Google taps fitness tracker market with $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit
Google will buy Fitbit Inc for US$2.1 billion, as the biggest Web search company looks to take on Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smart watches.
Google will buy Fitbit Inc for US$2.1 billion, as the biggest Web search company looks to take on Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smart watches.
Hunter has been working in the health and disability sector for the past 15 years
Sometimes the ‘now’ can be very powerful. Good decision-making for the future is often compromised by our impulse to pursue instant gratification — at the expense of better long-term outcomes, writes Bob Weir of Pinpoint Business
The Ministry of Health has scrapped it National Health IT Board, replacing it with a Digital Advisory Board.
Hackers love health apps because their popularity has outpaced the industry's ability to safeguard them. Technology experts discussed the privacy and security risks at a House hearing July 14 with the Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
Thousands of medical devices, including MRI scanners, x-ray machines and drug infusion pumps, are vulnerable to hacking, creating significant health risks for patients, security researchers said this week.
Contract is the first of its kind to be constructed solely around an outcomes-based, fully managed consumption-based pricing model
Louis Sylvester applies the principles he used as a personal trainer to get his clients “fitter, stronger, healthier and generally feel better about themselves” in the enterprise space.
Plus, a round-up of appointments and events in the business technology sector.
Some industries adopt technology more quickly than others, but even the most careful and slowest-moving industries have bought into the value of mobile apps. Here are the top 10 apps in each of six major industries.
Orion Health has selected HP's converged cloud to support its global managed health services.
Healthcare is one of the largest and most critical verticals within any geography, but aside from some specific technology exceptions, it’s historically been considered an ICT backwater in Australia.