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Qualcomm Not Ceding “Internet of Things” to Intel or Anyone Else
Asa Mathat While Intel, Microsoft and BlackBerry are all aiming to seize on the “Internet of Things” after largely missing out on mobile, the winners in the phone market have no intention of missing...
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The Future of Wearables? Consolidation.
Shutterstock / JMicic At the Bloomberg Next Big Thing Summit on Monday, investor Esther Dyson predicted a coming wave of consolidation for the nascent wearables sector. “It’s extremely crowded now,”...
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Salesforce Wants to Bring Wearables to the Workplace
Salesforce.com is betting that wearables in the workplace will be a big business opportunity. The company on Tuesday launched an initiative called Salesforce Wear that is designed to help developers in...
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Canadians Most Obsessed With Health and Fitness (Russians, Nyet)
Quit insulting those Canucks to the North — they’re probably in better shape than you. A new study reveals that Canadians are the most inquisitive about health and fitness — surpassing Americans,...
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Chrono Raises $32 Million for Wearables That May Help Smokers Quit
Courtesy: Chrono Therapeutics Chrono Therapeutics, which is developing wearable devices that promise to help people stop smoking, has closed a $32 million funding round led by Canaan Partners and 5AM...
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WebMD Wants to Collect Your Health Data in One Place — Just Like Everyone Else
WebMD on Monday will launch Healthy Target, a service that collects data from wearables, wireless scales, glucose meters and more to offer up personalized health content and tips. If it sounds like a...
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Catching Your Breath: The Latest Wearable Measures Respiration, Too
A San Francisco startup has developed a wearable device that monitors breathing patterns and a mobile app that suggests adjustments, promising to allow users to control stress levels or otherwise...
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Ahead of I/O, Google Reveals More Details Around Android Wearables
Days before the kickoff of its annual developer conference, Google is shedding more light on its efforts to penetrate the nascent wearable technology market. A YouTube video published earlier this...
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The Race to Dominate Digital Health Heats Up
Shutterstock / JMicic The battle to own digital health will escalate this week with Google expected to introduce a new service to collect data from fitness trackers and apps. The tech giant’s addition...
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Pebble Partners With Misfit to Add Activity Tracking to Its Smartwatch
Pebble Pebble said Tuesday that it has partnered with Misfit in a deal that will see owners of its smart watches gain access to a greater array of activity tracking. Misfit makes its own wearable...
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Google Says Android LG and Samsung Smartwatches Ready for Order (Video)
Vjeran Pavic Google announced at its I/O developers conference on Wednesday that two watches running its Android Wear software development kit, the LG G and Samsung Gear Live, will be available for...
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Google Takes Baby Steps Back to Health
Vjeran Pavic, Re/code As expected, Google unveiled Google Fit at its developer conference on Wednesday morning, a new platform that allows mobile software developers to take advantage of health data...
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GoPro’s Hot, but for How Long?
GoPro created a buzz with a hot initial public offering and whether the wearable action camera maker can maintain that high depends on how well it pushes into the media space, analysts tell CNBC. The...
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The GoPro Millionaires — And Billionaires
Nick Woodman is officially a stock market billionaire. The GoPro founder and CEO has 53.04 million shares in the company, which debuted on the Nasdaq on Thursday morning. Based on the latest trading...
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Fill Bucket With Cold Water. Stick Out Wrist. Dump on Wearables.
Shutterstock / JMicic Today’s wearable devices will likely experience the same rise and descent as products like the Flip camera or the single-purpose e-reader, Forrester Research predicts in its...
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LG Intros a Cellular-Equipped Wristband to Help Parents Keep Track of Their Kids
LG LG on Tuesday introduced the KizOn wearable designed to allow parents to track the location of their preschool and elementary school kids. The cellular-equipped wristband can call predefined...
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AT&T Sees Cellular-Connected Wearables Leading the Way
Asa Mathat AT&T says the key to the wearables market taking off is having products that are simple to use and don’t rely on a cellphone for Internet connectivity. “I think you will see devices...
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Misfit Integrates With Beddit Sleep Monitor as It Moves Beyond Wearables
Misfit Misfit is integrating the Beddit Sleep Monitor with its mobile app, as the startup continues to expand its mission beyond the Shine health tracker. Beddit is a thin sensor that goes under a bed...
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Jawbone Wants You to Eat Your Cake and Track It, Too
Consumer electronics maker Jawbone is throwing its weight behind food tracking and weight management in an effort to make its mobile app more compelling. The maker of the activity-tracking Up...
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Can Apple Sustain Its iPhone Mojo?
Could it be that a smartphone, long in the tooth and approaching the end of its flagship life cycle, actually outsold a brand new model by a fearsome rival? That was the question Apple investors asked...
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