Wearables

Apple Watch Shipments Jumped 54 Percent Last Year
Apple Watch Shipments Jumped 54 Percent Last Year
February 07, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s latest iPhone iteration may not be doing so hot, but the company did see a performance boost in an unlikely contestant: the Apple Watch....

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A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
January 24, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Smartwatches are getting smarter. Instead of linking to the user’s phone to power GPS, fitness tracking, music and payments, this one houses it all in...

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Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
January 24, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

The Fitbit Ionic, released last fall, was a departure from the Fitbit brand the world had known thus far. The original Fitbit was pitched to the...

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Fitness With Fur Babies: The Next Health And Wellness Money Hole?
Fitness With Fur Babies: The Next Health And Wellness Money Hole?
January 18, 2018  |  Retail

Forget crazy cat ladies — it seems that millennials, as a whole, are crazy pet people. They are not afraid to orient their lives and spending...

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Fujitsu Plans Biometric Technology For Wearables
Fujitsu Plans Biometric Technology For Wearables
January 12, 2018  |  Wearables

Fujitsu announced in a press release that it will unveil the latest in its PalmSecure Biometrics and Washable/Wearable RFID at the National Retail Federation’s 2018 annual...

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Wells Fargo Customers Can Now Pay With Fitbit Pay
Wells Fargo Customers Can Now Pay With Fitbit Pay
January 12, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Wells Fargo announced Thursday (Jan. 11) that it has inked a partnership with wearables manufacturer Fitbit through which its customers can make purchases using Fitbit...

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Fitbit User Base Grew To 25M In 2017
Fitbit User Base Grew To 25M In 2017
January 09, 2018  |  Wearables

Fitbit has announced that its base of active users grew to more than 25 million in 2017. It was also revealed that the Fitbit Charge...

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Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
January 05, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa developer kit for on-the-go devices, making it easier for manufacturers to integrate the wildly popular voice assistant into...

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Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
December 22, 2017  |  Retail

Smart speakers from the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are expected to beat out wearable devices this holiday shopping season as the digital device...

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