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IDC: Apple Watch continues to dominate in smartwatch market share
A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalizations marked the first quarter of 2016…
Apple could destroy Fitbit this afternoon, if they wanted to
With the billions that the technology spends on research and development each year, I’m sure Apple could launch…
Fitbit CEO: The Apple Watch ‘does too much’, confusing consumers
James Park says the Apple Watch, which boasts thousands of different applications, can be overcomplicated…
Why you’ll wear an Apple Watch to keep your job
With Apple Watch, Cupertino has taken a leadership position in the mass-market for…
Share your fitness data for an Apple Watch – or cash
In one program, workers can buy a $350 Apple Watch for just $25 by meeting exercise goals for two years…
IDC estimates Apple sold 11.6 million Apple Watch units in 2015
The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015…
Canalys: Apple shipped over 12 million Apple Watches in 2015, two-thirds of all smartwatches shipped in 2015
Apple dominated the smartwatch market in 2015, accounting for over 12 million units…
Apple COO: ‘Apple Watch marks the end of single-function wrist devices’
We think Apple Watch marks the end of single-function wrist devices, in the same way the iPhone marked the end of single-function cell phones…
Fitbit’s new ‘Blaze’ watch sends shares plummeting
Fitbit’s shares plunged following the announcement of its first color watch at the CES tech show…
Fitbit either doesn’t understand Apple Watch or hopes consumers won’t; neither is good for the company
The stock market hated Fitbit’s announcement of its new Blaze smartwatch at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday…
Fitbit exec calls Apple Watch a ‘toy,’ Fitbit shares crater more than 13% after unveiling Apple Watch Sport knockoff
Fitbit stock suffered after the announcement, falling to its lowest prices since the San Francisco company’s June 2015 initial public offering…
Jim Cramer: Apple should buy Harman, needs revenue streams
Apple needs to come up with revenue streams beyond iPhones during 2016…
Kevin Rose: Apple will either buy Fitbit or develop their own fitness band
Apple Watch 2 will launch and have mediocre success…
Jim Cramer: Apple should buy Harman, Pandora, Fitbit and Verifone
Apple was once known as the stock that couldn’t stop climbing higher, but…
IDC estimates Apple sold 7.5 million Apple Watches through calendar Q315
While there has been clear growth in the wearable market…
Apple Watch sales hit 7 million ahead of holiday shopping season
Apple is remaining tight lipped about the official sales figures for its debut wearable, but…
Canalys: Apple has shipped nearly 7 million Apple Watches since launch
Apple has now shipped nearly 7 million Apple Watches since launch, a figure in excess of all other vendors’ combined…
Rivals claim Apple Watch having ‘no material impact’
Despite Apple’s success with smartphones and tablets, it is facing stiff competition in the smartwatch sector…
Sterne Agee initiates Apple at ‘Buy’ with $150 price target
We estimate still less than 50% of the iPhone installed base will have upgraded to larger than 4-inch screens exiting CY15, leaving more runway for iPhones to still grow…
Health insurer will charge more for lazy people, less for active people, based on Apple Watch sensors
Tracking customers’ sedentary lifestyles with Apple Watch means they pay higher health insurance premiums…
Android Wear stupidwatches now work with Apple iPhones
Google Android Wear smartwatches work with Apple iPhones – sort of…
Apple Watch already dominates smart-wearables market, says IDC
Apple is the dominant provider of smart wearable devices in its very first quarter of sales…
IDC estimates Apple sold 3.6 million Apple Watch units in Q2
Apple Watch already has some 66% market share in “smart wearables” after debuting to severe supply constraints…
Apple’s secret Android plan for Apple Watch
Apple already said it intends supporting Android with Apple Music…
Is it time for Apple to make Apple Watch compatible with Android?
We now know Apple has done well with the Apple Watch and that it outperformed…
Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch takes 75% global smartwatch market share with 4 million units in Q215
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics…
Canalys: Apple ships 4.2 million Apple Watches in Q2 to become world’s top wearables vendor
With 4.2 million shipments, it easily overtook Fitbit, Xiaomi and all the smartwatch vendors…
Fortune fails to disclose Apple Watch design critic also happens to be Fitbit designer
In an age when every day dumps a new whizbang product—a me-too smartphone…
Jim Cramer: Fitbit does not compete with Apple Watch
Shares of Fitbit were soaring…
Apple Watch hasn’t killed Fitbit sales, yet
The Apple Watch was expected to be a disaster for companies like Fitbit…
Apple Watch a threat to Fitbit’s IPO?
Fitbit, the fitness tracking device maker, plans to sell shares…
Massive Apple Watch threat looms over Fitbit IPO
Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit intrigued investors…
None of the fitness wearables figured out how to beat Apple Watch
In the absence of Apple’s wearable, fitness makers like Jawbone, Fitbit…
Why I love Microsoft’s fitness band, and what it means for Apple Watch
I’m really digging the Microsoft Band…
Apple removes Fitbit devices from online store
Apple is no longer selling Fitbit fitness-tracking bands…
Microsoft unveils $199 iOS-compatible fitness band, health app
Microsoft Corp unveiled an activity-tracking wristband and related…
Apple to stop selling Fitbit devices in retail stores
The move comes a week after Fitbit issued a statement saying it was…
Apple’s ‘iWatch’ could dent holiday fitness band sales
Apple is gearing up to battle Nike, Fitbit and Jawbone…
With Healthbook, Apple will asserts itself as the platform for digital health
Emerging details about Apple’s forthcoming Healthbook app suggest the tech giant…
Apple’s looming Healthbook app is the start of something huge
Apple is poised to launch a body-monitoring app known as Healthbook…
Healthbook: Apple’s major first step into health and fitness tracking revealed
Seven years out from the original iPhone’s introduction…
