HomeKit to Sync Up with All Your Apple Devices
At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled its HomeKit suite of “smart home” tools. HomeKit will allow users to control everything from their furnaces and air conditioners to their thermostats and security systems from a single connected iOS device. Smart home technologies are already widely available, but there are some significant limitations on the […]
Apple iWatch Launch Possible this Fall
Over the past few days, various media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, have added to the speculation surrounding Apple’s upcoming iWatch. According to the reports, the new smartwatch, which was designed with high-level input from fashion industry veteran Paul Deneve, will be offered in a range of styles and configurations. It was also reported […]
New from Samsung: Bluetooth-Enabled “Smart Bulbs”
Hot on the heels of a similar announcement by rival electronics manufacturer LG, Samsung debuted its new Smart Bulb in Frankfurt, Germany. The new Bluetooth-enabled Smart Bulb offers enhanced features that allow users to control it from a multitude of connected devices. This technology also reportedly allows users to download apps that will enable them […]
Is Google Glass Doomed for Commercial Failure?
Google Glass is one of the most anticipated technology products of recent years. Industry pundits expected it to mark the dawn of the wearables era, but there’s a problem — it seems that very few people are actually interested in wearing them. While Google Glass is still technically in the beta phase of its […]
Smartwatch Market Sees Exponential Growth, Doubles in Size
Recent sales figures show that Samsung, already the world leader in smartphone sales, has charged out to a commanding lead in the rapidly growing smartwatch market. Samsung shipped half a million smartwatches during the first quarter of 2014, earning the company an astounding 71 percent market share. In total, smartwatch manufacturers shipped 700,000 units during […]
Samsung Adding Iris Scanners to Future Phones
With smartphone manufacturers racing to become the first to introduce biometric security to their devices, Samsung recently tipped its hand by revealing that the company is actively researching iris-scanning technologies. Implemented in a smartphone, iris scanners would ensure that nobody but the registered user would be able to access the phone’s contents. With users becoming […]
Apple’s Swift Programming Language Makes Surprise Debut
Apple made a surprise announcement this past Monday at the company’s annual Worldwide Development Conference by unveiling Swift, a new programming language which is expected to supplant Objective-C, the current standard. The company also confirmed that Swift and Objective-C will share LLVM complier and runtime, allowing them to operate simultaneously within the same piece of […]
Apple Launches the Connected Home with HomeKit for iOS 8
With the age of the “smart home” close at hand, Apple unveiled its new HomeKit tool suite at this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference. HomeKit is designed to help manufacturers of smart home products integrate their technologies into OS-powered Apple devices more easily. From an end user standpoint, HomeKit will afford expanded access to smart home […]
Apple’s Announces its New HealthKit Suite
Software developers working in the health and fitness vertical will want to pay close attention to HealthKit, a new suite of tools unveiled by Apple at the company’s 2014 Worldwide Developer Conference. HealthKit is designed to allow programmers to create apps which integrate various types of health and fitness data into a single piece […]
Google’s Driverless Cars and the Networks that Run Them
Google’s recent demonstration of driverless car technology has the industry abuzz with visions of the future. While automated vehicles that are capable of dodging obstacles and detecting traffic conditions are certainly futuristic, one could argue that the computer network that will run them is even more impressive. Consider that automated vehicles will share the road […]