How have consumers used online health services in the past 12 months?
60% of households have some sort of digital health device... while 25% used digital health apps, only 27% used their healthcare provider or insurer's website.
Apple’s HealthKit trademark covers watches, sensors and medical devices
The complete list mentions: health, fitness, exercise, and wellness sensors, monitors and displays; medical apparatus and devices, and more.
Google makes the Google Fit Preview SDK available for developers
A single set of APIs makes it easier to store and access activity data from fitness apps and sensors on Android and other devices.
Samsung Gear Solo smart watch to be announced at IFA 2014?
The Korean giant will be launching a smart watch with its own cellular connectivity at the big event taking place in Berlin, Germany next month.
Garmin teams-up with MapMyFitness
Under the deal, Garmin Connect users will be able to view their data in the MapMyFitness mobile apps, including MapMyRun and MapMyRide.
iOS 8 beta 5 unveils new Health app capabilities
The latest beta adds robust health-related capabilities, including support for spirometry data; the final version of iOS 8 will be available in the fall.
Dexcom mobile app to integrate date from Asante’s Snap Insulin Pump
Dexcom mobile app is designed to aggregate glucose and other diabetes-related data from patients' devices and display the integrated data on a smartphone.
Solutionreach launches an app that easily connects patients with their doctors
PatientReach Mobile enables secure text messaging between provider and patient, complete with file or image sharing and push notifications.
The Hug makes sure you hydrate better
The setup consists of an iOS app and sensor band that slips around pretty much any water bottle to track your water intake throughout the day.
Yves Saint Laurent’s Europe President and retail head Catherine Monier joins Apple’s iWatch team
Together with former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve, Catherine will make Apple stores more capable of selling and marketing fashion and wearable goods.









