Broadcom wants to make it easier for hardware makers to build an Android Wear smartwatch, complete with features that Google’s software doesn’t even support yet, notes PhoneScoop. The chip company introduced… Read more »
With two weather delays and a cross-country flight to Las Vegas from the east coast, I had plenty of time to think about the upcoming week. It’s time for another Consumer… Read more »
Mimosa is trying to turn Wi-Fi from a local-area networking technology that connects devices in your home to a wide-area networking technology that connects homes in your neighborhood. Read more »
PlaceMe uses every sensor in the phone to track your activity. Now PlaceUs is doing the same except it’s tracking the combined activity of a family or small group of friends. Read more »
Sigfox has landed its first consumer gadget for its low-power network optimized for the internet of things. Whistle is building a new dog activity tracker that will connect to the internet… Read more »
Seattle is asking its police department if it could use a new municipal Wi-Fi network to track its citizens. The short answer is yes, but the information it could collect is… Read more »
Just as you would share a Glympse with friends of your location on the highway, you will soon be to share a Glympse of your flight’s position in the sky. Read more »
Unlike the first installment of this series, Globalstar’s sequel may have a happy ending. Globalstar’s low-power Wi-Fi plans don’t have the interference problems of LightSquared’s LTE network. The FCC also let… Read more »
As a smartwatch for children, FiLIP doesn’t have much in the way of apps, but what it lacks in functions it makes up for in connectivity. Consequently AT&T isn’t treating this… Read more »