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"Motorola is planning to challenge the likes of Apple and Samsung in the wearable tech market, a job advertisement suggests. The Google-owned firm is seeking a senior director of industrial design for wearables, indicating that it could invest heavily in such products going forward.   The posting states that Motorola wants the successful applicant to &amp;quot;provide strategic leadership, champion innovation and institute best practices to create a new world-class wearable&amp;#039;s [sic] design group within Motorola&amp;quot;. Motorola has released wearable devices in the past, such as the Motoactv fitness accessory, but it is considered unlikely that it will develop products that could rival those from its parent company. Google will release its Google Glass headset on general sale next year, and is believed to be working on a smartwatch. Motorola was acquired by Google in a deal worth $12.5 billion (\u00A38bn) in April 2011. Watch an introductory video to Google Glass below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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