ELECTRONICS
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ELECTRONICS 
April 6, 2016 Fitbit Blaze Fitness Smartwatch Launched at Rs. 19,999
Fitbit in January during the CES 2016 trade show launched its Fitbit Blaze smartwatch with fitness tracking features along with customisable textured rubber bands, leather bands, and metal bracelet. The company has finally launched the wearable device in India priced at Rs. 19,999. The device is exclusively available with Amazon India in small and large […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 6, 2016 Microsoft HoloLens Goes Up for Pre-Orders at $3,000; Specifications Revealed
To nobody’s surprise, Microsoft announced on Monday that it has begun taking pre-orders for theHoloLens Development Edition. The $3,000 augmented reality headset will begin shipping to the United States and Canada on March 30. The company also took the opportunity to talk about the innards of the HoloLens as well as showcase apps and games […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 6, 2016 Sony Unveils Concept N Headphones, Interactive Tabletop Projector at SXSW
As promised, Sony took to the stage at SXSW to shed more light on its recently announced Future Lab Program. The Japanese technology conglomerate unveiled its Concept N headphones that you don’t need to plug into your ears. Sony also unveiled a prototype of its Interactive Tabletop projector that can turn a surface into a […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 6, 2016 This Company Lets You Share Your Fitness Data for an Apple Watch or Cash
You know you need to exercise more, but there’s always next week, or the week after? To entice you to stop procrastinating, your company or insurer might soon reward you for wearing a fitness device to track your steps, heart rate and more. For instance, in one program expected to be announced Wednesday, some workers […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Samsung, Salted Venture’s Iofit Smart Shoe Unveiled Ahead of MWC 2016
The Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge might not be only products the South Korean tech giant will be showcasing at MWC 2016. The firm will also be launching the Iofit wearable device, specifically a smart shoe, globally. The product is developed by Salted Venture, a startup, in collaboration with Samsung and will […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Leap Motion Opens Door to Reach Into Virtual Worlds With ‘Orion’
California virtual reality startup Leap Motion on Wednesday opened a door for makers of games or other applications to literally touch virtual worlds. The San Francisco firm is using its expertise in computer tracking of hands and fingers to let people manipulate things in virtual reality with the kind of dexterity that they do in […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 LG Innotek Unveils Slim Optical Bio Sensor Module for Mobiles, Wearables
LG Innotek, the materials manufacturing subsidiary of the LG group, on Thursday announced the development of a new slim optical bio sensor module which is mainly targeted for wearable devices and smartphones to measure heart rate, stress indices, and oxygen saturation levels. With the new sensor module, the South Korean company is looking to expand […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Microsoft Begins First Shipments of HoloLens
Microsoft began its first shipments of its HoloLens augmented reality headgear Wednesday, staking its place in what is expected to be an emerging computing platform. HoloLens is being delivered to application developers, with Microsoft opting for augmented realityrather than virtual reality in devices such as the Oculus Rift from Facebook. While virtual reality is fully […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Google Launches VR View Tool For Easy VR Content Embedding
Google on Wednesday introduced VR View, a tool to let developers easily embed 360-degree virtual reality photos and videos on Android, iOS, and the Web. The content can be viewed using the Google Cardboard or a single lens “Magic Window” viewer. The Mountain View-based tech giant also expanded its accessibility by adding iOS support to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Oculus Rift VR Headset Shipments Delayed Due to Component Shortage
Facebook-owned Oculus VR last month started shipping its Rift virtual reality headset to those who pre-ordered it earlier this year. Company Founder Palmer Luckey himself delivered the first order of the headset. However, the company is now facing an unexpected component shortage because of which the shipping dates of the wearable device for some buyers […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Samsung Gear VR Update Brings WebVR Support to the Headset
Samsung, after having a dedicated Web browser for its Gear VR headset, is now expanding the wearable device’s coverage by adding experimental support for WebVR, a work-in-progress standard for virtual reality devices to access VR content in browsers. This comes as a part of Samsung Internet for Gear VR 1.0 update, which until now was […]
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March 30, 2016 Oculus Treats Steam Games as “Second-Class Citizens”: Gears of War Developer
You’d think that PC platform owners would learn following Microsoft’s shellacking at the hands of developers for its poor UWP implementation that threatens PC gaming as we know it. But if the latest slight at an audience that thrives on openness and customisation is to be believed, it was simply the first of many. With […]
