• Apple, Google and Fitbit Receive Fastpass from FDA for Health Apps

    Apple, Google and Fitbit Receive Fastpass from FDA for Health Apps

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named the companies involved in a recently instituted “pre-certification” program that determines whether or not they meet baseline quality standards for health software.  Apple, Fitbit and Samsung and Alphabet’s Verily are among the firms that will help the FDA set the benchmarks and decide just how much information…

  • With Apple Watch Sales Way Up In Q1 Does Fitbit Need to rethink its upcoming Smartwatch?

    With Apple Watch Sales Way Up In Q1 Does Fitbit Need to rethink its upcoming Smartwatch?

    Apple surpassed Fitbit as the world’s largest wearable vendor with an estimated 3.5 million shipments of its Apple Watch.  And that’s just for the first quarter.  Fitbit only shipped 2.9 million of it’s fitness trackers.  This number is up from the same quarter last year.  With Apple only having sold 2.2 million during that time,…