Berlin trade-show IFA 2016 starts next week and the rumor mill suggests a large wearables presence at the event. Acer, Asus, Fitbit, Samsung, and ZTE all plan to unveil wearables at the event, according to multiple sources. Acer Acer has teased an ultra-thin notebook on its social media accounts, but...
Samsung recently opened the gates for the iOS beta program of the Gear Manager app to the general public. Users can finally connect their iPhones (5 and newer on iOS 8.4) with Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch and the Gear Fit 2. The beta program will be live till September 19...
Samsung has further expanded its LEVEL headset series which already had the LEVEL U, LEVEL U Pro and LEVEL U Pro ANC, with the addition of the Bluetooth-enabled LEVEL Active headset. The LEVEL Active headset is specially designed for exercise and outdoor activities and comes with features that not only makes...
The South Korean government is failing to support the development of self-driving vehicles, due to “excessive and unnecessary” regulations that are forcing manufacturers to test cars in other countries. That’s what the Korea Economic Research Institute, a private think tank, said to The Korea Herald on Wednesday. The institute is...
Smartphones running Android are an extremely mainstream sight in the current generation. However, Google has failed to achieve the same feat with the likes of Tablets and wearables. Laptops running Chrome OS have also been facing the same kind of problem. The reason? Google perfected a great OS for smartphones...
Lenovo has previewed its "holiday product launch" for IFA 2016, which includes a bendable smartphone. But will they extend that tech to a new generation of wearables, too? The 50-second teaser video showed someone bending the phone, which appears to be running on the Android platform. Google has not, as...
BPM Tap is a simple but quite effective metronome app that can be downloaded from the Samsung Galaxy Apps store for your Gear S2. Not only does the app act like a metronome but it also lets you calculate the Beats Per Minute (BPM) of any soundtrack, which a...
It's been another wild year in swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The last events wrap up today, but it's been hard to miss the appearance of more technology poolside this year, even if all you noticed were the headphones helping Michael Phelps maintain his death-stare: But getting into...
American watchmaker Fossil revealed its plan for the future, and it involves a lot of wearables. In the second quarter earnings call, the company said it would embark on an “unprecedented launch” of wearables. In the next three months, Fossil CEO Kosta Kartsotis said it would launch eight wearables in...
Watchface designers have been bringing out some really cool designs to smartwatches like the Gear S2. The coolness however is short-lived as most of these watchfaces fail to mimic a real watch's dial since they lack the 3D depth. Popular watchface maker, Luxury Watches has now come up with...
The Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch's official unveiling is just a month away from happening at IFA, Berlin and meanwhile we are getting in more information regarding the smartwatch. Today's leak comes from yet another trademark filing application confirming the existence of a Gear S3 Classic variant just like its...
In Germany, almost half of the people that own a fitness tracker have stopped using it and more than 85 percent said they have no interest in purchasing a fitness tracker. It is dire news for the wearable market, of which fitness trackers make up more than half. Fitbit, the industry...
Samsung's single board computers- The ARTIK dev boards have been commercially launched earlier this year. The ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10 boards have support for multiple OS and that includes the likes of Ubuntu, Fedora and of course Tizen. The development boards run Fedora out of the box and since...
Samsung is a company that likes to bundle an attractive promotion with its new tech. Earlier this year we saw them offer the Gear VR headset to customers pre-ordering the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones. Now, Samsung is back with another promotion for new eligible Galaxy...
Samsung unveiled its 360 degree consumer camera- The Gear 360, a few months ago but it was more of a soft launch since getting hold of one has been extremely difficult and isn't even released in a majority of countries. Yesterday, during the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7,...
Making the dial on a regular watch is something that's left to the skilled professionals. But in the case of smartwatches that doesn't hold true as the dial is replaced with pixel rich screens and have made way to digital dials that we all now know as watchfaces. WatchMaster is...
We are just a month away from the Gear S3's official launch but the constant leaks and rumors of the upcoming Tizen based smartwatch are already giving us a clear idea of what to expect. Today's set of leaks come from Sammobile and have given us hints on a few...
Two IoT alliances announced on Wednesday a liaison agreement to drive cross platform interoperability, a key concern in the smart home market. The Thread Group and Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) revealed the news of the agreement in a press release. It said that the two alliances would let members easily...
Garmin’s stock price rose to its highest level in 52 weeks after reporting better than expected earnings and revenue for the second quarter. Investors were pleased to see Garmin transition from the lacklustre automotive industry to the growing fitness market. The automotive segment accounted for 39 percent of the company’s...
Apple has been unable to keep interest in its smartwatch high during the summer season, according to new smartwatch sales data from IDC. The report claims that Apple Watch sales fell to 1.6 million in the second quarter of 2016, a 55 percent decline from the 3.6 million sales recorded in...
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