After unveiling their new look stainless steel edition of SmartWatch 3 at CES last month,  Sony have today announced a global launch beginning this week.
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Exhibitor numbers for next month’s Wearable Technology Show have hit the one hundred mark, a sixty per cent increase year on year, and the show is still more than three weeks away.
Research firm Canalys has released data on the number of devices that shipped during 2014. Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands.
LG and Google are making virtual reality (VR) more accessible to mainstream consumers. LG has announced a free VR for G3 giveaway for customers who purchase new LG G3 smartphones.
Facebook has announced that Internet.org is now available in India, potentially bringing Internet access to tens of millions of new users for the first time.
BMW says it has found a solution to a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to open doors of 2.2 million BMWs, Mini and Rolls-Royce vehicles.
Today, the Application Developers Alliance announced the launch of IoT{Accelerate}Berlin, an Internet of Things competition for developers and pre-launch startups. Organised in partnership with Ericsson and Google, the project aims to spur innovation in this rapidly growing market.
PetPace, a revolutionary health and well-being smart collar used to monitor and relay pets’ vitals to owners and veterinarians, has added the next level of convenience to their product with the release of their new iPhone app.
A short while ago, Israeli celebrity and inventor Benny Goldstein announced the world's first affordable personal Head Up Display unit, the Ashkelon Visor, much to the delight of high tech fanatics the world over.
Tesco has become the first major UK retailer to launch an app for Google Glass. The new app allows shoppers to browse goods, view nutritional information and add items to the basket and is voice activated like the rest of the Glass experience.
Yesterday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Verizon announced Verizon Vehicle, a powerful new connected-vehicle service available directly to consumers in the U.S., which aims to modernize traditional roadside assistance offerings – while enhancing driver safety, convenience and savings.
ASUS is offering designers a chance to win a smart watch by coming up with a new face for its ZenWatch smart watch range As part of its Face the Future competition, running from 10 January till 10 February.

