Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care

Will the Sand Hill Road firms open their check books for you? We caught up with Sequoia Capital's Warren Hogarth and Morgenthaler Ventures' Missy Krasner to dig deeper into their investment thesis.

How to pick the perfect fitness wristband: FuelBand, Up, Flex, or Basis (comparison chart)

So, you're looking for a fitness wristband to keep you in a healthy mindset. We've compared the top three to help you choose.

Jawbone takes a big bite out of health tech: acquires BodyMedia, launches Up app platform

Jawbone is putting the pieces in place to become a wearable health technology leader.

Jawbone’s Big Jambox gets a big update: better audio, 2 more hours of battery life, and more

It's a big day for owners of Jawbone's Big Jambox, as the company is rolling out its first major update for the wireless speaker.

Mobile Summit 2013: Mobile as remote control for life (and you)

Security systems, cars, homes, appliances: everything modern, seemingly, has a remote control.

Even you.

Finally! A fitness tracker that actually knows what you’re doing

Self-quantification is awesome in theory, but the data and record-keeping, frankly, suck. Which is why I'm pretty pumped about the Amiigo fitness bracelet.

Broken Jawbone: Hackers steal email and passwords from users

Jawbone, which creates speakers and fitness devices, announced it was hacked this morning. Emails and hashed passwords were compromised.

Jawbone’s grand design: Acquisitions all about the beauty of getting healthy

Jawbone, the wearable computing maker, today acquired MassiveHealth, a maker of apps to promote healthy eating, and Visere, the design firm behind the Unstuck life coach app for an undisclosed sum.

Apple iWatch? Fuggedaboutit … this could be so much more

The speculation is that Apple is designing a new iWatch that connects to iPhones, relays messages, and displays status alerts. But would the company that reinvented the computer, the phone, and the way we consume media be aiming so low?

9 wearable gadgets that’ll help you get in shape

Fitness gadgets are getting better at tracking your activity and sleep. Here's the rundown on a bunch of options.

Doximity’s Jeff Tangney on VC in medicine, self-quantification, and how to get a sleep score of 100

Health care is a massive part of the U.S. economy -- about 20 percent -- but it's not one that we talk about often when we think of venture capital. That might be about to change.

Jawbone’s Up and Fitbit’s One: Which tiny fitness gadget is best? (review)

In the battle of the latest fitness gadgets, there are no losers.

Jawbone’s Up health wristband is back — after 2.9 million hours of testing

Jawbone wants to make it clear that you can trust the Up this time.

Ron Conway and Jack Dorsey team up to promote job creation in San Francisco (video)

Conway's latest viral video, which he describes as a "gift to San Francisco," is already making its rounds on the Internet. It's not surprising, given that the stars of the new video boast a combined 4.2 million Twitter followers.

Ouya surpasses its funding goal on Kickstarter by $7.6M

Ouya has raised nearly $8.6M in support of its free-to-play, Android-based console.

Jawbone’s Big Jambox may be the only speaker you’ll ever need (review)

It’s big. It’s boxy. And it can power tunes cordlessly for 15 hours.

Jawbone unveiled the Big Jambox today, a large wireless speaker that improves upon its popular and smaller older sibling in practically every way. With the Big Jambox, …

Ben Sawyer on how Games for Health will lead to “human joysticks” (interview)

Ben Sawyer is the co-founder of game-consulting firm Digitalmill and one of the pioneers in the field of Games for Health. He founded the Serious Games Initiative a decade ago as part of a U.S. government research effort into how …