Fitness/Health Tech and Product News and Reviews

TomTom Spark GPS Fitness Watch Integrates Music And BT Connectivity

November 27, 2018September 3, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

TomTom has announced their latest fitness watch, this time integrating a music player and Bluetooth connectivity. The TomTom Spark GPS Fitness watch is designed for … Read more…

Moto 360 2nd Gen Announced, Sport Version Coming

November 27, 2018September 2, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

After weeks of rumours and speculation, Motorola has officially launched the new Moto 360 Collection with more styles, features and longer lasting battery life. With … Read more…

Health o meter Enters Fitness Tracking Market With nuyu

November 27, 2018September 1, 2015 by Justin Jelinek

Health o meter is a company that knows a few things about fitness, most notably when it comes to scales and weighing equipment. Today, they … Read more…

After Initial Surge, Wearables Demand Slows Significantly

November 27, 2018August 27, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

Even though they’ve been around for some time now, wearables are still the “new kid on the block” when it comes to mobile technology. With … Read more…

Sony Announces Its 2016 Fitness Band Competitor

November 27, 2018August 20, 2015 by Jonathon Brearley

The fitness band market is one that has boomed in the past few years. It’s also a fairly healthy market with a number of competitors … Read more…

Polar M400 Gets New Colors, Smaller Wristband

November 27, 2018July 22, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

The Polar M400 running watch which features integrated GPS and smart notifications is getting a refresh with two new color choices and a smaller wristband … Read more…

Microsoft Dropping Food, Health, and Travel MSN Apps

November 27, 2018July 20, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

Microsoft has announced to customers via email that it will be discontinuing three of its MSN apps – MSN Food & Drink, MSN Health & Fitness, and … Read more…

Google Fit Receives New Update, API’s

November 27, 2018July 1, 2015 by John Vincent

These days, anyone trying to use their smartphone to track their exercise and fitness plans knows that there are a plethora of fitness apps available. Two … Read more…

Fitbit Facing Second Jawbone Lawsuit

November 27, 2018June 11, 2015 by John Vincent

Lawyers for Fitbit and Jawbone will be making more trips back into court, but there is no word on whether or not they will be … Read more…

Scosche RHYTHM+ Review: Simple & Effective ANT+ Compatible Heart Rate Monitor

November 27, 2018June 9, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

Being a tech site, we do our fair share of tech reviews. Unfortunately, most of them seem to be of the sitting on your butt … Read more…

App Review: C25K By Zen Labs

November 27, 2018June 5, 2015 by John Vincent

It’s not often that you can say a phone app has changed your life for the better. 19 years ago this weekend, I graduated from … Read more…

The Huawei TalkBand B2 Now Available In The U.S.

November 27, 2018June 3, 2015 by Alex Hernandez

Wearables are the ‘it’ thing this 2015. With Android Wear devices and the Apple Watch making their presence known people are starting to ponder smart … Read more…

Father’s Day Gift Guide: 12 Techie Gifts For The Athletic Dad

November 27, 2018May 28, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

In case you missed yesterday’s post, we’re covering a series of techie gifts for dads! Yesterday we had 7 Techie Gifts For The Car Junkie, … Read more…

Apple Watch Competitors Nike And Jawbone Pulled From Apple Stores

November 27, 2018March 16, 2015 by Alex Hernandez

Apple Watch competitors Nike and Jawbone products are reportedly being pulled from Apple Store retail shelves and will likely disappear from their online store as well. … Read more…

Health Cards Come to Google Now

November 27, 2018February 10, 2015 by Jonathon Brearley

Health has become a large focus for a lot of tech companies. In 2014 we saw an introduction and an emphasis on health tech from … Read more…

HappyPlace App Attempts To Help With Your Depression

November 27, 2018January 21, 2015 by Greg Morris

I want to be saved, I want to be taken away from this world and put some where happy. I am fed up with life. All things we see on social media “drama” on an almost daily basis. Many point to social media being the thing to blame, being a faceless, massless organisation that won’t argue back. However research points to it being the easiest way to cry for help.

Save $40 On Striiv Fusion Smartwatch & Fitness Tracker

November 27, 2018December 10, 2014 by Jason Bouwmeester

Have you been looking for a smartwatch or fitness tracker but balked at the higher price of the Moto 360, LG G Watch, Sony Smartwatch, or … Read more…

The Moto 360 Review – Out And About

November 27, 2018November 17, 2014 by Chris Wilson

The Moto 360 Review – Out And About – Chris Wilson When I first saw the Moto 360 pictures turn up online I was … Read more…

Technology Is Helping To Silently Kill You

November 27, 2018November 1, 2014 by Greg Morris

No it has nothing to do with radio waves, magnetic fields, or any other obvious way we thought technology could kill us. It’s getting to your … Read more…

Google Fit Steps Into the Health Arena

November 27, 2018October 29, 2014 by Chris Wilson

Have you ever downloaded one of those health apps in the hope that this will finally be the app which helps you to gain/lose those … Read more…

Android Wear – You Need This On Your Wrist!

November 27, 2018June 25, 2014 by Chris Prophet

Google have come up with a great idea of utilising an underused display area – our wrist! What better place for their amazing Application Programming Interface (API) to live. Think about it, no more trawling your bag for your phone or missed calls. Looks smart/cute and certainly attracts attention…

Under Armour Buys Fitness App, MapMyFitness For $150Mil

January 23, 2017November 14, 2013 by Alex Hernandez

Sport and fitness apparel maker, Under Armour, has just purchased fitness app MayMyFitness for $150 million dollars. Not a bad pay out for the MapMyFitness … Read more…

PEAR Sports Releases Its Fitness App To Android

January 23, 2017November 7, 2013 by Alex Hernandez

PEAR Sports announced the expansion of its fitness app to the Android platform. With hundreds of workouts and training plans, PEAR says its real-time coaching … Read more…

Jillian Michaels And Tracy Anderson Debut Xbox Fitness

January 23, 2017September 27, 2013 by Alex Hernandez

Xbox announced today their Xbox Fitness online service which takes popular fitness videos and makes them interactive for the Xbox One. The collection of videos will include Beachbody’s P90X (Tony Horton) and INSANITY (Shaun T), Jillian Michaels, Tracy Anderson and others, this will be free for Xbox Live Gold Members through December 2014.

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