Microsoft launches wearable technology in Australia targeting Fitbit, Apple and Samsung

THE world’s biggest software company will launch wearable technology in Australian stores tomorrow, and it has the big names in fitness tracking and smartwatches in its sights.

Report Links Tech Firms to Child Labor

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), children as young as seven are reportedly put to work in "perilous conditions," mining cobalt for use in lithium-ion batteries.
"The glamourous shop displays and marketing of state-of-the-art technologies are a stark contrast to the children carrying bags of rocks, and miners in narrow man-made tunnels risking permanent lung damage," Amnesty International researcher Mark Dummett said in a statement.

Man uses Fitbit to show how a break-up affected his heart rate

Israeli entrepreneur found his heart rate spiked right after his partner broke up with him

When Israeli entrepreneur Koby Soto answered a call from his partner, he wasn't expecting his relationship to end. But it did, and his Fitbit was able to capture his shock.

Turns out his heart responded to the traumatic event by spiking up to nearly 118 beats per minute. His resting heart rate that morning was 72 beats per minute, where lower resting heart rates usually imply greater cardiac efficiency.

Soto was able to track his spiked heart rate through his Fitbit Charge HR, which he has worn regularly for five months.

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