Apple to remove pulse oximeter from watches to avoid sales ban

Apple pulled the watches from store shelves after the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that the watches’ blood oxygen sensors violated Masimo’s patents. The devices were banned on December 26. Apple appealed the decision and the ban was paused, allowing the tech giant to resume watch sales in the U.S.

ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment

This was still in the early days, back when Facebook was a “social-network site” rather than part of the now-ubiquitous “social media.” FarmVille broke through in 2009 as the developer platform’s clearest success.