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词条 Flo (app)
释义

  1. History

  2. Product

  3. Privacy breach

  4. Investments

  5. Recognition

  6. References

  7. External links

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}}{{short description|Menstruation and menopause tracking app}}{{Infobox software
| name = Flo
| logo = Flo Health Logo Vertical.png
| developer = Flo Health, Inc.
| released = 2015
| operating system = iOS, Android
| language count = 22
| website = www.flo.health
}}Flo is a menstruation and menopause tracking, ovulation calendar, and pregnancy monitoring mobile application. It uses artificial intelligence and data science to monitor women’s health.[1][2][2][3] The application is available on iOS and Android.[4][5][6]

History

Flo was founded in 2015, in Minsk, Belarus, by Dmitry and Yuri Gurski.[7][8][9][10]

In September 2017, Russian model Natalia Vodianova became an investor with Flo, and developed the “Let’s Talk About it. Period” worldwide awareness campaign which seeks to break the taboo surrounding women’s health and more specifically periods through a series of events, talks, interviews, video and social media.[11][12][13]

In December 2017, Flo began to work with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to spread health awareness among women throughout the world by creating content on reproductive and sexual health issues.[14][15][16]

Product

Flo was initially created as a convenient period tracking application, but later, it developed into an artificial intelligence powered women’s health product. The application covers all phases of a reproductive cycle, including the start of menstruation (teens), cycle tracking, preparation for conception (for women with or without fertility problems), pregnancy, early motherhood, menopause. It is the first menstruation tracking application to use artificial intelligence for accurate cycle predictions.[17][1][2][3]

Flo users get access to a calendar to receive reminders of upcoming menstrual cycles, and maintain a record of various other health symptoms such as contraceptive methods, vaginal discharge, water intake, pains, mood swings, and sexual activity. It uses neural networks to predict menstrual cycles.[1][8][18]

Privacy breach

{{quote|text=[Flo] told Facebook when a user was having her period or informed the app of an intention to get pregnant... [The data] was sent with a unique advertising identifier that can be matched to a device or profile.|author=Sam Schechner|title=You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook|source=The Wall Street Journal[25][26]}}

In February 2019, it emerged that Flo had been sending users' health data to Facebook .[25][28][26] The data was sent without users' informed consent,[19][20] and in violation of Facebook's developer policies.[21]

Later in February 2019, Flo said that it had released an update for its iOS and Android apps that would stop them from sending any further sensitive personal data to external analytics companies such as Facebook, and that it would conduct a privacy audit.[21][22]

Investments

In 2016, Flo raised $1 million in Seed round funding from Flint Capital and Haxus Venture Fund.[23] In 2017, Flo received an investment of $5 million from Flint Capital, Natalia Vodianova and other angel investors.[8] In 2018, Flo received an investment of $6 million from Mangrove Capital Partners, with participation from Flint Capital and Haxus, giving the company a valuation of $200 million.[24]

