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Nike and Apple have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit, first filed two years ago, that claimed the companies made misleading statements about the Nike+ FuelBand's ability to track calories, steps, and NikeFuel.
Smartphone cameras are an acceptable substitute for digital cameras when conducting a medical teleconsultation, according to a researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
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.
Compared to past World Wide Developer Conferences, Apple's latest presentation was light on health-related content.
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.
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.
The Apple Watch had its first software update this week, and it did include some minor updates to the health tracking features.
Apple and IBM have partnered with Japanese conglomerate Japan Post Group -- building on the partnership the two tech companies announced last year --to provide Japanese senior citizens with iPads that they can use to manage their health.
Mt Sinai's Asthma Health app.
A number of hospitals have already rolled out pilots that take advantage of the integration between Apple HealthKit and Epic.