Tag: fitness
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Acer’s Leap wearables getting close to a full reveal
There’s three new Acer wearables on their way to the open market, teased last month we should have all the details and a release very soon. The Liquid Leap Fit, Liquid Leap Active and Liquid Leap Curve are confirmed to be on their way, though Acer is still giving nothing away regarding prices and the…
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IBM’s Watson To Work With Apple Watch
Earlier this week we reported on IBM’s Watson supercomputer – the thinking engine that has just released its own cookbook. When out of the kitchen, Watson also manages to find the nanoseconds of time from its busy schedule to work with health professionals analyzing genetic sequences to build personalized medicines for patients. A key step…
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Sony’s new SmartBand will monitor your heart rate
As I’m sure you’ll be aware, wearable technology is a big thing at the moment with market growing rapidly, manufactures are keen to make sure they can take a slice of it. One of those manufactures is Sony, who is certainly not new to the market and has already released a number of fitness bands.…
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Microsoft Band now official with ten sensors and $199 price tag
With wearable technology gaining pace rapidly and the fact that Apple have joined the party with the iWatch, we knew it would only be a matter of time before Microsoft unveiled their own device to compete with likes of Samsung, Sony, LG and the rest. You may have already heard a few rumours regarding the…
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FitBit has officially unveiled three new devices: Charge, ChargeHR and Surge
FitBit has officially unveiled three new devices following the difficulties they’ve had this past year with their flagship FitBit Force. The FitBit Force was discontinued for various reasons including allergic reactions, resulting in it having to get recalled. The company has been without their flagship Force for the majority of the year, so three new…
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Lenovo Quietly Smartband Revealed on the Quiet
Lenovo is a company best none for Yoga laptops and weird tablets with kickstands and built-in projectors. They have always been a company for doing stuff the odd way, and now Lenovo has quietly posted its first wearable on its website, they aren’t doing anything weird and wonderful this time though. Check it out here.…
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PC Accessory Maker Razer Now Worth $1Bil.
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Gaming peripheral maker Razer has just been valued at over a billion US dollars, according to a leaked internal memo passed to technology site TechCrunch by an anonymous source, obviously keen to hype the company’s continuing growth and awesome presence in gaming today. The undisputed king of high end keyboards and mice for the serious…
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FitBit Surge Fitness Superwatch Spotted
Image Credit: The Verge FitBit aren’t the biggest name in tech – you might have heard about their extensive range of fitness trackers, ranging from small dongles to full fledged smart bands, from various tech sites recently. We’ve talked about some of these devices before. SEE ALSO: FitBit App Coming for Windows Phone The company…
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Google I/O 2014: Google Fit Platform announced to take on Apple HealthKit?
The mobile world is full of health apps, products and services, this is a market dominated by Samsung and Apple and a few others but Google has decided that they also want a slice of this healthy pie. Google have unveiled a service called Google Fit that will manage health and fitness data generated by…