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News: Company planning to launch the new tech next year.

List: Motion gestures, voice commands and Bluetooth calls. The wearables market has had a more rocky start than companies were hoping for. Alongside the usual issues involved with launching a new product category, such as ironing out the user experience and finding effective branding, one of the big hurdles is inventing a series of use-cases that makes people need a smartwatch.

News: Google again reinforces its position in the IoT space. Google is promising a busy year in the IoT space, with the Californian tech giant set to bring driverless cars to the streets of London, launching a new virtual reality (VR) headset and pitting its artificial intelligence (AI) software against a world champion in a head to head Go match.

The launch is a first for the UK. It allows business to make payments of any size through their Bankline Mobile app using Face ID or Touch ID. Therefore, users don't need to bother with a card reader. With this new feature, business can also authorise numerous users to set up payments. From there, business owners can approve on the go through their app.

Facebook has unveiled its plans to launch its cryptocurrency Libra, and it's clear that the social media giant has bold ambitions.Characterising the cryptocurrency as "a new global currency powered by blockchain technology", the company has designed Libra to be a robust, borderless currency backed by low-volatility assets in a pool known as the Libra Reserve.

It was always going to be an uphill struggle for Chinese tech giant Huawei's offshoot Honor to launch its new camera-led Honor 20 phone range, but even high-fidelity 30x zoom couldn't help the company see the elephant in the room