Fitness trackers Archives - The Westside Story

New fitness-tracking patch analyzes sweat to monitor health

Jan 18, 2019

A new wearable device can analyze sweat to measure health and fitness markers, and could reach the market within a year, according to The New York Times. A new advance in the technology was detailed in the jour...

Under Armour says a February data breach affected 150 million fitness app users

West Side Story

Apr 2, 2018

Business, Science

Sports apparel company Under Armour announced Thursday that a massive data breach had affected roughly 150 million users of its popular MyFitnessPal app. Hackers acquired user names, email addresses, and passwo...

Fitbit to debut the Versa, a smartwatch to compete with Apple’s

West Side Story

Mar 18, 2018

Business, Innovation, Science

Fitbit unveiled plans to release a new smartwatch Tuesday, called the Fitbit Versa, according to CNN. With a sleek design, the watch will likely appeal to a similar market as Apple’s smartwatch, but will offer ...

Strava fitness app inadvertently reveals US military installations, personnel habits

West Side Story

Feb 1, 2018

Business, Science, World

Global heatmaps, published by the San Francisco based social network for athletes, Strava, inadvertently revealed the locations of sensitive military installations around the globe last November, according to a...

Jawbone launches two new $49 and $179 fitness trackers UP Move and UP3

Amanda

Nov 5, 2014

Innovation

Fitness trackers are a huge hit in markets at the moment. The latest to enter the wearable fitness trackers is the tech startup Jawbone with its two new devices, the $49 priced UP Move and a much higher priced ...

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