Fitbit is reportedly buying the troubled Pebble smartwatch in further consolidation in the flagging wearables market. Full details and dollar value of the deal hasn’t yet been made public but the two firms, which were said to be in the final stages of a tie-up prior to Thanksgiving, have now reportedly inked a deal. And with the rocky state of consumer wearables this is just the latest in a consolidation trend that is expected to continue to reconfigure the industry

Have you ever wanted to visit the White House? A new app — created for the White House Historical Society by PTC’s Vuforia team, in coordination with Unity and Nexus Studios — hopes to give everyone that opportunity. All they need is a smartphone running iOS or Android and a single dollar bill. Upon placing the dollar bill in front of your smartphone’s camera, the app makes the bill come alive with animations

An international team headed by scientists at the University of California at Berkeley revealed an all-electric heavy duty mining truck at the 2016 International High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, China. While not yet autonomous, it is the largest all-electric mining truck in the world, with an overall length of 8.8 meters, height of 4

Rental Trends: Virtual Reality Tours for Commercial Real Estate . Because virtual reality hardware companies are continuing to innovate, however, 

It seems that every day a new IoT device or means to connect existing devices is revealed. With so much energy being devoted to telling us how, when, where, what we can connect to each other, the “why” may be getting a little blurry. So we want to take a step back every now and take a calm, cruel and critical look at the connected devices that actually go out and buy, right now

Insiders are eagerly awaiting the widespread adoption of the Industrial IoT. Digital automation took time-consuming manual duties and streamlined them to function without any human input. These automation systems are made up of three main components: sensors, logic, and actuators

No one thinks about the systems that connect us today. It’s not sexy, it doesn’t control the temperature in your house and it doesn’t tell you your heart rate. But that universal system is responsible for more almost everything that runs in the world today

One of the more interesting trends in technology is the global race currently underway for the truly smart city. The U.S Department of Transportation recently announced the City of Columbus, Ohio as the winner of a $40 million dollar Smart City Challenge