Google bought smartwatch company WIMM Labs

Google has acquired the smartwatch manufacturer WIMM Labs.WIMM Labs release its first smart-watch in 2011.When WIMM Labs was taken over by Google, the company deleted its official account on Twitter, stopped sales of the WIMM One, and published a message on its website saying “During the summer of 2012, WIMM Labs entered into an exclusive, confidential relationship for our technology and ceased sales of the Developer Preview Kit.”

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Motorola Files Patent Application For ?

Motorola Files Patent Application For a Gaze Detecting Wrisworn Device. Motorola submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an electronic device designed "to enfold about an appendage of a user." While "appendage" could mean a great many things, let's go wild and call this gadget a smartwatch..

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