A billion dollar sports brand just stepped up its digital health game in a big way.
Baltimore, Maryland-based athletics apparel company Under Armour is acquiring Austin, Texas-based MapMyFitness for a reported $150 million. MapMyFitness, which has about 20 million registered users now -- up from 13 million in January -- offers running, biking, and walking apps and social networks that integrate...
Two months ago, MobiHealthNews looked at the fitness apps that Apple recommends to consumers in its app store, pointing out that, at the time, standalone fitness apps were doing better than the apps for connected devices like Fitbit and Jawbone UP.
It's important to remember, however, that iOS isn't the only game in town. In the world of fitness apps and devices in particular, we've recently seen...
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Sproxil goes to India: Sproxil announced on Tuesday the launch of their Mobile Product Authentication (MPA) service in India, which enables consumers to verify the authenticity of a pharmaceutical by texting a unique code on the drug label to the manufacturers. Sproxil previously established mobile-based anti-counterfeit services in parts of Africa and has already sold...
