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...Tech tools — Wearables get healthier Patrick McGee takes review comparisons seriously. “I’ve felt a bit ridiculous meeting people recently, even on Zoom calls....
...Devices covered include smartphones, smart TVs, games consoles, security cameras, baby monitors, smart home hubs and appliances, voice-activated assistants, smart thermostats and wearable fitness trackers...
...Last year it delivered nearly $70bn in revenue — roughly double that of the Mac, iPad or wearables divisions — and margins were 70 per cent....
...Revenues at Wearables, a category that includes headphones and smart watches, increased 11.5 per cent to $8.8bn....
...Apple’s big launch event of the year is the iPhone 13’s next Tuesday, yet all the talk ahead of that this week has been about smart glasses and cars....
...But news of the wearable developments also marks the next step in its race against iPhone and laptop maker Apple to build the next computing platform beyond the smartphone....
...UK to probe Uber’s Autocab dealThe Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into Uber’s acquisition of the taxi technology company, Autocab, over fears the tie-up could limit competition...
...These qualities make the technology more suitable for use in wearable augmented reality devices, according to sources familiar with the projects....
...Apple is already the global leader in smart watches, with a 40 per cent market share in the second quarter, according to Canalys....
...Japanese ties aren’t wearable,” he said, pointing to his green and gold striped tie. “Uniqueness is a strength. That’s how Japan competes against China.”...
...Wearables, a category that includes headphones and smart watches, grew 21 per cent to $7.9bn....
...It’s more about how smart the analytics are.”...
...But rivals such as Google, which enables Android smartwatches and recently acquired Fitbit, and Garmin, the US wearable technology company, are aggressively targeting this market, too....
...One smart analyst at Gartner spotted the trend for group texting, suggesting that private chat rooms would soon evolve....
...“Smart” and “connected” have been the watchwords that defined the frontiers of consumer electronics over the past few years....
...That is bad news for Apple investors who were hoping that a new wearable device, which had been rumoured to launch as soon as next year, would boost growth as iPhone sales fall....
...Fitbit is Google’s biggest acquisition in consumer electronics since it paid $3.2bn for smart home company Nest in 2014. The deal could put Google in the sights of antitrust authorities....
...There has been a lot of focus on wearables, he says....
...Similarly it can power a smart lock that, through its Bluetooth connection, receives energy from a user’s smartphone....
...Tens of millions of these devices use content recognition technology that tracks everything you watch, to be able to target you better with TV advertising, which now accounts for about half of all digital...
...This wireless technology is little known but holds huge potential for the smart home, security, augmented reality and positioning....
...Google is boosting its hardware offerings with the acquisition of wearables maker Fitbit for $2.1bn, its biggest acquisition in consumer electronics since it paid $3.2bn for smart home company Nest in 2014...
...“Because Bluetooth is a mature communications technology, related semiconductors can be fully designed using RISC-V,” said Hideki Maeno of IHS Markit....
...Bose says it opted not to use bone-conduction technology for performance reasons....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
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