March 19, 2014

The Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch (Photo courtesy Motorola Mobility. All rights reserved)

Google announced the Android Wear platform, a version of the Android operating system optimized for wearable devices. The first applications are watches, which of course will not only serve to provide the time but will be tiny portable computers. The first models to be put on the market in a few months are the Moto 360 by Motorola and the G Watch by LG.