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Microsoft enters wearables market with Band health tracker(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that the software giant has entered the newly emerging wearable technology market with Microsoft Band, a health-monitoring "smart band" that can track physical activity. The device has 10 sensors that measures heart rate and sleep patterns. It can be linked not only to smartphones using Windows mobile operating system, but also those of Google Inc.'s Android and Apple Inc.'s iOS. Microsoft Band went on sale Thursday for $199 in the United States. (c) 2014 Kyodo News |