Apple Watch

Novartis launches smartwatch navigation app for the visually impaired
By Jonah Comstock | 10:31 am | July 01, 2015
Novartis has released a new Apple Watch and Android Wear app geared at helping visually-impaired people navigate their environment.
Apple Watch launch hasn't significantly affected Fitbit sales
By Aditi Pai | 10:30 am | June 30, 2015
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.
Fitbit raises $732M in the biggest ever consumer electronics IPO
By Brian Dolan | 08:50 am | June 18, 2015
Fitbit Surge 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 the biggest consumer electronics IPO in history, according to Dealogica.
Walgreens adds MDLive telemedicine in three more states
By Jonah Comstock | 08:53 am | June 10, 2015
Walgreens, which partnered with MDLive to offer telemedicine services in two states last December, has added three more states to its rollout and announced that MDLive video visits will now be available on desktop computers and tablets, in addition to smartphones.
Apple's WWDC: Workouts with Siri, reproductive health tracking and other health tidbits
By Jonah Comstock | 01:52 pm | June 08, 2015
Compared to past World Wide Developer Conferences, Apple's latest presentation was light on health-related content.
Report: Apple Store to sell some Jawbone wristworn fitness devices again
By Aditi Pai | 09:15 am | June 04, 2015
Jawbone UP2 Just three months after Apple pulled a number of wristworn fitness tracking devices from its stores, including Jawbone UP24 and Nike FuelBand SE, Jawbone Senior Product Manager Jason Donahue revealed that the company's devices would return to the Apple Store in the coming months during a presentation he gave in Japan, according to local reports in that country, and as explained in a report from Apple Insider.
Maker of diabetes management app One Drop raises $8 million
By Jonah Comstock | 07:00 am | June 04, 2015
New York City and Austin, Texas-based Informed Data Systems has raised $8 million for its One Drop mobile diabetes management platform.
Mango Health uses Google Fit to add activity, blood pressure, weight tracking
By Jonah Comstock | 05:30 am | May 28, 2015
Gamified medication adherence app maker Mango Health is moving beyond medications, using a new Google Fit integration to add tracking of blood pressure and weight, as well as activity tracking, into its app, the company announced today.
Apple is adding Apple Watch support to IBM enterprise apps, starting with healthcare
By Jonah Comstock | 10:58 am | May 21, 2015
Apple has added Apple Watch support to three of its 22 enterprise apps designed in collaboration with IBM, including its app for nurses, Hospital RN.
Apple Watch updates fitness algorithms; future plans rumored to include sleep, glucose
By Jonah Comstock | 10:22 am | May 20, 2015
The Apple Watch had its first software update this week, and it did include some minor updates to the health tracking features.