Garmin is expanding its product suite for cycling, acquiring aerodynamics analysis provider Alphamantis Technologies, it was announced last week. The acquisition could make Garmin a convenient one-stop shop for portable cycling technology. The company already offers bike vision accessories, mini-computers, power meters, and radar. Garmin has been in the sports tech news this year for […]
TomTom is distancing itself from the sports wearable market that is dominated by competitors such as Apple, Fitbit and Garmin, citing weaker-than-expected sales. In the company’s most recent quarterly earnings report, TomTom, which makes the Spark3 smartwatch and Touch fitness tracker, reported a 20 percent year-over-year decline in consumer revenue, citing a decline in demand […]
One month after Apple unveiled a new version of its smartwatch that integrates more fluidly with a training app called MySwimPro, swimsuit maker Speedo has unveiled a rival platform in hopes of leveraging its already established community of swimmers. Speedo U.K. in recent weeks has rolled out a beta version of a platform called Speedo […]
NEW YORK — If Shaquille O’Neal isn’t getting in at least his 5,000 steps a day, the four-time NBA champion admittedly feels a little lazy. According to O’Neal — who has been a regular Garmin smartwatch wearer — he wishes he had access to wearable devices now on the market during his 19-year career, maybe similar […]
Garmin has unveiled its first 360-degree rugged camera, adding to a suite of products, including smartwatches and other action cameras, that utilize its GPS technology. Garmin claims Virb 360, which retails for $799.99, provides more stable video than other fully spherical camera makers because of its 4K stabilization technology that automatically stitches together shaky video […]
