| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Samsung's Simband Hardware And Healthcare Platform Aim To Track Your Every Move
| | | Samsung plans to expand its focus on health tracking technologies, the company said today. At an event in San Francisco, the company said there needs to be better technology for keeping tabs on the body at all times. That includes a mix of sensors, data, and behavioral science that can give both consumers and healthcare providers a deeper and more complete set of data. It's also got a new hardware reference design called Simband that tracks these things. (The Verge)
Why This Is Important: Samsung's announcement followed Apple's annual developer conference, where the company announced its own health tracking platform. As the market for mobile devices has matured, wearables seem to be the next profit frontier for the two CE giants, and if we all get healthier in the process, all the better.
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| | #2 | Blomberg Tries To Break Into U.S. Appliance Market
| | | The name Blomberg might not come to mind when you're shopping for a dishwasher, refrigerator, or range. But the 130-year-old German manufacturer has been trying to boost its U.S. presence. (Consumer Reports)
Why This Is Important: With the housing market bouncing back and high-end appliances delivering strong margins to retailers, the market seems ripe for new, established brands unfamiliar to hungry U.S. consumers.
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| | #3 | Microsoft's Top Surface Exec: We're All In With Windows RT
| | | Last week's introduction of the Surface Pro 3 was noticeably lacking an RT version of the device -- the first time a Surface Windows tablet was announced without a Windows RT companion. But Panos Panay, in charge of the Surface, today insisted that Microsoft is committed to Windows RT for the long haul.(Computerworld)
Why This Is Important: The statement sends a mixed message. On one hand, Samsung is positioning its new Surface products as laptop replacements with an eye on the enterprise market, but since Windows RT is essentially unsuited for enterprise use, there is no real application there. On the other hand, it may signal a new direction for the company as it adapts the OS to new, as yet unimagined mobile devices.
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| | | |  | "The coup d'etat is credit negative, underscores Thailand's perilous politics and will not restore investor confidence or ease downward pressure on the economy. Even if the political turmoil subsides, there is no assurance that the military government can remove uncertainty from the investment environment." — Steffen Dyck, a Moody's Investors Service analyst, on Thailand
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Google Glass - A Fascinating Failure?
By Rory Cellan-Jones
Google Glass is a prototype product which puts the kind of information and applications you get on a smartphone into a tiny screen above the user's right eye. And sadly my verdict is that, in its present form with its current software, Google Glass is a failure. A fascinating, promising, sometimes brilliant product - but a failure nonetheless. While software developers and the wealthiest of early adopters are now rushing to buy it in the US, I think it lacks the sheer usefulness that would make it a must-have device for the mass market. More » |
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