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20.1KRetailApple Watch Claims 50 Pct Of Smartwatch Market
The 2018 holiday quarter was a good one for smartwatches, as Samsung and Fitbit each quadrupled shipments compared to a year before,...
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5.1KEarningsFitbit’s Dim Q1 Forecast Comes Amid Smartwatch Gains
As the global wearables market continues to grow, the latest earnings results for Fitbit show that the company had a 3 percent...
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4.3KEarningsGarmin Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch Popularity
With the demand for watches by outdoor adventurers bolstering earnings, Garmin’s stock reached its highest point in 11 years, rising 17 percent....
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3.7KGoogleGoogle Looks For Hardware Engineering Wearables Exec
While wearables based on Google’s Wear OS are designed by other companies, that could someday change: The tech company is apparently looking...
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5.4KAppleCan Apple Watch Carry Apple Into The Healthcare Future?
Healthcare is becoming more important to major players in digital commerce and payments, with companies such as Amazon, Apple and Google trying...
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5.9KInnovationApple Teases New Wearable, iPhone Patents
If recent patent applications are any indication, Apple could very well have some groundbreaking new products to debut. According to a report,...
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5.4KRetailCan North’s Focals Succeed Where Google Glass Failed?
For many in tech Google Glass is a cautionary tale about the dangers of hype. When it arrived in 2013, there were...
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7.9KMatchmakersWith This Ring, I Thee Pay — Buy, And Authenticate
Human wrists deserve a break when it comes to payments, commerce and even authentication, right? To put it another way: Is there...
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6.2KRetailBots And Outside-The-Bots, CES 2019: Payments And Commerce Highlights
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable. Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There...
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3.0KHealthcareAre Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?
Information is power, right? Sure. Except when it’s a source of confusion. That’s the emerging — if very early — story so far...
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5.1KAppleiWhat? Apple Does A Number On Its Numbers Game
Tim Cook’s recent statement about Apple wearable sales is a reminder of Apple’s mastery of reporting numbers that are not really numbers....
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5.5KWearablesWearables To Reach 125.3M Units By Year End
New data is predicting that global shipments of wearable devices will reach 125.3 million units in 2018, a 8.5 percent increase from...
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3.6KGlobal PaymentsWirecard Amplifies Wizz Air Collaboration; AIB Taps Into Fitbit Pay In Ireland
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the expanded collaboration between Germany’s Wirecard...
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4.2KWearablesWearable Use To Grow 26 Pct Globally In 2019
A new report estimates that worldwide shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019. In its report, “Forecast: Wearable Electronic Devices,...
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9.3KHealthcare5G To Give Healthcare Payments A Boost
As the world — and the world of payment and commerce — ready themselves for the deployment of 5G mobile technology, the...
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7.2KHealthcareInsurance Firms Cozy Up To Wearables And Fitness Tracking Tech
Digital technology and the data that consumers are willing to provide are giving insurance agents a closer look at the day-to-day habits...
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4.0KEarningsFitbit Banks On Smartwatches For Q3, Future Growth
Smartwatches and repeat customers helped Fitbit beat analyst revenue expectations in the third quarter of 2018 — and those two factors could become...
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4.5KSubscription CommerceDeep Dive: Subscriptions To Make Digital Fitness Less Of A Workout
Connected devices are giving fitness buffs access to health data on a regular basis, fueling a market that’s projected to be worth...
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3.5KSizzle/FizzleThe Big Sizzle: Winning Week For Wearables
It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the...
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8.5KSubscription CommerceNEW REPORT: Can Subscription Services Meal Kit-ify Mental Health Services?
Subscriptions have changed the way consumers access a wide array of services and products, from music to fashion to fragrances. Now, the...
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14.9KWearablesSamsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two...
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4.1KGlobal PaymentsTappy Teams With Etisalat For Wearables; Nets Rolls Out PayCollect For Merchants
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Singapore’s Nets PayCollect rollout. In addition, Xero is...
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3.7KRetailAnalysts: Apple Watch Sales Could Impact Jewelry Market
Demand for the Apple Watch could cut into sales for the slowing traditional watch space this holiday season: Citizens Bank noted that...
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5.7KAppleApple Holds 41 Percent Share Of Smartwatch Market
As global smartwatch shipments grew by 37 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, Apple has maintained dominance in the category with a...
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9.2KInnovationHow Five High School Kids Are Changing Payments For The Visually Impaired
Right now, it looks like a blood pressure cuff with wires and tiny boxes attached to it. Or, perhaps, an oversized watchband,...
