Consumer

Weight Watchers has acquired San Francisco-based fitness app developer, Hot5, according to a report from TechCrunch.

Mountain View, California-based Amiigo, which makes an activity tracker that raised $580,000 on Indiegogo in 2013, has teamed up with online patient community platform Alliance Health to launch a new study looking at the combined effect of wearables and peer support on heart failure patients.

MyFitnessPal has updated its health and fitness tracking app and launched a paid version, called MyFitnessPal Premium.

Smart clothing shipments are expected to surpass 10.

Warby Parker, an eyeglass retailer, has announced that they are investing in technology that allows consumers to conduct smartphone-based eye exams, according to a post from Engadget.

Ford's 2011 visualization of heart rate monitoring seats Ford has confirmed that it will no longer continue a multiyear research initiative to embed heart rate sensors in its car seats, according to a report from the Financial Times.

This week the American Telemedicine Association's annual event is taking place in Los Angeles and apart from the important pair of policy-focused reports the ATA published (more on that below), the other news coming out of the event so far is that American Well has expanded its scope and is now working to convince physicians to use its platform to connect with their existing patients.

Fitbit Surge smartwatch President Barack Obama is not the only one who, at least for now, seems to prefer the Fitbit to the Apple Watch.

Apple and IBM have partnered with Japanese conglomerate Japan Post Group -- building on the partnership the two tech companies announced last year --to provide Japanese senior citizens with iPads that they can use to manage their health.

One month ago, I wrote about how a Supreme Court case with little to do with digital health on the surface could turn out to be a game changer for telemedicine.