World Diabetes Day 2012: Hat Tip to the Pioneers
Today is World Diabetes Day. A day for helping raise the awareness of Diabetes. November 14th was chosen since it is the birthday of Sir. Frederick Banting, who produced insulin for the first time. The day was started by International Diabetes Federation and WHO in 1991. Here at Lifely, we would like tip our hat to the various pioneers starting from Sir. Banting, August Krogh and Dr. Permutt. There are also individuals who not doctors but are trying to make a difference in Diabetes like Amy Tenderich of Diabetesmine, Manny...
Read MoreLifely + Achievemint = Rewards for Managing Diabetes!
We are happy to release the next version of Lifely app integrated with Achievemint. Achievemint is a rewards platform that provides real life rewards like gift cards, discounts etc for using the Lifely app. You can sign up for Achievemint from within Lifely app and track your progress towards the rewards on Achievemint.com dashboard. You can download the updated app from here. Achievemint will work for new users and also for existing users who upgrade the app. You can enable or disable the integration with Achievemint from the...
Read MoreGoodbye DiaLog Unlimited, Hello Lifely
We are excited to make a couple of important announcements related to our apps. First, our most popular app – DiaLog Unlimited will be renamed as Lifely. Some of you felt that the name DiaLog Unlimited was a bit long and we have acted on that feedback. The app will now have a shorter and unique name which will make it easier to discover in the app markets. The Android app is now available in the Play Market as Lifely app while the iPhone version is waiting for Apple’s approval. The links to the app on the iTunes...
Read MoreNew Features like Snooze and Support for International Units
Thank you to all our users who have been giving us great feedback about the app. There were two features that were requested more often – one was to give the option to the users to snooze the app reminders and another to support both mmol/l and mg/dl units for blood sugar. The latest version of the app to hit the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store supports both of these features. You will find the settings for these new features in the settings screen of the iPhone app and under menu of the Android app. Once you...
Read MoreReaching the top of the App Store!
As you know, our app DiaLog Unlimited was released into the iTunes App Store early last week. Since then, the app has been climbing up the Health app top charts. It was in the top 100 of Healthcare apps in USA (yes, USA is a tough market), in the top 5 in other markets like Kuwait and Qatar and #1 in Saudi Arabia. Obviously, this has far exceeded our expectations and we are grateful for the users in these countries to have downloaded the app. With the increase in the number of users, we have had to make changes and upgrades to...
Read MoreDiaLog at Diabetes Tour de Cure, Salt Lake City, Utah
The American Diabetes Association has another exciting event to raise awareness of Diabetes and to raise funds to benefit the American Diabetes Association – it is called the Tour De Cure. This is an event for everyone touched by Diabetes to raise funds to help in preventing and finding a cure for Diabetes. The next one is going to be this Saturday in Brigham City (near Salt Lake City), UT. After all those great reasons to be at this Tour De Cure, there is one more! The HealthInsight team will be present at the location...
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