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Swatch may Bring a Smartwatch to Market in August

Swatch, the Swiss watch maker best known for its colorful and untraditional designs, is looking to enter the smartwatch market. It's still unclear as to what exactly Swatch is planning. But at a recent company meeting, Swatch CEO Nick Hayak stated that Swatch's smartwatch will be launching in two countries within the next three months. 2015 is definitely shaping up

Special Needs Customers Can Make Apple Watch Demo Appointments

Apple has made a point of adding accessibility features to its products for years. Everything from the Mac to iOS devices has user-enabled controls and configurations for things like voice-to-text, alteration of the screen thru focused zooming in and more. And while it seems like the company's new Apple Watch wouldn't necessarily be that useful for customers with visual or other

WatchPlate will Gold Plate your Apple Watch

Deserved or otherwise, the prevailing perception of the new Apple Watch is that it's an accessory for rich people. It's unclear at this point if Apple sees this as an asset or a liability. Regardless, now that the Apple Watch is officially on the market, all kinds of third party accessories and services are jumping in to fill the needs of

Child Angel Keeps an Eye on Children

Continuing GNC's coverage of the Gadget Show Live and the British Inventors' Project, Child Angel is one of the smallest and most advanced child tracking device on the market. Made to be attractive to the child and easy to use in an emergency, the Child Angel wrist-mounted tracker provides accurate location monitoring by combining GPS, GSM and Wi-Fi hotspot triangulation.

Is the Apple Watch Edition Worth the $10K Investment?

The Apple Watch launch day is rapidly approaching. While Apple’s entire smartwatch lineup is impressive, the most spectacular offering is the gold Apple Watch Edition. Ever since the initial announcement back in September, Apple fans worldwide have been speculating about one thing— how much will this luxury smartwatch cost? With a real gold frame and speciality gold-accented bands, we all

This Week in Watch News

There are two major leaders in the smart watch world these days, and one hasn't even released its product yet. Apple and Pebble both are in the news this week, getting everyone all excited about what's to come in wearables. Pebble launched a new Kickstarter this week to raise funds for its latest smart watch. One with color e-paper, longer battery

XOEye Brings Wearable Solutions To Industry At CES

Training and assisting employees tends to take up a significant amount of a company's time and resources, especially in industries such as engineering and manufacturing. But thanks to the innovations that XOEye is bringing to the table, the workplace is about to become much more efficient. Jamie and Nick interviewed John Calahan from XOEye, a software company that's working to bring