Consumer IoT vendors are looking for growth in the markets disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is forecast that shipments of wearable bands, smart speakers and smart personal audio devices will grow by 9.8% to reach 718 million units in 2020, as more people purchase devices that provide entertainment and help fulfil professional obligations as […]
Search results for "Xiaomi"
As the Coronavirus outbreak continues to be a problem for the world, effects on multiple sectors, including the smartphone market, are now becoming clearer. Despite being an international crisis, the biggest impact of the virus – certainly in an economic sense – has been felt in China. China is also the place that manufactures parts […]
Innovation is all around us and happening at a rate that we have never seen. A huge part of this innovation is the smartphone. With the rise of 5G and IoT, manufacturers need to ensure that their phones are equipped with the latest technology. Every new version of a phone should come with more exciting […]
ABI Research has predicted that the smart home market will make-up for over 13% of Bluetooth device shipments by 2024, which will total to over 815 million Bluetooth products at this time. Substantial growth in a wide range of device varieties, including that of smart lights, voice-control front ends, smart appliances and sensors, among numerous […]
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech companies including social media giant Tencent were ordered by regulators on Thursday to clean up how their apps handle user information or face possible penalties. The order is the latest in a series of crackdowns by Communist authorities who encourage internet use but are steadily tightening censorship and other controls […]
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google, the company that helped make it fun to just sit around surfing the web, is jumping into the fitness-tracker business with both feet, buying Fitbit for about $2.1 billion. The deal could put Google in direct competition with Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for smartwatches […]