Microsoft unveils $199 wearable fitness device
Microsoft has unveiled its first wearable device that can track a user’s sleep and exercise as well as connect to a health service on smartphones.
The Microsoft Band will retail for $199 (£125) on the company’s online store.
The device can operate for two days on a single charge and has 10 sensors that can track heart rate, calories, stress and even a person’s sun exposure.
It marks Microsoft’s latest push into digital health after its medical record initiative HealthVault in 2007.
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FAA to drone pilots: fly near big sports events and face prison time
If you have dreams of recording your own aerial footage of a baseball game using a drone, you’ll want to put them on ice. The FAA has issued a warning to all pilots that they’ll be fined or imprisoned if they fly remote-controlled aircraft too close to large sports venues (specifically, within 3 miles and under 3,000 feet) during events.
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UK wearables market ‘will be worth £313.6m by Christmas’
More than one million wearable technology devices will be sold in the UK this Christmas, research suggests.
The results of a study by Samsung appear to indicate that the UK wearables market will be worth £313.6 million by the end of the festive period.
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WhatsApp delays voice-calling feature until early next year
WhatsApp has announced that the introduction of its voice-calling feature has been delayed until early next year.
The ability to make and receive calls over WiFi was expected to be added in the second quarter of 2014, but Jan Koum revealed the postponement at the Code/Mobile conference this week.
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