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Telstra Develops SIM for Wearable Devices

Roma Christian September 13, 2017 No Comments

Telstra has announced it plans to introduce embedded SIM technology shortly, which will allow Australians to make calls or send texts from compatible wearable devices, instead of through their phone.…

Is Google Building Voice Assisted Smart Headphones?

Roma Christian August 22, 2017 No Comments

Code discovered in one of Google’s Android apps may reveal future plans to launch voice assisted smart headphones, which will provide direct access to Google Assistant, and allow users to…

Wearables To Grow 20% In 2017, Says IDC

Fergus Halliday June 22, 2017 No Comments

Following on from their previous report on the state of the wearables market, IDC analysts have predicted that smartwatches and fitness trackers will push the category to grow 20% by…

Smartwatch Dominating Wristspace

Computer Daily News May 29, 2017 No Comments

Wearable technology is becoming more sophisticated as players shift beyond simple fitness bands to new gadgetry from the likes of Fitbit and Xiaomi and driven by devices from Apple and…

Apple Watch Outruns Fitband

Computer Daily News May 8, 2017 No Comments

Apple has knocked Fitbit out of the top spot in the wearable tech market, according to the financial-conscious The Street Web news site. It quotes a Strategy Analytics report as…

IDC Reports Q4 Resurgence For Wearables

Fergus Halliday March 3, 2017 No Comments

According to new data out of IDC, the wearables market is finally on-course for a bounceback in 2017. Data out of IDC says that the market for wearable tech reached…

Jawbone Loses CFO As Wearables Company Continues Tailspin

Fergus Halliday January 18, 2017 No Comments

Reports out of The Verge have indicated that Jason Child, chief financial officer of troubled-wearable player Jawbone has left the company. Childs served as CFO for five years. His LinkedIn…

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…

Fitbit Hit By Low Revenue Forecast

Jon Bragg November 3, 2016 No Comments

Tough competition in the fitness wearable market has seen Fitbit report a significantly lower than expected revenue forecast for the Christmas season. Fitbit shares dropped by over 30 per cent…

Wearables Are Coming To The Workforce Amid Surging Market Growth

Staff Writers September 28, 2016 No Comments

Wearables in the workforce are poised to capture a greater share of the overall wearables market, which is set to more than double by 2021, according to ABI Research forecasts.…