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Apple Accidentally Brick Own Smartwatch

Fergus Halliday December 15, 2016 No Comments

Whoops, they did it again. Only months after accidentally bricking the handsets of users who updated to iOS 10, Apple have accidentally left Apple Watch users in the lurch. Reports…

Google Reacquires Former Staff To Put Android Wear Back On Track

Fergus Halliday December 14, 2016 No Comments

Smartwatch OS startup Chronologics has been acquired by Google and are expected to be be put to work on the company’s Android 2.0 update, recently delayed into 2017. A post…

FitBit CEO Talks Up “Life-Saving” Potential Of Brand

Fergus Halliday December 9, 2016 No Comments

FitBit cofounder James Park has talked up the company’s plans to invest into healthcare via a partnership with California-based medical technology company Medtronic. According to him, “wearing a Fitbit should…

Pebble Acquisition Leaves Customers Out In The Cold

Fergus Halliday December 8, 2016 No Comments

While FitBit’s acquisition is set to take the intellectual property and tech behind Pebble’s smartwatches, it looks like it’ll be leaving the crowdfunded brand itself behind. The company has released…

Comment: Fitness Bands And Smartwatches Are On A Collision Course

Fergus Halliday December 8, 2016 No Comments

A number of disturbing trends running through 2016 when it comes to wearable tech like smartwatches and fitness bands. While the former continues to fail to deliver the mainstream growth…

Samsung Updates Gear S2 With Gear S3 Features

Jon Bragg December 6, 2016 No Comments

Samsung have released the second Gear S2 Value Pack update, adding a range of functions from the Gear S3. Owners of the previous generation smartwatch from Samsung will be able…

Motorola Exec Mulls Smartwatch Cull

Fergus Halliday December 2, 2016 No Comments

It looks like Lenovo’s Motorola division will be bowing out of the highly-competitive smartwatch arena, at least when it comes to 2017. Shakil Barkat, head of global product development at…

Fitbit In ‘Advanced Negotiations’ To Acquire Pebble

Jon Bragg December 2, 2016 No Comments

Fitbit is closing in on a deal to acquire Pebble, as slowing smartwatch sales force consolidation in the industry. Further to an initial report yesterday, the Wall Street Journal now reports…

Samsung Partner With Lonely Planet To Bring Travel Guide To Gear S3

Fergus Halliday December 1, 2016 No Comments

The world’s best loved travel brand, Lonely Planet has partnered with tech company Samsung to combine the tech company’s mobile devices and various custom solutions within Lonely Planet’s existing content…

Is The Apple Watch On A Death Dive?

Fergus Halliday November 30, 2016 No Comments

With sales for iPads and iPhones continuing to slip, it’s no secret that there’s a lot riding on the success of the Apple Watch. However, numbers suggest that the device’s…