Tag: fitbit
Mastercard’s Veronika Colucci says the wearable payments revolution is here
Andrew Hobbs reports live from Internet of Banking & Payments 2018, as director of product development at Mastercard, Veronika Colucci, reveals how PSD2 and technological...
John Hancock pushes fitness tracking for life insurance policies
North American life insurance provider John Hancock is to link life insurance policies to holders’ fitness trackers, in what it claims is a drive...
Amazon building healthcare team in Alexa division
Amazon is reported to be building a health and wellness team inside its Alexa smart assistant division, as part of its ongoing strategy to disrupt the...
Health tech: Does Nokia’s exit mean wearables market is ill?
ANALYSIS Nokia announced this week that it is closing its Digital Health division, in the wake of a February 2018 memo, published by the...
Fitbit & Google partner to accelerate IoT in healthcare
Health tracker and wearables company Fitbit has teamed with Google to open up new insights and innovations in digital health. Together, they hope to...
Health IoT: KardiaBand sensor could replace invasive blood tests
Research appears to show that AliveCor's KardiaBand technology is capable of detecting hyperkalemia – excess potassium in the blood – through a simple ECG, a feat...
Fitbit and Apple Watch can help predict diabetes, says report
Smart watches just got smarter, according to a new study of the use of wearables to predict the risk of medical conditions, including diabetes,...
US health insurer Aetna considers Apple Watch partnership
American healthcare insurance provider Aetna is considering a partnership with Apple regarding the Apple Watch, according to reports.
The news was broken by US media...