We show how to use your Apple Watch to navigate your way around, thanks to the Apple Maps app and its turn-by-turn directions. Apple Maps, better known for its work (and occasional errors, back in the early days) on the iPhone and Mac, is also a brilliant …
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Stranded kitesurfer used his Apple Watch to call for help in shark-infested waters
Over the past few years, we’ve seen quite a few stories detailing how the heart sensor on the Apple Watch has helped save lives. Just last month, for example, we covered a man who went to the hospital after noticing that his heart rate was abnormally …
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AI Can Help Apple Watch Predict High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea
The world’s most valuable company crammed a lot into the tablespoon-sized volume of an Apple Watch. There’s GPS, a heart-rate sensor, cellular connectivity, and computing resources that not long ago would have filled a desk-dwelling beige box.
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Apple Watch helps save kitesurfer in shark-infested waters
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. An Apple Watch-wearing kitesurfer claims the device saved his life after he got stranded off the California coast in shark-infested waters. John Zilles, 49, crashed while riding a hydrofoil, and …
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Apple Watch saves kitesurfer stranded a mile off the California coast in great white shark-infested waters
“A California filmmaker has revealed how his Apple Watch saved him after a kiteboarding mishap left him stranded a mile off the California coast in shark infested waters,” Mark Prigg reports for The Daily Mail. “Stranded off Ventura, where a great …
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Study Suggests Apple Watch Heart Rate Monitor Can Detect Hypertension and Sleep Apnea
The Apple Watch may be able to accurately detect hypertension and sleep apnea, according to a new study published today by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Cardiogram, a company that’s developed an app that breaks down heart rate data …
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Apple Watch Series 3 Saves Kitesurfer From Shark-Infested Waters
One of the key features of the Apple Watch Series 3 is its ability to make phone calls, assuming that you purchased the cellular option. While some might find the cellular feature a bit of a novelty and unnecessary, for John Zilles, the decision to …
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Apple Watch 2
What is the Apple Watch 2? The Apple Watch 2 (or Apple Watch Series 2 to give it its official title) is the second version of the most successful smartwatch around. It’s since been replaced by the Apple Watch Series 3 but is still widely on sale.
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Will The Apple Watch Eventually Kill The Smartphone Industry?
Thanks to the Apple Watch and similar devices, the smartphone may no longer be relevant. At least that’s what some experts want you to believe. Mark Rogowski from Forbes recently wrote an article titled, “Apple’s Next Big Thing Is Small, Wearable …
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The Impressive Growth of the Apple Watch
Back in late 2014, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced its first wearable-device product, the Apple Watch. The device, though limited in functionality, proved to be relatively successful. Since then, Apple has continued to improve on the Apple Watch, bringing …
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Week In Wearables: Black Friday Apple Watch Deals, Fitbit Alta HR Award, Apple AR Headset Rumor
Black Friday Apple Watch bargains, a win for the Fitbit Alta HR at the prestigious Wareable awards and the latest rumor on an Apple AR headset are among this week’s Week in Wearables news. The Week in Wearables is a news digest, out each midweek, focused …
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EXCLUSIVE: The kitesurfer stranded a mile off the California coast in great white shark infested waters reveals how his Apple Watch saved him
A California filmmaker has revealed how his Apple Watch saved him after a kiteboarding mishap left him stranded a mile off the California coast in shark infested waters. Stranded off Ventura, where a great white shark nursery was recently discovered, he …
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Apple Watch Series 4 Release Date, Price And Features [RUMORS]
November 2, 2017 UPDATE – The Apple Watch Series 4 could benefit from the Face ID technology which has become a fixture in the iPhone range. This is the opinion of renowned KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who is also known for particularly …
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The smartphone is eventually going to die, and the Apple Watch could be collateral damage
The Apple Watch Series 3 offers a tantalizing glimpse at a world where we’re not all attached to our smartphones. However, if Apple CEO Tim Cook’s vision for augmented reality comes to fruition, the Apple Watch could be collateral damage. It’s a first …
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Apple Watch sales up 50 percent for third consecutive quarter
Apple reported quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday and said sales of the Apple Watch continue to grow at a rapid pace. Apple didn’t break out Apple Watch sales, but the company said that sales of the wearable grew more than 50 percent year-over …
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Apple has a hidden business that’s bigger than some airlines (AAPL)
Apple considers “wearables” to be its Apple Watch, Beats headphones, and AirPods earbuds. Apple is known as the iPhone company, because that iconic product drives over half of its sales. But Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped hints on Thursday that the company has …
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Notes: The Apple Watch 3 Has Me Back on the Kool-Aid
When the original Apple Watch launched in the spring of 2015 I was obsessed with the promise of a wearable to end all wearables. After all, Apple did it with the iPhone—a device that changed the world for businesses and consumers alike and set a course …
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