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11.7KRetailSamsung Launches Galaxy Watch Priced Starting At $329.99
Samsung Electronics announced on Thursday (Aug. 9) the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Watch, a smartwatch aiming to take on Apple and...
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Fitbit Q2 Results Exceed Expectations, Versa Production To Increase
Wearables maker Fitbit reported a better-than-expected second quarter, and saw an impressive demand for its new Versa smartwatch device. The San Francisco-based company...
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6.2KCryptocurrencyFitPay Rolls Out Bitcoin ‘Flip’ Device Amid Ubiquity Of Contactless
FitPay, the startup technology platform that adds contactless payment capabilities to wearable and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, is looking to serve...
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9.8KRetailWill Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?
Children are the future — that’s just a biological fact, and the theme of an old Whitney Houston song. And when it...
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Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17),...
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4.9KStartup Check-InFitPay: The Market Is Ripe For Pays
Consumers are getting comfortable with the idea of interactive contactless payments. As with any new technology, concerns around usage and security have...
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4.3KWearablesWearables As The New Payment-Enabled Room Keys
Pod-style lodging is breaking the hospitality mold by combining the best of hotels and hostels — and serving guests who want a middle ground between...
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4.7KWearablesWill Kids Be Key To Cracking The Wearables Code?
The Fitbit Ace, the wearable company’s latest $100 offer geared specifically to children, is officially out on the market. Designed for children...
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3.1KRetailMarc Jacobs Launches First Wear OS Smartwatch
Marc Jacobs is launching its first Wear OS smartwatch, joining the brand’s line of hybrid smartwatches. According to Tech Radar, the Marc...
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3.8KWearablesFitbit Versa Smartwatch Shipments Top 1M
Fitbit announced that it has shipped more than one million Fitbit Versa devices since they went on sale on April 16. In...
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5.2KNewsFive At Five: McDonald’s, Uber Eats Team Up For Breakfast
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on...
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Apple Ships 3.8M Apple Watches In Q1
Apple led the charge in the wearable band market during the first quarter of this year, with Canalys finding that the company...
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7.6KNewsFitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data
Beyond the fitness tracker, wearables are catching on. Get ready for the device as data conduit, as tracker of different sorts, from...
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7.1KSMBsSharing Success On Small Business Week
“Small but mighty” is the mantra this week, as small businesses (SMBs) celebrate the entrepreneurship and perseverance (otherwise known as “blood, sweat...
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5.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFitbit Teams With Google To Shape Future Of Digital Health
Fitbit, the maker of wearable devices, announced news on Monday (April 30) that it inked a deal with Google in which the...
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6.3KWearablesLenovo Wants 20 Percent Smart Wearable Market Share In India
Lenovo Group is setting its sights on India as it tries to boost its market share in the wearables industry in the...
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6.4KStartup Check-InCascade: What’s In A Wearable?
Wearables aren’t just smartwatches anymore. They’re keychains, rings, wristbands, coins — anything that can accommodate a chip. Furthermore, it’s no longer enough...
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Discover Phase: FitPay Adds Major Payment Network To Platform
FitPay, the startup technology platform that adds contactless payment capabilities to wearable and IoT devices, has announced a partnership with Discover. Co-founders...
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8.0KRetailHow Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables
In the 1930s, gift certificates made their debut at major department stores. But they weren’t available to everyone. Clerks were told to...
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11.2KGoogleGoogle Announces Wearable System For Android And iPhone Users
Google announced that it is launching a “wearables operating system for everyone” that will work for both Android and iPhone users. “Android...
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Apple Leads Global Wearables Growth
The worldwide wearables market hit new highs last year, with Apple moving past competitors Fitbit and Xiaomi to take the top spot....
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4.4KWearablesFitbit Falls As Smartwatch Demands Change
After Fitbit’s revenue and profit missed expectations, the company’s shares fell 12 percent to $4.90 in late trading on Monday (Feb. 26)....
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6.2KStartup Check-InFitPay Launches Contactless Payment Bitcoin Coin
What if bitcoin were actually a coin? FitPay has made it one. Flip, a new contactless payment device that the startup just...
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5.0KRetailWhen It Comes To Jewelry, Smart Can Be Beautiful
Usually the expression “you don’t know what you don’t know” is a warning. It’s meant to keep people, often entrepreneurs, from rushing...
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6.1KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFitbit Expands Its Health Care Reach With Twine Health Buy
Fitbit, the maker of wearable devices, announced Tuesday (Feb. 13) that it is acquiring Twine Health, the health coaching platform that aims...
