Are you someone who loves to shop on eBay or purchase items from different countries with different currencies? Travellers, for example, must rely on a currency converter when it comes to purchasing goods and products from other countries on their journeys, and a currency converter app can prove in these...
When it comes to wearable tech, Pankaj Kedia, the senior director of Qualcomm, is a major advocate. He utilizes quite a few fitness trackers and smartwatches on a regular basis. "I could spend four hours just brainstorming with you on the possibilities around use cases [for wearables]," states Kedia. "We...
New Tizen 4.0 OS Under Development Samsung has begun accelerated development on a new version of the Tizen Operating System (OS), version 4.0, and will be developed for mobile devices, wearable tech, smart home gadgets, IoT, smart TV and beyond. In November 2016, Samsung announced a partnership with Microsoft that...
While this year's CES hasn't necessarily born any great surprises in debuting home tech, it has revealed that smart home tech is becoming the norm rather than niche as more big brands reveal their connected home products to the masses. Last year we saw a lot of the first wave...
It's been an interesting year for Intenet of Things (IoT) devices. I'd like to think that in 2017 we'll be welcoming a carefully curated market of consumer tested, thoughtfully considered and security first enabled smart devices. However, the reality is that the most superficial of IoT connected devices aren't going away anytime soon...
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 is on the horizon and ahead of the ReadWrite team heading to Vegas, we are getting ready for another week of announcements and insights into the future of wearables. CES has always been a great event to launch new products, as seen last year...
2016 has been a great year in wearable tech. We've seen the continued prominence of the smart watch, the rise of a new generation of virtual reality headsets, and a variety of new and unique products coming out of the crowdfunding world. 2016 kicked off with a record-breaking quarter, with...
Google owned home automation and security brand Nest has been making a name for itself with its line up of internet connected thermostats, smoke alarms and security cameras. Although smartphones are the primary control devices for these products, smartwatches are replacing them and hence making one less reason to take...
Remote Control Roku Now, you are able to Remote control your Roku set top player right from your Gear S2 / Gear S3 wearable device. No more looking for that lost remote and blaming all the family. Control Roku, an app created by Alka Apps, lets you go into settings, navigate up,...
Its time for the Tizen Community to meet once again and discuss what is important to us all. This time the subject is going to be IoT on Tizen Wearables. As ever there is no special format for the discussion but it is hoped that we cover everything in the allocated 1...
Could hybrid smartwatches bridge the gap between early adopters and regular people? That's the hope of Sonny Vu, CTO for connected devices at Fossil Group. Vu detailed a plan to create a new generation of smartwatches in a panel discussion at Web Summit 2016. These smartwatches are actually hybrids which...
As part of the Forum "Tizen for the Internet of Things" held on September 22 in Moscow, Samsung Electronics has presented a new family of maker boards and modules named ARTIK, in addition to the infrastructure of the operating system Tizen 3.0. Samsung ARTIK's value proposition, as declared by Samsung,...
The Internet of Things is set to get a big boost with the recent announcement of a merger between Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) which sponsors the IoTivity open source project, and AllSeen Alliance provider of the AllJoyn open source IoT framework. Both bigwigs would now exist under the sole OCF...
Russia-based Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has developed security solutions for mobile devices and Internet of Things (IOT) running on the Tizen operating system. IOT has emerged as one of the fastest growing areas of the IT market and based on projections from various research institutions and IT companies around...
Over the last week Berlin has been home to IFA, Europe's answer to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It features all the usual big name electronics that are household names internationally, along with brands you'll only be able to buy in Europe or Asia and a smattering of smaller start-ups...
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...
InnomdleLab showcased their unique smartwatch accessory- TipTalk, a Smart Strap back in CES 2016. The company got incubated successfully out of Samsung's C Labs and have now taken the startup route to get their product into kickstarter very soon. The company have also announced a referral campaign to expand...
Almost every product in the house now has a smart alternative, Nest revolutionized the thermostat and smoke detector, August built a smartphone connected door lock, and Samsung launched a smart fridge. Even with the abundance of smart alternatives, Lux Research says there is still disconnect between the consumer and manufacturer....
The current market for wearables is all focused on the wrist. Fitbit has the most sales in the wearable industry with its slew of fitness trackers, and the Apple Watch is surging up the sales leaderboards. But is this the future of the wearable industry? A lot of pundits and...
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