RFID-Powered Connected Fitting Room at MWC 2014

Accenture and Avenade displayed a well-designed Connected Fitting Room experience at Mobile World Congress that Kohl’s is currently piloting in the US. Clothes are outfitted with RFID tags and when you enter the fitting room, a touch screen…

MWC: Sony Launches Ambitious “Lifelog” Quantified Self Solution

Netflix & Comcast Sign Web Traffic Deal

Thought the recent net neutrality rulings wouldn’t have rapid ramifications? Think again. Today, Netflix and Comcast announced a deal that would see Netflix pay the ISP to remove a bottleneck that slowed the video provider’s traffic. The deal is designed to…

WhatsApp To Add Voice Calls This Year

On the heels of Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, the popular messaging service announced that it will expand into full-fledged voice calling for both iOS and Android this year. The feature will be available to BlackBerrys and Nokia devices afterwords. According…

Docomo Brings Terminator-Style Vision To MWC 2014

Docomo, one of several companies jumping on the smart glasses bandwagon, is a testament to the potential of wearable computing but also the difficulty in perfecting it for eye-wear. Its Mobile World Congress demo is a prototype with no street…

Samsung Announces Gear 2

Only six months after announcing one of the only true competitors to the Pebble, Samsung is back at it again, launching the Gear 2 and the Gear 2 Neo at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The new models maintain the original’s look, but under the hood there are some substantial…