If you’re wearing a piece of connected tech, it’s probably not a smartwatch. It’s much more likely a fitness tracker, according to a report from consulting firm IDC. From June through September of this year, fitness trackers made up 85 percent of the wearables market, the report said, and drove the growth in sales. Smartwatches, …
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One of wearable tech’s biggest names may be buying one of its most inventive upstarts. And the rumored combination could well be a mutually beneficial move in an increasingly competitive category. Fitbit, the No. 1 fitness tracker brand, is said to be buying Pebble. The news, first reported by The Information, is not confirmed. But Techcrunch is reporting that Fitbit’s …
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One of the late arrivals to the 2016 parade of ho-hum smartwatches is the Samsung Gear S3, announced back in the late summer. It just went on sale last Friday, and it’s on my wrist right now. You might see it advertised in holiday sales, or in stores. Should you buy one? And what can it offer next to the …
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Most people won’t start thinking about fitness until the new year, but you can score some serious savings this weekend on a number of the hottest running watches and fitness trackers. These are the deals fitness fanatics need to check out: Note that a majority of these deals begin either on Thursday or Friday and run through to Monday. You …
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The optical heart-rate sensor on the Garmin Vivoactive HR. Sarah Tew/CNET Every few months we see studies about how fitness trackers aren’t accurate, or how they won’t help you lose weight. The latest comes from The Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA as it’s more commonly referred to. The peer-reviewed medical journal published a research letter questioning the …
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Nobody needs a smartwatch the way they need a phone. It’s a harder sell. But what if your health insurance company helped foot the bill? This fall, Aetna plans to help participating employers offer the Apple Watch at deep discounts for their employees. It would be the first major health company to do so. Aetna said Tuesday it will create …
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Feeling poorly? Chances are, you’ve already checked out a few of the thousands of websites, medical papers and news stories out there on the internet to try to figure out why you feel the way you do. There’s also a good chance your brain glommed onto something frightening (CANCER!) before deciding on a more likely cause. And you know — …
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The Apple Watch has been around for a good long while now. It was unveiled almost exactly two years ago, and has been on sale since April 2015. Since then it’s been finding its way onto a lot of wrists and frustrating a lot of people at the same time. Those frustrations — and declining shipments — haven’t fallen on …
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Alongside the newly announced Touch fitness tracker, TomTom on Thursday showed off two new GPS sports watches at the IFA trade show in Berlin. There’s the TomTom Spark 3 and TomTom Adventurer, both of which are similar to last year’s TomTom Spark. The key differences are a slightly slimmer design with slimmer watch straps for a more comfortable fit. There’s …
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TomTom is doubling down on fitness. The navigation company on Thursday introduced its first dedicated fitness tracker, the TomTom Touch. It’s a slim band with a touchscreen display and five days of battery life that can measure steps, distance, calories burned, sleep and heart rate. The tracker can also display notifications when connected to an iPhone or Android smartphone, and …
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