Digital Health
First ‘Artificial Pancreas’ Comes to Market
Credit: Medtronic The first so-called artificial pancreas systems – wearable devices that take charge of the crucial process of measuring glucose and delivering insulin – […]
Consumer Tech
Voice Assist for Business is Good Business
The tussle for supremacy between Amazon and Google to create the most useful voice assistant is getting louder. But while this battle is largely taking […]
Consumer Tech
Wearables Makers Want You to Want Them in 2017
by Julie McClure LAS VEGAS –Most everyone who wants a smartwatch or fitness tracker already has one. That’s not good news for wearables makers, because […]
Consumer Tech
Hearables: Wearables Never Sounded Better
As the wearables market begins to slow, many manufacturers are looking beyond the wrist. They are training their eyes on your ears, which they see […]
Smart Home
netgear’s Orbi Helps Ring In New Era Of Wi-Fi Simplicity
In my recent USA TODAY column, I talked about the coming sea-change in home Wi-Fi. Consumers, I said, want to buy routers that just work. […]
Consumer Tech
CBS Overnight America: Internet of Tomatoes, Brain-Dead Easy Home Wi-Fi, Hearables and More
CBS Overnight America’s Jon Grayson and I discuss the Analog Devices’ Internet of Tomatoes, my USA TODAY column on the coming sea-change in home Wi-Fi, […]
Smart Home
The Sea Change in Home Networking
The home router market is entering a period of dramatic upheaval. FeibusTech believes it is a market that is ripe for disruption, for one simple […]
Consumer Tech
Biomedicine: shocking alternative to drugs
by Julie McClure Can researchers shock us out of our drug habit? It’s an intriguing question that has been drawing more investment lately. Google and […]
Consumer Tech
CBS Overnight America: Rx for Fitbits, Self-Driving Cars and More
CBS Overnight America’s Jon Grayson and I discuss my USA TODAY column on wearables’ place in healthcare, the latest news on self-driving cars, the percolating […]
Consumer Tech
Take One Fitbit and Call Me in the Morning
Will your doctor ever be able to prescribe a Fitbit to help monitor your condition? Thanks to a couple of recent policy moves by the […]
Laptop
Time to Inject Style into Corporate Laptops
We know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, as the old adage goes. But we do it anyway. It’s why we […]
Consumer Tech
It’s Not Snake Oil – It’s Science!
If there was a wearable that could alert you and your doctor if you were in danger of having a heart attack, would you want […]
Consumer Tech
The High-Tech Spring
SAN FRANCISCO – I love watching people experience virtual reality for the first time. The cumbersome headsets exaggerate their movements as they scan left to […]
Consumer Tech
iPad Pro: Too Little Too Late for Big Business
Apple, a company forever relegated to the fringe of big business, holds onto the misguided belief that it can forge into the core of business […]
Wearables
Diabetes Care Joins the Digital Age. Finally
Wearables and other connected devices have been available to help treat chronic conditions like asthma and heart disease for a while now. But thus far, […]
Consumer Tech
IoT for Business is the Business of Mobile World 2016
The glitzy new phones, VR headsets and drones grabbed the headlines at Mobile World Congress 2016. But it was IoT for business that made the […]
Consumer Tech
At CES: New Devices Aim to Put the Smart in Smartwear
I’ve exceeded the step goal that my smartwatch set for me all but four days this month. So that’s good, right? I suppose so. Except […]
Consumer Tech
Inside Information: The Key to a Healthier You
What if I told you I had inside information that could make you happier, healthier and live longer? What would that be worth to you? […]