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Tile brings its lost item-tracking service to wearables with Google Fitbit deal for Inspire 2 owners
Lost item finder Tile, the maker of the popular Bluetooth-powered tracker that can help you find your misplaced keys, bag, wallet or more, is bringing its tracking service to a wearable device for the
Swarm’s low-cost satellite data network is now available to commercial clients
One of the original startups that set out to create a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation to provide a data network here on Earth is now open for business: Swarm, which now operates 81 of its sand
Samsung unveils its newest Tile competitor, the Galaxy SmartTag
Alongside its other CES announcements, at Samsung’s Unpacked event today the company introduced its new Galaxy SmartTag Bluetooth locator, a lost item beacon for Samsung owners and a competitor
Tile to launch a new tracker powered by ultra-wideband technology, add AR finding to app
Tile is preparing to introduce a new product this year that will serve as a rival to Apple’s long-awaited AirTags and other lost-item trackers coming to the market, including those from Samsung,
Coalition for App Fairness, a group fighting for app store reforms, adds 20 new partners
The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), a newly formed advocacy group pushing for increased regulation over app stores, has more than doubled in size with today’s announcement of 20 new partners &
Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood network, coming to Echo and Tile devices soon
Last year, Amazon announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol it developed to help connect smart devices inside and — maybe even more importantly —
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Lost item finder Tile expands partnership with Comcast, as Apple’s competitor looms
Bluetooth-powered lost item finder Tile is expanding on its two-year-old partnership with strategic investor Comcast to help customers find misplaced items around their homes. The two companies first
Apple said to be planning fall iPhone refresh with iPad Pro-like design
Apple is readying a new iPhone for fall to replace the iPhone 11 Pro this fall, Bloomberg reports, as well as follow-ups to the iPhone 11, a new smaller HomePod and a locator tag accessory. The top-en
Apple accidentally confirms the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags
Whoops! Apple inadvertently revealed the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags, in a support video uploaded to its YouTube account today. The video, “How to erase your iPhone,” offer
All the startups threatened by iOS 14’s new features
Fitness, wallpaper, and lost item-finding startups could have a big new competitor baked into everyone’s iPhones. Leaks of the code from iOS 14 that Apple is expected to reveal in June signal se
Google Assistant now works with Tile to find your lost stuff
Google Assistant is today rolling out support for Tile’s Bluetooth tracker, designed to help you keep up with your often misplaced items — like your keys, purse, wallet, remote and more. T
HP will start integrating Tile tracking into laptops
Here’s one of those “why didn’t they do this sooner” deals. HP just announced at CES that it will be the first PC company to integrate Tile’s tracking technology directly into its laptops. T
With a possible Apple tag waiting in the wings, Tile unveils Sticker, an adhesive device for tracking objects
We are still waiting to see if Apple officially unveils a new spin on the business of tracking tags — the small devices that you put on “dumb” objects like keys, wallets and other ob
Tile teams up with Google to bring its lost item finding technology to Google Assistant
As rumors swirl about Apple’s plans to launch a Tile competitor, Tile today announced it’s teaming up with Google to make it easier for users to locate their lost items using their Android
Tile finds another $45M to expand its item-tracking devices and platform
Tile — the company that makes popular square-shaped tags and other technology to help people keep track of physical belongings like keys and bags — has made more recent moves to link up wi
Item tracking startup Adero is laying off 45% of staff, just weeks after it pivoted
Pivots can be the making of a startup, helping teams refocus on a good idea when previous things haven’t worked. But sometimes, they are just one more step on a difficult track. TechCrunch has l
Tile partners with BLE chip makers to bring its location-tracking technology to more products
Tile, a company best known for its keychain-style lost item trackers aimed at consumers, is expanding its location-tracking technology to new devices besides its own. The company today announced it ha
Tile’s new lost item trackers offer replaceable batteries, subscription service
Just around a week ago, lost item finder Tile announced its new CEO and added Comcast as an investor. But the company isn’t done making changes just yet. Today, Tile is launching new devices tha
Tile names GoPro vet CJ Prober new CEO, adds Comcast as investor and new product partner
There’s a changing of the guard, and a new strategic partnership, over at Tile, the startup that helps you keep tabs on the location of your things by way of small tracking devices. Today, the c