Category: Gadgets

Portable health gadgets find their way into the spotlight due to COVID-19

Jennifer Goula
dirty phone clean gadgets

Devices to monitor health and clean our electronics have been flying off the shelves due to coronavirus. Portable health gadgets that can help us to understand how well we are and that help to disinfect our favorite electronics have become quite the hot commodity due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts are recommending that we take care to clean and disinfect our electronics. Regularly washing our hands throughout the day – and particularly before touching our eyes, nose or mouth, before and after eating, and after using the…

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New Facebook Horizon VR social platform begins user testing

Jennifer Goula
VR social platform - Facebook

The tech giant views virtual reality as the future of digital interaction that aligns smoothly with its platform. Facebook views its Horizon VR social media platform as the future of social media interaction. This is a space the company is seeking to lead in order to keep hold of its position at the top of its category as it evolves. After acquiring a number of leading virtual reality game developers, the company pushed the tech forward. The virtual reality game developers are all being integrated into Facebook’s own Oculus virtual…

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Apple Watch heart study sells wearable tech to seniors for only $49

Julie Campbell
Apple Watch Study - Apple Watch

The tech giant is partnering with Johnson & Johnson to research atrial fibrillation. A new Apple Watch study with pharma giant Johnson & Johnson is examining the device’s capacity to detect a heart rhythm abnormality in seniors. Seniors assigned the wearable technology for the research are able to buy it at Best Buy for $49. This will become one of the biggest randomized digital health studies that has ever been conducted. The Apple Watch study is also another example of a pharmaceutical company and technology company partnering with a retailer.…

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Bracelet of Silence wearable technology to block eavesdropping technology

Julie Campbell
Bracelet of Silence - Google Nest Mini

The tech stops wearers from having to worry about being heard by Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. A new Bracelet of Silence devices has been developed for people who want the choice whether or not gadgets hear them. Microphones are enabled in a growing number of devices and are far from limited to smartphones. Smart homes are becoming more common and include everything from speakers to doorbells. As helpful as Amazon’s Alexa-enabled Echo speaker, the Ring doorbell, Google Home, Nest and Smart Speaker, or Apple’s Siri-enabled gadgets may be, not…

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Amazon and BlackBerry team up to develop tomorrow’s tech

John Montgallo
Amazon and BlackBerry - Handshake - Partnership - Business

The tech giant has partnered with the former cell phone leader for autonomous vehicle technology. Amazon and BlackBerry are now working together for the co-launch of a new autonomous vehicle technology suite. Though the tech giant has been pursuing this area for a while, it has determined that working with the cutting-edge software expert is its next step forward. The online marketplace may be capable of a great deal, but it can still benefit from outside help. Amazon and BlackBerry started working together in recent weeks on a technology suite…

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