Apps

Published by Applause, the 2015 State Of The U.S. Health & Fitness Apps Economy ARC 360 report looked at 39 health and fitness and 28 medical apps.

The application is aiming to help develop communication skills in children with autism and deepen the relationships with those around them.

The popular fitness tracking app also got support for headphone heart rate monitoring when connected to the SMS Audio BioSport Headphones.

The capability was removed in October because it offered only one unit of measurement - mg/dL, which is used in the U.S. and not in Europe.

The app's database has over 10,000 questions across 300 topics, certified by 30+ different experts from various fields of medicine, nutrition and exercise.

The popular fitness app is now available to over 95% of worldwide smartphone market; Chromecast integration adds new content on the large screen.

The money was provided by existing investors Cowboy Ventures and Floodgate, bringing the company's total funding to at least $3.3 million.

The free service will still include community support, whereas those opting to pay for a mentor will get a more personal guidance to achieve their goals.

By combining nutritional research with activity data collected by wearable devices, Nutrimatix generates a unique nutritional fingerprint for each individual.

The software adds support for manual entry 100+ new activities, and experimental step detection when an Android Wear watch is disconnected from the phone.