Wearables

Subscription Services Expected To Bolster Apple’s Q3 Earnings
Subscription Services Expected To Bolster Apple’s Q3 Earnings
July 29, 2019  |  Earnings

Apple’s recent foray into subscription services, such as Apple News+ and Apple TV+, is largely expected to help bolster an otherwise weak quarterly earnings report,...

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New Mobile Healthcare Efforts Point To Wider Payment Trends
New Mobile Healthcare Efforts Point To Wider Payment Trends
July 23, 2019  |  Healthcare

Slowly but steadily, healthcare is becoming more mobile about payments, and that trend – a very long time in coming – appears to have picked...

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Visa: Contactless Payments Big Winners At FIFA Women’s World Cup
Visa: Contactless Payments Big Winners At FIFA Women’s World Cup
July 03, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Contactless payments are making their own big play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, at least according to new Visa data. In a...

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Health Tech Firm Livongo Connects With Wearables
Health Tech Firm Livongo Connects With Wearables
June 26, 2019  |  Wearables

Livongo, a technology and health company that helps people with chronic conditions like diabetes, has announced that it will be able to connect to the...

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Mary Meeker Offers Digital Views For 2019 And Beyond
Mary Meeker Offers Digital Views For 2019 And Beyond
June 12, 2019  |  Commerce

Digital payments continue to be fueled by the growth of such areas as ridesharing and wearable technology, as well as the images used by various...

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Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition
Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition
June 10, 2019  |  Biometrics

Smart glasses company Vuzix has developed eyewear with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that can recognize faces in a crowd, according to a report by TechCrunch....

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Walmart, Wearables And The Murky Future For Marketplaces In India
Walmart, Wearables And The Murky Future For Marketplaces In India
June 07, 2019  |  Legal

While it might not look like much at first glance, an escalating legal spat between Walmart-owned, Indian eCommerce marketplace Flipkart and a small, relatively unknown...

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Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
May 30, 2019  |  Wearables

Shipments of wearables like Apple’s AirPods and Samsung headphones reached 49.6 million units during Q1 of 2019, a 55.2 percent increase from 2018, according to...

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5G Starts Adding Fuel To Healthcare Payments And Innovation
5G Starts Adding Fuel To Healthcare Payments And Innovation
May 30, 2019  |  Healthcare

As 5G deployments start, the people who run hospitals and medical offices, along with companies that supply healthcare devices and payment services, are starting to...

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