Wearable Tech and the Internet of Things (Iot)

gulfnews.com Tech giants look at accessories to boost profits gulfnews.com Everybody is trying to come out with new gadgets to increase sales and so vendors can take higher margins,” Hayssam Yassine, head of telecommunications Group at Samsung Gulf...

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Wearable Technology Will Be Much More Than Google Glass and Galaxy Gear
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The high-profile Google Glass and Samsung Galaxy Gear are grabbing headlines in wearable technology news.

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Pranav Mistry, Indian behind Samsung smartwatch says, mythology inspires him ...
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Being seen with the latest mobile phone has become as important to fashionistas as the latest designer labels.
Now designer Sean Miles has found a way to bring the two together.

The Tuggit Pullbulb is a battery operated single light bulb that is attached to a rope, and to turn it on, just give it a little tug as if you were browsing in incognito mode, and to turn it off, just...

Les entreprises ont des difficultés à créer des produits et services qui pourraient perturber le marché. Au lieu de cela, les innovations qui arrivent aujourd'hui sur le marché sont généralement des extensions de gammes déjà existantes.

"In this primer on the problem-solving power of "integrative thinking," Martin draws on more than 50 management success stories, including the masterminds behind The Four Seasons, Proctor & Gamble and eBay, to demonstrate how, like the opposable thumb, the "opposable mind"-Martin's term for the human brain's ability "to hold two conflicting ideas in constructive tension"-is an intellectually advantageous evolutionary leap through which decision-makers can synthesize "new and superior ideas." Using this strategy, Martin focuses on what leaders think, rather than what they do. Among anecdotes and examples steering readers to change their thinking about thinking, Martin gives readers specific strategies for understanding their own "personal knowledge system" (by parsing inherent qualities of "stance," "tools" and "experience"), as well as for taking advantage of the "richest source of new insight into a problem," the "opposing model." Each of the eight chapters is well organized, making for a clear and cumulative read. Part inspiration, part logic lesson, this title will provide fresh perspective for anyone prepared to dust off her thinking cap. "

Has Samsung's reputation as an innovator been unfairly undermined? There is ample evidence that the company, as it leads up to several new product announcements in March, is more than a match for Apple and Google.