Qure.ai nets $65M for foundational AI
Qure.ai has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset.
The company said it will use its fresh funds to invest more in foundational AI models, as well as acquire complementary startups in medical technology. It will also be used to accelerate its expansion in the United States and other markets.
Early this year, the...
Huawei has announced the launch of its new health monitoring system for its wearable products.
In an event in China, the Chinese IT giant said that the TruSense system offers "comprehensive and accurate" monitoring capabilities, measuring over 60 health and fitness indicators.
It runs on a proprietary algorithm that can assess these indicators, including emotional well-being and stress levels...
The mobile application for eye wellness by Singaporean startup Plano has been added to the apps gallery of mobile gadgets and wearables brand of Chinese electronics giant Huawei.
WHY IT MATTERS
The inclusion of Plano's mobile app to Huawei devices comes as part of their partnership to tackle the global issue of myopia or nearsightedness. In a press statement, the startup said its entire ecosystem...
Apple has risen to the top of the competitive global wearables market, according to an IDC report that came out at the beginning of this month. Meanwhile the overall growth of the space has slowed as control of the market consolidates among big players.
"Interest in smartwatches continues to grow and Apple is well-positioned to capture demand," Ramone T. Llamas, research director of IDC's...
Consumer electronics maker Huawei has partnered with mCareWatch, an Australian aging in place technology company, to include additional health monitoring and alert capabilities with the Huawei Watch 2. The new software would extrapolate various health data from the fitness measurement tools of the 4G sim-enabled wearable and link these data to mCareWatch’s existing app platform, as well as to...
Soon after Google announced that it released an iOS app, called Android Wear, which allows users to connect certain Android Wear smartwatches with iPhones, a report from Buzzfeed found that fitness data from these devices would not be shareable via HealthKit with Apple's Health app. Instead, the app will send the information back to Google Fit.
The report also noted that users who want to sync...
It's been a busy week for wearables and other digital health and fitness devices, with a plethora of announcements from major consumer electronics players. Sony, Samsung, and Huawei have all unveiled their next generation smartwatches or fitness trackers, as has GPS device maker TomTom. Smart thermometer company Kinsa began crowdfunding its second product, and Withings announced a new connected...
Huawei Watch
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has begun this week, and already, two companies, HTC and Huawei, have unveiled new fitness tracker devices.
HTC's new device, called the HTC Grip is the company's first activity tracking wristworn wearable. The tracker is powered by Under Armour's newly launched app, UA Record, which integrates data from other health apps and devices.
At an...
