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...
Are you based in the US and Interested in purchasing the Samsung SmartThings hub? Great, as now you can get $50 off the retail price of the brand-new Samsung SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit in their online Store when you use the promo code GIVETHANKS at checkout. This will give you a...
The Samsung SmartThings Hub is designed to make it easy for you to connect devices to your connected home. The Hub also comes with the SmartThings mobile app which allows you to control all your smart devices, right from the palm of your hand. Below is an Infographic that...
When I got an email from a company I've covered a lot telling me that a new wrist-based fitness tracker was on its way to my office, my first thought was, "Can I send it back?"Let me be frank here: I've tested lots of wearable devices, sometimes strapping three at...
The Tizen Developer Conference took place this year in Shenzhen, China. Hyogun Lee, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics and Co-chair of Tizen Technical Steering Group presented the first keynote of the event. Asian developers learnt first hand what tizen was and the upcoming opportunities that it brought them....
We have the seen the the Gear S2 go on sale in the US, UK, South Korea, China, and some European countries. Behind the scenes Samsung is working hard with its Partners in an effort to bring more major apps to the Tizen Smartwatch platform. Two of the latest...
Drone maker Parrot's new flying gizmo, the Bebop 2 Quadricopter drone, will make its landing next month, just in time for holiday shoppers. According to the company, it’s a smaller, lighter, and easier-to-use model than the previous Bebop drone—which should please consumers interested in tossing one in a bag.For developers,...
The SmartThings hub went on sale in the US in September this year in the US, with the UK version becoming available the following week. Now there is some good news as a software / firmware update is scheduled to be available later on today. Hub users can expect...
The Gear S2 is an impressive bit of Tizen hardware with its Intuitive bezel, giving you a new dimension of user experience. This is a feature that Samsung took a painstakingly long time to design, in-fact more design than its predecessors got. Now, we see another promotional ad go...
What the heck is Jesse Robbins doing starting a next-generation walkie-talkie company?Robbins, the founder and CEO of Orion Labs, a company that builds a wearable communication accessory for instant voice conversations, is better known as the founder of Chef, an IT automation startup beloved by DevOps engineers everywhere. Before that, he...
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