As everyone awaits the rumored launch of Android Wear 2.0, customers might have gotten an early glimpse of the Android Pay application that will be running on the wearable operating system. 9to5Google reported that the Android Pay listing in the Google Play Store has been updated early,...
Jawbone, the wearable fitness company, is reportedly getting out of the consumer hardware market after its wearable fitness devices were marred by a slew of bad reviews and reports in the press that the company has no money left. According to a report by TechCrunch, Jawbone...
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory are making social interaction a lot easier by creating a wearable system that can show users how a conversation went by detecting the intent and emotion in a person’s voice. According to Wired, the research team...
Apple received a patent on Tuesday (Jan. 24) from the U.S. Patent Office for a modular accessories system for the Apple Watch that will hide the electrical components. According to a report, the patent details the modular accessories system that can hide things like batteries, biometric...
EZ-Link, the payment card issuer, and Singaporean transit have teamed up to embed payment functionality into fitness and health trackers from the likes of Watchdata and Garmin. According to a report, the wearable devices from both companies have been configured to carry the EZ-Link Cepas purse...
What Walt Disney World learned a few years ago, Carnival is getting wind of. After WDW successfully launched a $1 billion vacation management system with the MyMagic+ band — complete with tracking personal information about what rides customers went on, where they went in the park,...
Market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) released its findings for wearables, including smartwatches, for the third quarter and found Apple is suffering even though it launched the Apple Watch Series 2 this fall, with sales declining 71 percent compared to last year’s third quarter....
The smartwatch market has been a hot one, but it could be cooling off. How fast may be the question. Tech companies large and small have been coveting the wrist with a variety of types of smartwatches: Apple’s got apps, Skagen keeps it more simple and...
Skagen watches are an homage to its namesake seaside village in Denmark. That’s according to the brand, which adds that its “sense of purpose” related to that little town — where “the North and Baltic Sea meet” — translates to a focus on its modern Danish...
