If You Throw This Fitbit in the Washing Machine, It’s Really Your Fault This Time

Fitbit introduces the Flex wristband, its answer to the Jawbone Up and Nike FuelBand.
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Jawbone “Acqhires” Data and Digital Design Firms Massive Health, Visere

Jawbone looks to boost the software behind the Up, as more health and fitness devices come to market.
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In Activity-Tracking Race, Larklife Band Comes Up Short

This Lark doesn’t sing.
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Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales

Can these high-tech scales help you keep those New Year’s resolutions?
From left to right: The Withings WS-30 and the FitBit Aria Smart Scale.

Activity-Tracking Tech Moves From Wrist to Neck, With Sculley’s New Shine Necklace

Could this quarter-sized device be the answer to your health-and-fitness needs?
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New Fitbits Use Bluetooth to Sync Directly to Your iPhone

Fitbit hops aboard the Bluetooth train.
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FitBit Now Tracks Heart-Rate Data, Through Digifit App

Fitbit, the popular fitness device that clips on to clothing and measures the wearer’s activity levels, is adding heart rate to the list of metrics it will support, through a partnership with the Digifit heart-rate app. When users are wearing the Fitbit and using Digifit’s app, they can now pull their cardio info into Fitbit’s online dashboard, and can merge it with data from Fitbit’s new Aria scale, as well.

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FitBit’s New (Non-Wearable) Device: The Wi-Fi Smart Scale

Fitbit, maker of the popular fitness device that clips onto clothing and tracks activity and sleep patterns, is attempting to set itself apart in the increasingly crowded fitness-tech market with the introduction of a new, Wi-Fi-equipped scale. The Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale measures weight, body-fat percentage and body-mass index, and wirelessly transfers the data to users’ FitBit accounts; information from the scale is also accessible through FitBit’s iPhone and Android apps. First announced at CES earlier this year, the $129.95 scale goes on sale today on Fitbit’s Web site.

DailyBurn CEO: Fitness-Tracking Devices Aren’t Gimmicks, but They’re Close

Wearable activity-tracking devices — Fitbit, UP, FuelBand — are becoming all the rage. But one skeptical fitness-tech CEO dares to say most of them don’t get the job done.
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Amid Increasing Competition, Fitbit Scores $12 Million in Funding

Will the new funding help Fitbit get in shape for what is gearing up to be a tough competition in wearable fitness?
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