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Pact, a Seattle-based digital health startup that allegedly bilked customers who used its app to set weekly tasks to improve their health or face automatic charges when they missed an activity, has ...

In the capitalistic nightmare we live in, everything has to be a transaction. So, when Pact launched its fitness app that let you make money for working out—or else pay a fee for failing to do so—it ...

There are dozens of apps that let you track your activity to try and change unhealthy behavior. Soon, more will share your data with employers to help them track and change your behavior too, all in a ...

So, let’s be honest here, dear readers – leave a comment below if you said to yourself maybe today, or New Year’s Day, that you were going to eat better and lose weight in 2014. For those of you that ...

The Pact app was supposed to help users meet weekly goals for exercising and eating veggies. Users that succeeded were promised cash rewards, while those who broke their health “pact” paid penalties.

Do you need some added motivation to meet your fitness goals?Click here to watch video.Maybe you should try putting some money on the line with an app called Pact.Each week, users make pact to meet a ...

Attendees watch presentations from Enterprise App Challenge finalists. A Chicago-based diabetes management app and a locally-made augmented reality wayfinding service were named the two top winners of ...