Collaborate Disseminate
Since Dick Tracy all the way back in ’46, smart watches have captured the public imagination. After several false starts, the technology has gone through a renaissance in the last 10 years or so. For the average consumer, there’s been a proliferation of hardware in the marketplace, with scores of …read more
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Remember when computer mice didn’t have scroll wheels? The greatest mouse of all time, the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, is back in production. This mouse was released in 2003, before the popularity of ‘gaming’ mice from the likes of Razer, and at the time it was the standard mouse for RTS and FPS professional gamers. After producing a few million of these mice, the molds died or the sensors were out of stock, Microsoft stopped shipping the Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, and the ones that were out in the wild slowly died. Now this fantastic mouse is back, and it’s only …read more
Today Pebble has announced that it will cease all hardware production. Their outstanding Kickstarter deliveries will not be fulfilled but refunds will be issued. Warranties on all existing hardware will no longer be honored. However, the existing smartwatch service will continue… for now.
This isn’t unexpected, we ran an article yesterday about the all-but-certain rumors FitBit had acquired Pebble (and what led to that). Today’s news has turned speculation about Pebble 2 and Pebble Core Kickstarter campaigns into reality. You won’t get your hands on that fancy new hardware, but at least backers will have the money returned.
Perhaps the …read more
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Despite owning five, including the original Pebble, I’ve always been somewhat skeptical about smart watches. Even so, the leaked news that Fitbit is buying Pebble for “a small amount” has me sort of depressed about the state of the wearables market. Because Pebble could have been a contender, although perhaps not for the reason you might guess.
Pebble is a pioneer of the wearables market, and launched its first smartwatch back in 2012, two years before the Apple Watch was announced. But after turning down an offer of $740 million by Citizen back in 2015, and despite cash injections from …read more
Hello again readers and welcome back! This blog post is going to be short, as the primary purpose is to publicly announce a new script, cleverly titled “allyouruarecordrebelongtous.pl”, which was in my “Who Watches The Smart Watches” presentation that … Continue reading Public release of "allyouruarecordarebelongtous" Perl script
Hello again readers and welcome back! This blog post is going to be short, as the primary purpose is to publicly announce a new script, cleverly titled “allyouruarecordrebelongtous.pl”, which was in my “Who Watches The Smart Watches” presentation that … Continue reading Public release of "allyouruarecordarebelongtous" Perl script
Hello again readers and welcome back! This blog post is going to be short, as the primary purpose is to publicly announce a new script, cleverly titled “allyouruarecordrebelongtous.pl”, which was in my “Who Watches The Smart Watches” presentation that … Continue reading Public release of "allyouruarecordarebelongtous" Perl script
Hello again readers and welcome back! This blog post is going to be fairly short, as the primary purpose is to publicly announce a new script, cleverly titled “allyourpebblearebelongtous.pl”. This Perl script will allow the user to parse out data from … Continue reading Public release of "allyourpebblearebelongtous" Perl script
Hello again readers and welcome back! This blog post is going to be fairly short, as the primary purpose is to publicly announce a new script, cleverly titled “allyourpebblearebelongtous.pl”. This Perl script will allow the user to parse out data from … Continue reading Public release of "allyourpebblearebelongtous" Perl script
It seems everyone in Silicon Valley wants to create a one-button universal remote for the world. It’s coming sooner than you think. The post The Race to Cover Your World in Really Useful Buttons appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading The Race to Cover Your World in Really Useful Buttons
