This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own. In the boardroom or on the street, first impressions matter; technology can help you make good ones, setting you apart from the crowd. Wearables, for instance, provide utility and functionality while letting those around you know you’re up to speed and dedicated enough to leverage tech tools to …
Wearables Are About Better Experiences, But Can They Stop Being Ugly? #MWC16
It’s not that I don’t love the idea of better experiences. In fact, I love the idea. I’ve already given all of my privacy away by choosing application after application that undoubtedly hoards my data and sells it to the highest bidder. I am after all on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Slack and so many other “Free Applications.” But then …
Wearables Looking Better, but Enterprise is the Biggest IoT Opportunity
With new devices making their way onto the wearables market, wearable technology will no longer be viewed as a consumer fad or a buzzword. In fact, this year has started with a bang for the wearable industry as a slew of ‘smart’ gadgets debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And this year, we saw more than just fitness bands …
Will Internet of Things (IoT) Impact The Workplace?
The wearable device market is witnessing a steady growth in consumer applications and business use. A new report predicts wearable device shipments will reach 187 million units by 2020 with a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent, which means we will be seeing more and more wearables in both personal and professional aspects of our lives for years to …
Should Internet of Things Mean Anything To Your Business?
With the rapid growth of wearables, and with more devices entering the online space every day, the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a hot topic consuming business and tech conventions like wildfire. Though wearable gadgets like Google Glass have largely been brushed aside as superfluous devices, according to Pew Research, nearly 83% of tech experts believe that the use of …
Wearable Tech: Commerce and the Human Data Center?
The annual CES show in Las Vegas always brings a lot of buzz. Any time well over 100,000 people touch down in the same city at the same time for one event, you know big things are happening. You would think I was talking about the Super Bowl? Las Vegas is safe from the NFL for now, but let’s just …