• Smartwatches are getting popular at a rapid pace in the Netherlands. According to research by Multiscope, about 40% of all Dutch are interested in smartwatches. One in five even expects to buy a smartwatch within one year. Multiscope predicts that about 3.5 million smartwatches will be in use in the Netherlands by 2016.
  • The materials used for Google Glass have a total cost price of only $80. Teardown.com took Google Glass apart and calculated the costs of each part. Google is selling Glass for a price of $1.500.
  • We have about 4 months of first hand experience with Google Glass. There is a broad interest in the device. We had several dozens of talks with companies that want an app for Glass. And we gave a personal product demo to more than a 1.000 people at one of the conferences we presented or during internal company sessions.
  • Smart glasses, watches and even rings are on the verge of a breakthrough. 2014 will be the year consumers discover wearables. I have been playing around with Google Glass and Estimote Beacons and now it is time to give the smartwatch a test drive.
  • The life of a Google Glass Explorer is great. A whole new world opens up. People love it. More than a 1,000 people have tried my Glass in the last three months. They all love it and think it is the future.
  • iBeacons will make the life of the consumer a lot easier in the years to come. What GPS does for outdoor navigation, iBeacons will do for indoor positioning. To realize that smart innovations with an enormous impact are not always very complex, you only have to take a closer look at this promising technology.
  • Since the beginning of this year Shareforce owns a Google Glass. As one of the first developers in the Netherlands we have been accepted into the Glass Explorer program and we have immediately seized that opportunity to start developing apps for Glass.
  • The development of Google Glass apps and experimenting with them was not possible for all developers up until now. Only people actually owning a Google Glass had access to the right credentials. But last week Google opened up. It can be therefore expected that more and more new apps will become available for Google Glass on a short term.
  • Google Glass is the next step towards the integration of technology into our daily lives. Since i first saw Google Glass in real life at the beginning of this year i can’t let go of the exciting idea to develop applications for it. But where do you start and how does it work? This article provides answers to some important questions about Google Glass and apps.
  • Samsung is shifting its strategy towards the Tizen platform and want to become less dependent on Google and Android. This was announced by CEO J.K. Shin, responsible for the IT and Mobile division of the company. The choice of Samsung for Tizen is important for the mobile landscape. It could lead to a further fragmentation in the market. At this moment Android and iOS (Apple) dominate the market, with Windows and Blackberry as smaller players.