Category: Consumer Tech

Oura Hires Top Peloton Marketer As Its First Chief Marketing Officer To Bring ‘Smart Rings’ Mainstream

Karina Kogan was previously Peloton’s global head of product marketing where she oversaw bikes, treadmills and digital products.

New Partnership Helps Navajo Elders Manage Medications, Easing Caregiver Burdens

Native American elders and caregivers report high rates of isolation and stress during the pandemic. A new partnership between Hero and Protect Native Elders aims to ease some of these burdens.

Early 20s The ‘Perfect Time’ For Women To Become Entrepreneurs, Says Spring Health’s April Koh, Youngest Female Unicorn CEO

Though Spring Health CEO Koh says the going as a super-young founder hasn’t always been super easy—especially as a woman and a person of color—she also believes that inexperience has its advantages.

DrOwl Electronic Health Records App Give Patients Total Access

According to CEO Arvind Raichur, DrOwl leverages recent legislation which requires healthcare providers to provide access to medical records by patients.

Blockchain’s Biggest Businesses: Forbes Blockchain 50 Call For 2022 Nominations

Over the first four years of the Forbes Blockchain 50, the list of billion-dollar companies making meaningful use of the technology popularized by bitcoin, has become a bellwether of institutional adoption.

Ivermectin Doesn’t Work For Covid-19, But Online Reviews Spread Misinformation

Despite evidence that ivermectin doesn’t prevent or treat Covid-19, telehealth companies are still promoting ivermectin and patients are helping spread misinformation.

Mental Health Startup Rey Raises $10 Million To Bring Augmentation To The Clinic

Rey is an Oxford-born mental health startup, which uses clinically validated technologies such as VR to serve mental health patients. The months-old startup has raised $26 million in total series A funding, led by Optum Ventures and Oxford Sciences Inn…

Abbott Profits Triple As Over-the-counter Covid-19 Tests Hit Drugstore Shelves

Abbott Laboratories launched several diagnostic tests for Covid-19 this week in Walmarts, Walgreens and CVS drugstores.

When Punching A Bag Kicks Your Butt: Testing Fight Camp’s Smart Boxing Fitness System

Fight Camp’s punch trackers fit in a little pouch by your wrist and track your hand’s motion in three-dimensional space, a thousand times per second, the company says. The result is that you can track how many punches you throw, what kinds, what speed,…

How AR Glasses Could Benefit The Blind

The one area I would like to see Apple fine-tune any AR glasses they bring to the market would be for use by people who are sight-impaired or blind.