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Withings Brand to Vanish as Nokia Takes Over

March 3, 2017 By Dan Rosenbaum

As one of its lesser-heralded announcements at Mobile World Congress this week, Nokia said it would retire the Withings wearables brand this summer, relaunching the products under the Nokia name. Withings has been one of the longer-lasting brands in the wearables and consumer digital health fields. It was bought by Nokia in April of last year for € 175 million. Nokia, … [Read more...]

A Rebooting Nokia Acquires Digital Health Pioneer Withings

April 26, 2016 By Dan Rosenbaum

Withings, the French digital health company best known for its Pop and Activé smartwatches and its connected scale, is being bought by Nokia for about €170 million, the companies said this morning. Withings will be the basis for a Nokia Digital Health business, and the deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Nokia,  of course, was far and away the … [Read more...]

Whistle Dog Fitness Tracker Buys Canine GPS Company Tagg

January 29, 2015 By Dan Rosenbaum

When we wrote about the Whistle canine fitness tracker a year ago, we said "what this thing really needs is geofencing and geolocation." We met the folks from Tagg at CES earlier this month, saw their dog GPS collar with its geofencing and geolocation, and thought it might be a nice accompaniment for Whistle. Now comes word that we weren't the only ones who thought so: Whistle … [Read more...]

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