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Lycos Life – Coming Soon

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Re: Lycos Life – Coming Soon

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Post by nostrademons »

showerst wrote: post #2

I don't think I've ever seen a 'smart' ring before. It seems much more convenient than carrying around a fob or smartcard, if they could make it low profile enough.

https://ringly.com/

Never seen anyone wearing one before, but my wife tells all her friends about it simply because the concept is so weird.

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Post by mbrubeck »

showerst wrote: post #2

I don't think I've ever seen a 'smart' ring before. It seems much more convenient than carrying around a fob or smartcard, if they could make it low profile enough.

Back in 1998 the "Java Ring" from Sun Microsystems was designed for this purpose, and though it never became a mass-market product it got a fair amount of hype when it was new:

http://www.javaworld.com/article/2076641/learn-java/an-intro...

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/javaring-wearable-computer/

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Post by grantbachman »

showerst wrote: post #2

I don't think I've ever seen a 'smart' ring before. It seems much more convenient than carrying around a fob or smartcard, if they could make it low profile enough.

There's also Logbar, which I hear is absolutely horrible.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761670738/ring-shortcu...

Re: Lycos Life – Coming Soon

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Post by showerst »

nostrademons wrote: post #3
showerst wrote: post #2

I don't think I've ever seen a 'smart' ring before. It seems much more convenient than carrying around a fob or smartcard, if they could make it low profile enough.

https://ringly.com/ Never seen anyone wearing one before, but my wife tells all her friends about it simply because the concept is so weird.

Yeah now that I google it apparently there are a few. Sadly they're all exactly the product I _don't_ want: One more way to receive notifications, or try to interact with my phone from a really small device.

I was thinking more in terms of identity management. If I could wear a subtle ring instead of carrying around 3 key fobs and a smart card, I'd be very interested. Especially if I could somehow do password manager/ssh keys!

Re: Lycos Life – Coming Soon

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Post by arihant »

They are gaming the brand name, it seems. Lycos was acquired by Ybrant Digital in 2010. Ybrant later merged with an Indian company. It's now traded on Indian stock exchange.

Ybrant is behind this. So, technically, not the same Lycos.

Re: Lycos Life – Coming Soon

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Post by anthony_romeo »

I remembered Lycos just recently after I discovered their headquarters driving home one evening. I used Lycos quite a bit back in the day. I poked around their website. They apparently own HotBot as well, which actually still exists. They still run Tripod and AngelFire. Blasts from the past.

I tried out their search engine, which actually wasn't half bad. Their e-mail service seemed okay in some respects, but they don't have an app and you actually have to pay for POP3/IMAP, which extremely prohibitive nowadays, especially considering their competition.

As far as these wearables are concerned, I'm at least a bit curious about the ring. Not sure how useful it will be, but I wish them the best.

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