Microsoft Health and Band Updates Bring New Cycling App Integrations, Insights and Features
Today Microsoft launched a new update to their fitness wearable, Microsoft Band, and also to their health platform and smartphone app, Microsoft Health. These updates broaden the capabilities of...
7 by on 4/23/2015Android Wear Updates: Wi-Fi, Always-On Apps and Usability
This week Google announced the latest update to their smart watch focused operating system, Android Wear. Google did not specify the exact version number, but the previous version was...
10 by on 4/23/2015Microsoft Hints at Windows 10 IoT SKUs
This week at Microsoft's WinHEC 2015 conference in Shenzen, Microsoft announced new details in support of the developing IoT market. Microsoft previously announced support for the Raspberry Pi 2...
39 by on 3/20/2015Motorola Launches Moto Maker for the Moto 360
In August of 2013, Motorola launched an innovative web portal, Moto Maker, enabling personalization of the original Moto X immediately prior to purchase. Almost two years later, Moto Maker...
9 by on 3/10/2015Marvell Launches First Apple HomeKit SDK for IoT Accessories
Today Marvell is announcing general availability of the industry's first embedded software development kit (SDK) with Apple HomeKit support. Specifically, Marvell's existing EZ-Connect IoT Platform is now HomeKit enabled. HomeKit...
14 by on 3/10/2015LG Replaces Android Wear: Adds LTE, GPS and NFC to the Watch Urbane
Today LG pre-announced significant additions to their high-end wearable, the LG Watch Urbane, via a new edition called the LG Watch Urbane LTE. Both devices will officially launch at...
34 by on 2/26/2015Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Updated
This week Microsoft announced several updates for their wearable and health products: Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health. Microsoft stated that overall feedback has been positive, but as with any...
15 by on 2/24/2015Imagination Creator CI20 Now Shipping With Spec Bump & Kodi Support
Imagination has sent along word that the Creator CI20 we covered in some detail late last year is now shipping to North America and Europe. For those unfamiliar with...
20 by on 2/3/2015Raspberry Pi 2 Available: ARMv7 and Windows 10
The original Raspberry Pi, launched three year ago this month, has been very successful. Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton noted recently that over 4.5 million Pis have been sold...
52 by on 2/2/2015Intel Announces Broadwell vPro Processors: Wireless Docking and More
While Intel formally announced availability of Broadwell-U processors at CES this year, vendors did not actually have any devices available for purchase containing Intel vPro technology. Today that changes...
16 by on 1/29/2015Wearables: 2014 and Beyond
As the year 2014 has come to a close, now is a good time to inventory changes in the consumer electronics market and project those trends forward. One of...
79 by on 1/15/2015Intel Announces Curie: Tiny Module for Wearables
Yesterday, Intel announced a new module targeted to wearable technology: Intel Curie. This module continues Intel's push into IoT and wearable technology started with the Intel Edison. While we...
23 by on 1/7/2015Imagination Launches Creator CI20 Development Board
Last week Imagination launched the Creator CI20 development board. This device is quite interesting because of the combination of architecture, features, developer support, form factor, and pricing. It also...
27 by on 12/8/2014Ingenic Launches Newton2: MIPS based IoT and Wearables Solution
The wearables and IoT market are moving very quickly, and only seven months after announcing their Newton platform, Ingenic is following up with Newton2. This pace reminds me of...
2 by on 11/12/2014HP, AppliedMicro and TI Bring New ARM Servers to Retail
Yesterday HP announced retail availability of two ARM based servers, the ProLiant m400 and m800. Each are offered in a server cartridge as part of the Moonshot System. A...
34 by on 9/30/2014Cortex-M7 Launches: Embedded, IoT and Wearables
Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting ARM’s Austin Texas campus for a meeting with Vice President of CPU Product Marketing Nandan Nayampally. The topic of discussion...
43 by on 9/23/2014MediaTek Labs and LinkIt Platform Launch Targeting IoT and Wearables
Companies such as Motorola, Apple, Nest, and Fitbit have been targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables market with devices for the past several years. However, if the...
7 by on 9/22/2014NVIDIA Announces GAME24 - 24 Hour Live Gaming Celebration
It seems company sponsored live events are becoming more popular. Not long after AMD hosted their own gaming celebration, NVIDIA is upping the ante with a 24 hour live...
2 by on 9/3/2014MIPS Strikes Back: 64-bit Warrior I6400 Arrives
One of ARM’s most tangible business advantages is its offer of both CPUs and GPUs to SoC designers. Anyone with experience in business to business relationships knows just how...
84 by on 9/2/2014Browser Face-Off: Chrome 37 Beta Battery Life Revisited
Last week we posted our Browser Face-Off: Battery Life Explored 2014, where the battery run down times of Firefox 31, IE11 Desktop, IE11 Modern, Chrome 36, and Chrome 37...
22 by on 8/18/2014