The Eager Beavertons' FuelBand is on life support, but the activity tracker’s proprietary point-based workout metric, NikeFuel, will likely to live on as the E.B.s remain committed to the software. CNET was the first to report the ...
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The Nike+ Fuel Lab builds on the work done through the 2013 Nike+ Accelerator program and continues to drive the power of Nike's digital services for athletes by establishing NikeFuel as the universal way to measure and motivate for any ...
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Korean electronics maker LG is jumping into the wearable fitness market. The company is making earbuds that will measure your heart rate from inside your ears. The earbuds connect to a small medallion that syncs to a smartphone via ...
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Ubergizmo is a media partner of Glazed Conference and the co-producer of Digital Fall, the closing party featuring a Tech Fashion Show. Ubergizmo readers get 25% off the registration fee with code UberGlazed. Since the launch of Google ...
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Apple’s respected technology chief, Bob Mansfield is no longer part of the company’s executive leadership team, though he remains at Apple “working on special projects” for CEO Tim Cook. Mansfield’s photo and ...
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Wearable technology such as Google Glass, Nike+ FuelBand and the reported Apple iWatch will not only enhance consumers' lives, but will also provide a new source of commercially exploitable data. In an interview with Computing, Rackspace ...
Google Glass should be banned entirely, according to one in five UK and US adults who took part in cloud hosting provider Rackspace's new survey. The survey, dubbed "The Human Cloud: Wearable Technology from Novelty to Productivity", was ...
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The first wristband in 2011, while innovative, was a disaster. Bracelets bricked and there were reported incidents of batteries failing to recharge. It led to recalls and Jawbone returned to the drawing board. Now Jawbone has ...
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CIO - There's no question, we're at an inflection point in the digitization of our world. In every domain and dimension, the substitution of digital for analog is racing ahead. A couple recent examples illustrate the power of this trend. ...
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Analyst firm IHS published an important study last week. It predicts that, for the first time ever, PC shipments would drop year-over-year; for 2012, total shipments will drop 1.2 percent. IDC and Gartner agree, noting that third quarter PC ...
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Aligning to the business will not save IT departments and CIOs must become leaders in the new digital revolution according to analyst Forrester. During the opening keynotes at Forrester's CIO Summit in Paris, the analyst company presented ...
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Demand for real-time data, including personal health information, is driving the market for wearable, wireless devices that will grow from 14 million items this year to as many as 171 million in 2016. In four years, the market for ...
Nike launched its first direct-to-consumer retail presence in the capital of the United States, bringing Nike's multi-category brand experience to the historic Georgetown district of Washington, D.C. At Nike Georgetown, consumers will find ...
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To stay prepared for every challenge the weather presents,the Nike Holiday 2012 range showcases advanced fabric technologies–including Hyperwarm,Dri-FIT and Denier Differential–that have been specially developed with the winter ...
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Nike Chicago will reopen its doors,inviting Chicagoans into a newly remodeled,expanded retail space that reflects Nike's multi-category store concept.Former Chicago White Sox player and multi-sport legend Bo Jackson,who helped open Nike's ...
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