I look at my Gear S2 in the mornings at about a quarter past 10am and pull down the notification window to see the word “standalone.” I breathe a sigh of relief. It’s nice to make phone calls and send texts from my wrist, but my desire for a...
Being a Samsung Gear S2 owner I can really appreciate the benefits of having a smartwatch with an innovative circular user interface, and also what value the Tizen Operating System brings to such a device. It is currently on-sale for $299 in the US, but you can now get it...
A little motivation from others can make people do brave things. Now with a community of over 15 million people all sharing one mutual determination of staying fit by working out, that becomes a motivation on a whole new level. Skimble is a platform with that sort of a...
Last week, Dr. Hong, the President of Samsung SDS and the Head of its solution business, delivered a keynote at CES 2016 that focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and how this can impact on our lives today and in the future. Samsung has an ever expanding range...
In all honesty, this year at CES had a lot of things happening in wearable electronics but surprisingly Smartwatches weren't the reason for it (except for Huawei and Fitbit). One of the many reasons to why consumers aren't jumping onto the smartwatch bandwagon has to deal with the lack of...
CES 2016, the big technology event in Las Vegas this week, is a place where the best and brightest that the tech world can offer. It provided in a dazzling display of demonstrations, discussions and debates. For every huge hit that receives accolades and media coverage, there are those products...
SmartThings connects to BMW cars SmartThings, Samsung's platform to connect to smart devices in your smart home, has announced a brand new integration that will enable their platform to control and monitor your smart home from your BMW. You are also able to control certain functions of your car...
Gear Watch Designer The Gear Watch Designer has been released and it enables watch designers or developers, depending on what you want to be called, to design, produce and distribute Watch Faces without the complexity of code scripting! This tool is however aimed at Semi/Pro Designers, but talented beginners...
Tizen 2015 Year in Review This year has unquestionably been a great year for Tizen in terms of Product, Operating System and Software Development Kit (SDK) Releases. Now lets have a look at some of the highlights of the year, and fasten your seat belts as there have been quite a few....
The Tizen Developer Conference 2015 took place in Shenzhen, China earlier this year. This was the first time that the main developer conference was uprooted from its usual location in San Francisco and relocated to the far east. The event was seen as a success as app developers, platform...
Christmas Tizen Wallpapers We know our readers all over the world are getting ready to celebrate christmas that is starting in a few days time. Well here are some specially crafted wallpapers / backgrounds to get your Samsung Galaxy Gear / Gear 2 / Gear Neo / Gear S...
More than one in five households in the US have some form of smart-home system, according to a recent research project by Strategy Analytics into smart-home use. Smart homes are growing: The number of households with some smart-home device installed grew 30% to 26.8 million in 2015, representing 21% of US...
Philips was forced to reverse recent software updates this week when it was revealed that updates to its Philips Hue wireless lighting system cut off access to previously supported light bulbs made by other companies. Here's how Philips explained the decision: While the Philips Hue system is based on open technologies we...
Are you a developer who owns a shiny new Samsung Gear S2 / S3 smartwatch? Do you want to build a simple application and deploy it to your smartwatch? Great. Let's go! But what are the steps you need to follow, beyond downloading the SDK? It is not an...
Another day and another Tizen video tutorial for you, courtesy of Samsung Developers. You will learn about the Account API this time, and how it can be used as a gateway to the many online services available on Tizen. You will learn how the Account API is used with a...
Hey Developers, do you want to learn more about developing for Samsungs latest smartwatch, the Tizen based Gear S2 ? Yes, well that is great. Here is an introduction video to help you on the way to app development and testing on this wearable device. The video also compares it...
ARTIK, the Internet of Things (IoT) Samsung hardware platform has had some very Interesting developments recently, it is now Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT! This translates to the ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10 boards being tested for readiness, compatibility, and usability with the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite. The Microsoft...
Fitbit wearable devices Quarterly figures released last week by International Data Corporation on sales of wearable tracking devices showed that Fitbit held steady in first position with 22% of the market. When the Apple Watch was first announced, we expected it would cut into the fitness-tracking market. Instead, the Apple Watch has mostly hurt other smartwatch...
Last month we saw the release of the Tizen 2.4 Software Development Kit (SDK), which allows application developers to create apps for the new Tizen 2.4 Operating System (OS). Well now is time for the release of Tizen 2.4 SDK Rev 1. The SDK provides you with the tools...
India Tizen App Challenge A Tizen Developer Challenge has just been launched for application / game devs (Including students) based in India, submit your apps and start winning PRIZES. In order to qualify you need to create a new app or port your existing Android app to the Tizen...
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