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Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse meet-up, but the jury’s still out

2023 looks set to be another year of ups and downs for the metaverse.

• 16 Jan 2023

New Qi2 standard for faster wireless charging developed with Apple’s help

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) will detail a new, apparently faster, wireless charging standard for mobile devices called Qi2 at CES this week.

• 04 Jan 2023

TSMC is building a second chip fab in Arizona as part of $40 billion commitment

The world’s leading contract chip maker Taiwan based TSMC has started building a second fab in Arizona, investing $40 billion collectively for the two facilities and beefing up the US domestic semiconductor sector.

• 07 Dec 2022

Meta has another go at selling the metaverse

The company formerly known as Facebook now makes its annual developer conference almost entirely about plugging the concept of the metaverse.

• 12 Oct 2022

Google is building its own gadget ecosystem

The tech giant signals its growing intentions in the devices market, unveiling new Pixel phones, a smartwatch, a tablet, high-end earbuds and more at its annual announcement parade in California.  

• 12 May 2022

Dyson invents the air purifying headphones

Dyson, the UK manufacturer made famous by selling upmarket vacuums based on jet engines or something like that, has unveiled a set of headphones that also blow purified air into your mouth.

• 30 Mar 2022

The smartwatch market hit record levels in 2021

The highest ever quarterly global shipments for smartwatches was recorded in Q4 2021 driven partly by cheaper devices and growth in India, claims industry analyst Counterpoint Research.

• 14 Mar 2022

CES 2022: Behold the parade of weird tech

From finger nibbling robots to health monitoring light bulbs, CES 2022 has delivered its usual line up of innovative if eyebrow raising products. Here’s our list of the most peculiar.

• 06 Jan 2022

Facebook addresses its tarnished image with Meta rebrand

The company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is now called Meta, ostensibly to signal a pivot towards AR and VR.

• 29 Oct 2021

Samsung delivers record quarter on the back of chip demand

Samsung Electronics published its financial results of Q3 with highest ever revenue and second highest profit, driven by sustained high market demand for semiconductors.

• 29 Oct 2021

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Satellites, roaming and devices

The pod welcomes returning special guest Mary Clark, a telecoms industry exec currently between gigs, this week. She starts by telling us what she’s been up to, including work with a ‘proper’ satellite-to-handset company and the Thames Estuary Growth Board. They move on to reflect on Three UK’s decision to start charging for roaming, which is especially bad news for producer Pierre, before concluding with a quick look at recent device launches by internet giants.

• 13 Sep 2021

Smartwatch market bounces back strongly as Apple Watch user base hits 100 million

The latest global smartwatch market data from Counterpoint reveals 27% year-on-year growth in Q2 2021.

• 27 Aug 2021

Google and Samsung hope two wrongs make a wearable right

Last week Google almost apologetically slipped out the news that it’s merging its wearable device OS with Samsung’s one.

• 24 May 2021

Covid-19 drives wearable device spending

Consumers will spend significantly more on wearable devices this year than they did last, with the Covid-19 pandemic proving to be a strong market driver, according to new data from Gartner.

• 11 Jan 2021

EU gives go-ahead to Google’s Fitbit deal, with strings attached

The European Commission has approved Google’s plan to acquire Fitbit after deeming the search giant’s commitments have satisfied competition and consumer protection requirements.

• 18 Dec 2020

Vodafone launches smartwatch, AR glasses as wearables market kicks up a gear

The global wearables market had a buoyant third quarter, and with big names like Vodafone championing the latest devices this week, the outlook appears rosy going into the festive season.

• 04 Dec 2020

Facebook bets on cheaper Oculus Quest 2 for social VR uptake

Facebook has taken another big step towards bridging the gap between virtual reality and social networking, which could mean additional strain on mobile networks.

• 17 Sep 2020

Apple manages to both underwhelm and antagonise with latest launch event

Gadget giant Apple had one of its Autumn events, but this time the new iPhone was AWOL. Meanwhile a new bundle of services is sure to face scrutiny from antitrust authorities.

• 16 Sep 2020

New Amazon wellness product wants to increase your ‘positivity’, whatever that is

Internet giant Amazon has entered the digital health market with products that, among other things, want to make you sound more positive.

• 27 Aug 2020

UK Gov launches IOT cybersecurity fund

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a £400,000 fund to fuel ambition for the security of internet-connected products.

• 29 May 2020