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App-based study reveals new insights about how people in different countries...
People in Singapore and Japan get the least sleep, while the Dutch and New Zealanders sleep the most, according to a new sleep study published last week in Science Advances. While the insights about...
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Walgreens expands MDLive partnership, adds behavioral therapy visits
Walgreens has once again expanded its partnership with video visits company MDLive, adding behavioral health visits from Breakthrough Behavioral, which was acquired by MDLive in 2014.Breakthrough...
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Pebble adds additional features to its health app
Pebble has launched a number of updates to its health app, called Pebble Health, which first launched in December 2015.The company’s newly revamped Pebble Health app was developed in collaboration with...
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PwC survey finds parents are more likely to own wearables
PricewaterhouseCooper’s latest report looks at consumer attitudes and behaviors around wearables, and they’ve discovered one group that’s significantly more likely to own wearables: parents. Forty-nine...
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Sensoria launches walking app for people with limited mobility
Sensoria, a textile sensor company, has launched a new app, called Sensoria Walk, which helps users track their activity during rehabilitation after a stroke or post-surgery. The app aims to speed up...
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Adidas, Under Armour settle patent suit, agree to licensing deal
Adidas has reached a confidential settlement with Baltimore, Maryland-based Under Armour and one of its fitness apps, MapMyFitness, in a patent infringement lawsuit, according to Forbes.The claims...
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Fitbit acquires Coin's wearable payments technology assets
Fitbit has acquired the assets of smart payment company Coin’s wearable payments platform as well as the intellectual property. Fitbit also hired key personnel from the Coin wearable payments platform...
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Google Fit adds fitness and health data exchange, like Apple's HealthKit
Google has announced a new version of its Android Wear software, called Android Wear 2.0, and with it announced two fitness-related updates: automatic activity tracking and a Google Fit data exchange...
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Practice Fusion alums developing iBeat, a cardiac-monitoring wearable for...
Nearly a year after stepping down as CEO of Practice Fusion, Ryan Howard has announced his new venture, started with a team of other former Practice Fusion colleagues. The company is called iBeat, and...
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Pebble launches new device for runners, raises almost $7M in one day on...
Smartwatch maker Pebble, one of the first companies to popularize the modern smartwatch concept, has launched a new device, called Pebble Core, that specifically targets runners. Unlike Pebble's other...
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Timeline: 23 news events that led to Jawbone's (reported) stripped-down pivot
Jawbone is selling its speaker business and may also be halting sales of its wearable tracker line, according to various reports. Another report says these efforts will be followed up by the launch of...
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From wristworn to waistworn: Samsung spins out smart belt startup Welt
This week Samsung announced that one of the device concepts it showed off at CES this year, a smart belt called Welt is spinning out of the electronics giant to make it a go of it as a startup. The...
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Xiaomi's newest fitness tracker adds HR and a display, for just $23
Xiaomi, the Chinese company that, in 2014, launched a $13 activity tracker -- in stark contrast to the $50 to $200 price point devices typically common in the US -- has done it again. Today the company...
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Nokia launches new Withings connected scale with additional cardiovascular...
Withings, the connected health device company that was recently acquired by Nokia Technologies, has launched a new connected scale, the Withings Body Cardio. The company's original wireless scale was,...
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Sandstone Diagnostics gets FDA nod for app-enabled home test for male fertility
Sandstone Diagnostics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Trak system, an app-connected home test for male fertility. Trak's device aims to disrupt the current model for testing male fertility...
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Apple Watch gets social features, breathing app, emergency services at WWDC
At its World Wide Developers Conference this week, Apple introduced several updates to the health and fitness features on the Apple Watch that will come with the launch of the new WatchOS: a new...
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Speedo, Misfit launch Shine 2 wearable for swimmers
Misfit (now a Fossil brand) and swimwear brand Speedo have launched the second generation of their Speedo Shine device, a tracker for swimmers Misfit originally launched last August. Just as Speedo...
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Google partners with Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic for symptom search
Google, the world's most used search engine, is partnering with two of the world's leading health organizations to take the confusion out of symptom searching."We worked with a team of medical doctors...
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IBM Watson launches a $5 million artifical intelligence X Prize
As the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize draws to a close, the X Prize Foundation has teamed up with IBM Watson to launch a new contest, a $5 million open challenge to develop an AI application...
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Nokia Technology gets FDA clearance for Withings Thermo, a WiFi-enabled...
Withings, the French connected device maker recently acquired by Nokia Technologies, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Withings Thermo, the company's WiFi-enabled thermometer, MobiHealthNews has...
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