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Title: How Samsung and Apple stack up in the race to dominate digital health Post by: HCK on June 09, 2014, 02:00:19 pm How Samsung and Apple stack up in the race to dominate digital health
<article> <section class="page"> <p> There is no love lost between Samsung and Apple. The archrivals continue to trade blows in court (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2159220/apple-asks-us-court-to-order-samsung-to-remove-infringing-features.html) and in the consumer electronics market, and it seems the next frontier for their competition is in the health and fitness space.</p><p> Both companies have recently tipped their hands on health-related initiatives. Within days of each other, Samsung announced Simband and SAMI (http://www.techhive.com/article/2198147/samsung-announces-simband-a-wearable-dev-kit-to-cement-leadership-in-digital-health.html), and Apple unveiled its HealthKit (http://www.techhive.com/article/2310813/apple-unveils-healthkit-to-integrate-health-and-fitness-data-in-ios-8.html), both designed to entice developers to their platforms, and provide end users with empowering big-picture details about their overall health. Let’s compare and contrast what we know about each company’s strategy.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2360446/how-samsung-and-apple-stack-up-in-the-race-to-dominate-digital-health.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How Samsung and Apple stack up in the race to dominate digital health (http://www.macworld.com/article/2360446/how-samsung-and-apple-stack-up-in-the-race-to-dominate-digital-health.html#tk.rss_all) |