Tech Newsletter
The biggest headlines and buzz of the day.
Personal Technology
Reviews of new products and innovations, and how they affect your life.
Technology Alert
Major breaking news in the technology sector.
CIO Journal Morning Download
A quick read of top news for CIOs and business-technology executives.
Square Peg Capital led the round, with participation from Wellborn Ventures, Cerca Partners, Atomic14 Ventures, Triventures and angel investors. The funding comes as the company plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the device, which it calls the Awareable, in May.
Apple’s latest product unveiling didn’t move the needle much for investors.
Woven nylon for a more casual look and an all-black Milanese loop
U.S. watchmaker Fossil Group is launching over 100 products across eight brands this year as it and other traditional watchmakers try to counter rising competition from Apple and Samsung.
Companies can now monitor their employees’ health and locations. But how should they use that information?
Swatch Group said it would focus its smartwatch technology on its plastic Swatch brand in response to devices launched by Apple and others before considering installing it in its pricier brands.
Gatorade is developing a microchip-fitted “smart cap” bottle and sweat patch that communicate digitally and provide athletes and fitness buffs constant updates on how much they should drink.
Employees at a handful of companies will get an Apple Watch for just $25. But they must meet monthly fitness goals over two years or pay the full price.
Best Buy warned sales will continue to fall during the first half of 2016, extending the decline the electronics retailer experienced in the fourth quarter amid slow demand for mobile phones and tablets.
Heard on the Street podcast: Do Fitbit and GoPro have staying power? And why S&P 500 earnings aren't what they seem.
Now you see it, now you don't. Toshiba Corp. has scrapped the sale of a glasses-type wearable device just six weeks after announcing it, and a week before the products were scheduled for shipment.
Fitbit gave downbeat financial projections for the current quarter, warning that a global launch of new products including a smartwatch will weight on results.
Struggling to differentiate themselves from competitors, European telecom firms unveil sometimes odd plans. Deutsche Telekom AG is the latest example. The German company has teamed with U.S. musician will.i.am's company i.am+ to market a new smartwatch across several European countries.
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom will work with will.i.am’s i.am+ to market a new smartwatch in several European countries.
RITA REDBERG: In our increasingly digital health world, wearables are exploding in their usage. Are we healthier because of all of this additional monitoring or are we being distracted from what truly matters? Call me skeptical.
Under pressure from China in the East and California in the West, the Swiss watch maker has clocked a dismal second half.
From gloves with motion sensors to an LED-illuminated kimono, the latest wearables from more than 200 companies were presented at a trade show in Tokyo this week.
Smartwatches and fitness trackers are still relatively new products. But analysts predict that device makers will soon offer more holistic systems that collect better data to provide consumers more constructive lifestyle advice.
AIG has invested an undisclosed sum in a maker of wearable devices designed to monitor the movements of employees in factories, on construction sites and at other hazardous workplaces to reduce on-the-job accidents.
Japanese watchmaker Casio Computer is entering the smartwatch fray, four decades after it introduced its first digital wristwatch.