Among other things, Einstein's theory of special relativity says that as an object's velocity increases, time as experienced by the object will slow down when compared to another object traveling at a ...

Looking to preempt Google’s big Android Wear unveiling, Pebble is today announcing a new partnership with wearable maker Misfit that will turn its smartwatch into a pedometer. While the unique appeal ...

My days of physical fitness seemed far behind me when I traded in running shoes and an active lifestyle for the more sedentary ways of office employment. But an app I’ve been using for a couple of ...

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Step counting has been a time-honored fitness metric for decades, even if the 10,000-step rule of thumb was based on a Japanese marketing strategy rather than anything resembling science. The older ...

It seems really weird to think back to a time when your mobile phone couldn’t do the jobs of a dozen other devices. Now that smartphones have supplanted everything from compasses and Rolodexes to ...

Several popular free pedometer apps which are designed to track your fitness are seriously flawed and have "an unacceptable error percentage", a new study has claimed ...

LOS ANGELES — Some 50 million people use the MyFitnessPal app to track daily calories and exercise in a bid to shed pounds. On Thursday, the app adds a new feature, a virtual pedometer, to keep people ...