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AARP Study Sees Promise In Wearables For Senior Health
Washington — A study by senior advocacy group AARP reveals that the over-50 demographic found wearable activity and sleep trackers effective in encouraging better...
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Alcatel OneTouch Adds Smart Watch
Irvine, Calif. – Cellphone maker Alcatel OneTouch expanded its selection of smart watches with the launch of a white sports version of the Alcatel...
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GoPro, Polaroid Target Different Action-Cam Segments
New York – New action cameras from GoPro and Polaroid target different segments of the market, with GoPro seeking a little action from active...
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Disney Shuffles Structure In Advance Of Playmation Wearables Debut
BURBANK, CALIF. — The Walt Disney Company has merged its consumer products and Disney Interactive divisions, which have been increasingly pursuing similar digital objectives,...
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Eyeglass World 1st Chain To Offer Prescription Smart Glass Lenses
SAN DIEGO − Eyeglass World has become the first national chain to launch a retail collection of prescription lenses for smart-glass technologies in the...
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Intel Acquires Smart-Glass Supplier Recon
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Intel has acquired Recon Instruments, the Vancouver-based maker of smart glasses for outdoor and fitness enthusiasts, for a reported $175...
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Eyeglass World Offers Prescription Smart Glass Lenses
By John Laposky San Diego − Eyeglass World has become the first national chain to launch a retail collection of prescription lenses for smart...
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Zzzzzzz: Braci Wearables App Aims To Stop Snoring
New York — Braci, a start-up marketing a platform that detects sounds and delivers notifications to Android Wear devices, has launched its first app,...
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Apple Clearing Up Watch Backlog
Cupertino, Calif. – Apple has begun tackling its backlog of Apple Watch orders, announcing that consumer orders placed through May for all models but...
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Lycos Enters Wearables
Boston — Lycos today announced its entry into the wearables category with Lycos Life, a line of products the company called “a single point...
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IHS: Apple Watch To Drive Smart Watch Success
London – Global smart watch shipments will grow 2,700 percent from a mere 3.6 million shipments in 2014 to 101 million in 2020, driven...
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Apple Details Watch Accessory Guidelines
Cupertino, Calif. — The Apple Watch is ready for its accessories. Apple has released the official guidelines for Apple Watch bands on its website....
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Sensoria Debuts Smart Socks For Runners
Las Vegas — The Internet of Things has reached the sock drawer. Sensoria Fitness socks, shipping now, are embedded with proprietary machine-washable textile sensors...
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LG Watch Urbane Rolls Out At $349
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – The LG Watch Urbane, the first smart watch incorporating Google’s latest Android Wear OS version, is rolling out in the...
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Apple Watch Plays Hard-To-Get
Cupertino, Calif. – Apple was set today to begin shipping the first Apple smart watches that consumers began preordering on April 10, but the...
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Android Wear Updates Include Wi-Fi Data Access
Mountain View, Calif. – Google is upgrading its Android Wear smart watch OS, adding multiple convenience functions plus Wi-Fi access to data and messages....
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NPD: Smart Watches To Take Activity Tracker Share
Port Washington, N.Y. – Activity-tracker penetration in the U.S. will peak by the end of 2016 as smart watch penetration grows, The NPD Group...
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Kenneth Cole Adds Name To Smart Watch List
New York –Fashion designer Kenneth Cole entered the smart watch market with 12 models for men and women at prices from $135 to $165....
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Vector Unveils Smart Watch With 30-Day Battery Life
Basel, Switzerland — Vector formally introduced its first smart watch, the Vector Watch, which is OS-agnostic and boasts a battery life of 30 days....
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Casio Adds Solar-Powered Pro Tek Activity Watch
Messe Basel, Switzerland — Casio America added to its Pro Tek line of activity watches with the debut of the PRW-3500. This is the...
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AmbyGear Watch Lets Parents Track Kids
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – Start-up Ambit Networks plans summertime shipments of its first product, a kid’s smart watch that helps parents keep tabs on their...
