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The latest clinical study performed by Cardiogram founder Brandon Ballinger has found the Apple Watch has an 85 percent accuracy of detecting diabetes in those previously diagnosed with the disease.
The case study included 14,000 Apple Watch users and it was able of detecting that 462 of them had diabetes, based on the Watch's heart rate sensor.
For their next step Ballinger and his study colleague, Johnson Hsieh, are keen to discover what other diseases could be detected through the heart sensors.
As a disclaimer Hsieh has highlighted that those tested were already known to have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and that it if anyone thinks they might have it they should consult a doctor.
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A startup that is bringing fitness classes into people's homes, via a device resembling a mirror, has managed to raise $13m.
The device, which is yet to be released, looks like a mirror but also shows the fitness instructor and other class members as well as measuring performance.
Spark Capital is leading the round, with participation from Lerer Hippeau Ventures, First Round Capital, BoxGroup and others.
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Open Energy Market, which helps medium to large businesses with the management of their energy contracts, has managed to raise £3m from Calculus Capital.
The startup, which was launched in 2013, has focused on facilitate the broker process for companies trying to organise their energy contracts.
The funds will enable Open Energy Market to continue developing their online trading platform and to expand into the US.
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Spirable, a contextual video platform, have succeeded in raising a £1.25m round led by Frontline Ventures.
The company, which launched nearly four years ago, uses a variety of data to allow clients to generate personalised videos.
The funds raised will allow Spirable to further develop their platform and expand their team.
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New data from Kantar Consulting estimates that an impressive 45% of households in the US are willing to fork over membership fees to Amazon in exchange for the promise of free two-day shipping on eligible items, along with ancillary benefits like access to Amazon's library of streamable content. That's a figure Kantar said is equal to about 56.9 million homes.
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In a retail environment dominated by customers switching to online shopping habits, Findel is reaping the benefits of the trend. Q3 results confirm underlying market share growth typical of online retail peers. However, its P/E rating remains on a par with terrestrial high street chains.
Studio’s like-for-like product sales growth of 11.0% for 42 weeks, while lower than H1’s 15.8%, is a better guide to underlying growth, as it is free of the timing differences on marketing activity within the H1 figure.
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The ability of the consumer to order cereal, soda, soup and other items from their computers has created challenges for manufacturers that package and ship those products to a person's doorstep.
Boxes. Wrappers. Flexible packaging. Like a roof on a house, it isn’t necessarily exciting, but if you don’t have one, or if it’s faulty, it can be a problem.
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AIM giant ASOS has released a brief Trading Update this morning, highlighting the Group's continued domination of the fast fashion e-commerce world.
The update, covering the four months to December 31st and the crucial Christmas period, reported total Group sales growth of 30% to £808m, bolstered by a 42% jump in EU sales.
Here in the UK sales jumped 23% while in the US and ROW sales grew by 24% and 34% respectively.
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Zara's new Westfield Stratford store sounds a lot like Bonobos' "guideshops" and Nordstrom's merchandise-free concept, which opened late last year in West Hollywood, CA. Those locations don’t have inventory for purchase, but allow customers to check out and try on garments prior to ordering them online.
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Microsoft posted better than expected quarterly results this week, largely thanks to 98% year-on-year revenue growth for its Azure business.
Microsoft's overall revenue for the quarter reached $28.92 billion, slightly above initial analyst estimates of $28.4 billion, according to the company's second-quarter earnings report.
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