Nokia announced yesterday that its latest range of Lumia devices, starting with the new Nokia Lumia 630 & 635 would now be adopting the updated versions of Bing Health & Fitness app that comes adapt with pedometer support. Through this new feature, the devices will be able to work as fitness gadgets in excess to the functions of a normal handset. Bing Health & Fitness app helps users to understand and monitor their activity output by … Read entire article »

Summer is here and so is the time where a lot of our training and exercise shifts from air-conned gyms to the heat driven sun and along with all the last minute trainers getting fit for their holidays, this makes for a busy time in the fitness industry. One of the main highlighted areas for enhancement is in body monitoring, due to the fact that when you take to the roads running, no longer can you … Read entire article »

After constant rumours spreading for a couple of week, it was finally confirmed yesterday that startup Wello will be acquired by weight management chain Weight Watchers. Wello, the startup that connects people with personal trainers to receive private fitness consultations through online video chat, has been a target of Weight Watchers for some time as they aim to become more active in the digital weight loss market. The fee, which Wello was acquired for, remains undisclosed … Read entire article »

Whenever we think of apps, initially the likes of Angry Birds and Twitter spring to mind which subconsciously proves we associate apps purely with consumers. However there is a whole market out there, which develops and utilises mobile applications for the B2B beneficiations. One of these is mobile apps is Voluntis, who have designed an application, which works alongside pharmaceutical and medical professionals to aid them with diabetes management. The company developed the software back in … Read entire article »