India’s Airtel Payments Bank partnered with smartwatch company Noise to launch a smartwatch that enables users to tap to pay. The Payments Bank Smartwatch enables hassle-free payments, Airtel Payments Bank said in a Tuesday (March 19) post and video on X, formerly known as Twitter. The wait is over! Introducing #ANewWayToPay...
Apple is appealing a ban that threatens its $17 billion smartwatch business. The tech giant filed a challenge to the ban imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) — the result of a patent dispute — at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...
Apple is set to halt sales of two models of its smartwatch in the coming days as the company prepares to comply with a U.S. import ban related to a patent dispute. The ban stems from a federal trade ruling over a blood-oxygen sensor on...
Apple is reportedly testing the use of 3D printers to manufacture the steel chassis for its upcoming smartwatches. The move marks a shift in the company’s manufacturing process, and the new technique would eliminate the need to cut large slabs of metal into the desired shape, reducing production...
August 06, 2019
It’s the customer relationship — that seems to be the main storyline in the smartwatch wars, a competition that has recently seen Fitbit lose significant ground thanks to Apple and its own products and ecosystem. The second quarter provided renewed clarity on the state of wearables — those web-enabled smartwatches and fitness tracking devices that […]
October 23, 2018
HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two firms are currently testing a pilot that will...
September 16, 2024
After tangling in court with Apple over smartwatch features, medical technology company Masimo is teaming with Google. The company announced in a news release Saturday (Sept. 14) that it was working with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building the tech giant’s Wear OS smartwatches. The platform, the company […]
March 19, 2024
India’s Airtel Payments Bank partnered with smartwatch company Noise to launch a smartwatch that enables users to tap to pay. The Payments Bank Smartwatch enables hassle-free payments, Airtel Payments Bank said in a Tuesday (March 19)...
December 26, 2023
Apple is appealing a ban that threatens its $17 billion smartwatch business. The tech giant filed a challenge to the ban imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) — the...
December 18, 2023
Apple is set to halt sales of two models of its smartwatch in the coming days as the company prepares to comply with a U.S. import ban related to a...
