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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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Garmin will manage Tacx’ distribution in Austria

2020-07-01T15:59:00Z

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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 ...