Wearables

Wearables news, trends, analysis and practical advice

Microsoft Band

The ups and downs of Microsoft Band

Microsoft's Band, launched on Oct. 30, sold out within two weeks and has been hard to come by since then. That's left would-be buyers scratching their heads wondering what Microsoft is thinking?

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Smartwatch interest ticks up as Apple Watch fever rises

Interest in smartwatches has soared in recent months, even as it has stalled for smart glasses. Credit, or blame, the coming Apple Watch.

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10 Best Practices for Cloud Business Intelligence: Enabling the Business

Business driven Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics represent a shift in the enterprise that is perfectly aligned with the value proposition of cloud-based analytic solutions.

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IT BlogwatchBy Richi Jennings

Intel's new wearable MICA is too sexy for your PHONE

Brace yourself, Intel is getting into the fashion business with a new wearable, called MICA. See what fashionable bloggers say about the stylish new wearable.

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Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

Apple Watch: the retail revolutionary

How has a failing firm reviled as a "toy maker" for selling candy-colored iMacs become the driving force in retail and enterprise IT?

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Wearable graphics could get a boost with Imagination's Series7 GPUs

Graphics is not a major consideration in wearables, but Imagination hopes to change that as part of a plan to put its new PowerVR graphics technology in a wide range of computing devices.

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Sorry movie goers, Google Glass, other wearables banned from cinemas

Going to the movies this weekend? You better leave your pair of Google Glass at home or at least in your bag.

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10 Best Practices for Integrating Data

Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it continues to grow in strategic importance as customer data and touch points grow with the emergence of cloud, social and mobile

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IT BlogwatchBy Richi Jennings

Microsoft Band -- RUMOR NO MORE

Microsoft, after slimming down, now wants to stay in shape with the help of its new fitness device. Dubbed the Microsoft Band, the device has been a rumored Microsoft project for months -- but it's now 'official', going on sale in the...

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Intel Turns to Wearables, Big Data to Fight Parkinson's

Medical researchers today have only a rudimentary understanding of how Parkinson's disease progresses in patients. In collaboration with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Intel is helping researchers use wearable devices, the Internet of...

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Lenovo reveals wearable smartband to track exercise stats

Lenovo has posted photos of its own wearable smartband, hinting that the company could be preparing to launch the product soon.

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Wearable health devices are a novelty that wear off

A new PwC report shows that one third of those who bought a health-monitoring wearable device more than a year ago rarely use them now.

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10 Common Problems APM Helps You Solve

Practical advice for you to take full advantage of the benefits of APM and keep your IT environment performing at its peak at all times.

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Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

Nike CEO hints at 'stylish' Apple wearable plans

Apple's adventures in wearable computing won't begin and end with Apple Watch -- CEO Tim Cook's company is forging deep partnerships to help it embrace the emerging universe of connected things.

Intel VC funds target Chinese startups in wearables, IoT

Intel is using its vast cash resources to chase hot new product categories.

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Will.i.am's beast of a smartwatch makes calls and more, no phone needed

American musician-cum-entrepreneur Will.i.am thinks he's got a radical gadget to beat the band: a massive app-infused watch that he says can do everything a phone can.

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Bionym's wearable authentication device ships to developers

Toronto-based Bionym Inc., working on what could be the world's first wearable authentication device, announced today that manufacturing has begun on the Nymi Band

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10 Considerations in Moving to a Cloud-Based Contact Center

This ebook offers ten key considerations when moving to a cloud-based contact center. What are your organization's business goals and requirements?

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I understand you now! There's a Glass app for the hard of hearing

Georgia Tech scientists have developed an app that creates captions on Google Glass for users who are hard of hearing.

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Rohm shows off the Swiss army knife of sensors

Japanese chip maker Rohm showed off a prototype device at the Ceatec trade show in Japan this week that crams eight different sensors onto a circuit board.

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Apple sapphire supplier files for Chapter 11

GT Advanced Technologies, the company that Apple struck a $578 million deal with last year for ultra-hard sapphire material, filed for Chapter 11 today in a federal court.

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DoCoMo haptic handles put navigation in your palm

It's not quite the same as thumbing a ride, but a cylindrical gadget that nestles in your palm can get you where you want to go.

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