Eat, Play, Sleep with tech health support
After extensive testing of the latest fitness gadgets, I have discovered one major problem common to all of them – me. Sticking to fitness regimes and weight-loss programmes requires a degree of rigour...
View ArticleJawbone pulls UP, offers refunds
Jawbone says it has stopped production of its latest product – a health wristband called UP- and will offer refunds, after numerous devices failed. The San Francisco company made the unusual offer...
View ArticleThe CES survival gadgets
Surviving the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas requires comfortable shoes, plenty of liquids and some indispensable and inspirational gadgets to get you through the day – my Jawbone Up...
View ArticleBig Jambox offers larger wireless sound
Jawbone, which has the best-selling speaker in the US in the Jambox, has come up with an even bigger seller – at least in size – Big Jambox. As the name suggests, this is a big brother to the original...
View ArticleJawbone back up with UP
Jawbone is reintroducing UP almost a year after users’ complaints, about the health-monitoring wristband dying on them, forced it to halt production. The new UP, costing $30 more than the original, has...
View ArticleJawbone Up bands with BodyMedia
The hearts of two health-tracking leaders are to beat as one, with Jawbone announcing this morning it has acquired BodyMedia, in a deal reportedly worth $110m. Taking the best elements from both’s...
View ArticleFitbit Flex finally finds a fit with wrist design
The Fitbit is no longer fiddly. Its San Francisco-based maker has removed my chief problem with this useful health tracker – launching a Fitbit Flex version today that straps to my wrist rather than...
View ArticleJawbone founder aims to organise the world’s opinions with new app State
The co-founder of fitness tracking device maker Jawbone wants to take on Twitter with the long-awaited launch of a new “global opinion network”, State. State, which emerges from private testing on...
View ArticleJawbone hopes to hook caffeine addicts with new Coffee tracker app
In a mobile world where single-serving apps are replacing vast monolithic services, Jawbone on Thursday poured out a shot of Coffee: its new caffeine-consumption tracking app. The move to a standalone...
View ArticleJawbone heads off Apple Watch with new Up3 wristband
As Apple readies its Watch, Jawbone is aiming for “the other wrist” with the latest update to its Up fitness tracker. Rather than challenge the iPhone maker’s forthcoming smartwatch head on, Jawbone’s...
View ArticleAliph adds character to Jawbone headset
Aliph has added personality and loquacity to the latest generation of its Jawbone Bluetooth headsets, which go on sale today in the US at a lower price of $100. Multiple personalities and voices in...
View ArticleJawbone’s new motion Era
Jawbone, those clever people who make cool Bluetooth headsets, have come up with a new use for the accelerometer - the sensor we came to know after its inclusion in the Wii’s motion controller....
View ArticleJawbone calls up $49m from Andreessen Horowitz
Jawbone has joined an elite group of companies - Facebook, Groupon, Skype, Twitter and Zynga - in receiving late-stage funding from Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. The stylish Bluetooth...
View ArticleJawbone adds Up wearable health gadget
Jawbone, the maker of stylish Bluetooth headsets, has announced an expansion of its wearable computing devices to a wristband that monitors your health. Named “Up”, the new gadget was unveiled by...
View ArticleJawbone adds Up wearable health gadget
Jawbone, the maker of stylish Bluetooth headsets, has announced an expansion of its wearable computing devices to a wristband that monitors your health. Named “Up”, the new gadget was unveiled by...
View ArticleJawbone launches $100 UP health band
Brace yourselves for a health-embracing bracelet from Jawbone, maker of cool Bluetooth headsets and the Jambox wireless speaker. UP is the name of the wristband and its associated iPhone app and...
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