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Help! I’ve fallen and I need a smart watch!

Sep 13, 2018
Updates to the Apple Watch could mark the tech company’s entry into the growing business for personal emergency devices.
Apple COO Jeff Williams discusses Apple Watch Series 4 during an event on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, California
NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images

Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky on his cool new smartwatch

Jan 7, 2014
The Pebble Steel is a star at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

With more gadgets, more parental controls

Dec 4, 2013
This holiday season there are more kinds of gadgets for kids -- and many more ways for parents to control access.

In wearable tech, products designed for the wrist could have the upper hand

Oct 29, 2013
As smart phones gained popularity, people quit looking at their wrists to tell the time. But now, Samsung and Google could be about to spar over that piece of real estate.
The Pebble (pictured above), a so-called smartwatch, could have some company soon - Samsung is predicted to announce their version of the smartwatch on Wednesday.
via getpebble.com

When can I buy a smartwatch from Samsung?

Sep 3, 2013
The next generation in mobile technology development: It's all in the wrist.

The Pebble - the new crowdfunded smartwatch

Sep 3, 2013
A first-person review of the crowd-sourced smartwatch.

For public good, not for profit.

Will Samsung join the smartwatch crowd?

Aug 21, 2013
We've heard wearable technology is coming, but it feels a bit surprising that the hot new item is a throwback -- the smartwatch.

Pebble smartwatch hits the big time, or at least the Best Buy

Jul 8, 2013
The Pebble smartwatch goes on sale today at Best Buy. Will consumers actually want to read text messages and listen to music from their wrists?

Sony: Downgraded, down-hearted... but also down with Dick Tracy.

Feb 9, 2012
The long-time king of consumer electronics is listing like the Costa Concordia. The foreign CEO who was supposed to right the ship is gone; today, S&P downgrades its debt into the BBB’s. Ouchy. The company known for innovation and quality (how long ago it seems, but they won the Blu-ray, HD-DVD war, remember?) has found […]