Internet of Things

Parks: 40 percent US broadband households want smartphone-based medical alerts
By Aditi Pai | 10:43 am | July 02, 2015
More than 40 percent of US broadband households are interested in receiving medical alerts via a smartphone or another connected platform, according to a report from Parks Associates.
Jawbone starts selling partners' devices, apps in new online marketplace
By Aditi Pai | 12:32 pm | January 28, 2015
Jawbone, maker of the Jawbone UP activity tracker, has launched an online marketplace for some of the apps and devices that connect to the company's UP tracker.
FTC suggests stronger data privacy law, HIPAA not enough for health data
By Brian Dolan | 09:20 am | January 28, 2015
This week the Federal Trade Commission published a report focused on privacy and security issues related to the massive Internet of Things (IoT) trend, which includes the growing number of connected health devices.