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Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI
Cameras on Google’s smartphones will be able to measure heart and breathing rates starting from next month, in one of the first applications of the groups artificial intellig...
Google closes deal to buy Fitbit as US Justice Dept probe continues
Search and advertising giant Google has closed its deal to purchase gym tracking company Fitbit, the companies said, even as the US Justice Department said that it was continuing i...
Australian regulator rejects Google’s undertaking over Fitbit competition concerns
Australia’s antitrust regulator has refused an undertaking by Google that sought to address competition concerns over its projected $2.1 billion acquisition of gym tracker ma...
Google sweetens Fitbit concessions, heading for EU okay
Google has tweaked its own concessions aimed at allaying European Union antitrust concerns regarding its contentious $2.1 million buy of Fitbit, individuals familiar with the issue...
Google’s Fitbit deal set to win okay from EU regulators after fresh concessions
Google is set to win EU antitrust approval for its $2.1 billion purchase of fitness tracker maker Fitbit to carry on Apple and Samsung from the wearable technology market, people f...
Amazon launches its first fitness band in bid to dominate wearables market
Amazon.com Inc has just launched a fitness group and program,”Halo”, as the dominant e-commerce giant looks to take on Apple, Fitbit and Samsung in an increasingly crow...
Fitbit unveils stress-tracking smartwatch with Google acquisition pending
Fitbit has unveiled a new fitness tracker along with two smartwatches, such as one which succeeds to help track users’ stress levels, as the company’s pending sale to G...
Google’s Fitbit deal hits a European Union roadblock
Google’s bid to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit has hit a hurdle as European Union regulators launched an investigation into the ...
Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust investigation
Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker manufacturer Fitbit will face a comprehensive EU antitrust investigation next week, people knowledgeable about the matter has sa...
Could your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect early COVID-19 symptoms
Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when ...
European Union regulators seek feedback on Google’s Fitbit data pledge
European Union antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google’s pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit’s health data for its advertising, and...
Google can ward off EU antitrust probe into Fitbit deal with data pledge
Google may be able to stave off a full-scale EU antitrust investigation into its planned $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker Fitbit by pledging not to use Fitbit’s health da...
European Union regulators checking if Fitbit deal will increase Google’s clout
European Union regulators are checking whether Google’s purchase of Fitbit might allow it to drive rival makers of wearable devices, app developers and other online service p...
US and EU advocacy groups warn against Google’s purchase of Fitbit
Twenty advocacy groups from across the globe have signed a statement urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit Inc because ...
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