TELECOMPAPER - Nov 26 - The company reported preliminary Q3 revenues of USD 21.5M, down from 29.9M the year earlier. Revenue for the company’s branding business grew 37.1% to USD 6.1M, but the increase was offset by a decline at the ODP segment, down 17.3% to USD 15.2M. TechFaith attributed the decline to continuing intensive competition and the shift in demand from 3G to 4G products in many of the markets it serves.
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2/3 Of UK Firms Use Wearables To Work
CBR ONLINE - Nov 25 - 1/4 actively claim to have rolled out a scheme to implement the tech according to Trend Micro. 82% think that their organisation's IT policies would have to change to accommodate the new devices, with 43% calling for stricter measures. 3/4 of the IT decision makers agreed that businesses should introduce wearable device policies.
by Jimmy Nicholls
See full article at Computer Business Review
TBand Turns Watch Into A Smartwatch
GIZMAG - Nov 24 - The Kairos comes in 3 different models with different levels of functionality. Each band includes a rigid electronics section containing a 9-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, optical sensor, a lithium polymer rechargeable battery, and a Pogo pin USB charging port. There's also a clamp instead of clasp to secure it, so it fits more like a bangle than a conventional band. ($129) Deliveries due to begin in April 2015.
Swiss Watchmakers Fight Back
TWEAKTOWN - Nov 23 - Swiss watchmakers demand upwards of $15K for a custom watch, and aren't happy users get them for free with Android apps. 24 hour take-down notices have been sent to several sites hosting 'pirated' watch faces.
Lively Smartwatch For Seniors
CHIP CHICK - Nov 24 - The new smartwatch will more or less be an additional sensor added to Lively’s already existing set of sensors that when placed around the house near key devices or places to detect movement or activity keeps family members updated on the health and safety of independent seniors.The Lively Smartwatch is now included in the Lively Kit, which now consists of the smartwatch, the hub, and 4 general-use motion sensors.
Nevo Minimalist Smartwatch
GEEKY GADGETS - Nov 24 - The smartwatch combines activity tracking, phone notifications and Swiss timekeeping in to one stylist timepiece. The Nevo smartwatch project is currently over on the Indiegogo crowd funding website looking to raise $50,000 in pledges.
New Hexoskin Smart Shirt
VENTURE BEAT - Nov 24 - The Arctic Smart Shirt, uses 3 sensors woven into the fabric to track various biometrics such as heart rate, step count, sleep duration, and calories burned, as well as more complicated algorithm-driven stats like heart rate recovery, heart rate variability, breathing rate, breathing volume, activity level, and acceleration. Data points are delivered to an iOS or Android app via a small Bluetooth device that rests in the pocket of the shirt. ($199)
Digital Health Funding Soars
MHEALTH NEWS - Nov 24 - Funding for digital health is expected to be almost double what it was in 2013, according to a new study from StartUp Health. The study found 347 companies raised $5B through Q3 2014. In all of 2013, 2.8B was raised for digital health.
Morgan Stanley: Future Of Wearable Technology
QR CODE PRESS - Nov 24 - The financial services firm has predicted that this tech category will grow to a business of $1.6B. “Wearable devices will far surpass market expectations, and become the fastest ramping consumer technology device to date, in our view.” These mobile devices are going to have an impact that will be “far reaching” as they will form an entirely new category and will either disrupt or accelerate the evolution that has been occurring in industries beyond tech.
OMsignal Delivers First Batch Of Boimetric Shirts
FOX NEWS - Nov 24 - On Monday OMsignal switched on its app for iOS devices as it delivers the first batch of its biometric shirts for men who ordered them online last summer. The company aims to capitalize on its early mover advantage; trying to generate buzz by outfitting early adopters, athletes and influencers with its biometric workout top and undershirts.
Wearable Tech For Animals
BUSINESSTECH - Nov 22 - What animals make of this technology and their experience of it is partly down to our design of the devices we give them. Any wearable product needs to be driven by user feedback to be successful and, while our animals might not necessarily choose to wear these products, if we really want to understand our animals better through technology then understanding how they make sense of such technology is just as important as the information we gather through it.
NXP Semiconductors Partners With Quintic
GLOBE NEWSWIRE - Nov 24 - NXP Semiconductors has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Quintic to acquire assets and IP related to its Wearable and Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) IC business. This transaction contributes to NXP's drive to create security and connectivity solutions for fast-growing IoT applications in Health & Fitness Wearables, Mobile Transactions, Proximity Marketing, Smart Home and Automotive.
DOCTO App For Fitness And Medical Wearables
PR.COM - Nov 23 - By applying Biometric-Analysis, the app is designed to recognize particular combinations of high and low readings that indicate a significant health development. In a process that is very similar to how a healthcare professional would examine your health data, DOCTO examines health, learns about daily behaviors including diet and exercise and monitors vitals to determine the state of overall health.
Gartner Predicts Wearables Market Could Shrink
SMART COMPANY - Nov 24 - Its figures forecast the total market shrinking from 70.2M units in 2014 to 68.1M in 2015, before rebounding in 2016 to 91.3M units, despite the release of the Apple Watch. The growth of smartwatches (from 18M in 2014 to 21M in 2015) will be smaller than the slump in sales for fitness bands (20M to 17M)and other fitness monitors (20M to 12M).
LikeAGlove Smart Garments
CNET NEWS - Nov 21 - The smart garment startup that hopes to revolutionize online clothes shopping by taking your measurements and translating them into the right size before you place an order. The smart garments are made with conductive fibers woven into them measurements are transmitted to an app, which saves them in your profile.
GEAK Watch II Pro Smartwatch
ANDROID HEADLINES - Nov 20 - The round Android watch runs a full version of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. It has 2 displays, an e-ink display that never sleeps and an LCD display that will wake up when you need to see more than what the e-ink screen can provide for you. Crowdfund broke $250K in less than 3 weeks.
Xiaomi Smartwatch
TECH2 - Nov 21 - After being the third-largest smartphone vendor in the world for this quarter, the company wants to enter the smartwatch arena. This isn't the company's first wearable device. Xiaomi has already been selling the Mi Band for a while now. Apart from smartwatches, the company is also working on a 4G LTE smartphone which could be priced for an approximate Rs 4,020 making it cheaper than the RedMi 1S.
Magic Leap Wearable Tech
THE VINE - Nov 21 - The device will project theoretically anything into your eyeballs and look so realistic its indistinguishable from real life. Magic Leap have taken hundreds of millions of investment dollars from big names like Google, Qualcomm, and Legendary Pictures, and have created functioning prototypes. They're prioritising hiring hardware engineers to scale the model down, and they're hiring sales managers who can handle massive demand scaling way up.
Google Glass Consumer Release Date Still Unclear
ECUMENICAL NEWS - Nov 20 - Its chances of a public release date and becoming a "consumer" hit may be slim to none, with several factors involved. "Of 16 Glass app makers contacted by Reuters, nine said that they had stopped work on their projects or abandoned them, mostly because of the lack of customers or limitations of the device. Three more have switched to developing for business, leaving behind consumer projects," Reuters reported.
by Aira Quintana
See full article at Ecumenical News
Basis Peak Now Streams Heart Rate To Other Apps
CNET NEWS - Nov 20 - The device now supports Bluetooth GATT, which will allow the Peak to act as a wrist-worn heart rate monitor for other popular fitness apps, and use their features to enhance the Basis Peak. Strava, RunKeeper and Endomondo will be among the first apps. The Peak's promised "smartwatch" notifications aren't here yet, but should arrive by mid-December via a firmware upgrade.
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