Sentences with phrase «wearables maker jawbone»

Some so - called unicorns — businesses valued at more than $ 1 billion — have struggled, and several, like the wearables maker Jawbone, have had to raise money at lower valuations.

According to the CB Insights study, the most costly flameouts in hardware since 2009 included Bluetooth wearables maker Jawbone, e-cigarette company NJOY, and Juicero, which made juice presses and pouches full of fruit pulp to go in them.

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At the event in San Francisco last week, Hosain Rahman, chief executive of Jawbone, the maker of the Up, a wrist device that tracks people's energy and sleep, said that «a decade from now we won't be able to imagine life without the wearables that we use to access information, unlock our doors, pay for goods and most importantly track our health.»

Then last May, it was the turn of the former boss of Mr. Fallows, Mr. Sameer Samat, who was vice president of Google Shopping, when he left the company to join Jawbone as the president of the health - tracking smart wearable maker.