San Francisco: Longer-lasting batteries are crucial for a new crop of wearable computers whose rise may upend Apple and Google's dominance of mobile devices, two of the field's pioneers say.
Wearable devices - from bracelets that monitor physical activity and sleeping patterns to clothing with built-in sensors and Web-ready glasses - may mark the next big technology shift, just as smartphones evolved from personal computers.
That transition has put the unglamorous battery in a starring role.
"All this wearable stuff is constrained by battery technology. It's not a computing problem," Hosain Rahman, CEO of Jawbone, told the Reuters Global Technology Summit on Monday....
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10:27 AM, Jun 18, 2013
If you thought hackers could target only your email account or your bank account, think again. Cyber-security experts say hackers can even take over important medical devices such as pacemakers. A cyber-security firm has found major vulnerabilities that would allow hackers access to pacemakers, anaesthesia devices, monitoring stations, other life-sustaining medical equipment. ...
01:44 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: While earlier reports have already suggested that tech giants including Samsung, Google and Apple are working on wearable devices, a new report claims that Acer also has plans to come up with a wearable device sometime next year. Acer's smartphone chief, ST Liew, in an interview with Pocket-Lint, said that the company will launch its first wearbale device next year. "We are looking at wearable, I think every...
03:57 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Taipei: Intel Corp is ramping up its efforts to have more of its chips used in mobile devices, a market it was initially slow to respond to, as officials said they expect more than 30 tablets using its processors hitting the market this year. Samsung Electronics Co announced it will use Intel's processors to power a new version of one of its top-tier Android tablets, while Asustek Computer Inc also...
03:14 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Imphal: Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), planted at a roadside by militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East district of Manipur, police said on Monday . The three IEDs exploded simultaneously by using remote-controlled device when personnel of 40th Assam Rifles battalion were passing through Yairipok, 25 km south-east of here, at 7 pm on Monday. Havildar Anand Singh and a...
02:27 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: If this piece of news is to be believed, then very soon we will see Intel-powered Android notebooks for as low as $200 (Rs 10,880 approx). Dadi Perlmutter, Intel's executive vice president and chief product officer, told CNET that notebooks carrying a price tag around $200 will predominantly be Android devices equipped with Intel's Atom mobile processors. However, there is no further information about these Android notebooks. It is...
11:41 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Taipei: Microsoft Corp and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd signed a global patent licensing agreement on Wednesday designed to protect Hon Hai clients from patent claims arising from their use of Google Inc's Android and Chrome operating systems. Google and Microsoft have been locked in patent battles, with Microsoft contending that the systems infringe its software patents. Microsoft has in the past chosen to pursue hardware makers rather than...
12:54 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Electronics major Panasonic today unveiled four new durable and secure mobile computing devices ideal for mobile workers, combining highly secured data and device management. The company plans to target highly mobile workers in fields like military, construction, public safety, healthcare, utilities, retail, maintenance, supply chain logistics and insurance, Panasonic said in a statement. These devices are designed to give mobile workers reliable and secure access to their data...
11:14 AM, Apr 16, 2013
New York: The touted arrival this year of wearable gadgets such as computer displays strapped to wrists and in wrap-around glasses is just a step towards a bigger revolution in screens - those that can be bent, folded and rolled up. Once freed from today's relatively heavy, breakable and fixed glass displays, tomorrow's devices may look very different, with screens that can be rolled out, attached to uneven surfaces, or...
03:19 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New York: Consumers are multitasking and using other electronic devices such as phones and tablets while they watch television, according to a survey released on Monday. The online poll of 3,501 consumers in France, Brazil, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States showed that an overwhelming majority, 90 per cent, said they watched some video content over the Internet, with the tablet seeing the biggest increase. "Consumers can't...
09:52 AM, Apr 09, 2013
A video running viral on Youtube which reportedly shows a woman speaking on a wireless device in a 1938 film could be the proof of the world's first mobile phone. ...
07:55 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its "new home on Android." ...
09:39 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Wishtel has launched a convertible tablet laptop named "IRA Capsule". It has a 10.1-inch LED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1024x786 pixels, and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. ...
02:09 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. ...
04:42 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Raj Rajaratnam's younger brother was indicted on charges of conspiring in the insider-trading scheme for which the founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund was convicted nearly two years ago, US prosecutors announced on Thursday. ...
05:58 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Lenovo India has launched the ThinkPad Twist, its new convertible device which can be used as a tablet or a laptop. It offers a quick conversion to a stand or tent mode where the laptop becomes a media presenter, giving a multimedia experience in the boardroom or a coffee shop. ...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2013
A new system which prevents people from texting while driving by disabling the car has been developed in the US. ...
04:15 PM, Mar 17, 2013
