Nike boss teases new Apple wearablesOctober 24, 2014 - 15:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nike chief executive Mark Parker has hinted that his company is developing new wearable devices with Apple, Digital Spy said. The two firms initially joined forces in 2006 to bring Nike+ support to the iPod, but have since increased their involvement with one another. Nike shuttered its FuelBand fitness-tracking bracelet in April, and a member of its hardware team moved across to Apple to work on the Apple Watch. "Technologically we can do things together that we couldn't do independently," Parker told Bloomberg. "So yeah, that's part of our plan, to expand the whole digital frontier in terms of wearables, and go from what we say is tens of millions of users - right now there's 25 million Nike+ users - to hundreds of millions." The executive went on to say that future wearables from the companies will be "more stylish and more functional". He added: "I think the form it takes is critical. You can go from the very geeky kind of wearables today - we've all seen some of those - to what I think you'll see in the future, things that are more stealth, more integrated, more stylish and more functional, yes." The Apple Watch will be released in early 2015. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |