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Jawbone Acquisition Slips Through For Rival Fitbit

Fergus Halliday January 12, 2017 No Comments

As the fitness band and smartwatch industries take bites out of one another, Fitbit has been scooping out potential rivals left and right. Based on reports out of The Financial Times…

Fitbit Furthers Acquisition Agenda With Vector Smartwatch

Fergus Halliday January 11, 2017 No Comments

Fitbit has announced its latest acquisition, luxury smartwatch start-up Vector. The start-up emerged last year with a unique luxury smartwatch boasting an e-ink screen and 30 days of battery life.…

CES 2017: Fitbit Focus On Software Upgrades

Fergus Halliday January 6, 2017 No Comments

Fitbit has announced that the company will be updating its app (which recently soared to the top of Apple’s App Store) with a slew of new features. “Since joining the…

Christmas Sales Push FitBit To Top Of App Store

Fergus Halliday January 3, 2017 No Comments

Christmas sales have been attributed as the cause behind the rise of the FitBit app to the number one spot on Apple’s iOS App Store over the Christmas weekend. The app…

FitBit CEO Talks Up “Life-Saving” Potential Of Brand

Fergus Halliday December 9, 2016 No Comments

FitBit cofounder James Park has talked up the company’s plans to invest into healthcare via a partnership with California-based medical technology company Medtronic. According to him, “wearing a Fitbit should…

Comment: Fitness Bands And Smartwatches Are On A Collision Course

Fergus Halliday December 8, 2016 No Comments

A number of disturbing trends running through 2016 when it comes to wearable tech like smartwatches and fitness bands. While the former continues to fail to deliver the mainstream growth…

Fitbit In ‘Advanced Negotiations’ To Acquire Pebble

Jon Bragg December 2, 2016 No Comments

Fitbit is closing in on a deal to acquire Pebble, as slowing smartwatch sales force consolidation in the industry. Further to an initial report yesterday, the Wall Street Journal now reports…

Fitbit Said To Be Eyeing Pebble Acquisition

Fergus Halliday December 1, 2016 No Comments

Reports out of The Information say that fitness band giant FitBit is looking to take one of their competitors off the map by buying crowd-sourcing rival Pebble. The acquisition would…

You Won’t Get Lost With New $599 Samsung Gear S3 Smart Watch

David Richards November 16, 2016 No Comments

Samsung has launched a cracker of a new Gear 3 Smart watch which takes it right up to the Apple offering and beyond. What Samsung has gone for is premium…