7Digital share price surges after talks with Will.I.Am for smartwatch music service confirmed October 13, 2014 One of the digital darlings of London’s Silicon Roundabout has confirmed it’s in talks with global superstar and tech entrepreneur Will.I.Am to create a music streaming service for his soon-to-launch smartwatch. 7Digital Group said it is in discussions with “respect to the delivery of a music service on a new range of devices, including wearables,” [...]
Forget the Galaxy S5 and smartwatches, this is why Samsung is betting £10bn on the chips inside mobile devices October 6, 2014 Samsung is making its biggest bet yet on the chip making side of its business with plans to spend £9.7bn on a new factory to increase production of semiconductors. The Korean giant is investing in the tech behind the tech, rather than its more well known mobile hardware business which makes the flagship Galaxy devices, [...]
London Fashion Week: Could London emerge as a global hub for wearable tech? September 17, 2014 At London Fashion Week, the merging of fashion and tech has been more palpable than ever before and, with top fashion designers now embracing the trend, wearable technology looks set to finally achieve mainstream success. The tech giants of California and East Asia have of course been playing a dominant role in developing wearables [...]
This is how Apple kept the name of Apple Watch a secret September 15, 2014 How sure were we that the Apple Watch was going to be called the iWatch? Everyone was fairly confident Apple would go by previous form with its “i” nomenclature. Everyone was wrong. So just how did Apple keep the real name of its first smartwatch quiet for so long? The iWatch name first made an [...]
Tag Heuer is planning a smartwatch after Apple Watch launch September 15, 2014 Apple might have one more watchmaker a little hot under the collar with the Apple Watch. Luxury watch brand Tag Heuer has told a Swiss newspaper it’s planning to launch a smartwatch a week after Apple launched its much-anticipated smartwatch. Jean-Claude Biver of Tag Heuer owner LVMH said "We want to launch a smartwatch at [...]
Electronic Arts eyes Apple Watch for new games September 11, 2014 It might sound like a fiddly proposition, but games giant Electronic Arts (EA) has its eye on the Apple Watch as a potential new platform for its games. Frank Gibeau, head of EA’s mobile games division, said the company is “pretty excited” about Apple’s new product and the gaming possibilities that come with it. [...]
Wearable tech: Is it set to take over the City? September 10, 2014 Imagine the end of desks, and watches that log your billing time APPLE’S move into wearable tech this week may have disappointed investors (its shares ended the day 0.4 per cent down after the grand unveiling of its unabashedly rectangular Apple Watch), but the hype surrounding the wider wearables market has hardly dampened. NPD Group [...]
Forget Apple Watch: Intelligent virtual assistants are the next tech revolution September 10, 2014 THE APPLE Watch is just the latest exciting development in wearable technology. But the prospect of consumers interacting with Siri on their smartwatches also hints at another impending revolution in how we access digitised knowledge. Today, we stand on the brink of the third wave of computing – where machines become capable of learning and [...]
Apple Watch in pictures September 9, 2014 Apple's first smartwatch is called the Apple Watch, dropping the famous "i" from the widely expected iWatch name. For its first foray into the category, it has a comprehensive line up of style and design options, no doubt thanks to the influence of Apple's recently hired fashion executives from Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent and Tag Heuer. Here's what [...]
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple Pay: What the analysts say September 9, 2014 They’re finally here. The iPhone 6, 6 Plus and Apple Watch have been unveiled, now here’s what the analysts are saying about these shiny new devices. It's clear that the smartwatch and mobile payment service have caught their attention, with the potential to expand Apple's business more than just another iPhone. CCS Insight's Geoff Blaber [...]