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Jawbone’s Acquisition Of BodyMedia Is (Sadly) All About Patents

Like the smartphone patent wars of yesterday, there’s a new arms race happening, and it’s all about wearables. Similar to the spats going on between Google, Apple, Microsoft and smartphone makers, it won’t matter to me or you. At least not anytime soon.


Jawbone Syncs Up With 10 New Partners, Acquires BodyMedia

Jawbone is acquiring BodyMedia, makers of health-monitoring armbands, for over $US100 million. No further details have been made public about the deal.


Jawbone Up Wristband Finally Landing In Australia

The life-tracking Jawbone Up wristband has long been something we pined for as we watch it sit on the wrists of our American friends. Pine no longer, Australians! The Up is finally going on sale in Australia, and thankfully, they left out the Australia Tax.


Jawbone Finally Releases Android App For UP

It certainly didn’t happen as quickly as some would have liked ,but Jawbone is finally releasing an Android app to accompany its UP band. If you’ve been itching to try the UP activity tracker but don’t have an iOS device to actually use the thing, well, now you can.


Jawbone Accounts Compromised

If you use a Jambox, now might be a good time to change your MyTalk password: Jawbone’s servers have been hacked, and a swathe of users have had their details swiped.


Jawbone UP (2012) Review: Still Not Fit To Buy

The original Jawbone UP could be considered one of the most expensive beta tests of all time. It leaked, it broke, and it didn’t accurately track your activities — that may have been due to all those wet, compromised components.


The Life-Tracking Jawbone Up Is Back!

Jawbone has given its life-tracking Up bracelet a second chance. The original was promising, but had a sky-high failure rate. The new band, Jawbone hopes, will fix the massive problems of the original, and deliver on its equally massive potential.


You Can Finally Customise Your Jambox To Be As Ugly As You Want

Starting today, Klout users and “Jawbone Insiders” can customise the colour of their Jambox speaker on Jawbone’s new Jambox Remix site. Klout and the uglification of a perfectly good speaker sounds like a match made in heaven; the rest of the world will have to wait until August 28 for the privilege of mucking around with their own. [Jambox Remix via Wired]


Jawbone BIG Jambox Review: Super Speaker

It’s the end of a long day. You slink into your comfy leather office chair and kick back with your favourite beverage from your bar fridge and throw some tunes on from your laptop, tablet or smartphone, only to be assaulted by the rubbish sounds from your tiny speakers. Does this sound like you? Don’t worry, Jawbone are here to help with the BIG Jambox.


Jawbone Big Jambox Review: A Loudspeaker Grows Up

Too. Many. Wireless. Speakers. Still, among the best products to come out in the past two years is unquestionably the Jawbone Jambox, a portable Bluetooth speaker with great sound and telephony too. Now it goes to eleven. Meet Big Jambox.


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