Wearables

FitPay Launches Contactless Payment Bitcoin Coin
FitPay Launches Contactless Payment Bitcoin Coin
February 26, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

What if bitcoin were actually a coin? FitPay has made it one. Flip, a new contactless payment device that the startup just made available for...

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When It Comes To Jewelry, Smart Can Be Beautiful
When It Comes To Jewelry, Smart Can Be Beautiful
February 19, 2018  |  Retail

Usually the expression “you don’t know what you don’t know” is a warning. It’s meant to keep people, often entrepreneurs, from rushing after an idea,...

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Fitbit Expands Its Health Care Reach With Twine Health Buy
Fitbit Expands Its Health Care Reach With Twine Health Buy
February 14, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Fitbit, the maker of wearable devices, announced Tuesday (Feb. 13) that it is acquiring Twine Health, the health coaching platform that aims to help people...

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Medaling, Outside The Olympic Arena
Medaling, Outside The Olympic Arena
February 10, 2018  |  International

The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Opening ceremonies took place Friday night, local time (early Friday morning for the U.S.)...

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Apple Watch Shipments Jumped 54 Percent Last Year
Apple Watch Shipments Jumped 54 Percent Last Year
February 07, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s latest iPhone iteration may not be doing so hot, but the company did see a performance boost in an unlikely contestant: the Apple Watch....

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A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
A Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
January 24, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Smartwatches are getting smarter. Instead of linking to the user’s phone to power GPS, fitness tracking, music and payments, this one houses it all in...

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Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
January 24, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

The Fitbit Ionic, released last fall, was a departure from the Fitbit brand the world had known thus far. The original Fitbit was pitched to the...

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Fitness With Fur Babies: The Next Health And Wellness Money Hole?
Fitness With Fur Babies: The Next Health And Wellness Money Hole?
January 18, 2018  |  Retail

Forget crazy cat ladies — it seems that millennials, as a whole, are crazy pet people. They are not afraid to orient their lives and spending...

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Fujitsu Plans Biometric Technology For Wearables
Fujitsu Plans Biometric Technology For Wearables
January 12, 2018  |  Wearables

Fujitsu announced in a press release that it will unveil the latest in its PalmSecure Biometrics and Washable/Wearable RFID at the National Retail Federation’s 2018 annual...

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