Fossil and Google Sign Licensing Deal
Fossil to License “Advanced” Smartwatch Tech to Google Google has agreed to pay $40 million for intellectual property “related to a smartwatch technology currently under development” by Fossil. It will…
Qualcomm Aims to Revitalise Wear OS
Launches Its Snapdragon Wear 3100 Smartwatch Chipset At an event in San Francisco on Monday, Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform for smartwatches. Its predecessor, the Snapdragon Wear 2100,…
Samsung Debuts the Galaxy Watch
Shows Off New Fitness Features, Traditional Design and LTE Support At its Unpacked event in New York yesterday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch, its latest flagship smartwatch and the follow-up…
Oculus Looks to Ignite Standalone VR Space
Attractively Priced Oculus Go Headset Starts Shipping This week at its F8 developer conference, Facebook announced that the Oculus Go standalone virtual reality (VR) headset is now available in 23…
Huawei Flaunts Its 5G Plans
Unveils 5G Device Road Map at Its Global Analyst Summit Last week, I attended Huawei’s 15th annual Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China. Once again, the phone-maker made an eye-watering…
Expected Smartwatch News at Baselworld 2018
Wearables Have Grown in Importance for the Annual Trade Show Baselworld is regarded as the centrepiece of the watch and jewellery industry for product announcements and updates. Next week’s annual…
Apple Watch and Hearables to Fuel Growth in Wearables
Forecast Expects 243 Million Wearable Devices to Ship in 2022 Worldwide wearables sales are expected to grow an average of 20 percent each year over the next five years, becoming…
Survey Signals Appetite for More Devices
CCS Insight Research Reveals Huge Demand for Smart Gadgets among Tech Enthusiasts Gaining a good understanding of emerging technology trends, particularly with smart devices, is always challenging. Ask a broad…
Google Wants to Revive Lifelogging
New Wearable Camera Aims to Succeed Where Others Failed At an event last month, Google unveiled a range of smart devices. As expected, its new Pixel smartphones and Google Home…
VR Companies Bet Big on Stand-Alone Headsets
Manufacturers Race to Cut Cords HTC has partnered with Qualcomm to create a stand-alone virtual reality (VR) headset exclusively for the Chinese market. The device, called the Vive Standalone, is…