Fitbit raises $732M in the biggest ever consumer electronics IPO
This morning San Francisco-based Fitbit debuted its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange after increasing the price of its shares to $20 apiece: The IPO raised $732 million, making it...
View ArticleApple Watch launch hasn’t significantly affected Fitbit sales
The commercial availability of the Apple Watch has not significantly affected Fitbit’s sales, according to a report from Slice Intelligence, which aggregates data from online e-receipts. The company...
View ArticleNovartis launches smartwatch navigation app for the visually impaired
Novartis has released a new Apple Watch and Android Wear app geared at helping visually-impaired people navigate their environment. The app is one of two Via Opta apps that have been available on the...
View ArticlePillPack launches medication reminder app for iPhone, Apple Watch
PillPack, the mail-order pharmacy that raised $50 million last June, has finally gone mobile, launching its first app, for iOS and Apple Watch. The PillPack app will be available to everyone, not just...
View ArticleApple names Nebraska Medicine, King’s College Hospital as latest to use Apple...
In Apple’s second-quarter earnings call with investors, CEO Tim Cook highlighted three hospitals that were using the Apple Watch: Nebraska Medicine, Ochsner Health System, and London-based King’s...
View ArticleApple’s fitness director talks Apple Watch, behavior change, future apps
In a rare interview with Outside Magazine, Jay Blahnik, Apple’s director of fitness for health technologies, spoke about the Apple Watch’s impact on users’ fitness since it launched, the importance of...
View ArticleTelemedicine enters the 2016 US presidential primaries
During a campaign stop in Iowa this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touted the importance of telemedicine, Politico reported this morning. The entire speech is available from Clinton’s...
View ArticleDemand for wearable devices slowed substantially in first half of 2015
The demand for wearable devices, which include fitness bands, smartwatches, smart glasses, and other sensor-enabled devices, has decreased after reaching a high point in January, according to an Argus...
View ArticleReport: Apple Watch global shipments hit 3.6M, behind Fitbit’s 4.4M
In the second quarter of 2015, Apple shipped 3.6 million units of the Apple Watch globally, just under Fitbit’s 4.4 million units, according to a report on wearable devices from the International Data...
View ArticleReport: Johns Hopkins to tap Apple Watch, ResearchKit for epilepsy study
Johns Hopkins University is preparing to launch the first Apple ResearchKit study to incorporate the Apple Watch as a data collection device, according to a report from Apple Insider. Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleApple shows off AirStrip’s vital sign monitoring Apple Watch app
The very first demo on-stage at Apple’s special event yesterday was presented by AirStrip Technologies co-founders Dr. Cameron Powell and Trey Moore. Powell and Moore showed how a doctor could use her...
View ArticleValencell gets another $2.6M for its health-sensing earbud technology
Raleigh, North Carolina-based Valencell, which embeds its health and medical sensors in some wearable devices, most notably in sensor-equipped headphones, raised $2.6 million in a combination of debt...
View ArticleSurvey: 83 percent of Apple Watch owners said device contributes to their...
A new survey of 1,500 consumers from Apple Watch research service Wristly has found that 83 percent of the Apple Watch owners surveyed said the device at least somewhat contributes to their overall...
View ArticleNew Runkeeper app lets runners leave the phone at home
Runkeeper has launched a new Apple Watch app with a functionality that the company’s core users — runners — have been requesting for a long time: It lets them track their run while leaving their...
View ArticleApple CEO strongly hints at plans for an FDA regulated app or device
Before Apple revealed the Apple Watch, rumors circulated that because public records showed the company had met with FDA officials a few times, Apple was working on an advanced, sensor-laden wearable...
View ArticleReport: Consumers want smartwatches, but value fitness tracking features
In advance of the start of the holiday shopping season, Argus Insights has released a report on consumer perception and demand for wearables, based on the research firm’s analysis of 6,000 global...
View ArticleTime is ripe for big consumer brands to move into regulated medical apps,...
Considering recent events, big name consumer brands are more likely than ever to move into regulated medical devices. Two weeks ago Apple CEO Tim Cook told a newspaper that while his company wouldn’t...
View ArticleSmall survey suggests Apple Watch owners who ditched device disliked feature set
Wristly, a relatively new research firm that aims to provide independent research on the Apple Watch, has released a small survey that includes data from Apple Watch owners who were dissatisfied with...
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