Will.i.am’s Dial smartwatch now available to pre-order

Remember musician will.i.am’s Dial smartwatch which was unveiled back in February this year? Well, the timepiece is now available to pre-order – Three UK currently has the device listed on its website with an estimated delivery date of May 13.

As for the price, it’s available on a 2-year contract where-in you’ll be required to pay £49.00 up front, followed by a monthly payment of £24.00 for 24 months. The plan includes 500MB data and 100 minutes of talk time each month. Of course, there are other plans as well.

To refresh, Dial is the musician’s second attempt at wearables after the…

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Meizu MX6 now tipped for H2 launch

If you’re eagerly waiting for the successor to Meizu’s MX5 smartphone, looks like your wait isn’t going to end anytime soon. The device, which was previously rumored to be made official in April-May time-frame, is now said to be launching in H2, 2016.

The latest rumor comes out of Meizu’s home country of China, and if it’s true, we’ll have to wait at-least a couple of more months for the device.

Being the subject of only a handful of rumors so far, the MX6 (which is what the device is likely to be called) is said to be powered by a MediaTek Helio X20 SoC with 10-core CPU and…

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Kiwi Businesses are Investing in New Opportunities with Big Data & Telco

Big data has long been touted as a tool for success in the enterprise, though Australasian businesses of all sizes can benefit from the ability to access customer data. Recently, small business owners in New Zealand have also been able to benefit from aggregated data. This comes as a result of cloud-based accounting firm Xero introducing its Xero Signals technology, which aggregates data from over 10,000 New Zealand businesses, helping organizations better achieve their goals through providing valuable customer insights.

It’s our responsibility to provide the technology tools to small businesses to help them thrive. These insights will enable New Zealand’s small businesses to assess their own business using comparative insight from thousands of other similar sized businesses.

— Anna Curzon, Xero Managing Director

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