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TAG Heuer winds up Google, Intel to take on Apple Watch

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer isn’t about to cede the emerging smartwatch market to Apple (AAPL). TAG Heuer, a unit of French luxury goods conglomerate LVHM, announced Thursday that it has partnered with Google (GOOGL) and Intel INTC) to develop a smartwatch. TAG Heuer will handle the design and manufacture of the watch, while Intel will provide the system-on-a-chip platform and Google will supply its Android Wear operating system and software expertise. The watch will be launched by year’s end, with pricing and other details to be revealed later, the companies said at a press conference at the Baselworld watch and jewelry expo in Basel, Switzerland. TAG Heuer, Google and Intel aim to create a smartwatch “that is both luxurious and seamlessly connected to its wearer’s daily life,” they said in a joint press release. “The quality of Swiss watches is renowned worldwide,” TAG Heuer General Manager Guy Semon said…

Kendall and Kylie Jenner video game could break seventh seal

The biblical apocalypse is a step closer to reality with the announcement that reality TV stars Kendall and Kylie Jenner are getting their own video game. The famous-for-being-famous sisters are following in the footsteps of their maternal half-sister Kim Kardashian, who is featured in the hit mobile game “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.” Glu Mobile (GLUU), the company that kicked off the celebrity video game trend with the Kardashian game, is producing the as-yet-untitled Kendall and Kylie game. Glu expects to launch the game in late 2015 for Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) Android devices. “Featuring the voices, likenesses, and creative influences of Kendall and Kylie, the game will allow players to interact with the sisters as friends and mentors as they work to realize their creative and career aspirations,” Glu said in a press release Tuesday. The Jenner sisters have risen from reality TV fame to become globally recognized personalities and…

Google, Others May Humble Wireless Carriers With Apps

Google’s expected entry into wireless services, though not imminent, will force AT&T and Verizon Communications (VZ) to speed up the development of cloud-based “converged” services for consumers, in order to compete, says Oppenheimer in a research report. Google (GOOGL) confirmed at last month’s Mobile World Congress that it plans to sell wireless services, though it said it would not compete broadly vs. phone companies. Oppenheimer analyst Tim