As part of yesterday’s WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) Google launched their foray into home connectivity with the HomePad called by Apple CEO Tim Cook, “breakthrough home speaker with amazing sound and incredible intelligence that will reinvent home audio.” Don’t overlook the last word, in his statement, despite the desire some will have to group HomePad with […]
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No new car, but Apple is definitely working on autonomous vehicle OS
Tim Cook recently opened up on one of Apple’s most highly anticipated projects: autonomous cars. For the first time, during an interview with Bloomberg Television, Tim Cook revealed that Apple has been working on autonomous systems. This includes the type of autonomous technology powering self-driving cars and other autonomous vehicles. This doesn’t necessarily mean that […]
What open APIs will mean for the future of mobile payments
It’s safe to say by this point that the launch of the Pay platforms, like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and so on, haven’t exactly set the world alight. Usage numbers remain difficult to come by, always a telling sign, and while growth may be slow and steady, it’s not the death knell for banks in […]
Study hints that wearables are terrible at counting calories, just like their users
A new study out of Stanford measured the accuracy of seven wristband activity monitors and found that while six out of seven wearables measured heart rate accurately, none of them were able to accurately measure calories burned. The study involved 60 volunteers from a larger pool, selected specifically to represent a diverse set of subjects. […]
Apple, Google call on California to change self-driving tests
Apple, Tesla, Google and Uber have all asked for specific changes to California’s self-driving test policy. The letters come a few weeks before the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reviews new regulation proposals. The latest company to receive a self-driving permit, Apple, has called on the DMV to redefine “disengagement” and ensure that reports […]
Is the “augmented customer” the future of tech?
A report released this week by global research and consulting firm Ovum has explored the changing identity of the customer in the digital age with the emergence of what they term the “Augmented Customer” — an interconnectedness between customers, retailers, and technology. “With the number of connected smart devices expected to double thanks to advancements in smart home, […]
Apple receives permit to test self-driving cars in California
Apple’s secretive self-driving project has received a permit to test driverless vehicles in California, which could be our first preview of the iPhone maker’s autonomous technology. The self-driving tech has been in development, under the codename Project Titan, for a few years. During that time, the project has supposedly moved from a hardware, software, and […]
Apple patents wearable battery charger for Watch 2
Apple might be looking for a new way to improve the Watch 2 battery life, if a patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this month is to be believed. The patent shows two possible designs for a wearable battery charger, one that is embedded into the wristband and another that sits underneath […]
Why we badly need standardization to advance IoT
What IoT promises is that all of your boring “things” like refrigerators, ACs, light bulbs, microwave ovens, washing machines, even cars will become “smart connected devices” and will be able to talk to each other using some sort of technology like Bluetooth, infrared, WiFi and more. Also, the concept of Iot-enabled smart cities using mobile […]
Take a look back at the year in connected health for 2016
Every day, there seems to be another advancement in medicine or medical research. While medical treatments increase the longevity and quality of life, the way that health is monitored is changing. The increasing popularity of wearable devices and health apps enables people to get greater insight into their health than ever before as wearable devices […]
In a crowded field, who is ahead in the autonomous car race?
The race to create the first fully autonomous car has a variety of competitors, from giant automotive firms like General Motors, software conglomerates like Alphabet, to newly minted startups like Chris Urmson’s secretive company. All of them have the end goal of creating some type of self-driving system, able to make it from point A […]
Piper Jaffray’s Munster sends his final thoughts about Apple
As one of the most notable and largely read Apple analysts on Wall Street, Gene Munster has revealed his last research notes about the company. Munster is leaving Piper Jaffray to begin a new career in venture capital. To date, he has written 874 research notes on Apple. His final notes explain his opinion about […]
Apple confirms rumored interest in self-driving cars in letter to regulators
Apple has finally confirmed its interest in self-driving cars through a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The letter, written by Apple’s director of product integrity Steven Kenner, said the company is “excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation” and said there are “significant societal benefits of […]
Ireland might miss out on autonomous car first miles
Ireland, the base of many U.S. technology companies in Europe, might miss attracting the same firms to test autonomous cars on their roads and develop fake cities to run various simulations. While the government has been welcoming to tech companies in the past and able to change its laws to suit them, it seems to […]
Apple in talks with suppliers to build augmented reality glasses
Apple has reportedly been in talks with suppliers to test prototype augmented reality glasses, according to Bloomberg. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report states that the executive team are “weighing an expansion” into digital glasses. See Also: Apple picks Blackberry talent for driverless car OS The prototype device connects to an iPhone wirelessly […]
Will big data provide a cure-all for ailing health budgets?
As soaring health budgets continue to cause pain for governments and medical care providers, relief may be in sight thanks to big data. A new study by Lux Research found that advanced big data and analytics technologies are poised to help rein in runaway healthcare costs. The report “Industrial Big Data and Analytics in Digital […]
Apple picks Blackberry talent for driverless car OS
In a move to bulk up its future self-driving car software platform, Apple has set up a Canadian unit to develop an automotive operating system. Bloomberg says Apple has poached dozens of software engineers from QNX, a subsidiary of cell phone maker Blackberry. Apple’s new unit will be based in a suburb of the Canadian capital of […]
Market for “hearable” devices could reach $16B by 2020
Wearable technology is about to expand into a whole new sub-market via your ear-holes with the advent of “hearables.” And this new category of connected devices for your ears is beginning to make its mark on global markets. Experts predict that the hearables market could surpass $16 billion by 2020. A key component to the rosy […]
Is the Apple Watch now the most accurate wearable?
The Apple Watch has been touted as the most accurate wrist-based wearable in a new study from the Cleveland Clinic, published in JAMA Cardiology. The study was performed on 50 healthy adults, who wore an electrocardiogram (EKG), Fitbit Charge HR, Apple Watch, Mio Alpha, Basis Peak, and a chest strap for several hours. See Also: […]
Maintool can now make any watch into a smartwatch
In the increasingly crowded market place of smart watches, a small niche of companies is offering an alternative to the standard designs by offering smart watch bands as an alternative to smartwatch faces. One of these is Madrid- and Paris-based startup Maintool, who have created the Classi watch band, a wearable which enables users to make their […]