Cogito enables activity tracking feature on existing watches

Cogito entered the market with analog smart watches that integrated notifications by way of icons on the watchface. The benefit of their approach is that their watches don't look like uber-geeky smart watches and they don't need to be recharged, at all.

Cogito Classic and Cogito Pop watches now have their activity tracking feature unlocked. This is great news for owners of Cogito devices which now have even more functionality than when they bought them. Hit jump for the announcement and instructions on how to enable the feature.

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First look: Olympus OM-D E-M5 II and 14-150mm F4-5.6 II lens

Here's a first look at the successor to the stunning Olympus OM-D E-M5 prosumer Micro-Four Thirds camera that's gained a lot of fans over the past year and a half. The OM-D E-M5II is said to have the same 16 Megapixel sensor, an improved image processor, and a new sensor shift shooting mode that allows to combine 8 pictures in one to create a 40 Megapixel image.

Also expected in this still unreleased model is improved 5 axis stabilization. Also leaked as a new and more compact 14-150mm F4-5.6II lens.

Source: 43 Rumors

Sony closing all of its Canadian retail stores, 90 employees laid off

It was a bad news day for retail Canada with the announcement that Target would shut down Canadian operations. The bigger news for consumer technology watchers was that Sony would close down all 14 of its Canadian retail stores including the five flagship stores in Toronto.

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Google ends Glass Explorer program, hints at future versions

Updated on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 2:57PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Many people have been recently wondering if there was still hope for Google Glass. The once aggressive wearable project seems to have sputtered and gone silent.

Google, just announced via its Google Plus page that it is closing its Explorer Program. January 19 will be the last day for interested parties to purchase the exisiting Google Glass hardware and that Google Glass is exiting the Google X labs and is being transitioned to its own team at Google. Hit jump for the juicy details.

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