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Skimble puts a personal trainer on your mobile phone, passes 2m downloads

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Maria Ly talks to iMedicalApps about Skimble, one of the most popular fitness apps having recently passing the two million download milestone.

Healthrageous is finding opportunity in the quantified self business, anticipating big 2012 #mHS11

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Healthrageous director of business development discusses the quantified self business with iMedicalApps at the 2011 mHealth Summit.

Rock Health incubator seeks applicants for its second class of mobile health startups

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Rock Health (@Rock_Health) has opened applications for a second class of companies to join its San Francisco-based incubator. The program begins in the middle of January and concludes with demo day in the middle of June. Selected applicants will each receive: $20K startup grant Expert medical support from Mayo Clinic, Harvard, UCSF and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Mentorship and weekly workshops from experts in design, health policy, lean startup methodology, financing, etc… Office space in San Francisco Office hours with startup [Read more]

New Swine Flu App Released, Made by Harvard Medical School

There has been a flurry of H1N1 applications, and they are all a bit hard to differentiate. There is a notable app that was recently released. The app, HMSMobile Swine Flu Center, was developed by Harvard Medical School and costs $1.99. This is the first Swine Flu App in the App Store with a big-time medical name behind it. The app itself has built in videos explaining H1N1 and other related topics. It also has the "outbreaks near me" feature [Read more]