Wearable technology news isn’t great for everyone, as Jawbone lays off workers

Jawbone Up wearable technology fitness tracker

In an industry that is facing a rapidly growing amount of competition, the fitness tracker maker is letting people go. Wearable technology device maker, Jawbone, has recently announced that it will be shutting down its entire New York office and, in doing so will be laying off 15 percent of its total workforce. The company is facing industry consolidation and has responded by taking this step to reduce costs. The wearable technology company is based in San Francisco. In this move, it has cut back its number of employees by…

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Wearable tech fitness tracker accuracy examined in study

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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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