Apple nudges out Xiaomi to retake global wearables lead
Apple has retaken the top spot from Xiaomi to become the market leader for wearables on the wrist. The release of
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Review: Fitbit Ionic, more fitness watch than smartwatch
Following months of rumours and speculation, in September the company whose name has become synonymous with fitness trackers presented to
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Visa creates gloves, collectible pins and stickers for wireless purchases at Winter Olympics
Visa has officially announced three innovative NFC payment options for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games. Essential reading: Smart rings –
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Fitbits handed out to 10,000 people for long-term US health study
Fitbit is the wearable to be used as part of a massive national health study established by the White House
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Fossil Group expands its hybrid watch range with the DKNY Minute
Fossil Group is expanding its range of hybrids for women with a line under the American fashion brand DKNY. Essential
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Apple Watch users can win a new badge on November 11th for Veterans Day
Apple is offering its American smartwatch users the chance to earn a Veterans Day badge, as long as they complete
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Epson introduces new line of GPS multi-sport watches
Epson has introduced not one but five different run-focused GPS watches this week. Priced from $99 to $399, all are
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Smart clothes shipments to grow 45% per year by 2022
Smart clothing shipments are projected to increase from just under 5 million in 2017 to over 31 million. This represents
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Tory Burch jumps on the wearables bandwagon with a line of hybrids
Just in time for the holiday season, fashion designer Tory Burch has jumped on the wearables bandwagon with its first
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Fitbit posts Q3 loss, but beats analysts’ expectations
Fitbit has posted a $113 million loss in Q3 on revenue of $393 million, slightly beating Wall Street expectations. The company
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Sensoria launches smart running shoes infused with textile sensors
Announced at CES 2017 in January, Sensoria has it has finally opened pre-orders for its smart running shoe. To mark
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Apple watchOS 4.1 update adds music streaming, gym kit and more
Apple has released watchOS 4.1 which comes with a few great features. The first major update to watchOS 4 adds
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Under Armour pulls out of the wearables game as sales fall
Under Armour has announced a change in direction as its quarterly sales fell for the first time since going public
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Garmin starts rolling out long-awaited update to Connect Mobile app
Garmin has started rolling out a new version of its Connect Mobile app. Long overdue for an update, the upgraded
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Polar makes API free to third party developers
Polar has announced it is opening up its application programming interface (API) to third party developers. An API is a set
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