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Garmin Introduces Approach S60 Golf Watch

Garmin introduced the Approach S60, a premium GPS golf watch. Preloaded with 40,000 courses from around the globe, the S60 provides golfers with in-depth information including yardage to greens, hazards, and doglegs. The S60 features QuickFit watchbands (available in silicone, leather, and stainless steel) and a sunlight readable color touchscreen display. Through the free Garmin Golf app, […]

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Blast Motion Hits Diamond Kinetics With Lawsuit Over Infringement Claims

Sports wearable analysis company Blast Motion filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Diamond Kinetics, a baseball and softball motion swing app and platform, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Blast Motion, which is in the midst of another lawsuit against Zepp Labs from 2015, also joined to the new suit Canada-based PPG Technologies, […]

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Apple Watch To Sync With Cardio Machines At The Gym

Apple Inc. unveiled new fitness capabilities for Apple Watch this week that include personalized coaching, motion- and heart-rate algorithms for High Intensity Interval Training and a developer kit that will allow users to connect their watches to an assortment of cardio equipment. At Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, the company introduced the latest […]

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San Francisco 49ers Among Lead Investors In Kenzen Health Wearables

Kenzen, a health analytics company, announced Monday that it has raised $5 million in strategic investment for development, support and marketing of its ECHO Smart Patch wearable technology. Kenzen’s investors include Digitalis, Flex (formerly Flextronics), the San Francisco 49ers, Hickory Ventures, Gaingels, and the Women’s Capital Connection. Kenzen had previously piloted projects with the 49ers. The […]

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Stanford, Kansas State Football Teams Sign Up To Use GoRout Wearables

Two major college teams will use technology to improve practices this season, and more could soon follow. GoRout, which provides small, wearable screens that enable coaches to wirelessly send plays and information to players on the practice field, says it has signed deals with both Kansas State and Stanford, and that it hopes to add several […]

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