Jawbone sues Apple for patent infringement over AirPods noise-cancellation features

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Jawbone is not as dead as we thought, as the company has recently filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google over ANC features

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Jawbone reportedly goes into liquidation, spin-off startup founded with revised focus

It's no surprise that Jawbone is nearing death, starting liquidation proceedings already, with its CEO and co-founder out to establish a new business.

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Jawbone leaks: payments overdue, possible sale

Jawbone‘s back in the news again for a wrong reason: someone close to the company is telling dirty secrets about how the fitness bracelet maker played ball with a partner company.The Information reports that Jawbone notified that company that it wold not make a payment due this month. Other sources say that Jawbone has been shopping itself out to potential acquirers as ...

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Big discount on Jawbone UP2 if you act quick

Jawbone’s been liquidating its inventory and regrouping itself for a medical-grade wearable. Part of that inventory may have come within Groupon’s hands.The deals site has the Jawbone UP2 for $44.99, a 55 percent discount from its regular price. The water-resistant fitness band ...

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Jawbone labels exit speculation as false, remains committed to building new wearables

Technically, Jawbone was never rumored to be giving up on its semi-successful activity tracker business altogether. Still, the recent murmur of the company’s struggles to clear old inventory and its overall delicate financial standing ultimately prompted a representative to issue a full press statement after initially declining to comment.“Speculation that Jawbone is exiting the wearable business or going out of business altogether is false.” begins the somber proclamation, with a full frontal ...

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Jawbone stops the factories for one last-chance wearable

Jawbone hasn’t gone into bankruptcy. Supposedly, it’s just not selling anything of import right now. And it won’t be able to for a while.Tech Insider is reporting from its sources that it has stopped producing its UP fitness trackers and has sold its inventory to a reseller. The company is also trying to sell its Bluetooth speaker business, according to FORTUNE.  It’s not clear why, but as investors have devalued the company and

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Amazon previews eight straight days of holiday deals starting November 20

On the first day of Amazon’s Black Friday blowout my true love sent to me: a $35 Fire 7 tablet. Okay, so it doesn’t rhyme, and it may not have the same ring to it as the classical Christmas song, but it’s just one of the many dozens of discount examples unveiled by the American e-commerce giant two days before the deals will start pouring in.Wait, but isn’t Thanksgiving next Thursday, and Black Friday the day after, i.e. November 27? Technically, yes, only retailers have been trying for a while now to expand the ...

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The HTC Grip won’t be missed in a saturated market

If you’re Fitbit, Jawbone or Nike, then you know how to make a dedicated fitness tracker. If you know about Global Positioning Systems like Garmin and TomTom, you probably also have a good crack at crafting one.So, would HTC with its partner Under Armour — both well respected technology and fitness names respectively — be able to make a wearable to stand out from the crowd? Probably. All it takes is precision sensor technology, life-resistant hardware and software that’s easy to use and can tell a meaningful story. But at this point for the partnership and in the state of ...

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3 ways the Huawei TalkBand B2 wants to improve your life (Video)

No, this isn’t your new year’s resolution coming back to bite you in your fat butt. And by the way, if you’ve kept your resolution for this long, you deserve a pat on the back. I digress.Just in case that if you do have a fat butt and want to get rid of it, the Huawei TalkBand B2 might motivate you to do so.The B2 is our first dedicated fitness tracker in our review drawers (for all of smartwatch coverage, look ...

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Jawbone announces UP3 and UP MOVE fitness trackers

One of the best fitness trackers on the market right now is undoubtedly Jawbone’s UP24, and today the company is unveiling the successor to that wristband and more with the announcement of the Jawbone UP3 and UP MOVE. The UP3 is more of a flagship, while the UP MOVE distances itself as a bit of an entry-level sibling, with much less features for a lower price point.The UP3 features a plethora of sensors, including a tri-axis accelerometer, bioimpedance trackers, and skin and ambient temperature sensors. This allows for the collection of things like your heart rate, and through ...

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Jawbone is working on a Pebble app for activity tracking, Android Wear and iWatch support coming too

One of our favorite fitness platforms is Jawbone’s, as the software is well-refined – even if you don’t like the UP24, you may still like the companion software. That’s why we’re glad today to hear that a Jawbone Pebble app is in the works, as are companion apps for a plethora of other platforms.Let’s talk about Pebble first, as that’s the one we’re hearing the best confirmation on. In a statement, the company had this to say: “we’re incredibly excited that Jawbone is writing a Pebble app that lets our users enjoy great activity ...

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