Imagine your phone popping up an alert whenever your blood pressure is elevated, or if your blood-glucose level is problematic. Imagine receiving a warning about an impending major health issue like a heart attack and being told to get
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The designers of the Ascend P7, the latest flagship smartphone from the China’s Huawei, have clearly drawn inspiration from Apple. The latest iteration in the Ascend range, the P7 is a 5-inch smartphone that checks all the right boxes in terms of aesthetics. It’s just 6,5mm thick and weighs only 124g
In another example of how good Steve Jobs was in picking technology losers and winners, in 2010 he listed all of the reasons why the world needed to move on from using Flash. At the time, Jobs was explaining why the iPhone and iPad would not support Flash but it is clear that if he
Google has announced some of the most significant changes to Android yet. At its annual developer conference, I/O, which is taking place in San Francisco this week, it has revealed an overhaul to the design of its mobile system and a bunch of new features that take it much
On Friday, Nest Labs – which was acquired by Google in January for US$3,2bn – said it was buying Dropcam, a San Francisco-based company specialising in home-monitoring cameras for US$555m. Things are hotting up in the smart home market and consumers may soon be exposed to hundreds of new hardware devices and
Amazon is not a consumer electronics company. Yes, the e-commerce giant has sold tens of millions of its own devices to customers. And yes, it has just launched a smart phone, but measuring Amazon by Samsung’s or Apple’s standards overlooks the most important thing about its business. When Amazon
Consumer electronics companies holding out for a “killer application” to drive the sale of smart watches are likely to be disappointed. That’s the view of Jonas Olsson, who heads the experience and design team for mobile accessories at Sony, where he focuses on wearable computing
This year’s keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) signalled a significant change of direction for the company. The new features announced for iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) point to much tighter integration between Apple devices, enhancing the experience for users
Their idea was simple — a line of high-quality headphones, each with Dre’s explicit stamp of approval. Recognising that more and more music was being consumed using mobile devices, Dre and Iovine capitalised on both the appetite for quality headphones and the enormous power and authenticity
Samsung Electronics has the coolest computer brand and the coolest hi-tech gadget, while repeat winner Vodacom is South Africa’s coolest mobile operator. These are some of the findings of the 2014 Sunday Times Generation Next survey, which polled a sample group of 5 500 South African youngsters