The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has taken place every year since 2001. According to the Foundation of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, the body that runs the event, it is “intended to salute the excellence of worldwide horological production and annually rewards the finest creations and the most important operators in the watchmaking sector.” Think of it as […]
Longines Heritage Military COSD unveiled
Longines earlier this month unveiled the Longines Heritage Military COSD, a watch inspired by the timepieces used by the British Special Forces during the 1940s. Equipment stamped COSD was intended for the Combined Operations Command created during the Second World War. This latest addition to the Longine Heritage collection harkens back to the field watches of the day while managing to feel […]
Use of wearables in U.S. to jump 60% in 2015
As evidenced by the strong growth in shipments and sales, a growing number of consumers are taking up wearables. A new study by eMarketer has found that the U.S. market is no exception to the global trend. By the end of the year, it forecasts that 39.5 million Americans will be using wearables, including smartwatches and fitness trackers, a 57.7% jump over 2014. […]
Modular Blocks smartwatch Kickstarter campaign tops US$1 million
UK-based Blocks Wearables launched its Kickstarter campaign for the modular Blocks smartwatch earlier this month. It took a mere 56 minutes for it to reach its US$250,000 funding goal. Fast forward two weeks and the company has now raised more than US$1 million. And with that, all BLOCKS smartwatches, for all current and future backers, will be equipped with Gorilla Glass. This ensures that your […]
Samsung Pay coming to future Samsung smartwatches
Samsung launched its own mobile payment platform in September. Samsung Pay is now available in both South Korea and the U.S. and it is already being used to make an average of about 100,000 payments every day in South Korea alone. Samsung is not only looking to expand the markets in which its payment service is available but also making it available […]
Are Nokia wearables coming soon?
We caught a glimpse earlier this year of what Nokia’s entry into the wearables market might have looked like. The Nokia Moonraker smartwatch (pictured above) got as far as the prototype stage before the project cancelled by Microsoft after it acquired Nokia’s device business. A Nokia press release announcing an Extraordinary General Meeting for December 2nd now suggests that the company […]
HTC wearables now set to ship in 2016
HTC announced its intention to jump into the wearables space earlier this year with a new partnership with Under Armour and the announcement of the HTC Grip (pictured above) at Mobile World Congress. But before it shipped, the company decided to instead focus on an “entire product portfolio for health and fitness” that would launch later this year. The holiday shopping season […]
Transit app coming to Android Wear
One of the best, if not the best transit and public transportation apps, is coming to Android Wear. The original app was developed in back in the Spring of 2013 for Montreal’s subway network. It has since grown to support Android devices as well as over 110 cities across the world, providing not only all kinds of public transit information but […]