fitness wearables

Smart technology continues to streamline and transform nearly all aspects of our lives. Consider how technology is being used in the world of professional sports. Sensors and wearables connected to…

How the cloud, infused with analytic insights, impacts athletes and sports fans

Several of the most popular fitness wearable makers have been criticized for having obscure and asymmetrical terms and conditions that impinge on Europeans’ consumer and privacy rights.

Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin and Mio fitness bands criticized for privacy failings

Everybody likes a good fitness tracker, but nobody is thinking about the children. The poor dears are being left out of the wearable revolution — looks like it’s up to…

Adidas wants to put these Zone fitness trackers on every kid in PE class
Hardware

Commoditized Wearables

Xiaomi reported it sold 2.8 million of its Mi Band activity tracker in the first quarter of 2015; in the same time period for 2014 (first quarter), they sold exactly…

Commoditized Wearables

2014 will be remembered as the year that wearables leapt into the Silicon Valley mainstream. Tech giants like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm have taken notice and poured money and…

In 2015, Software Eats The Wearable World

It was only a matter of time… fancy lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is now selling a sports bra for around $75 with built in electrodes that hook up to a…

This Victoria’s Secret Sports Bra Can Hook Up With A Heart Rate Monitor

What’s the short term trajectory for fitness wearables? Down. Analyst Gartner is projecting a dip in overall shipments next year, owing to overlapping functionality between different types of fitness wearables…

Fitness Wearables Will Bounce Back From Smartwatch Threat, Says Gartner