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Microsoft gets into the wearables game: Quantified Self weekly links

Products

Microsoft Band

Microsoft launched their own wearable wristband to track fitness and display email and calendar alerts. It accepts voice commands for Cortana, the Windows voice assistant, and can track running routes via GPS. The companion app is available for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android. And here's Engadget's review.

• Magnet: paired smart jewellery
  Kickstarter, not funded yet
• Kinsa: smart thermometer
• BitBite: tracker for improving eating habits
  Indiegogo, not funded yet
• Elvie: personal trainer for kegel exercises

Software

• Microsoft Health: actionable insights based on your data
  iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Web

• Achvr: discover and track goals
  Web, iOS
• Centered: mindful meditation
  iOS
• AddApp 2.0: personalised insights
  iOS

News and articles

How I used science to make my work day freakishly healthy

Gregory Ferenstein shares the methods that worked for him, including writing emails while walking around outside, and replacing his morning coffee with brief exercise.

• Fitness tracker Moov raises $3 million for its wearable A.I. coach
• Wearables and data privacy
• Virgin Pulse links with Apple’s HealthKit, could serve as hub for other apps to do so as well

Image credits: The Next Web, Microsoft