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Wearables: has the age of smartwatches finally arrived?

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Time will tell if smartwatches will find their niche.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 58, Issue 1
        January 2015
        105 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2688498
        • Editor:
        • Moshe Y. Vardi
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