Baba likes to wear Tech: Skyhook Wireless allows wearables to break free from smartphones

Skyhook Wireless – the company that handles location requests for a number of tech giants including Apple, Samsung and Dell – just launched a new ultra-light software development kit (SDK) that will make location services for wearables a lot more convenient. Until now, wearables could only support location requests through intermediary devices – smartphones or tablets, for instance – as a result of their limited technical capacities. Skyhook’s new Precision Location for Wearables SDK will offer location services directly to wearables without the need for a surrogate device. The reduced size of the development kit makes it possible to build the solution straight into the firmware of any…

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