IDC: 27.4M wearables shipped in Q4 2015 for a 126.9% growth YoY
During the entire 2015, vendors shipped a total of 78.1M units, 171.6% more than the previous year; top vendors are Fitbit, Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung and Garmin.
Insurance startup Oscar raises another $400M, now worth $2.7 billion
Mutual fund giant Fidelity led the round with participation from Google Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lakestar, Khosla Ventures and Thrive Capital.
ResMed to acquire Brightree for $800 million
Brightree has developed a cloud-based software that helps customers improve clinical and business performance in the post-acute care industries.
SureAdhere brings its Video Directly Observed Therapy to iOS, Android mobiles and tablets
Backed by peer reviewed clinical research, the solution provides a cost-effective method to ensure patient compliance for tuberculosis (TB) treatment.
Sleep Shepherd Blue will lull you to sleep for $159
This headband plays binaural beats at different frequencies into each ear to induce a meditative state, thus making it easier to fall to sleep and stay asleep.
Asthma Health ResearchKit app comes to the UK and Ireland
The application enables individuals with asthma to participate in a largeĀ-scale medical research study by simply using their Apple iPhones.
Fitbit has sold 8.2M devices in Q4 2015, 21.4M in the whole of 2015
For the full-year 2016, the company expects revenue in the range of $2.4 to $2.5 billion, driven by new product introductions and geographic expansion.
Philips announces new-gen monitoring solution enabled by wearable biosensors
Medical-grade, wearable biosensor automatically and continuously measures vital signs for at-risk patients in low acuity settings in the hospital.
Samsung Galaxy S7 and your health
The new Galaxy S7 smartphones incorporate all of the bells and whistles you would expect to find in a top-end device made by the world's largest phone maker.
Research: Activity tracker shipments to hit 87 million in 2021
Last year, activity tracker shipments grew almost 80 percent over 2014, as new players entered the market and sales outside the U.S. took off.








