Misfit Wearables
The deal includes undisclosed intellectual property as well as some R&D personnel.
Fossil Group will buy wearables company Misfit for $260 million, the companies announced last night.
New York-based health insurer startup Oscar Health is teaming up with Misfit Wearables to get more of its 16,000 members moving.
Helsinki-based sleep tracker company Beddit announced that its Beddit Sleep Monitor is now available in 1,000 Bed, Bath and Beyond stores across the US.
Burlingame, California-based Misfit, formerly Misft Wearables, today launched Misfit Flash, its second wearable device that tracks various activities and sleep.
As Apple gets ready for its long-awaited wearable device announcement later today, a couple of other wearables in the fitness tracking space are following the Apple model of vaguely hinting about upcoming releases.
Helsinki, Finland-based Beddit announced that with their most recent round of funding, the company has reached $8 million in funding to date.
Misfit-Beddit integration
Wearable device maker Misfit Wearables released its Misfit Developer Toolkit so that other health apps and devices can integrate Misfit's data into their products.
Wearable activity tracker company Misfit Wearables has hired former Apple senior engineering manager Josh Banko, according to a report from VentureBeat.
Israel-based HelpAround, which makes an app that connects people with diabetes in the same immediate area, has raised $550,000 from Windham Venture Partners and angel investors Walter Winshall, Robert Oringer and former Harmonix COO Michael Dornbrook.