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Mobile for Good: Trends to Watch at Mobile World Congress

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Beyond wearables, Samsung also announced the newest member of its Samsung Galaxy line of phones, the S5. LG launched six new mobile devices including the G Pro 2 , a phone-tablet ("phablet") hybrid device. Phone theft is a global epidemic – and it's only getting worse. the Open C and the Open II.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

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century Italy. Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. It also makes phone and video calls. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. You can speak to send text messages.