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Mollie Tibbetts is a 20 year old college student who was last seen on her normal jogging route in the tiny town of Brooklyn, Iowa. Mollie always wore her Fitbit, and investigators are hoping that it will be able to help locate her. “About the same time every evening she’d go for a run during daylight […]
In December 2016, one of the pioneers of the modern smartwatch ceased to exist. Pebble, once one of the greatest Kickstarter success stories, closed up shop, selling off some of their technology and intellectual property to Fitbit. It made sense for Fitbit — while their fitness trackers and bands have stuck, they haven’t managed to produce […]
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Fitbit has been surviving in the world of wearables. The company that carried the banner for mainstream fitness tracking doesn’t have tired legs, but it is starting to see the wrong kind of separation from the more well-heeled (Apple) and the more tightly focused (Garmin). That led Fitbit to make a couple of surgical acquisitions […]
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Back in the early days of companies trying to make wearables look good (it wasn’t that long ago), Fitbit got together with Tory Burch to turn their Flex fitness tracker into a fashion statement. That was in 2014, and since then, the two have collaborated on new bracelets consistently. Last week, they unveiled their 2017 […]
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When Fitbit introduced their Alta fitness band last year, we were excited about the prospect of a slimmed down device with the same potential for great designer accessories. Fitbit has delivered on the promise of the latter, but the lack of a heart rate monitor was a big trade-off. Not so this year, with Fitbit […]
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Pebble, the smartwatch company that rose to prominence as a Kickstarter success story in 2012, is no more. After weeks of increased speculation of a Fitbit buyout, both companies are confirming that Fitbit will acquire some of Pebble’s staff and intellectual property, discontinuing their product lines. All of the new Pebble products introduced in the […]
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Lots of news from Fitbit today, as they’re refreshing some of their years-old devices. Their original Flex tracker and the more expensive Charge HR are both getting slight refreshes, while the Alta band and the Blaze smartwatch are getting some new designer bands. They’re adding a slight software upgrade to their app, too, but in […]
Fitbit is back and better than ever with their new Fitbit Blaze smartwatch. The Blaze boasts a vibrant high-resolution touchscreen, sleep tracking, automatic exercise recognition and tracking, and more. We got to explore the ins and outs of the Blaze and here is what we found. The Look The Fitbit Blaze most resembles the Apple Watch in […]
On the heels of their Blaze smartwatch, unveiled at CES 2016, Fitbit is announcing their second wearable of 2016 in the Alta. The Alta is light on new features, but that’s not the play here — Fitbit is trying to create a more fashion-forward wearable for its team of designers (and Tory Burch) to play […]
No slowing down for the world’s largest technology expo — one week and more than 170,000 people later, CES 2016 has passed leaving far more tech than anyone could possibly cover in its wake. We did our best, and good thing, because like always, there were loads of terrific new products on the way in […]
Oh, you though Jawbone was done lawyering up? No, they’re just getting started — the ink has barely dried on their first lawsuit accusing Fitbit of corporate espionage, yet Jawbone is already plunging into round two, filing a separate suit against Fitbit over patent infringement. Late last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Jawbone […]
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Popcorn-worthy stuff this week as Jawbone has filed suit in a California State Court claiming that Fitbit not only poached Jawbone employees — no foul there — but that those employees stole corporate secrets including market research and future product designs. That would be the foul part. The New York Times report says that Fitbit […]
By now, most people recognize the Fitbit brand. They built a strong name for themselves in the wearable market for fitness and exercise tracking. They took it to the next level with the Fitbit Surge superwatch, but they also recently released a more moderate tracking device: the Fitbit Charge HR. The Charge HR is an […]
It’s been pretty well established that the fitness tracker market has split into two—those marketed to high-performance athletes and those marketed to everyone else. The latter group is full of 24/7 devices that track activity and sleep throughout the day—and they need to be 24/7, or you’ll be getting incomplete information about your health, activity […]
Fitbit has been trying to lead the way in making fitness trackers fashionable through their partnership with Tory Burch. We’ve been fans of the Fitbit Flex bracelets that have come out of that partnership so far, and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change with these new Fret Double-Wrap bracelets. The double-wrap leather band […]
Watch out: Fitness band gone smart! Fitbit just released the latest and greatest in tech, the Fitbit Surge Fitness Super Watch. This wristband has most of the features anyone could want in a wearable. It tracks movement, heart rate, sleep, and calories on a large backlit touchscreen display. It even has smartphone integration and a […]
Tory Burch’s collaboration with Fitbit was one of our favorite designer-tech partnerships from last year. The problem with fitness trackers is that they’re increasingly intended to be worn 24/7, but still mostly look like exercise accessories—the Tory Burch Fitbit bands turned the Flex into something that women might actually be willing to wear 24/7, which […]
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Come and get ’em, folks. The Fitbit Charge HR and Surge are now available. We talked a little bit about just what you can expect from these when they were announced in October here. Since then, there have been a few things added. Here is a look at what. In addition to all the features […]
There are so many fitness trackers now, I hesitate to make any statements with complete certainty because for all I know, there’s some plastic dreck being sold at a flea market somewhere for three bucks. But, I’ll say with a fair amount of confidence that at $12, the Pivotal Tracker 1 (previously the Life Tracker […]
The holidays are around the corner and fitness devices are going to sell like hotcakes. Luckily, Fitbit recently released one of the best fitness monitors out there: the Fitbit Charge Activity and Sleep Wristband. The Fitbit Charge combines the best features available on the market: all day comfort, a week long battery, built-in display with […]
Earlier this year, we took a look at the Tory Burch for Fitbit collection, a collaboration that resulted in some very fashionable fitness trackers disguised as jewelry. A couple of the trackers in that line are now getting new colors to shake things up for the holiday season. The Metal Hinged Bracelet and Metal Fret […]
