Register

I agree with the Privacy Policy

Forbes

Is Apple Watch A Threat To Fitbit's IPO?

June 02, 2015

And the fitness tracker industry is set to almost triple from the $2 billion it reached in 2014 to $5.4 billion by 2019, according to Parks Associates, which sees more people buying these “connected health devices” — 30% in 2014 compared to 24% in 2014.

From the article "Is Apple Watch A Threat To Fitbit's IPO?" by Peter Cohan.

Previously In The News

BlackBerry Hopes Ride On Security, Cars -- Even Stores?

Of course, how this lone outpost performs is only one indicator of the consumer appeal that BlackBerry has steadily, yet stunningly, lost over the last few years. Whether Heins and his totally refo...

OTT Continues To Tantalize And Torment TV Execs

Pricing plays a pivotal role in terms of politics with distributors and consumer perception of OTTs. Some content providers privately have groused about the $20 Dish plans to charge for its Sling T...

Is It Time For Netflix To Crack Down On Piggyback Subscribers?

Until now, Netflix (and HBO Go) have been very lenient with letting people share passwords. The numbers have been small enough that it could almost be seen as a marketing cost. Password piggyback u...

Against All Odds

Those trends will continue, but maybe not fast enough. EarthLink's digitally literate customers are four times as likely to switch to high-speed as AOL's. If the 4 million users go broadband before...

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
›