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Burg Targets Cellphone Watch To Kids, Seniors
NYACK, N.Y. – Burg, the maker of cellphoneequipped smart watches, is targeting its latest wearable to kids and seniors. The $129 Burg 31, which...
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Smart Watch, Band Market A Tight Fit?
BARCELONA, SPAIN — The smart-watch and smartband markets grew more crowded at the Mobile World Congress, where many of the new wearables were launched...
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Apple Sets Watch Prices, Ship Dates
San Francisco – Apple’s first smart watch will be available April 24 in the U.S. at prices ranging from $349 to more than $10,000...
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Some Recent Smart Watches That Will Take On The Apple Watch
Barcelona — The smart watch market grew more crowded at the recent Mobile World Congress, where many of the new wearables were launched by...
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What Would Steve Jobs Think Of The Apple Watch?
New York — Apple began its work on the Apple Watch after founder/CEO Steve Jobs died, but over the past year several current and...
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History Of The Smart Watch
The smart watch is a concept that harkens back to the era when pagers were a top-selling mass-market consumer electronics product. Here’s a look...
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Analysts See Apple Watch Gaining Top Share Despite Premium Price
New York — Analysts are already saying the Apple Watch will top the market-share charts in 2015 despite less-than-a-day battery life and premium pricing....
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Apple Watch: 15 Things We Knew In Advance
Functionality: Apple Watch connects via Bluetooth 4.0 to iPhones running iOS 8, starting with the iPhone 5, to send and receive messages; answer calls...
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TomTom Adds Nike+ Connectivity
Burlington, Mass. — TomTom said its Runner and Multi-Sport GPS Sport Watches can now connect to Nike+, allowing users to track progress, challenge friends,...
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Sony Upgrades Morpheus VR Headset Prototype
San Francisco — Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled the latest prototype of its Project Morpheus VR headset for the PS4, adding a bigger and better...
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Burg’s Cellphone Watch Targeted To Kids, Seniors
Nyack, N.Y. – Burg, the maker of cellphone-equipped smart watches, is targeting its latest wearable to kids and seniors. The $129 Burg 31, which...
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Huawei Unveils First Smart Watch, Other Wearables, 7-Inch Phablet
Barcelona, Spain – Huawei came to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) today to announce its first smart watch, second-generation TalkBand wearables, and what is...
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Vector Readies 30-Day Smart Watch
London – Start-up Vector Watch, founded last year by former Timex Group president Joe Santana, plans to launch a smart watch that delivers 30-day...
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LG Readies LTE-Equipped Smart Watch
Seoul, South Korea — LG will go to next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) with what it said will be the industry’s first LTE-equipped...
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Broadcom Wants To Bolster Android Wear Watches
Irvine, Calif. – Semiconductor supplier Broadcom wants to bring longer battery life, built-in GPS, and other features to Android Wear smart watches. During the...
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Timex Cellular-Equipped Smart Watch Debuts
Middlebury, Conn. – Timex launched its first cellular-equipped smart watch, which is available through AT&T stores and AT&T’s website. The touchscreen-equipped Timex Iron Man...
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LG Readies Fashion-Oriented Smart Watch
Seoul – LG is expanding its selection of Android Wear-based smart watches with its first all-metal model, which resembles a luxury watch. The LG...
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Canalys: Battery Life Hampers Android Wear Sales
PALO ALTO – Android Wear smart watches accounted for only 720,000 of only 4.6 million smart wearable bands shipped globally in 2014, and it...
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Global Smart Watch Market To Grow 13-Fold In 5 Years
Dallas – The global smart-watch market will grow at a CAGR of 96.8 percent from 2014 through 2019 for a 13-fold gain from 2014...
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Swarovski, Misfit Team For ‘World’s First Solar-Powered Wearable’
Las Vegas — Misfit has teamed with crystal jewelry supplier Swarovski to debut a line that includes “the world’s first solar-powered wearable.” The Swarovski...
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Alcatel OneTouch to Add Phones, First Smart Watches
Irvine, Calif. –Alcatel OneTouch, the TCL Communications brand, will go to International CES with its first smart watch selection, an expanded selection of LTE...