The iTube platform, left, uses colorimetric assays and a smartphone-based digital reader to detect potential food allergen. A screen capture of the iTube App appears on the right. UCLA hide caption
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Mobile apps and devices track a user's health statistics. But those data are sometimes sold and can end up in the hands of employers and insurance companies. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Who Could Be Watching You Watching Your Figure? Your Boss
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Who's collecting information about her? Peggy Turbett/The Plain Dealer /Landov hide caption
Many Apps For Children Still Raise Privacy Concerns, FTC Says
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Apps that can keep kids entertained during long road trips include (from left) Waze, Story Dice, Mobbles, Cobypic, and Postcard on the Run. NPR hide caption
For Holiday Road Trips, Apps That Promise Diversions For Kids
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With thousands of medical apps available for download, patients and physicians can instantly keep visual records of wounds and look up symptoms. Benjamin Morris/NPR hide caption
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Jealous? If you have trouble sleeping, several new apps and devices promise to help you figure out why. In this photo from January, Huan Huan, a female giant panda, sleeps in a zoo in Beauval, France. Franck Prevel/Getty Images hide caption