On today's episode, we discuss what healthcare consumers in 2022 care about most and how companies are responding to those new needs. Then for "In Other News," we talk about why digital health funding has spiked and some developments in home healthcare. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Rajiv Leventhal.
A Peloton acquisition may face regulatory scrutiny: While Amazon, Apple, and Nike are each reportedly interested in buying Peloton, they need to examine whether the benefit is worth the hassle.
Virtual care alone won’t be a panacea for treating chronic conditions: New research from Included Health reveals virtual care effectively treat hypertension. We unpack some of telehealth's limitations and explore why pairing telehealth with RPM and in-person care could be more fruitful.
Spotify’s CEO is "deeply sorry" about ongoing Joe Rogan controversies: But the streaming service’s failure to accept responsibility for content on its platform complicates its efforts to move on.
The Winter Olympics’ ratings plummet: The kickoff event was one of the least-watched opening ceremonies on TV in Olympics history.
Google, Meta find themselves in Europe’s regulatory crosshairs once more: As increased scrutiny drives up the cost of doing business, Big Tech tries to fight back.
Google’s EU antitrust woes multiply: Sweden’s PriceRunner sues Google for skewing search results toward its own shopping service. The move could prompt more legal action from European shopping services.
Investment soared sevenfold in 2021 for UK-based fintechs—here’s why we expect that trend to carry through 2022.
PayPal said the accounts were linked to user acquisition campaigns—here’s what our forecasts say about the firm’s user base.
Bunq ventures into green investing: The Netherlands-based neobank’s product, rolled out in partnership with Birdee, lets customers invest in environmentally and socially conscious companies.
Available to fintechs and consumer brands, the solution lets Q2 tap into a market with great potential and add to its breadth in banking-as-as-service (BaaS).
Boston Fed, MIT hit a digital-dollar research milestone: Their paper on Phase 1 of Project Hamilton explores technical challenges for a US central bank digital currency (CBDC).
TikTok was the No. 1 mobile app in the US last year, with 94.0 million downloads, a 6% increase over 2020. Runners-up Instagram and Snapchat reached 64.0 million downloads and 56.0 million downloads, respectively, meaning the three most downloaded apps in the US were all photo- and video-sharing platforms.
Diversified EV offerings drive Ford forward in 2022: More than 275,000 orders for EVs help Ford grow 4x faster than the overall electrified segment, but can it overcome chip-related delays?