33 posts and columns on scale
NAMG Confirms It Has Bought Scout From Fox Networks Group in Dude-Focused Content Roll-Up Bid
Another network aimed at dudes.Lose It Gets Into Hardware: Dieting App Launches Its Own Bluetooth Scale
It’s an interesting move for a mobile app maker to launch a hardware device, and not the other way around.News Byte
“Smart” Scale-Maker Withings Raises $30 Million to, Well, Scale
Withings, a France-based maker of digital-health devices, has raised $30 million in venture capital funding from Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, 360 Capital Partners and repeat investor Ventech. Withings makes a Wi-Fi-connected scale that automatically sends your weight data to your phone; it also makes a smart baby monitor and, most recently, a wearable activity-tracker called the Pulse. The company plans to use the funding to further expand overseas and build up its research and development teams.Schadenfreude With Friends: Zynga’s Rivals Explain Why They’re Not Also in Trouble
A few thoughts from the execs at some of Zynga’s top challengers.Zynga’s Pincus: “None of Us Ever Expected to Face a Day Like Today”
It’s not easy being mobile.Mark Pincus on Zynga’s Strategy: Open Platform, Collect Non-Gamers, Score One Billion Players
In the run-up to its IPO, Zynga spent most of last year in a quiet period. Now Pincus is eager to talk about how the social games company will reach its goal of a billion players on its network.News Byte
FitBit Now Tracks Heart-Rate Data, Through Digifit App
Fitbit, the popular fitness device that clips on to clothing and measures the wearer’s activity levels, is adding heart rate to the list of metrics it will support, through a partnership with the Digifit heart-rate app. When users are wearing the Fitbit and using Digifit’s app, they can now pull their cardio info into Fitbit’s online dashboard, and can merge it with data from Fitbit’s new Aria scale, as well.News Byte