “The executives funding the program don’t take any equity, and it has no formal ties to their companies,” according to Re/Code. 

Google plans to pre-screen all Android TV app before letting them into its Play Store app marketplace. Android Police call the decision “somewhat surprising, but completely understandable.” In fact, “it actually makes sense to do this … because of the unique user experiences and use cases that they have,” AP’s Shawn De Cesari notes. “Android TV's predecessor, Google TV, had countless horrible apps that barely worked, and it was one of the reasons that I personally became disillusioned with it after a while. 

Apple is finally letting its Chinese customers make purchases in its App Store with China UnionPay cards -- the country’s most popular credit and debit card service. With the move, Apple is “paving the way for new growth in virtual spending on the media, games and apps Apple offers online,” The New York Times writes. “The agreement with UnionPay should make purchases much more convenient for Chinese users, who before had to set up prepaid accounts by sending money from a bank account to the Apple store to make purchases.” 

Microsoft just debuted Movie Creator -- a new video-editing app for some Windows Phone and Windows tablets. “Movie Creator only works on Lumia phones and the Lumia 2520 tablet, and on Surface tablets running Windows 8.1,” VentureBeat reports. “This … is quite disappointing,” VB writes. “When Nokia owned Lumia, it made sense for the company to differentiate its apps by only offering them for its own devices … Now, however, Microsoft should build apps for Windows Phone and Windows, not just Lumia and Surface.” 

Following Facebook’s lead, Google has releases a standalone Messenger app for Android. Regarding Hangouts, Engadget reports: “That application isn't going anywhere anytime soon, it would seem.” That said, “Google isn't doing [Hangouts] any favors by outing a standalone version of Messenger, an app with very similar messaging features to the aforementioned.” Messenger can be used for SMS and MMS phone functions, as well as for sending and receiving audio messages. 

Following an embarrassing incident involving third-party apps, which threatened the privacy of millions of users, Snapchat has issued an stern warning about the dangers of using such services. “Starting today, we will notify Snapchatters when we have detected that they may be using third-party apps, and we’ll ask those Snapchatters to change their password and stop using unauthorized apps,” Snapchat wrote on its official blog. “The move is an effort to improve the security and reliability of Snapchat’s service,” The Next Web notes. 

Apple is facing a U.S. federal lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of failing to tell customers that switching to Android-based smartphones would result in blocked text messages. “U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California said Apple must face plaintiff Adrienne Moore's claim that the message blocking interfered with her contract with Verizon Wireless for wireless service, which she kept after switching in April to a Samsung Galaxy S5 from an iPhone 4,” Reuters reports. 

Motivating by what is seen as slowing growth, Apple is reportedly hiring a corporate sales force to go on the offensive. “Apple is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force to talk with potential clients like Citigroup,” Reuters reports. “Experts say the company hopes to offset a gradual deceleration in growth -- highlighted by iPad sales that have declined three straight quarters -- by expanding its footprint in the workplace.”

Momo -- China’s top hook-up app, according to TechCrunch -- just filed for a $300 million U.S. public offering, and plans to trade on the Nasdaq. “Momo claims 180.3 million users in China and 60.2 million monthly active users, which puts it second to behemoth WeChat in terms of Chinese mobile social apps,” TechCrunch reports. It has become all the rage for Chinese companies to go public in the states. “Already, Alibaba, close rival JD.com and Weibo -- China’s Twitter equivalent -- have listed on North American soil.”