Adidas Buys Runtastic App to Catch and Defend Earlier in August Germany-based Adidas announced plans to acquire fitness app developer Runtastic for €220 million. Runtastic, based in Austria, has about ...

New Technologies Show Hope, but Still in the Lab The chemical world of battery development has a set of challenges different to those faced in chipsets, screens and the surrounding ...

The Smartwatch Looks Set to Push What's Possible I've now being using the Apple Watch for over two months and it's time to offer an initial verdict. It seems my ...

Apple's Arrival Adds Fresh Impetus to Mobile Payments Although many of my colleagues have been up and running with Apple Pay in the US since last October, it's now launched ...

BBC and Partners Give out Mini PCs Many schools around the world provide their students with laptops or tablets. Getting online is considered a necessity in most regions, enabling kids ...

Wearables Makers Look to Medical Devices Market FDM CCS Insight has written several times about the distinction between healthcare and well-being (see Daily Insight: Health or Well-Being). Makers of wearables ...

New Therapeutic Aspirations for Wearables Last year, FDM CCS Insight noted the addition of temperament as a new variable in contextual computing, and major companies were taking this potential seriously. ...

The Xiaomi Mi Band Packs Plenty of Surprises The Xiaomi Mi Band has garnered a lot of industry attention since its announcement in July 2014, mostly thanks to its rock-bottom ...

The Company Hopes to Set New Trends EE has entered the wearables segment with the LTE-enabled live-streaming 4GEE Action Cam. The device is priced at £299, records 1080p video, has ...

Xiaomi's Online Store Goes Live in the West Xiaomi just opened its online store in certain Western markets, but the excitement is tempered by the limited selection and vacant shelves. ...