It's just emerged that Google quietly bought a smartwatch startup called Wimm Labs in 2012: the company had released its own WIMM One smartwatch in 2011 before shutting down in 2012 due to "an exclusive, confidential relationship for our technology".
Several management studies highlight the importance of collaborative relationships for university-industry knowledge and technology transfer.
Gina Lynn, 32, a columnist on relationships and technology in Los Angeles for TechTV.com, recently wrote about digitally erasing her ex, an English professor whom she had dated for five months and who, she said, had confessed to cheating.
While technological advances, such as online dating, are responsible for creating many relationships, technology does not necessarily impact all relationships positively.
And while you may never have heard of either, they offer a window into the most intriguing environment around for debating our future relationships with technology.
The centers in Asia help build new relationships with governments of developing countries, both as showcases for technology and as sources for jobs.
The capital will be used for technology developments and expanding key business relationships.
Last week Datalex announced that its BookIt software would provide the reservations and customer relationship management technology for a Web portal developed by Continental, Delta, Northwest and United Airlines.
Social researchers have been concerned by the impact of technology on human relationships for some time.
For me, students are primarily learners – a controversial position, I readily concede, but in my defence I see this in the context of new models, new institutions, new technologies and new relationships for learning.
