All Garmin articles – Page 3

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    Garmin falls victim to cyber attack

    2020-07-28T14:29:00Z

    Garmin confirmed that the company was the victim of a cyber attack on July 23 in which some of Garmin’s systems were encrypted by outsiders, resulting in a significant failure of the company’s popular fitness tracking services. The German news site Spiegel Online reported indications that the company was attacked ...

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    Garmin partners with Surfline to provide watch-controlled surf video

    2020-07-15T16:21:00Z

    Garmin has paired the release of two smartwatches – the Fenix 6 Solar and the Surf Edition of the Instinct Solar – with the inauguration of a partnership with Surfline Sessions of Huntington Beach, California. Garmin’s wearable devices measure wave count, top speed, distance surfed and total water time. The ...

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    Garmin introduces new solar watches, making cable charging nearly unnecessary

    2020-07-10T09:35:00Z

    Garmin is expanding its portfolio of solar-powered products and now offers even more watches with an integrated, transparent solar charging lens that uses solar energy. In addition to a significantly extended battery life, some models also come with new features. The popular fēnix 6 series is now available as a ...

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    Garmin acquires Firstbeat Analytics

    2020-07-02T06:19:30.440Z

    According to the business website ZDNet, Garmin has acquired Firstbeat Analytics, a Finnish company whose software uses heart data recorded by wearable devices to measure stress, sleep, maximum rate of oxygen consumption (VO2 max), training status, the effects of training, rate of respiration and calories burned. Garmin intends to incorporate ...

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    Adidas pairs Covid-19 donations to exercise tracking apps

    2020-05-15T10:46:00Z

    Adidas is launching the #HomeTeamHero Challenge to support the Covid-19 pandemic’s essential workers. For every hour of app-tracked exercise from May 29 to June 7 Adidas will donate $1 to the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund of the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective is to reach one million hours. The ...

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    An excellent quarter for Garmin in Outdoor and Fitness

    2020-05-02T07:47:00Z

    Garmin’s fitness division had a stellar performance in the first quarter. Revenues in this segment soared by 24 percent to $180.3 million, as the group benefited from the home fitness boom due to the lockdowns in place in many countries. Sales were driven by advanced wearables and Tacx indoor bike ...

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    Can wearables help predict viral infections?

    2020-04-19T10:13:00Z

    Fitbit and Garmin are collaborating with research institutes in the U.S. and Germany to help detect or predict coronavirus contamination. Similar efforts are reportedly underway in other countries as well. Fitbit, the Scripps Research Institute and Stanford Medicine have formed a research consortium to detect, track and contain infectious diseases ...