Stefan Constantinescu

What to watch for today

Good morning, Quartz readers!

Good morning, Quartz readers!

What to watch for today

What to watch for today

Good morning, Quartz readers!

Good morning, Quartz readers!

What to watch for today

Good morning, Quartz readers!

What to watch for today

Good morning, Quartz readers!

What to watch for today

Apple will host another of its famous product events on March 9 in San Francisco. What’s in store?

Xiaomi, China’s fast-rising electronics company, recently released a new flagship phone called the Mi Note. The company is not going to sell it in the US, but several US-based publications have just tested it. Here’s what they thought—emphasis ours.

The new Pebble Time smartwatch launched on Kickstarter today and has already received 30,000 pre-orders, totaling more than $6 million.

Pebble, whose original smartwatch was one of the first Kickstarter mega-hits, is back at it. The firm is expected to unveil a new model of its wrist-worn notification device tomorrow. Before revealing any details, however, someone has uploaded this image of a watch to Pebble’s website, which was noticed by 9to5Google.

Click, the BBC’s technology news program, recently profiled a US company called FaceFirst, which specializes in facial recognition technology. The California-based firm builds software that uses more 16,000 data points—like the distance between eyes—to identify an individual. It also provides a service to law enforcement officials and airports so captured faces can be compared against a list of people who may be on watch lists or even wanted lists.

Building a smartphone once required armies of engineers who knew how to design wireless radios and processors and software developers who could write the grossly complicated code to make all those parts sing together.

What to watch for today

What to watch for today

What to watch for today

What to watch for today

What to watch for today

What to watch for today