Tag: Fitbit

Wearable technology spotted on President Obama

Julie Campbell
President Obama wearable technology

The president was seen wearing a Fitbit smartband over the weekend while attending an NCAA game. President Barack Obama attended an NCAA game between Princeton and Green Bay, in which his niece was playing, and while he was there, it was noticed that he was sporting his own wearable technology. Initial reports were unclear as to whether the device was a fitness band or a smartwatch. The product, itself, was later determined to be a wearable technology device called the Fitbit Surge. That gadget markets itself as being a “superwatch”.…

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Wearable tech fitness tracker accuracy examined in study

Julie Campbell
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While these devices have become very popular, recent research is now looking into the accuracy of their calorie counting. When it comes to the wearable tech category, fitness trackers are by far the leaders, at the moment, as consumers enjoy the ability to obtain biofeedback from their workouts, such as the number of steps that they took, their hear rate, and even the number of calories that they have burned from any given activity – or throughout the length of the entire day. However, some have started to wonder how…

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Wearable technology race is starting to define some clear leaders

Julie Campbell
Fitbit wearable technology fitness tracker

Pebble and Fitbit are beginning to show that they are at the top of the wearables market. According to the research firm, Canalys, and some of its most recently released data, among all of the consumers who own wearable technology bands around the world during the first quarter of this year, nearly half were owners of the Fitbit fitness band. That said, when it comes to smartwatches, Pebble has been ripping ahead of the competition. Despite that the comparatively small Pebble is up against some powerful tech giants such as…

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Wearable technology is seeing a tough path to success

Stephanie Beck
Power balance fitness band wearables technology

For every step forward that the wearables sector has seen, there appears to be another step back. At a time in which fitness trackers are supposed to be becoming an explosively popular form of wearable technology, those that are already in existence are finding themselves suffering from a tremendous number of hurdles and bumps in the road. Nike is planning layoffs within the fitness accessories line with its FuelBand, as Fitbit faces recalls. Many experts in the mobile industry have been predicting that this year would be a defining one…

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Technology: Gadgets that help you to maintain health

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health clean gadgets

The swift growth of information technology has brought about drastic changes in all departments of life. The effects of the same can be witnessed in the health related arenas also. Very rightly one can say that this quantum jump has created safe, excellent and efficient treatment methods as far as all diseases are concerned. Of late, the concept of tele-medicine has hit the market, because of the possibility of keeping and transferring the medical records through electronic methods. Considerable growth can also be seen in the growth of technical health…

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