Rumors of the demise of Meta’s dual-camera smartwatch may be greatly exaggerated, with a new leak suggesting the project is very much alive.
Voice Activation on Google Wear OS Broken For Months
Google Wear OS users have grown increasingly frustrated with Google after months of voice activation not working on their smartwatches.
Millions of Child-Tracking Smartwatches Exposed In Flaw
TechCrunch has reported on a vulnerability in GPS-enabled smartwatches for kids that could allow anyone to track them. In an exclusive release to TechCrunch, security firm Pen Test Partners detailed their findings. The researchers found a vulnerability in the cloud…
Apple Watch Launch Reportedly Set for March
We’ve known that Apple plans on launching the most talked-about wearable of the new year during the first half of 2015, and a new report suggests that the company is looking to March. 9to5 Mac quotes the ubiquitous “sources familiar…
Apple WatchKit Released To Developers For Apple Watch Apps
Apple released WatchKit, the developer platform for the upcoming Apple Watch, which is expected out next spring. Developers can now start creating apps for the device, which may or may not spark the interest of a significant amount of consumers.…
Gold Apple Watch Could Cost As Much As $5,000
The latest Apple Watch rumor points to a pretty hefty price for the top-of-the-line gold version. French Apple website iGen.fr (translated) says that the gold Apple Watch, called the Apple Watch Edition right now, could run you between $4,000 and…
Watch People Fawn Over an Apple Smartwatch That’s Actually a $20 Casio with an Apple Sticker Slapped on It
Despite never mentioning or really even offhandedly referring to a ‘smartwatch’ in public discourse, Apple is totally coming out with a smartwatch, right? Right. It’s the iWatch and it’s going to launch this fall, before the mad dash of holiday…
Android Wear Smartwatches Unveiled at Google I/O
Today, at Google’s I/O keynote, the company announced the availability of two Android Wear smartwatches – the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. you can preorder them today on Google Play. Google also announced that the Moto 360 will…
Android Wear: Google Unveils Smartwatch Platform
Google-based smartwatches have been rumored for quite some time, and today, the company finally revealed it its platform for such wearables: Android Wear. Android Wear is described as a project that extends Android to “wearables,” and they’re just starting with…
Samsung Has Sold 800,000 Galaxy Gears
Back in September Samsung announced its first smart watch, the Galaxy Gear. The watch was poorly received in the tech press, with reviewers criticizing the device for its lack of features. Another sticking point with the device is that it…
FiLIP Is A Smart Watch For The Overprotective Parent
2013 has been said to be the year of the smart watch. We’re already three-quarters of the way through it, and we’ve only just seen a revamped Sony SmartWatch, the Galaxy Gear and the Pebble. We’ll probably have to wait…
Smart Watch Shipments Set to Skyrocket
As tech companies look to the smart watch as the next big device segment, shipments of the devices are set to skyrocket. According to a new report from market research firm Next Market Insights, 373 million smart watches are predicted…
PC Manufacturers Are Jumping Headfirst Into Wearable Computing
The PC market is on the decline, that much is clear. After a disappointing holiday season, sales of desktop PCs and notebooks have continued to decline throughout 2013. Now, with PC manufacturers staring down the barrel of obsolescence, many of…
5 Million Smart Watches Predicted to Ship Next Year
In the wake of the mega-successful Pebble Watch Kickstarter campaign, large tech companies took notice of the untapped demand in the market. Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Google are all rumored to be working on their own version of the Smart…
Samsung’s Rumored Smartwatch Gets The NMA Treatment
At this year’s Mobilebeat conference, Samsung said that it was investing heavily in wearable computers. The company will start out with smartwatches, but it thinks we’ll soon have computers in our clothing. Now, we could bore you with a bunch…
Pebble Watch Coming to Best Buy Stores This Weekend
Last year, Pebble Technology launched a Kickstarter campaign for an e-paper wristwatch that could connect to iPhone and Android smartphones, alerting users to various notifications and displaying messages via Bluetooth. It turned out that the Pebble is just the sort…
Tim Cook Hints That Apple Is Working On Wearable Computers
Wearable computers are somewhat of a fad these days. It’s hard to say if it will be a fad a year from now, but Apple is researching ways to capitalize on the trend it if happens to grow. Reuters reports…
Sony’s New Smart Watch Features Twitter And Facebook
Smart watches are the new regular watches because reglar watches do what? Tell the time? Give you the day and date? Boring! I want Tweets, and Facebook feeds, and a caller ID for the phone in my pocket. Now the…