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  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Telecommunications
    Smart ambulances and wearables offer route to speedier treatments

    Service that improves treatment for patients on way to hospital to be introduced across UK after successful trial

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    Apple Inc
    Apple widens watch and iPad ranges to lure customers

    Keynote underscores strategy of using hardware as gateway to ecosystem of subscription services

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Apple Inc
    With no iPhone to launch, Apple turns to accessories and wearables

    Group to showcase diverse portfolio as supply chain disruption delays new 5G smartphone

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Google LLC
    Google’s $2bn Fitbit deal faces longer EU probe

    Sign that regulators have serious concerns despite concessions pledged by search giant

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    Researchers turn to wearable tech in race to track Covid-19

    Fitbits and Apple watches among devices being used to gather patient data to trace spread of disease

  • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
    Watches & Jewellery
    Wearables speak up for the deaf and the lonely

    Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Liechtenstein rolls out radical Covid-19 bracelet programme

    Biometric wristbands will measure vital signs to detect early indicators of infection

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    John Thornhill
    Smartwatches call time on the Swiss industry

    It is hard now for any traditional industry to predict where their deadliest rivals will emerge

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    Fashion accessories
    Apple? Bose? What your headphones say about you

    Tech accessories aren’t just functional, they are high fashion signifiers of status and style

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Tech start-up develops augmented reality contact lenses

    Mojo Vision’s product has a digital display that is navigated with eye movements

  • Saturday, 11 January, 2020
    News in-depthConsumer Electronics Show
    Five of the most thought-provoking devices at CES 2020

    Some breathtaking gadgets you may have missed behind the autonomous machines and dancing robots

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Why big consumer tech hits have become harder to find

    The main forces behind today’s must-have products are services and ecosystems

  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2020
    LexDigital health
    Femtech: a fertile area  Premium

    Innovation: health and fitness devices and tracking apps could lift the underinvested sector

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    Technology sector
    Back to the future: tech predictions then and now

    Which forecasts from 2009 came true and what will the world look like in 2029?

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Medical science
    Silicon chip that mimics brain cells to be tested on patients

    Low-power artificial neuron chip can co-ordinate heartbeats with breathing

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    News in-depth
    Google runs into data fears over $2.1bn Fitbit deal

    Privacy concerns over access to non-regulated health information on 27m users

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Special ReportHealth at Work
    A helpful nudge on your wrist

    Apple Watches and Fitbits gently encourage members to engage with their own health

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Tech TeardownsTim Bradshaw
    Why Apple’s smart glasses are such long time coming

    Technical difficulties make augmented-reality eyewear very different to smartphone

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Apple Inc
    Apple launches app in push to gather users’ health data

    Company hopes millions of users will opt in for array of medical studies

  • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
    Watches & Jewellery
    Smartwatches can ill-afford to skip a beat on health

    Watch brands are relying on medical functions to gain an edge on rivals in this fast-growing market

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Lex
    Fitbit/Alphabet: step down Premium

    Deal to buy the fitness device maker seems odd given it has failed to keep pace with Apple

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
    Brain implants and bots set to overhaul office tools

    Tech could include thought-activated typing and eye-tracking software when checking contracts

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Fitbit Inc
    Google takes on Apple with $2.1bn deal to buy Fitbit

    Acquisition will test users’ willingness to hand over health and fitness data

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    LexAlphabet Inc
    Alphabet: wear and tear Premium

    A deal with Fitbit could provide Google’s parent company another platform for its ads business

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    US & Canadian companies
    How Apple’s ultra-wideband chip could transform its products

    Wireless positioning technology is little known but holds huge potential

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