TopDevelopers.co Dubs Dogtown Media a Leading Wearable App Development Company!
At Dogtown Media, we pride ourselves on our ability to turn the impossible into reality. Each day, we strive to build our clients’ dreams into beautiful mobile products. 2020 may be just beginning, but we’ve already been fortunate enough to be recognized for our work. A recent press release from TopDevelopers.co just named Dogtown Media […]
How a New Wearable Can Track Your Health Via Vibrations
These days, if you mention “wearables”, most people will automatically think of Fitbit and Apple Watch. And while these smartwatches track your sleep, heart rate, calories burned, and prompt you to increase your hourly movement, they’re actually monitoring very basic bodily functions. Wearables encompass so much more than smartwatches, and a team of researchers at […]
If medical wearables want to save lives, they should be ‘invisible’
This article was originally featured on The Next Web. One of the latest updates to the Apple Watch included FDA-approved ECG monitoring, and it made waves in both the consumer and medical communities. Many people thought this was impossible. Some were worried about false positives. But most were excited about the potential good that a widely used […]
IoT Will Be Everywhere and Encompass Everything – Are You Ready? (Part 2)
Welcome to the second and final entry of our “IoT Everywhere” series! In the first part, we examined what the Internet of Things (IoT) really is, where it came from, and where it’s headed. In case you missed it, you can check it out here. For this segment, we’ll explore a few examples of popular […]
Apple’s Heart Study Shows the Future of Wearables Is Healthcare
The future of healthcare involves a combination of technologies that must work collaboratively to improve the patient’s health. These technologies include artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and wearables, among other innovations. And wearables are already taking the lead. Wearables by Apple and Fitbit work remotely to log your steps, keep a record […]
5G Will Give Healthcare a Much-Needed Dose of Innovation
This year, we’re entering the era of 5G. We’re about to witness a profound paradigm shift that will affect nearly every technology under the sun. But perhaps no other field will benefit more than healthcare. Due to a stringent regulatory environment and strongly embedded legacy systems, healthcare is known to be a straggler when it comes […]
Is Healthcare the Key to Mass Adoption of Wearables?
When the iPhone reached the consumer market, it completely changed everything. Devices made by major industry players like Blackberry and Nokia were practically rendered obsolete overnight. Apple showed us what mobile phones were really capable of doing. And once we saw it, we could never look back. Another technological sector has reached this junction point: […]
The Wearable War Between Fitbit and Apple Could Save Lives
Apple has been aggressively moving into the medical development space, and it has transformed how many of us monitor our health. At the same time, the tech titan’s advancement into healthcare wearables has hurt Fitbit’s market share. The once dominant leader in digital fitness trackers is now making moves to take the crown back from […]
Wearable Technology in Healthcare Is Taking Off
Apple is partnering with health insurance company Aetna on a new app called Attain which will leverage Apple Watch data to provide insight into users’ health. Alphabet’s life science subsidiary, Verily, is working on a health-tracking shoe that can measure movement, weight, and falls. With this increasing momentum in utilizing data for clinical applications, wearable […]
Connected Devices Could Change How We Approach Nutrition
Health tech development and the Internet of Things (IoT) are allowing us to live healthier lives than ever before. And nowhere is this more evident than nutrition. Let’s take a look at how connected devices are changing how we view and approach our food and nutrients. Connecting the Dots in Our Diet With Trackers Fitness […]