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CES 2016: Samsung press conference set for January 5, 2016

Samsung CES 2016 invitation

CES 2016 and its tidal wave of announcements and new products is less than a month away. Between now and then, we can expect a raft of rumours and company teasers. Samsung yesterday formally kicked things off by starting to send out invitations to its press conference for the event. The aptly-named 2016 CES Samsung Press Conference will take place on January 5th between […]

Tag Heuer Connected Watch production to be increased

Tag Heuer Carrera Connected

Tag Heuer jumped into the smartwatch game last month when it unveiled its Tag Heuer Connected Watch, the first device to emerge from its new partnership with Google and Intel. The Swiss watchmaker will increase production from 1,200 to 2,000 units a week to meet demand. Company CEO Jean-Claude Biver told Bloomberg via email that now reports that the company has already received requests from some […]

Concept Sunday: Bentley Smartwatch

Bentley Smartwatch concept

Wearables are a quickly growing new product category. Luxury brands have started to notice and many have already jumped on with their own connected devices. The Frederique Constant Horological Smartwatch, the Breitling B55 Connected Chronograph and the Tag Heuer Connected Watch are but three examples of high-end wearables already on the market. Many other luxury brands have yet to make the jump, leaving […]

Sunu Band uses ultrasonic technology to guide the visually impaired

Sunu Band and Tag

A growing number of wearables are looking to improve the lives of those dealing with a range of medical conditions and physical limitations. We have already featured a number of such devices, ranging from devices like the Braille Smart Gear and Dot Braille smartwatch to epileptic seizure-detecting smartwatches and wearables like the now-funded BuzzClip wearable that can assist the visually impaired in navigating their way around the obstacles that can limit their […]

Microsoft patents smart ring capable of controlling smartphones

Microsoft smart ring patent application

Microsoft entered the wearables space with the Band and its recent successor the Band 2. It’s unlikely that its ambitions stop there and a recently discovered patent submitted to the USPTO (United States Patent Office) back in 2014. It suggests that the company has been working on a smart ring that would control other mobile devices through gestures and other actions […]

Fitbit retains wearables lead in Q3 2015 as wearable shipments hit new record

Graph - Going up

Wearable shipments have been on a tear in 2015 and Q3 proved to be no exception. In its latest Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, IDC reports that wearable shipments reached the 21 million unit mark. This is nearly three times more than the 7.1 million units shipped back in Q3 2014. “The early stages of the wearables market have led to […]