Fitbit is continuing its push to acquire smartwatch companies. The San Francisco-based company recently purchased Vector Watch, a startup company which manufactures chic smartwatches. Vector made the announcement by posting a message to its website. “We believe this is an important milestone as a moment when we will start building other new and amazing products, features […]
The smartwatch has become the next necessity for tech-lovers. They are easy to use, look sleek, and make day-to-day tasks simple. Instead of fumbling around with your phone (which has now become a two-handed task), the smartwatch is always easily accessible. You can now see who that message was from or what alarm is going […]
In an effort to ditch its old-fashioned methods of monitoring student health, Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has turned to wearable technology for help. While the school does have a history of making students meet strict fitness goals, this new step is taking the school to a whole new level, never practiced by any […]
If you are an athlete or fitness guru chances are you have considered purchasing a fitness tracker at one point or another. But with so many choices and growing number of features it is difficult to decide which one will work best for you. So we created a table comparing the characteristics and capabilities of […]
Garmin announced the Forerunner 225 yesterday, a new smartwatch that doubles as an all-day activity tracker. It is Garmin’s first GPS watch capable of monitoring heart rate at the wrist. Unlike Garmin’s other smartwatches, the Forerunner 225 will not require a wireless chest strap to monitor heart-rate levels. To make this possible, Garmin partnered with […]