Mondaine earlier this year unveiled its Mondaine PayChip smart strap. It holds an NFC chipset that allows users to make payments by simply tapping their watch to an NFC-enabled terminal. Mondaine’s first partner was Switzerland’s Cembra Money Bank AG. A second partnership, this one with Barclays Bank, has now brought similar contactless payment capabilities to the UK. The Mondaine SBB collection sold in the UK will now […]
Pokémon Go officially lands in Canada
Pokémon Go launched in the U.S. and a small number of other countries a week ago. Since then, it has become one of the most popular and downloaded games of all times. There is good news today for Canadians eagerly awaiting their chance to download the game without having to sideload it. Nintendo today announced that Pokémon Go is now […]
Are these the rumoured Google Nexus smartwatches?
Rumours that Google was working on two Android Wear smartwatches gained further credence with the publication of some renders of what they could look like. The two images show the Angelfish and Swordfish Nexus smartwatches on the left and right respectively. It must be noted that these renders were created by Android Police from source material provided by their sources. The […]
Google reportedly developing two Android Wear Nexus smartwatches
Google is expected to unveil new Nexus smartphones when it releases the final version of Android Nougat. A new report suggests it could follow those up with one or two new Android Wear-powered smartwatches. A “reliable source” has told Android Police that the two smartwatches, one codenamed Angelfish and the other Swordfish, could launch under Google’s Nexus brand. The Angelfish […]
What the OnePlus smartwatch might have looked like
OnePlus CEO Carl Pei recently confirmed that the company once entertained the thought of building its own smartwatch. The company got as far as finishing the design before it decided to put a stop to the project to remain focused on smartphones. Pei yesterday took to Twitter to give us a glimpse of what this OnePlus smartwatch might have looked […]
Skagen Hagen Connected first in Skagen’s new line of wearables
Skagen, the Danish watch maker now owned the Fossil Group, is the latest to jump into the wearables market. The company announced today that its first wearable will be the Skagen Hagen Connected. Rather than a full smartwatch, it is an elegant smarter watch similar to the Fossil Q Grant and Fossil Q54 Pilot in that it retains a traditional watch design and […]
Apple offers employees rainbow Apple Watch strap for Pride weekend
Pride celebrations took place this past Sunday in a number of U.S. cities. As in past years, a number of Apple employees, including CEO Tim Cook, took part in the San Francisco Pride parade. According to Reddit user Sakusuhon, those who had registered ahead of the event received rainbow-patterned straps for their Apple Watches. The limited-edition straps were given out as “a symbol of our commitment to […]
2017 Apple Watch to use microLED display?
Recent rumours suggest that the next Apple Watch will only feature upgraded hardware and some minor cosmetic changes. More significant changes are in the cards for the 2017 Apple Watch model. A new report by Digitimes now suggests that one of those changes could be that the watch’s OLED display will make way for one using microLED (or mLED) technology. […]