The Future of Activity Trackers (Part 1): The Smartphone’s Next Meal
[First of a three-part series on the future of activity trackers] Smartphones are voracious creatures. They’ve consumed MP3 players, personal navigation devices, portable video players, portable gaming...
View ArticleThree Critical Factors Wearable Devices Need to Succeed
In his GigaOM column, Chairman Michael A.M. Davies describes the factors that the next generation of devices and services needs to focus on to keep users engaged in the long-term. ———- At least ten new...
View ArticleHow Do Current Wearables Stack Up?
Endeavour Partners assessed eight wearables currently on the market. We incorporated them into our lives and experienced their strengths and weaknesses first hand. We then assessed each qualitatively,...
View ArticleMobile World Congress 2014: Connected, Wearable and Open
The connected car, wearable devices, and enterprise services were the big themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Endeavour Partners Chairman Michael Davies and I attended the...
View ArticleWearables in the News
This week, research from Endeavour Partners went viral as reporters around the globe picked up the “dirty secret” of wearables. Our white paper, “Inside Wearables,” revealed that while 1 in 10 American...
View ArticleWearables in the News (Part 2)
Wearables continue to make news as investors, inventors, and innovators race to leverage the opportunities. From business and technology to fashion and health, reporters are covering the story. They...
View ArticleWearables Scorecard: How Successful Will Your Wearable Be?
We really enjoyed reading Tim Chang’s piece in TechCrunch on the wearables playbook. Tim is Managing Director at Mayfield Fund, one of the oldest venture capital firms in the U.S. His post was full of...
View ArticleSmart watches hoping to hit it big
Wearable devices are finally achieving mass market penetration in the U.S. Yet Endeavour Partners research has revealed that while 1 in 10 American adults own some form of activity tracker, half of...
View ArticleThe Daily Show Looks At Google Glass Privacy Concerns
In last week’s column, TechRepublic Editor Teena Hammond describes the privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass.”There’s such a social stigma to wearing Google Glass that even “The Daily Show with Jon...
View ArticleNew White Paper: Inside Wearables (Part 2)
In January 2014, Endeavour Partners published research which showed that behavioral factors – habit formation, social motivation, and goal reinforcement – could make or break wearable engagement. Our...
View ArticleDon’t Miss the Wearables Panel at AT&T Developer Summit 2015
We are in the early days of the smart wearables market and the competitive landscape is changing rapidly. As the breadth of wearable devices is expanding, so are their capabilities. In recognition of...
View ArticleCES 2015: Experts share picks for most-interesting wearables
During TechRepublic’s Wearables panel on the CNET stage, Endeavour Partners’ Dan Ledger, Intel’s Ayse Ildeniz, and Jeff Jenkins of APX Labs shared their picks for the most interesting wearables at CES...
View ArticleWearables in the News
It’s hard to ignore the numbers. After about six months of use, one-third of U.S. consumers cast aside their wearable devices, never to be used again, according to a report from Endeavour Partners....
View ArticleInside Wearables – Part 3
The rocky path towards personalized, insightful wearables The post Inside Wearables – Part 3 appeared first on Endeavour Partners.
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