Wearables

Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition
Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition
June 10, 2019  |  Biometrics

Smart glasses company Vuzix has developed eyewear with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that can recognize faces in a crowd, according to a report by TechCrunch....

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Walmart, Wearables And The Murky Future For Marketplaces In India
Walmart, Wearables And The Murky Future For Marketplaces In India
June 07, 2019  |  Legal

While it might not look like much at first glance, an escalating legal spat between Walmart-owned, Indian eCommerce marketplace Flipkart and a small, relatively unknown...

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Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
May 30, 2019  |  Wearables

Shipments of wearables like Apple’s AirPods and Samsung headphones reached 49.6 million units during Q1 of 2019, a 55.2 percent increase from 2018, according to...

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5G Starts Adding Fuel To Healthcare Payments And Innovation
5G Starts Adding Fuel To Healthcare Payments And Innovation
May 30, 2019  |  Healthcare

As 5G deployments start, the people who run hospitals and medical offices, along with companies that supply healthcare devices and payment services, are starting to...

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Fitbit Tap-And-Pay Coming To NYC Transit
Fitbit Tap-And-Pay Coming To NYC Transit
May 30, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Fitbit has announced that Fitbit Pay will be a part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) One Metro New York (OMNY) contactless fare payment pilot...

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders
The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2019  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

This week Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos got the tech sector’s attention with emerging reports of his “fascination” with the rapidly developing world of autonomous autos....

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Amazon Develops Voice-Activated Device To Recognize Emotions
Amazon Develops Voice-Activated Device To Recognize Emotions
May 23, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon is reportedly developing a wearable device that is activated by voice to recognize human emotions. The effort is a collaboration between the Alexa voice...

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Comcast Follows Amazon, Apple Into Healthcare
Comcast Follows Amazon, Apple Into Healthcare
May 22, 2019  |  Healthcare

Comcast reportedly is getting into healthcare — the latest example of how technology is proving entry for a variety of tech and communication-focused firms into...

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Apple’s R&D Spending Goes From $1B to $13B In 2019
Apple’s R&D Spending Goes From $1B to $13B In 2019
May 17, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has increased its research and development spending from $1 billion in 2009 to an estimated $13 billion this year, an amount that does not...

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