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Wearable War: It's Apple Watch Versus Others

Source:  9to5Mac . The Swiss watchmakers are not just rolling over for the potential Apple Watch jugganaut.  In fact, Swatch among others will debut smart watches at Baselworld next month, weeks after Apple's March 9th event.  It'll be interesting to see if Apple Watch lives up to hype and whether Apple has a couple of more surprises up its sleeve. Then the tech and watch world will have to see if the traditional watchmakers have what it takes to upstage Apple.  Designs and features aside, there is one very important aspect with Apple and non-Apple watches:  only the Apple Watch has full integration with Apple's ecosystem and iOS devices.  Furthermore, Android watches have full integration with most Android devices but not necessarily all.  It'll be interesting to see what a Swatch smart phone will feature and how it'll work along side a smartphone market dominated by Android and iOS. One very important thing to consider here.  The Apple Watch wil...

Man Or Robot - Maybe After iCar, Apple Can Give Siri An Android Body

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Here is a short video clip of an actor pretending to be an a robot.  With the sound effects, he really hit it out of the park. I'll say this much.  We are a long way from androids let alone robots.  And for AI in human forms to have fluid human like motions, it will be even further into the future.  Perhaps after Apple is done with the iPhone and the iCar, maybe we can have the brilliance of Cupertino bring us the iRobot. Or will it be called "Siri"?