DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Mobile & iPhone Apps http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= New “Dexcom Share” Will Top MySentry with Phone Integration http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/new-dexcom-share-will-top-mysentry-with-phone-integration.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/new-dexcom-share-will-top-mysentry-with-phone-integration.html#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:59 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=62674 In the not-so-distant future, people with diabetes or parents caring for type 1 kids could have more peace of mind sleeping through the night thanks to a new device Dexcom’s developing. The California company that makes continuous glucose monitors (CGMs)…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/new-dexcom-share-will-top-mysentry-with-phone-integration.html/feed 23 Dario: Turning Your Smartphone Into a Glucose Meter http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:00:23 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72350 Have you heard of Dario, the new smartphone-compatible glucose meter that’s about to debut over in Europe and will hopefully be heading for the U.S. market within the next year? It’s a bite-sized meter that lets you turn your smartphone…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html/feed 9 Call for an Open Model of Diabetes Care! (i.e. Standards) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:46 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=71050 As a follow up to the 2012 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event held last November at Stanford University, we wanted to share the gist of the keynote talk about why the development of standards for diabetes devices and data is so…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html/feed 10 New Ginger.io App Connects Behavior to Health http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:23 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=70147 Your smartphone is watching you — to learn how your behavior might be affecting your health. OK, maybe it’s not at this very moment… but it could, thanks to a new app created by a Boston-based health IT startup company…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html/feed 9 Small But Mighty: Kickstarting Another New BG Logging App http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:51 +0000 AllisonN http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69222 Finding new and innovative ways to log our diabetes info is all the rage these days. While some companies are manufacturing new gadgets to help us log and track blood sugar readings, medication doses, carb counts and more, many new…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html/feed 1 Insulet & Dexcom Break Up Over Plans for Next-Gen Integration http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/insulet-dexcom-break-up-over-plans-for-next-gen-integration.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/insulet-dexcom-break-up-over-plans-for-next-gen-integration.html#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:24 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69098 Many in the Diabetes Community are anxiously awaiting the release of the smaller and sleeker 2nd generation OmniPod, but already we know what a third generation won’t have: A Pod that’s integrated with a Dexcom CGM sensor. Yep, it’s true:…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/insulet-dexcom-break-up-over-plans-for-next-gen-integration.html/feed 28 The “Ethical Imperative” of Diabetes Interoperability http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:49 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69008 The fact is, a handful of manufacturers currently have a stronghold on our diabetes data. Their systems collect this vital health data for us, but are designed to withhold it so that we rely on their products exclusively to access…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html/feed 15 Glooko’s D-Device Connectivity Workaround http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:51 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=68298 When it comes to connecting diabetes devices and assuring that they can “talk to each other,” the small but mighty startup Glooko is making surprising progress. But it’s doing so with what is essentially a clever workaround — the first…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html/feed 8 Sailing Toward Standards for Diabetes Device Interoperability (Wind Needed) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/sailing-toward-standards-for-diabetes-device-interoperability-wind-needed.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/sailing-toward-standards-for-diabetes-device-interoperability-wind-needed.html#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:00:19 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=67937 A fellow person with diabetes from Germany has braved the open ocean and sailed around the world despite his living with type 1 diabetes. But when it comes to getting his D-devices to talk to each other and share data,…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/sailing-toward-standards-for-diabetes-device-interoperability-wind-needed.html/feed 7 A Look at Tethys: Predicting Diabetes is the Easy Part http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/a-look-at-tethys-predicting-diabetes-is-the-easy-part.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/a-look-at-tethys-predicting-diabetes-is-the-easy-part.html#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:00:43 +0000 WilD http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=66067 A few months ago, we got a tip from a researcher about a new product from a company called Tethys Bioscience that can quite accurately predict a person’s likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes. This sounded pretty revolutionary, in large…

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