Period-tracking app Flo Health garnered more than $200 million in Series C funding from growth investor General Atlantic, bringing the women's health company to unicorn status, with more than $1 billion in valuation.
Tanzeen Syed, managing director and head of consumer internet and technology at General Atlantic, and Jessie Cai, principal at General Atlantic, will join Flo's board of directors...
Samsung is partnering with Natural Cycles to add temperature-based period tracking to its Galaxy Watch5 series of smartwatches.
According to the electronics giant, the new cycle tracking capabilities will launch in the Samsung Health app in the second quarter in 32 markets in Europe, North America and Asia, including the U.S. The company said adding Natural Cycles' technology will "give users...
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a comment from Apple.
Ten state attorneys general are urging Apple to add new protections for reproductive health data contained in third-party apps hosted on the App Store.
In a letter sent to CEO Tim Cook, attorneys general of California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and...
Most popular period-tracking apps share data with third parties, according to a report by the U.K.-based Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA).
The report analyzed 25 popular tracking apps built by 24 different developers. It found that 84% of them shared data outside of the developer's system with a third party and that only one app stored data solely on the device.
Of the...
UPDATE JUNE 30
Less than a week after Flo tweeted about its plans to launch an "anonymous mode" to its period-tracking app, the company revealed the new feature will be available in the coming weeks.
Flo said users will be able to enter anonymous mode through the iOS and Android app settings, allowing them to use it without personal email, name and technical identifiers. If the company receives "...
Femtech company Orchyd is launching its period-tracking app and connected smart wallet that together store a one-day supply of period products.
The tool is designed to track user's periods, ovulation and overall health. It uses artificial intelligence in order to collect information about a user's history, which can be shared with a partner. Users can set up the app to give them alerts when to...
Period and fertility-tracking-app maker Flo Health has settled with the Federal Trade Commission regarding a complaint alleging improper disclosure of sensitive user data to third-party marketing and analytics services from Facebook, Google and others, the agency announced today.
The FTC's complaint listed several ways in which Flo deceived its users. These included messaging from the company...
Garmin is the latest to throw its hat into the mobile women’s health ring, as this morning the company announced new menstrual cycle tracking to its app-based online fitness service alongside a slew of new Forerunner fitness smartwatches.
Starting today, Garmin Connect users can record their cycle type, symptoms and notes about their personal health. By doing so, the service will begin to predict...
San Francisco-based Glow, which has developed a suite of women's health apps, launched a new app today designed to help women manage their sex life and their menstrual cycle, called Ruby.
"We’re taught in school to avoid, delay having sex for as long as possible, and when the topic of sex comes up in the classroom, it’s introduced as something fearful: ‘If you have sex, you might get pregnant and...
Compared to past World Wide Developer Conferences, Apple's latest presentation was light on health-related content. But buried in the talk about streaming music and HomeKit were some significant updates to both Apple Health and HealthKit as well as the fitness and health features of the Apple Watch.
Early in the presentation, Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior VP of Software Development announced...
