The two fitness companies have locked horns in essentially two areas, patents and corporate espionage. Jawbone has said it will appeal thus ruling, while the trial for the corporate espionage is set to go to trial on May 9, in Washington D.C In a legal reprieve, Fitbit won a legal victory which invalidates a couple of…
With this move the FCC aims to prove text messaging a much needed upgrade. The U.S. FCC is all set to adopt a new proposal which will go a long way to help people with communication disabilities. The new proposal revolves around a new technique, called Real-Time-Text (RTT), which will replace the ageing teletypwriter (TTY)…
Cute and functional, the smartwatch can make and receive calls, has an SOS button, and allows for setting up a virtual fence around the wearer. Costs just $49. For its smartwatch categories, Xiaomi not only has an adult population in mind but it also wants to explicitly have kids in its target group for its…
As yet it available only for Puma sponsored teams and athletes For some having a coach’s voice near you is good enough to keep you motivated to do one more lap of jogging, while others prefer something more physical than just a mere voice prepping you up for your run. For those who fit in…
With this move, despite all odds, Musk has broken new grounds for SpaceX. With Elon Musk’s long standing efforts to be in the same footing as Lockheed Martin and Boeing vis-à-vis the U.S. military, his sheer persistence seems to have finally borne fruit: SpaceX has finally managed to snag a contract from the U.S. Air…
The Fathom Neural Compute Stick provides neural network capability for the masses. The fact that deep learning vide neural networks needn’t be exclusive to a massive data centre. Chips from Movidius have in fact made that crystal clear: their utilization in the DJI’s latest drones which can navigate while avoiding obstacles and in FLIR’s new…
Vector Space Systems will specialize in launching microsatellites. Two founders of SpaceX have created a rocket startup which will specialize in putting microsatellites into orbit. Vector Space Systems has announced $1 million in angel investment to build launch vehicle systems specifically designed to put microsatellites into orbit. It is currently developing its first rocket –…
Researchers from Tuft University discover that cancer can not only be stopped in its tracks, but the growth of these tumours can be reversed as well. With researchers making the discovery that our cells and genes are sensitive to light, the field of optogenetics came into being. Optogenetics has been effectively used to treat a…
Sidewalk thinks smart cities should be built from the ground up keeping technological innovations in mind. Although NY’s idea of having internet access on its city streets is a step in the right direction, Google’s sister concern, Sidewalk Labs has given the concept a whole new meaning with its vision of transforming a neighbourhood into…
The vulnerability was already patched, which the FBI obviously knew, so why did it provide it the vulnerability? Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation is unwilling to disclose the vulnerability in its iPhone that it exploited to access the data in the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, it however threw it a bone to munch…
