Fitness Trackers

MWC 2017: Fitness trackers and smartwatches are finding it difficult to gain long term importance

Consumers are snapping up fitness trackers, smartwatches and other connected wearable gadgets - but huge numbers wind up in drawers unused after just a few months once the novelty wears off.

Diwali sale 2016: Here are 5 Fitness Bands to gift this festive season

This Diwali, fitness bands could be one of the most ideal gifts to snugly fit into a gift box. Here are five such options.

Pebble Time and Microsoft Band 2 are the most secure wearables: AV Test report

AV Test ran security tests on the seven most popular Android wearables and the Apple Watch. Here are the results

ATM PINs can be revealed by your smartwatch

Cyber criminals can easily exploit wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers to steal sensitive information like your ATM PIN or passwords for electronic door locks, warns a new study.

Smartwatches are getting smarter though not quickly enough

Apple and Android smartwatches are getting better as their makers sand off the rough edges that have frustrated many early adopters.

TomTom Spark Cardio + Music review: Leave your smartphone home

TomTom announced the Spark series of watches which had the added functionality of storing music on your watch to listen to while on your run, instead of lugging around your smartphone or portable media player for the same task.

Smartwatches, drones, VR headsets and more: Try before you buy, says e-commerce startup Znatta

Znatta, a Bangalore-based startup managed by an IITian trio are trying to add value proposition with 'Try before you buy' feature with its e-commerce platform

Strong sales, but high abandonment for fitness trackers

Deepak Jayasimha's fitness tracker is now with his father-in-law in India, where it sits unused. Annabel Kelly foisted hers off on the kids. Virginia Atkinson took hers off to charge the battery and hasn't picked it up since February.

Fitness trackers and health apps can boost care, reveal doctors

That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day.

Wearable fitness trackers know more about you than just your health

Wearable fitness trackers and health monitors are becoming more commonplace and diverse, but just what do you do with all of that data?