Rock Weekly: Apple announces its comprehensive health and fitness device
The veil was finally lifted on the two most top-secret (and divergent) projects in digital health. Today, Apple revealed its long-rumored smart watch, the Apple Watch, “a comprehensive health and fitness device” to track physical activity and heart rate, and motivate you to reach daily goals—in addition to an improved motion chip, the M8, to better track activity on the iPhone. Elsewhere on the peninsula, the illusive Calico announced a $1.5B R&D center to house their death-fighting campaign.
If that isn’t enough excitement for you, our portfolio company Wellframe just raised $8.5M to improve patient-provider relationships with its artificial intelligence platform. Congrats, team!
Headlines
Apple Will Reject Apps Using HealthKit That Store Health Data In The Cloud
9to5Mac
Google-Backed Calico Launches $1.5B Aging Research Center
Re/code
Obama Names Google’s Megan Smith As US CTO
The Verge
Hacker Breaches HealthCare.gov
The Wall Street Journal
Five Reasons Healthcare Is No Longer A Monstrous Budget Buster
Vox
After Slow Growth, Experts Say, Health Spending Is Expected To Climb
The New York Times
CVS Is Now CVS Health—And Offering Clinician Visits
ABC News
Maybe You Don’t Need A Big Network To Get Good Medical Care
New Republic
Jawbone Opens Up API, Seeks $100M In Funding
Re/code
Rock Health In The News
Wellframe Raises $8.5M To Grow Mobile Patient Engagement Platform
VentureBeat
In Quest For Next Windfall, Tech Funds Look To Healthcare
CNBC
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