Tag: fitness trackers

Wearable technology health tracking may come at a cost to privacy

Sam Lambert
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While smartwatches, wristbands, and other wearables assist in monitoring our fitness, security is an issue. Along with the unveiling of the Apple Watch has come a massive influx of interest in wearable technology, which was a category that had been struggling to truly draw the attention of consumers as a whole, until that point. However, as much as these gadgets could assist in tracking for health care purposes, they are not perfect. The Apple Watch, for example, is going to be released with a new type of health focused mobile…

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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 is seeing a tough path to success

Stephanie Beck
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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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