Last week we talked about smart TVs—and how that built-in Internet connection can allow manufacturers, streaming services, and even hackers an open door into your home….
Tag: fitness trackers
Apple Watch is killing beleaguered Fitbit
Apple has deep pockets and a well-developed ecosystem of gadgets, software, and related services that makes simple price undercutting not a valuable enough proposition…
Beleaguered Fitbit plunges to record low on disappointing smartwatch sales
A day later, Fitbit CEO James Park struck a very different tone, telling investors in a press release…
Your iPhone could reveal your radiation exposure after a nuclear disaster
In the event of a nuclear attack or accident…
Positive signs abound for Apple Watch
Recent market data and industry developments provide some useful context and information…
Watchmaker Fossil to buy Misfit fitness tracker maker for $260 million
Watchmaker Fossil Group Inc. has agreed to acquire startup Misfit Inc…
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…
Nike and Apple propose multimillion-dollar settlement in lawsuit alleging false FuelBand claims
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Nike…
Jim Cramer: Fitbit does not compete with Apple Watch
Shares of Fitbit were soaring…
Apple Watch vs. Fitbit
According to JMP Securities technology analyst Alex Guana…
Apple Watch a threat to Fitbit’s IPO?
Fitbit, the fitness tracking device maker, plans to sell shares…
How Apple Watch stacks up as a health-and-fitness tracker
One of the proposed benefits of wearable technology is the notion of having…
The Swiss begin launching luxury ‘smartwatches’
MMT will release 10 different models under the banner Swiss Horological Smartwatches…
None of the fitness wearables figured out how to beat Apple Watch
In the absence of Apple’s wearable, fitness makers like Jawbone, Fitbit…
I’m a born again fell walker, and Apple is to blame
I never used to have this problem…
Apple hires lead software engineer from Atlas Wearables
Atlas’ tech can distinguish between multiple activities, including steps, squats, curls, and more…
Wearables: Moving beyond fitness
Why the fitness bands that measure our stairs, steps, and sleep will soon be…
Nike CEO on partnership with Apple: ‘We’re very excited about what’s to come’
On the heels of Nike’s announcement that it plans to discontinue production of FuelBand…
Nike would be smart to outsource their fitness hardware to Apple and the iWatch
There’s a rumor going around that Nike is axing their Nike Fuelband hardware division…
Apple and Nike gearing up for a big announcement this fall
In recent weeks I spoke several times with two sources in Cupertino pertaining to future products…
Nike failed. Now only Apple can save wearables
This may be end of the FuelBand, the Nike fitness-tracking bracelet…
Review of Samsung Gear Fit stupidband: ‘The pinnacle of fitness failure’
I’m honestly dumbfounded….
Apple’s sensor experts are developing much more than an iWatch
Apple has assembled an all-star team…
Without an iWatch, Apple’s Healthbook app is rather boring
If Apple positions Healthbook as a unifying interface for products capable of…
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…
7 billion reasons Apple gets health
The personal medical devices gold rush has begun…
Over 200 people working on Apple’s iWatch peripheral device; no FDA regulation, sources say
Apple has been on a hiring spree of digital health engineers and scientists…
Apple assembles expert team for sensor-laden, fitness- and medical-focused wearable computer
Industrial design, blood-reading sensors, medical devices, hardware engineering, software vision, fitness…
Apple’s iWatch: Think healthcare, not health clubs
We might be looking at Apple’s so-called iWatch project from the wrong angle…
Morgan Stanley: Apple iWatch could spark sales as high as $17.5 billion in first year
Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at a new product category…
Mystery medical app for iPhone comes to light with direct connection to Apple
Ever since Apple’s computer band or iWatch patent came to light…
iWatch + iOS 8: Apple sets out to redefine mobile health, fitness tracking
Apple currently plans to release a new version of the iPhone operating system…
iWatch, anyone? Apple granted U.S. patent for embedded heart rate monitor
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series…
New Nike+ Move app turns your Apple iPhone 5s into a FuelBand
Introduced by Apple at the September 10 iPhone 5s event…
Fitness gadget makers should be very afraid: Apple’s M7 chip, built into iPhone 5s, paves the way for iWatch
Apple’s M7-equipped iPhone 5S appears to be well-equipped to replace wrist-style exercise gadgets altogether…
