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Connected Bodies: The Rise of the Wearables sector

Download PDF Introduction Over the past years wearable devices have moved from simple fitness trackers to essential tools to gain data related to health and lifestyle. Driven by an increasing trend in health consciousness, platforms like Garmin and Strava have reached tens of millions of monthly users, while new devices, Read more…

By BSIC, 2 weeks16 November 2025 ago

Fitness for the Future: Google acquires wearable device company Fitbit in $2.1bn deal

Alphabet Inc. [GOOGL:NASDAQ] – Market Cap as of 09/11/2019 $903.46bn Fitbit Inc. [FIT:NYSE] – Market Cap as of 09/11/2019 $1.83bn Introduction On the 28th of October 2019 initial reports suggested the interest of the tech giant Alphabet, the parent company behind Google, in acquiring Fitbit, a wearable device company. Finally, Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years10 November 2019 ago