Technology

  Relaxnews As summer vacations get underway, we focus on high-tech gear that is both practical and compact for keeping your luggage under the weight limit. The Jabra Sport Pace wireless earbud headphones will bring music to your ears for total freedom when working out or enjoying recreational activities. Although primarily designed for training and workouts, these headphones are a ...

  Relaxnews Twitter recently announced a deal to stream US college sports matches, boosting its live television offerings as it tries to lure more users and revenue. Twitter will be the top streaming partner for PAC-12 Plus, a broadband network of live events produced by the dozen universities in the conference, according to the organisation. At least 150 games are ...

  AFP Facebook has made its latest move against competitor Snapchat, capitalising on the popularity of its ‘selfie’ filters and launching a similar offering of the same as it continues to enhance its Live platform. Oculus announced it is ramping up availability of its Rift virtual reality gear and planning a major conference in October for developers making software for ...

  Relaxnews .Just over 30 million smartwatches were sold worldwide in 2015, according to research from Gartner, a figure that’s expected to more than double in two years to reach 66.7 million in 2017. The symbolic 50-million mark is likely to be passed in 2016. The smartwatch market now includes a growing number of models aimed at children, with varying ...

  Doha / RELAXNEWS Following concerns over poor quality pitches at Euro 2016, Qatar has employed a high-tech solution to avoid similar criticisms of its World Cup in 2022 — 3D printers and wind tunnels. Scientists at Qatar University, the country’s largest higher education establishment, have created 3D-printed models of some of the potential eight stadiums that will be used ...

  San Francisco / AFP Facebook has announced that it would roll out optional “end to end encryption” for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and protection against snooping. The US technology giant said this feature would be known as “secret conversations” which can be read only by the sender and recipient. “Providing more ways for ...

  Relaxnews After a first PC (Chromebook Pixel) and a tablet (Pixel C), Google reportedly has its own smartphones and smartwatches in the pipeline, optimized for use with the web-search giant’s mobile operating systems. The Telegraph reports that Google could be gearing up to release its own smartphone by the end of 2016. Until now, Google has relied on its ...

  The Hague / Relaxnews Dutch telecoms group KPN said that The Netherlands had become the first country in the world to implement a nationwide long range (LoRa) network for the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Connecting everyday objects to networks, allowing them to send and receive data, is widely seen as the next major evolution of the Internet and ...

  AFP Americans are increasingly turning to their mobile devices for news, with print newspapers losing more ground, a poll showed. The Pew Research Center survey found an acceleration in the use of mobile devices for news over the past three years, as fewer Americans relied on newspapers. Television meanwhile held steady as a source of news, including local, network ...

  Relaxnews The world’s first holographic intelligent mannequin has gone on display in the UK as part of a fashion exhibition taking place during London Technology Week. The 3D virtual mannequin, designed by Headworks, features a holographic head atop a physical body. It is one of many inventions on show at the Fashion Tech Installation event to demonstrate the growing ...