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Microsoft isn't going the Smartwatch 2.0 route with its rumored fitness band. Instead, the company has a more targeted and cloud-connected wearables game plan, sources say. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley ...

After two unspectacular attempts, Microsoft is exiting the fitness band business amid increased competition in the wearables sector. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant removed its Band 2 fitness ...

The Microsoft Health platform will still be available. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at PCMag.com. Reading this during the day? Then you've caught me testing gear and editing ...

Microsoft has sold out of its Band 2 activity tracker and has no immediate plans to replace it, the company said this week. The device disappeared from Microsoft’s website on Monday. Later, the ...

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Microsoft is breaking up the Band. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has removed all of the Band fitness trackers from its online store, as well as the Band’s software development kit. And ...

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More than two years after taking its Band fitness tracker off the market, Microsoft is killing off the accompanying health service for good. On May 31, the company will remove Band applications from ...

A heavy hitter on paper but does the Band experience live up to the hype? In terms of design the Microsoft Band is a chunky beast at best and an absolute insult to the wearable tech movement at worst.