When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. These studies may seem anxiety-provoking, especially since many people have jobs that require ...

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 ...

New York City-based Noom launched a new Android app, a pedometer that tracks steps throughout the day while running in the background and only occupying about 3 percent of the phone's battery life.

Keeping track of your physical activity can be hard without a Fitbit, Apple Watch, or other workout tracking device — especially for people who walk as their main form of exercise. The easiest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Pedometer++ from Cross Forward is a solid fitness tracker that pulls its data from the M7. The app started off as a basic pedometer app that tracked your daily steps, but a recent update has ...

Smartphone pedometer applications can accurately measure steps and may be more precise than some wearable devices, a new study shows. "I would say that if you already have a smartphone, there are many ...