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Walgreens is happy to announce a Balance Rewards API integration with the HoMedics application for iPhone, iPad and Android. 

HoMedics allows you to sync, transmit and be reminded to take your blood bressure readings from your HoMedics premium blood pressure monitor or manually add your own with this helpful tracking app. Wirelessly transmit and store your readings on your mobile device, access advanced averaging that compares to cues given by the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) and sync to your Walgreens account to receive Balance Rewards points for checking your blood pressure!

Go to the iOS AppStore or Google Play store to download the HoMedics application and start monitoring your blood pressure today!

Update (01/07/15): LifeTrak has also now integrated the Balance Rewards API with their Android Application. Check it out on the Google Play Store

Walgreens is pleased to announce Balance Rewards API integration with the LifeTrak iPhone application. 

LifeTrak allows you to pair with the LifeTrak Move (C300) and LifeTrak Zone (C410) activity trackers to track your activity and gain insight about yourself on a daily basis, for up to seven days, all conveniently right on your wrist, and now in your hand. Pairing with the LifeTrak app will give you a deeper understanding of your activity, your sleep and most importantly yourself, providing additional motivation towards a healthier lifestyle. Using the LifeTrak app you can also sync to your Walgreens account to receive Balance Rewards points for tracking your healthy activity!

Go to the iOS AppStore and start using LifeTrak to “trak" today!

Walgreens is excited to announce that Pixicle for iPhone is now live in the Apple Store with the ability to print to Walgreens! 

Pixicle (http://pixicle.tv) is a multi retailer photo print app that will allow customers the ability to send their photos directly from their mobile smartphone to Walgreens for physical prints. 

According to Norm Lai, President of Pixicle, “Having Walgreens as a partner will be one of the keys to our success. We consider Walgreens to be one of the premier photo labs in the United States and we are excited to work closely with them to bring your memories back home.”

Don't delay, download Pixicle for iPhone today!

Walgreens is excited to announce that the Microsoft OneDrive site has been updated with the the ability to print to Walgreens! OneDrive (https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us) is free online storage service from Microsoft that provides users with one place to store everything in their life including photos, videos and documents. Currently, OneDrive has over 250 million users worldwide and works on any device including PCs, Macs, and Android, iOS, and Windows phones and tablets. Customers can use OneDrive to automatically back up their camera roll from their phone or tablet, view photos and videos, and also share large files and folders, even with those who don’t have a OneDrive account. 

According to Douglas Peace, Group Program Manager for OneDrive, “We’re committed to making sure our users have a great experience with OneDrive, and that means being able to easily access photos, documents, and other files from any device with the option to share with friends and family. By partnering with Walgreens, we have integrated their QuickPrint functionality into OneDrive, giving users another great way to share photographs and memories quick and easily.” 

Find out more about this exciting new integration and obtain a promotional discount code at https://blog.onedrive.com/making-photos-on-onedrive-better.

Walgreens would like to welcome Canvsly to the QuickPrints Family.  Canvsly is an award winning platform to help parents capture, organize, share their kids precious artworks, so they can cherish them anytime, anywhere forever. 

According to Amit Murumkar, Founder & CEO of Canvsly, “I received a lot of emails from our users about helping them put all these artworks into a book potentially. We wanted the best solution for our users. Choosing Walgreens as a partner to provide this service was a no brainer. The tech support team is fabulous and offered great support through the implementation process.”

Download the free Canvsly app for iPhone today!