ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.A recent Apple commercial, "Strength," highlights all the ways you can use an iPhone with fitness apps and gadgets. At Google's I/O conference last month, the tech company unveiled Google Fit, a set of software which aims to...
There’s no doubt that Google wants to own all of the screens in our lives, from the little ones on our wrists (and thermostats), to the larger ones in our pockets and car dashboards. But of all the screens it’s now pursuing, the biggest one of them all is the...
Google doled out free smartwatches running Android Wear at its I/O 2014 developer event today, but that's not all. The company also handed out ... cardboard. Yes, really. Google encouraged a room full of thousands of developers and hundreds of press-types to take little sheets of cardboard and fold them into...
Google packed its I/O keynote presentation full of Android. The Android Wear software developer kit is ready to go, and Google laid out its plans for taking over your car and your living room. Android apps will soon run on Chromebooks and Samsung is making a Android Wear smartwatch. But Google...
The keynote address at Google's annual developer conference, I/O 2014, is over—but ReadWrite's coverage is just getting started. See below for a list of our stories so far, as well as our live-tweet coverage and video of the presentation.ReadWrite's complete coverage of Google I/O 2014:Google Previews The Next Big Release...
Google is about ready to set its yearly agenda. Its I/O conference, which starts Wednesday, is Google's main opportunity to showcase what it's been working on across its sprawling techno-empire.We don't know if Google will continue to throw everything but the kitchen sink into its keynote address like it did...
In the weeks leading up to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the big event taking place this week in San Francisco, the question I kept getting was whether Apple would unveil a smartwatch, a device popularly dubbed the “iWatch."My take: I didn’t think it was coming. And sure enough, Apple CEO...
ReadWriteHome is an ongoing series exploring the implications of living in connected homes.If you don't already live in a smart home, odds are good that you will before long. When that day comes, your connected residence will be like a member of the family—or, more likely, a butler. Just like Carson on...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.The first age of wearable devices is coming to an end—and the next generation will either be considerably smarter, or will disappear into our smartphones entirely.Consider the news that Nike is drastically cutting back on its FuelBand hardware efforts,...
The race to build the modern smartwatch started in earnest thanks to two major events in the past two years: Pebble's über-successful run on Kickstarter in early 2012, and a steady drumbeat of reports in 2013 about Apple's alleged plans to build its own iWatch (or whatever the company decides to call...
2014 is the year that the rest of the world gets connected. Cheap computers and pervasive networks are reshaping the world, and the smartphone—specifically, the inexpensive smartphone—is emerging as the key to the Internet.In the U.S. and other “mature” markets, smartphones are as ubiquitous as televisions and personal computers, and...
Editor's note: This post was originally published by our partners at PopSugar Tech.Reading the entire Harry Potter series in a week—could it be possible?! Spritz, a new app that debuted at last month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, wants to reinvent how you read and get you bolting through books while...
Google may be commonly associated with Google Glass, one of the most striking, and perhaps strangest, wearable devices out there. But where development of new wearable technology is concerned, the fun is just beginning, a top Google executive said Sunday.Wearable gadgets aren't just smart versions of glasses or watches, but...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.Intel is reportedly buying Basis, the maker of a health-oriented smartwatch, though the companies have yet to confirm a deal.It's an intriguing moment for the wearable-computing market. Let’s just hope that this doesn't mean Intel is getting into...
Can it be done? Can Fleksy, the makers of an admittedly small touchscreen keyboard make it actually usable on such a tiny screen? Well according to them it will work on the Tizen Samsung Gear 2 Smartwatch and enable you to use SMS and Chat applications. "Fleksy patent-pending technology...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.Simple step trackers are going the way of the dinosaur, as a new generation of fitness devices cram more sensors and smarts into smaller and smaller shapes. This next wave will track our movements in three dimensions—and that’s...
"Having searched thousands of times in the crowd, suddenly turning back, She is there in the dimmest candlelight." And "she" might very well be Tizen. (Although I have no clue what Tizen might mean in Chinese...). Baidu (BIDU) is expanding the scope of its businesses and seems to be planning...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.It took me a long time to take to running, that solitary sport. Even now, I find myself pulling out my smartphone to check my route, see my pace and my heart rate, and maybe even fire off...
Qualcomm is not exactly a consumer electronics company. The San Diego-based chipmaker's forte is to drive technology through research. It has developed and implemented much of the hardware componentry that comes in our smartphones and tablets. At this, Qualcomm exceeds.What Qualcomm normally does not do is build its own devices....
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.This year, we got serious about connecting our homes. We smartened up our arms and eyes. And we figured out ways to make all the screens we've accumulated—from tablets and laptops to LCD TVs—seem fresh and...
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