TAG Heuer Working on an Apple Watch Rival After Criticizing Smartwatches

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	TAG Heuer Working on an Apple Watch Rival After Criticizing Smartwatches After months of bashing Samsung, Sony, and Pebble's "cheap, plastic-designed watches," luxury watch maker TAG Heuer is developing its own smartwatch. Jean-Claude Biver, head of TAG Heuer parent company LVMH's watch division, told Bloomberg that the upcoming Apple Watch is a huge threat to sub-$2,000 watches. So TAG Heuer will be working with Silicon Valley tech companies to create its new watch, which unlike its heritage products won't be entirely made in Switzerland.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection | EMC 8 Questions to Ask While Considering VDI Storage Solutions Does it offer the best user experience? How flexible is the deployment model? Will it support future requirements? Does it reduce other costs? See how you can ensure success with VDI. Learn More In this Issue Mouse Box Wants to Stuff a Full PC into a Mouse Apple wants to know more about your listening habits A visual history of the smartwatch BlackBerry's Limited Edition Gold Passport Costs $900 So you think you know Windows 6 products that will protect your privacy Chinese smartphone brands conquer more of the market in 2014 WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now Mouse Box Wants to Stuff a Full PC into a Mouse   Forget the PC on a stick; a new concept called Mouse Box could take the next logical step by stuffing everything into a mouse. According to the Mouse Box website, the plan is to pack a standard-looking mouse with an ARM-based Cortex processor, 128 GB of flash storage, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and dual USB 3.0 ports. The mouse would then output to a monitor via Micro-HDMI, and a wireless charging pad would double as the mouse pad, sending power to an optional battery.  It all sounds pretty neat in theory, but should be considered vaporware until further notice. Mouse Box's site shows little more than a concept, with no working demos. There's no price or release date, and we don't even know what operating system the device will use. (Though given the ARM processor, it'd probably be an Android variant rather than Windows.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Apple wants to know more about your listening habits   Apple, it seems, has acquired U.K. company Semetric and its Musicmetric analytics platform, which could allow Apple to keep better track of what people listen to.There is little doubt that Apple has plans to step up its music push following last year's acquisition of the Beats headphone vendor and streaming music service for about US$3 billion. The acquisition of Semetric hints that Apple has larger plans for its future offerings, and associated services.Earlier this month Semetric changed its registered address, as recorded at the U.K.'s Companies House, to the same one as Apple Europe. The move was first spotted by Music Ally, which also pointed out that Semetric has a new director: Gene Daniel Levoff of 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California—Apple's global headquarters.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: iDashboards   Dashboards for Government Policy Development Dubai Statistics Center specializes in collecting, analyzing and publishing statistical information and data for government leaders and the business community. Using this data as the basis of planning and decision-making, they sought a solution that would provide deeper insight into this information. Learn More A visual history of the smartwatch 35 years of smartwatchesIn just a few months, Apple will enter an entirely new product category with the highly anticipated Apple Watch. It remains to be seen how the masses will take to Apple's new device, but if recent history is any indication, Apple has a penchant for succeeding where others have failed. The world of smartwatches stretches all the way back to the 1970s. Here you will find some of the more notable smartwatch devices we've seen over the past 35 or so years.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   BlackBerry's Limited Edition Gold Passport Costs $900 BlackBerry this morning hitched itself a ride on the golden phone train. The Canadian company showed off a special edition BlackBerry Passport with gold frets and a gold bezel, on its Inside BlackBerry blog.  Only 50 of these golden boys will be available, so if you're interested you should order yours post haste. The device, which appears to be exactly the same as the black, white and red Passport devices — with the exception of the gold accents, limited edition engraving and leather rear cover — costs US$900, compared to the Passport's normal $700 price tag. The Passport is also currently on sale for $600, so you pay an extra $300 for the gold color, calfskin cover and the privilege of owing one of only 50 limited edition BlackBerrys.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: Box Six Essential Elements for A Modern Mobility Strategy Enterprises that understand the strategic importance of mobility are moving to the head of the pack. With a cohesive mobile strategy that balances secure content sharing, enhanced collaboration, and a superior user experience, a company can ultimately facilitate innovation across the organization. View now So you think you know Windows   To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   6 products that will protect your privacy Privacy protectionImage by Nasrul Ekram/FlickrWhile complete anonymity these days is nearly impossible, experts have some tips, and tools, they recommend for maintaining privacy and keeping your digital footprint as minimal as possible.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Chinese smartphone brands conquer more of the market in 2014 2014 was a good year for Chinese smartphone brands, with vendors from the country catching up on Apple and stealing share from market leader Samsung Electronics.In total, Chinese brands shipped 453.4 million units last year, for almost 40 percent of all shipments during the year, research firm TrendForce said on Tuesday.And even as Samsung and Apple remained the two biggest handset vendors in the world, six Chinese brands were among the world's top ten smartphone makers, TrendForce added.These Chinese vendors included Lenovo, which recently acquired Motorola Mobility, and new entrants into the top ten rankings, Xiaomi and TCL.To compete, many of these Chinese brands are offering high-performing handsets, but at low prices, according to TrendForce. It's a strategy that Xiaomi has successfully used to transform itself from a little-known firm into a fast-rising smartphone player with global ambitions.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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