As part of his CES keynote address, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said the microprocessor giant will finally ship the Curie button-sized development platform this quarter -- roughly a year after it was first announced. The Curie platform is key to Intel's position in the wearables and dev platform market; it's at the center of the company's upcoming "America's Greatest Makers" … [Read more...]
Intel’s “Make It Wearable” Initiative Goes on TV
Intel's successful "Make It Wearable" challenge from last year is getting the reality TV treatment. Intel, Turner Broadcasting, and Mark Burnett (creator of Survivor, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader and a ton of other shows you don't admit you watch) are producing the program America's Greatest Makers to air next year. You've got to be at least 18 (15 with … [Read more...]
Intel Promises Developers a Curie for Their Ills This Fall
Intel's Developer's Forum is the chip giant's annual shindig for developers. This week, CEO Brian Krzanich's keynote emphasized the chip giant's commitment to wearables and the Internet of Things, although the apparently talk was very long on how cool this stuff is and very short on specifics. Our colleague Michael Miller, the former editor of PC Magazine who has forgotten more … [Read more...]
Intel’s New Devices Group Dodges Layoffs, as Michael Bell Leaves
The Oregonian newspaper and its website OregonLive.com keep very close watch on Intel's hirings and firings, in keeping with the company's status as one of the state's largest employers. The site recently published details of an unpublicized layoff of 1,155 US employees -- 2.3 percent of domestic workers. That's not at all unusual -- Intel's headcount waxes and wanes constantly … [Read more...]
Intel Acquires Recon Instruments
Intel continues its sweep into the consumer wearables market, acquiring Recon Instruments for a reported $175 million. Recon is big in the sports segment of the augmented reality market, making the tech guts of an Oakley ski visor, as well as its own Snow2 and Jet glasses and the Engage smartphone app. Intel was an investor in Recon through its Intel Capital wing, and … [Read more...]
Luxottica’s Glass Will Be Out “Soon,” CEO Says; Intel Version Next Year
Luxottica is the world's largest optical goods company, and you may remember that Google has a deal with the company -- sealed a year ago -- to produce a consumer version of Glass. Massimo Vian is one of Luxottica's two CEO's and he told the company's annual shareholder meeting today that its version of Google Glass will be out "soon," the Wall Street Journal … [Read more...]
TAG Heuer & Intel Unveil Android Wear Smartwatch at Baselworld [UPDATED]
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The watch industry's big trade fair, Baselworld, started today, and the first smartwatch announcement is a bit of a deflation. TAG Heuer and Intel went public with their much-rumored alliance, but it turns out that the software behind it will be Android Wear. Reuters reports that the hardware will be based on TAG Heuer's popular Carerra design, pictured here. There are many … [Read more...]
Vuzix To Trade on NASDAQ Capital Markets
With its new $30 million funding from Intel, visor maker Vuzix is upgrading its stock. Previously available on the over-the-counter bulletin board system, the company says that starting Wednesday Jan 28, VUZI will be traded on the larger NASDAQ Capital Markets exchange. A press release from the company says the infusion of Intel money allowed the company's balance sheet to … [Read more...]
CES Day 1: Intel Introduces Curie Wearables Platform
Intel pretty much invented the idea of ever-faster ever-smaller processors; Gordon Moore, for whom Moore's Law was named, was an Intel founder and chairman. Yesterday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled Curie, a button-sized module that the company hopes will be the intelligence in the next generation of wearables. The Curie is a follow-on to the Edison module, which was the … [Read more...]
Vuzix Sells 30 Percent to Intel for $24.8 Million; Will Enter Consumer Market
We've long believed that the visor company Vuzix was better positioned than most to succeed in the enterprise market. Intel apparently agrees: it announced over the weekend that it's bought 30 percent of the company for $24.8 million, valuing Vuzix at upwards of $83 million. Intel is on something of a finished-products tear in the wearables market. A year ago, there were no … [Read more...]