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Suppliers hint at iWatch components, Apple’s interest in the wearable biometric device field

There may be some more concrete proof as to an iWatch this October. Per Nikkei Asian Review, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, announced the company’s entry into health-monitoring services at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Thursday. Over at its Worldwide Developers Conference event, Apple said that this autumn bring […]

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Nike axes the FuelBand and most of its development team

It looks like there will be one less company competing in the wearables market with the iWatch. According to CNET, Nike is closing down its wearable hardware development, which includes the FuelBand, in order to focus on its software efforts. As a result, the 70 employees on the FuelBand team are being let go, with […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook drops hints, thinks wrist-based computing is “interesting” for users

If you were looking for hints as to upcoming Apple products, this might be one of them. Per 9to5Mac, during his recent interview at the AllThingsD D11 Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time talked at length about his view on wearable technologies as competitors like Google and others push ahead with […]

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Rumor: Microsoft working on “iWatch” device of its own

You know that rumor about Apple working on an iWatch of sorts? Microsoft may be working on its own. Per the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is apparently working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products. Earlier […]

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Previous Apple patent applications reveal plans for line of wearable computing devices

You know that whole iWatch thing? It could be just the tip of the iceberg where Apple and wearable technologies are concerned. Per AppleInsider and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the company is secretly developing an entire wearable/attachable computing platform and ecosystem comprised of wireless sensing systems for monitoring not only sports activity, […]