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10 next-gen tech trends you should know about

Introduction Do you know your C-RAN from your SON, your WiGig from your Bluetooth Low Energy and your MirrorLink from your machine learning? If you don’t, then you soon will after you’ve finished browsing through this slideshow. So dive in and educate yourself concerning ten tech trends that get little attention, but are already having a big impact. Also check out: 5 trends set to shape computing in 2015 Device-to-device

Apple Watch has new extra-large bands for your fat wrists

The Apple Watch is increasing its appeal by increasing its maximum band sizes, making the iPhone-compatible smartwatch fit for people with bigger wrists, too. That’s wonderful news because, in letting everyone I meet try on my Apple Watch, it’s been a snug fit at times. The swappable medium-large band size that comes in the box doesn’t always help. The Apple Watch face is appreciably smaller than bulky Android Wear watches,

Investors to look at Fed, earnings with China filter

Investors will comb through Wednesday’s minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve meeting for indications on how the U.S. central bank will react to the recent yuan devaluation and the further decline in oil prices. The recent outperformance of bank stocks and underperformance of utilities, both on expectations of higher Treasury yields, support current market bets that the Fed will raise rates for the first time in nearly a decade

Dutch parliament recalled to debate new Greece bailout

Assuming approval by Euro zone parliaments, 13 billion euros should be in Athens on Thursday to pay pressing bills and a further 10 billion will be set aside at the European Stability Mechanism, earmarked to bolster Greek banks’ capital. The debate in the 150-seat Dutch lower house will begin on Wednesday at noon, a statement from parliament said.

Exclusive: Germany's Mann + Hummel buys U.S. peer for $1.3-1.4 billion

German car parts maker Mann + Hummel is buying U.S. firm Affinia’s auto filter unit for $1.3-1.4 billion, a person familiar with the transaction said on Sunday. The deal is the third within a year in which a U.S. auto supplier is bought by a German peer, following ZF’s takeover of TRW and Mahle’s acquisition of Delphi’s air-conditioning unit. Canada’s Magna scooped up Germany’s Getrag in mid-July, while Fiat Chrysler

China yuan to move both ways, more 'adjustments' unlikely: central bank economist

China’s move to weaken the yuan last week could head off further similar “adjustments”, and the yuan is likely to move in both directions as the economy stabilizes, Ma Jun, chief economist at the central bank said on Sunday. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) shocked global markets by devaluing the yuan (CNY=CFXS) by nearly 2 percent on Aug. 11. The PBOC called it a free-market reform but some saw