It is a well-known fact that watches sales have been declining since the invention of the mobile phone as you only need one in order to tell the time. So in order to break into the market and make a splash the device must do something new and different that Apple thinks the masses would want.

This may be a whole host of things such as quick social media functions as well as the ability to connect to the features on your phone meaning that they could work together. This could be as simple as skipping to the next track on your music playlist or something that hasn’t been done yet.

There have been attempts at this kind of design before with examples such as the Pebble watch funded on Kickstarter, however there have been reports that Apple has not allowed them access to the inner workings of iOS so a lot of features are missing.

Is this because they are making their own?

What about games, could the watch be used in order to play online? While it is true that the screen may be too small for conventional games it could accommodate a whole host of specially made games. For example online casino games at places like Lucky Nugget as they don’t need to show much information on the screen in order to still be compelling.

Whatever Apple is thinking, they have a team of about 100 people currently working on the idea in the hopes that they can make a product that will change the ways in which we look at our regular watches.

No timeline has been cited so this could be years before we see anything.

Kim Jong-un was killed by an assassin at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, at least according to one of many varying reports on the Supreme Leader to hit the web on Friday.

News of Kim’s death exploded onto Weibo, a hugely popular Chinese micro-blogging platform, and although the news was not confirmed elsewhere, the story gained traction among users and curious media outlets.

Others are reporting that Jong-un may be on the run rather than dead, but that some kind of coup is taking place. The rumours remain unsubstantiated, and as Adrian Chen at Gawker wrote, these types of reports crop up often given the furtive nature of North Korea’s government.

However, the reports are beginning to gather steam, especially now that a couple of American news outlets have reported on the rumors.

Twitter death rumors are not uncommon. While they have focused primarily on aging stars, politicians such as Fidel Castro have become the targets of the trending attacks in recent months. Other celebrities who have “died” in recently include Nelson Mandela, Denzel Washington, Ruby Dee, Bill Cosby, Aretha Franklin and Morgan Freeman.

Official Internet Rule: Any (Chinese) Twitter post that begins with “according to reliable sources” is almost certainly fake. Still, many Chinese netizens are taking the claim seriously… This is the report from Tianya.net, one of China’s largest Internet forums.

They also posted blurry pictures purporting to show an unusual number of vehicles parked at the North Korean embassy. ChinaSMACK staff writer Joe Xu suggests reports of large number of cars at the embassy may have sparked the rumor. “Rumors like this pop up every other week,” he writes on Twitter.

Is he dead? Who knows, if so…it couldn’t have happened to a better guy.