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Last week, Nike released its Nike+ FuelBand fitness-tracking device to much fanfare, but this celebrity-endorsed gadget isn't the first high-tech offering when it comes to gathering your workout stats. Read on to compare fitness monitors Bodybugg, Fitbit Ultra, MotoACTV, Jawbone Up, and the Nike+ FuelBand. Read more
After months of rain, sleet, and snow, Spring is just around the corner! And while I am especially happy to see the sunshine, this change in weather is going to make my New Year's resolution that much easier to achieve. Throw in a couple of gadgets to appeal to my geeky tendencies and suddenly, it's not work at all. Here are my picks that will have you running, lunging, and swimming your way Read more
Although I think healthy living is often about simplifying things, I still love techy health gadgets. If you're a health nut like me, you probably wonder everyday if you've gotten enough sleep or how many calories you burned on your morning jog. Most fitness gadgets only monitor your workouts, but the Fitbit ($99) keeps tabs on your sleep too. So it keeps track of you day and night. It contains Read more
After professing my career envy of Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg, she offered a closer look behind the scenes of Facebook's consumer marketing division. Randi (pictured center), along with Aubrey Sabala (left) and Erin Kanaley (right), works with products across Facebook (like Facebook Places and livestreaming), bringing them to users in new and innovative ways. According to Randi, Facebook prides Read more
Now you can remix Bowie's "Golden Years" in an app — The Mary Sue Latest Tumblr to book success story: My Parents Were Awesome — Urlesque Man scams Condé Nast out of $8 million with a single email — Switched The past seemed so futuristic — Unplggd Fitbit partners with Runkeeper, Microsoft, About.me, and more — Crunchgear New web thriller The Booth at the End is precisely that — Read more
Do you like keeping track of your health and fitness information online? Two years after its initial launch, Google Health has a brand-new design and new features. Google Health is a free feature allowing you to organize, track, and share important health information in a central place, granting access to doctors, family pharmacists, or others who should be privy to your health history. It stores Read more
It used to be that we didn't talk about our weight. But that was before the Internet. Now everyone knows our business! Facebook, the Twitter Humiliation Diet, Fitbit, and online weight tracking sites allow users to put their weight struggles under a very public eye. The good news is that it's working. A new study — the Weight Loss Maintenance Trial — suggests that weight loss is easier for Read more
