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Worldwide Wearables Market Soars in the Third Quarter as Chinese Vendors Challenge the Market Leaders, According to IDC

by Isaac Oburu

A quarter after Apple debuted as the number two wearables vendor worldwide, Chinese vendor Xiaomi finished the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) as a strong contender for this position. Similarly, newcomer XTC beat out …

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A Touchscreen Technology that Can Determine the Angle of Your Finger

by Arthur Berman

Qeexo, Co. (Mountain View, CA), a spin out of Carnegie Mellon University, has developed an algorithm that allows a device to estimate the angle of the user’s finger relative to the plane of the …

The Multi-Billion Dollar Wearable Tech Sector Headlines CES 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The wearable tech industry is projected to grow 64 percent over the next three years, reaching $25 billion in 2019 when more than 245 million devices are expected to ship. The growth of this …

Tags:CES 2015| CES 2016| Wearable Market| Wearables

Fossil’s First Touchscreen Watch Powered by Antroid Wear™ on Sale This Week

by Isaac Oburu

It’s time to meet Q Founder, the newest addition to Fossil’s connected accessories line. Engineered with Intel® Innovation and powered by Android Wear, Q Founder tracks your activity, connects to your favorite apps, alerts …

Tags:Android Wear| Smartwatches| Wearables

Recon Instruments Partners with Rochester Optical to Offer Prescription Inserts for Recon Jet

by Isaac Oburu

Recon Instruments, an Intel company, has partnered with Rochester Optical to deliver the first prescription inserts for Recon Jet™ (now available online). Jet is not designed to fit over other eyewear, which presents a …

Tags:Eyewear| Wearables

Augmented Reality Leader Atheer Unveils AiR™ Glasses and AiR™ Enterprise Suite to Transform the Way Deskless Professionals Work and Collaborate

by Isaac Oburu

Atheer, the company pioneering the new AiR™ (Augmented interactive Reality™) computing platform today unveiled AiR Glasses, the world’s most interactive 3D smart glasses and the AiR Enterprise Suite, a cloud-based collaboration and task flow …

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Fossil Expands Wearable Presence

by Tom Allen

Fossil Group is to acquire US-based wearable technology firm Misfit. Misfit will bring a scalable cloud and app platform, a software and hardware engineering team and a pipeline of products to Fossil.

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Wearables

Quadriga collaborates withTUI Nordics to create wearable technology, the TUI Smartband

by Isaac Oburu

Quadriga, a leading international provider of Internet and entertainment managed services for the hospitality industry have been working alongside the TUI Group, a leading, multinational tourism company, to create the world’s first wearable technology …

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Juniper: 2016 Will be ‘Watershed Year’ for VR

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has identified the top technology trends for 2016. VR headsets will have a ‘watershed’ year next year, in terms of both product launches and consumer rollouts. Several big firms, including Sony, Oculus …

Tech Data Addresses Wearables

by Tom Allen

Tech Data has put together a three-strong team dedicated to wearable technology. The members are Mike Cain (business development manager for wearables); Mica Jakins (senior category manager); and Stacey Bliss (assistant category manager). All …

Meet Royole-X, The World’s First Foldable Smart Mobile Theatre

by Isaac Oburu

Royole Corporation recently launched its new wearable product Royole-X, the first foldable smart mobile theatre device of its kind. With the highest pixel density displays, stunning noise-cancelling headphones, novel operating system Royole-X OS and …

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Tech Data is New Disti for Garmin

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now a B2B distributor for Garmin’s wearable products in the UK.