Recognition

Flo is a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Software and Mobile Applications category.[25]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/depth-digital-health-innovation-fertility-and-womens-health-%E2%80%93-not-so-niche-anymore|title=In-Depth: Digital health innovation in fertility and women's health – not so niche anymore|date=2016-12-22|website=MobiHealthNews|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/23/17892940/period-tracking-app-control-body-menstruation-clue-flo|title=How period-tracking apps helped me regain control after going off the pill|last=Bogen|first=Julie|date=2018-09-23|website=The Verge|access-date=2018-12-13}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/period-positive-feminine-care-industry-startups-indyventure-modibodi-a8632056.html|title=The period-positive start-ups revolutionising the multi-billion pound feminine care industry|date=2018-12-13|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/flo-period-tracker-app-review|title=If you have irregular periods, you NEED this tracking app|last=Winter|first=Lottie|website=Glamour UK|access-date=2018-12-11}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320758.php|title=10 of the best period tracking apps for 2018|website=Medical News Today|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/flo-takes-aim-womens-health-5m-series-round|title=Flo takes aim at women's health in $5M Series A round|date=2017-08-14|website=MobiHealthNews|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=d093e510-3eef-11e9-921e-03ba5a4689e8&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxOS0wMS0yNC9ob3ctcGVyaW9kLXRyYWNraW5nLWFwcHMtYXJlLW1vbmV0aXppbmctd29tZW4tcy1leHRyZW1lbHktcGVyc29uYWwtZGF0YQ==|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|website=www.bloomberg.com}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/11/flo-raises-5-million-for-its-ai-powered-femtech-app/|title=Flo raises $5 million for its AI-powered period-tracking app|date=2017-08-11|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/flo-raises-1m-led-by-flint-capital-for-its-ai-driven-period-calculator/|title=Flo raises $1M led by Flint Capital for its AI-driven period calculator|publisher=}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/a21272099/clue-period-app/|title=The Race to Hack Your Period Is On|first=Marina|last=Khidekel|date=25 June 2018|website=ELLE}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/emily-ratajkowski-period-story|title=Emily Ratajkowski's Embarrassing Period Story Is So Relatable|last=Park|first=Andrea|website=Glamour|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/natalia-vodianova-lets-talk-about-it-period|title=Natalia Vodianova's New Video Series Tackles Every Single Period Taboo|website=InStyle.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/people/natalia-vodianova-health-taboos-juggling-five-kids-health-app/|title=Russian model Natalia Vodianova on juggling five kids and the health app that's got her talking about sex|last=Lally|first=Maria|date=2018-04-11|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-12-11|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/period-tracker-apps-fertility-apps-need-to-know-a3817036.html|title=Why period tracker and fertility apps are the hottest thing in tech|date=2018-04-19|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/news/notizie-del-giorno/2018/02/07/la-rivoluzione-mestruale-vogue-italia-febbraio-2018|title=La rivoluzione mestruale|website=Vogue Italia|language=it|access-date=2018-12-11}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.unfpa.org/updates/unfpa-partners-flo-app-bring-reproductive-health-information-millions-users|title=UNFPA partners with Flo app to bring reproductive health information to millions of users|website=www.unfpa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://insidebigdata.com/2017/05/21/meet-flo-first-period-ovulation-tracker-uses-neural-networks/|title=Meet Flo - The First Period & Ovulation Tracker that Uses Neural Networks|date=2017-05-21|website=insideBIGDATA|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a18210028/best-period-tracker-fertility-app/|title=8 Period Tracking Apps That Will Never Make You Wonder If That’s Your Period Starting or Just Discharge|last=Hsieh|first=Carina|date=2018-02-16|website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-13}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-reportedly-received-sensitive-health-data-from-apps-without-consent/|title=Facebook reportedly received users' sensitive health data from apps: "It’s incredibly dishonest"|website=www.cbsnews.com}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-personal-information-then-they-tell-facebook-11550851636|title=You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook.|first1=Sam|last1=Schechner|first2=Mark|last2=Secada|date=22 February 2019|publisher=|via=www.wsj.com}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/flo-period-tracking-app-will-stop-sharing-data-with-facebook/|title=Period tracking app says it will stop sharing health data with Facebook|first=Karissa|last=Bell|website=Mashable}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/eleven-popular-apps-that-shared-data-with-facebook-11551055132|title=Eleven Popular Apps That Shared Data With Facebook|first=Sam|last=Schechner|date=25 February 2019|publisher=|via=www.wsj.com}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/funding-snapshot-flo-app-raises-1-million-seed-for-period-calculator-1481825178|title=Funding Snapshot: Flo App Raises $1 Million Seed for Period Calculator|date=2016-12-15|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-12-11|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}
24. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/ai-powered-womens-health-platform-lands-12m-series-extension-round|title=AI-powered women's health platform lands $12M in Series A extension round|date=2018-10-11|website=MobiHealthNews|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}}
25. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ces.tech/Events-Programs/Innovation-Awards/Honorees.aspx|title=Innovation Awards Honorees|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}

External links

  • [https://flo.health Official Website]

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