Here’s a fun clip for all of you aspiring futurists out there. Jaron Lanier, a pioneer in Virtual Reality and who helped to popularize the term, discusses his book “Who Owns the Future” with Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report. Big Data, the collection of information provided by users of technology like the internet, smartphones […]
New Roku Streaming Stick to Compete with Google’s Chromecast
Roku is set to start shipping its new HDMI-connected Streaming Stick in April. It is intended to compete directly with Google’s very popular Chromecast. Seeing as Roku’s new device sells for $49.99 versus $35 for Chromecast, it looks like the competition will be fierce. So what makes this different than the original $99 Roku Streaming […]
Got Wearable Tech? Then You Need Apps! Wearables DevCon Exceeds Expectations
The first edition of the WearablesDevCon kicked off today and it has proven to be extremely popular. So popular that the promoters, BZ Media, announced that next year’s event will be moving to a larger facility to accommodate the expected increase in attendance. This year’s event was originally set for 500 registrants. Instead, there were […]
Why is Bluetooth World at the Center of the Internet of Things?
QTOOTH is looking forward to the 2014 Bluetooth World conference that is going to be held April 8-9th in San Jose, CA. We’ll be on-hand to report on this massive event that features leading product innovators, developers, analysts and media from around the globe to explore the Internet of Things (IoT) as enabled by Bluetooth® […]
Fell Asleep While Watching a Video? Netflix Hack Day has a Wireless App for That
Like many forward thinking companies, Netflix sponsors its own Hack Day, an in-house competition for generating innovative ideas. The goal of the Netflix Hack Day is mostly just to have fun, but hey, if something cool comes out of it you never know, they may end up incorporating it into their service. The most recent […]
Attention Developers and Hackers: Wearables DevCon is Next Week!
Are you a developer or hacker who wants to get in on the exciting world of wearable tech? The Wearables DevCon, March 5-7 in San Francisco is the event for you! And at a discount! Whether you are just getting your feet wet or a seasoned professional, Wearables DevCon is an event tailor-made for designers, […]
Bluetooth Internet of Things Revolution? Announcing CSR Mesh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtLBazKoFq8&feature=youtu.be This is huge! Exciting news for Bluetooth and the future of the Internet of Things, or IoT. Chip manufacturer and Bluetooth pioneer CSR is today announcing their new Bluetooth protocol called CSR Mesh. Soon you will be able to walk through a wired environment, whether its your home or office, even certain public spaces, […]
New Smartwatches: The Debut of Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo
Samsung is using the Mobile World Congress that is being held in Barcelona this week to reveal its latest line of innovative products. First up was an update on their Galaxy Gear Smartwatch. Introduced in 2013, the original version was mostly greeted with indifference by the general press but found a lot of admirers among […]
The Dash – The Latest Entry in the Dawn of the Smart Headphone
The latest product to make a splash on Kickstarter as of last week is The Dash, an in-ear wireless headphone. The Dash looks to be a strong entry into the growing class of devices known as smart headphones. In order to make the device qualify as “smart”, the creators of The Dash have included a […]
Going Wacky for Wireless at the Sochi Olympics
There will be many firsts at the Sochi Olympics and we are not just talking about the sporting events. There is also a brand new public, state of the art ultrafast wireless network so people can make the most of their Olympic experience using their smartphones and tablets. Two local phone companies were awarded contracts […]
Top Takeaways from the Wearable Technology Conference Europe 2014
Earlier this week QTOOTH had the pleasure of being an official media sponsor for the Wearable Technology Conference Europe 2014 in Munich. We were very lucky to have one of our colleagues in attendance, the very talented Niki Grissmann from Grizzly New Media Technologies of Austria, to give us a first-hand account of the proceedings. […]
IoT or The Internet of Things – A Quick Guide Video
The tech world is at a fevered pitch theses days when it comes to discussing the imminent arrival of “The Internet of Things” or IoT. Most of you who read QTOOTH and similar tech news websites are probably already well aware of it and its implications. There is a powerful convergence going on between the […]