What could be simpler, an iPhone app that let's you vote on poll questions formulated by your friends? Nothing to it, right? So what makes this app so delightful? To start, Wroblewski and Cole have an ...

Polar, the mobile app that allows anyone to create their own quick poll, has a new update to its iOS app. Meant to help polling and opinion sharing be entertaining, the company has added the ability ...

Hot-or-not is a site that most of us who have used the web are familiar with. Sit down at your desk, look at pictures and profiles of a bunch of people, and respond to them with an easy voting ...

The overall landscape of mobile apps is an interesting one, with most of the top free titles on Apple’s App Store being games or services pushed by massive companies like Twitter (Vine) or Google ...

Measuring our heart rate during exercise is one of the most effective ways of knowing if we’re working hard enough. It shows us when we’re “in the zone,” if you’ll excuse such a hateful phrase. It may ...

The use of mobile devices has grown so fast that it is tempting to think that the desktop is dead. But although the growth in the sales of desktop computers is in the negative, there is still an ...

Polar's fitness app had security flaws exposing the location data of its users, according to a joint investigation from De Correspondent and Bellingcat. This included the location details of soldiers ...

New smart bracelet is first to combine activity tracking with heart rate monitoring to guide users to a more active and healthy lifestyle LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar today ...

Polar has been busy recently getting its software in order including introducing a new dedicated running program. Now its turning its attention to the Polar Beat app to help you get more from your ...

Fitness tracking app Polar Flow allowed anyone with relatively little effort to work out the names, home addresses and daily movement routes of thousands of military and intelligence officials who ...

So when I began testing the Polar Loop —a new screen-free wearable health and fitness band—I wasn’t all that excited. After ...