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Kevin C. Tofel Sep 30, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pebble drops smartwatch prices, adds sleep and more health tracking

In the face of Android Wear watches costing $179 and up, Pebble is dropping the price of its wearable device: You can get one for $99. The company is also adding better health tracking support and sleep monitoring with third-party apps.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Jun 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple’s HealthKit might make developers of quantified self apps feel under the weather

Apple's Health app won't just track quantified self data from third-party apps or manual entry: It can work directly with Bluetooth-enabled wearables which could make some app makers feel a little ill.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard May 14, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Working with Automatic, Jawbone culls more data from the internet of things

First, Jawbone’s UP wristbands connected to your dog’s collar. Now they’re connecting to your car. The app is bringing in data from devices that have little to do with personal fitness, and that’s great.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Janko Roettgers May 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Stealth startup alert: Skype co-founder ventures into health and wearables with Project Florida

Project Florida wants to combine health and wellness wearables with data science, and it has hired an impressive launch team.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile
Kevin C. Tofel May 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

LG Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones hit the US on May 18

We saw LG's Lifeband Touch at January's Consumer Electronics Show and it's finally going on sale. Expect to see it on retail shelves later this month in the U.S., along with a pair of earphones that can measure heart rate and blood oxygen levels.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard May 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Jawbone integrates Whistle’s canine activity data into the UP app

Jawbone's UP app isn't just tracking your own steps, but the steps you take with your dog. A tie-in with quantified pup startup Whistle will merge data from both activity trackers.…

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Mobile, Technology
Barb Darrow Apr 23, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Who will crack the code on tech for seniors?

Will the quantified-self companies get with the program and woo senior citizens, or will they leave that fast-growing market to a handful of early movers?…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Derrick Harris Apr 7, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Wilson is promising a smart basketball that knows when you make a shot

Sporting goods company Wilson is working with a Finnish startup called SportIQ to create a basketball that uses sensors and artificial intelligence…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 17, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple’s Healthbook app gives a glimpse of what an iWatch could possibly do

Information about Apple's new Healthbook app for iOS sheds light on what types of quantified self data you may be able to track on an iPhone. Some of that information, however, will have to come from external sensors and devices; perhaps an Apple smart watch?…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Derrick Harris Feb 26, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Ovuline says its algorithms have led to 50,000 pregnancies

Machine learning algorithms can do a lot of things if they have enough data -- recommend products, identify fraud and even help women get pregnant. Fertility startup Ovuline says its 60 million data points from users have helped 50,000 of them get pregnant.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Derrick Harris Feb 24, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Olympians weren’t the only athletes in Sochi

RunKeeper tracked what its users were up to in Sochi during the Olympics and found they ran the equivalent of about 78 marathons. It's an interesting nugget, but part of a much larger picture about learning how, when and where people exercise.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Stacey Higginbotham Jan 7, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The folks at Sleep Number embrace the internet of things with a pricey bed

Forget your connected bracelets or mattress pads. The folks at Select Comfort have a Sleep Number connected bed so you can track your sleep. All for $8,000.…

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Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Jan 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Epson launches wearable Pulsense heath trackers. (Yes, Epson!)

Hearing a mention of Epson doesn't likely bring wearables to mind but the company says it should: It has a history with smart watches and builds custom sensors. That history comes to the present with Pulsense, a pair of heart-tracking bands.…

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Mobile, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Jan 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Withings’ next gadget wants to improve your sleep (and replace your bedside table lamp)

Withings is adding the Aura sleep system to its line of scales, baby monitors and activity trackers. The $299 device tracks your movements and your environment, and then uses sound and lighting to improve your sleep.…

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Mobile, Technology
Stowe Boyd Jan 4, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

The quantified self goes to work

In the recent post, The future of work: 4 trends for 2014, one trend I outlined was how in 2014 we would see…

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Work & Collaboration
Janko Roettgers Dec 12, 2013 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The quantified baby: app backed by Skype co-founder wants to track breastfeeding and diapers

Parents, this app wants to quantify your diaper changes. Ins & Outs is an activity tracker for babies, and it's been built by the Janus Friis-backed product incubator The Factory.…

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Apple, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Nov 18, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Sensor overload? Rise is a wearable that tracks how much you sit

A seattle-based startup has built a tracker that knows when you are sitting or standing. The goal is to help people stand more and sit less. But is it necessary?…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Nov 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Under Armour buys MapMyFitness in $150M deal

Under Armour has acquired MapMyFitness, an Austin, Texas-based company that uses a phone’s GPS to let people map their runs, bike rides…

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Mobile, Technology
Nova Spivack, Bottlenose Oct 13, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Consolidate this: Quantified self edition

There are too many choices available for consumers when it comes to devices and apps that track your steps or daily activities. What needs to happen is consolidation across the industry and a focus on storytelling, not just activity.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Derrick Harris Sep 24, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Meet the datasexual

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/test-and-measurement/meet-the-datasexual Is there a line beyond which people are no longer mere Quantified Selfers but something much more annoying? Could data really…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Ki Mae Heussner Sep 20, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Could a breath-monitoring headset improve your health?

A new sensor-equipped headset claims to analyze a user's breathing patterns and heart rate to help reduce stress, improve athletic performance and encourage weight loss.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Sep 19, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Jawbone offers developers open access to API for its UP activity tracker

Jawbone's API for its UP fitness-tracking wristband is now open to developers worldwide.…

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Mobile, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Sep 11, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hexoskin is putting the wearable in wearable computing with a sensor-packed shirt

Feeling like you just aren't quite quantifying enough of your daily life? Check out Hexoskin, a maker of connected tanks that track your heart and respiration as well as your steps.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Sep 11, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Wearables: A companion to smartphones or a companion to you?

Although there's another big player in the smartwatch game thanks to Samsung's Galaxy Gear, I'm not sure that the current concept of smartwatches and other wearables is right. Pushing smartphone data to a wrist is just "table stakes": Bring me context!…

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Mobile, Technology

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