{"id":6047,"date":"2014-07-27T02:24:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T10:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2023-01-08T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:16:09","slug":"business-english-news-29-wearable-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/27\/business-english-news-29-wearable-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English News 29 &#8211; Wearable Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6047-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN29-Wearable-Tech.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN29-Wearable-Tech.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN29-Wearable-Tech.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEN29-Wearable-Tech-e1406456214884.png\" alt=\"BEN 29 - Wearable technology\" width=\"590\" height=\"284\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <a title=\"Business English News Lessons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business English News lesson<\/a>, we look at the battle for the wearable technology throne.  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