From pocket-sized, portable chargers to sleek, modernist stands and power stations, Cult of Mac has your Series 3 charging needs covered. We’ve rounded up our favorite stands and docks for Apple Watch Series 3 from some of the best brands on the market …
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iPhone 8 review, Apple Watch Series 3 fix, reaction to the Google Pixel 2 event, and your comments and questions: Macworld Podcast episode 576
More for you to like: Macworld’s Leah Yamshon has a full review of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, but there’s more iPhone news to talk about. There’s a fix for the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE. And Google held an event on Wednesday—what does it …
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Week In Wearables: watchOS 4 Dev Update, Apple Watch Series 3 LTE Connections And Snap’s Specs Sales
Apple Watch Series 3 continues to dominate the headlines with some users reporting problems connecting to LTE, the first update for developers to watchOS 4 since the launch and Snap Spectacles sales are revealed. The Week in Wearables is a news digest, out …
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Apple won’t reveal Apple Watch sales figures, but it’s not alone
You, dear reader, are clearly someone who pays attention to what Apple is doing. So here’s a quick quiz: How many Apple Watches did Apple sell during its last financial quarter? If you answered, you were guessing. Apple doesn’t disclose how many Apple …
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Fitbit Ionic: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About The Apple Watch 3 Rival
In a bid to rival the Apple Watch series 3, Fitbit has launched its latest and greatest smartwatch, the Ionic. Adding some much-anticipated features, such as contactless payments, music storage and some novel fitness tracking tech, I put the new device …
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Patent describes clever method allowing an Apple Watch to measure blood pressure
Anyone who’s ever had a blood pressure test will know that it normally involves an inflatable cuff that squeezes your arm until it cuts off circulation, then gradually deflates it, measuring the point at which circulation first resumes and then returns …
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M.L.B. Investigating Diamondbacks Coach Who Wore Apple Watch
CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball is investigating the possible use of a forbidden electronic device by the Arizona Diamondbacks during their 11-8 win over the Colorado Rockies in the National League wild card game Wednesday night. Ariel Prieto, a coach …
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Watch Google repeatedly mock Apple at its October Pixel event
Google made several jokes about Apple and the iPhones at its event to show off the new Pixel 2. The search giant repeatedly took aim at the iPhone’s dual lenses, colors, storage space, and other features.
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Apple fixed the Apple Watch LTE bug that prevented it from connecting to LTE
Early reviews of the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE found a critical bug with its cellular connection that prevented it from working as advertised. The problem was actually related to WiFi, Apple representatives told Business Insider during a briefing.
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Apple Watch watchOS 4.1 Beta Now Available To Developers. What’s Included And Is It Worth Having?
You may have thought that when watchOS 4 arrived, that would be that. After all, it was a stable, solid release and almost everything that had been promised had been delivered, such as the Toy Story animated Watch face and exceptional, detailed heart rate …
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9to5Toys Last Call: Apple Watch Series 2 $170 off, MacBook Air $790, Seagate 4TB Hard Drive $70, more
9to5Toys Lunch Break delivers the best deals every day of the week at 12:30PM EST. This includes price drops on all sorts of Apple products from iPad to MacBook and everything in between, as well as HomeKit gear, accessories of all kinds and so much more.
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Apple’s investment in micro LED predicted to lead to future Apple Watch with longer battery life
Apple’s moves in the space, plus supply chain reports both suggest that the upcoming micro LED display technology is an obvious choice for a future Apple Watch —with recent production equipment breakthroughs suggesting that Apple’s purchase of LuxVue in …
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Deep dive: How exactly the Apple Watch tracks swimming
Last week I splashed into an underground university pool with an Apple Watch Series 3. As the company’s wearable has matured, Apple has marketed it more and more as a fitness device, one that’s, thanks to a partnership with Nike, particularly well-suited …
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Thanks to the FDA, your next Apple Watch might be loaded with health features
Apple, Fitbit, and Samsung may be competing for smartwatch sales, but the companies have similar issues when it comes to health advancements in their wearables: too much red tape. Now the three companies are part of a new government-run pilot program that …
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Apple Watch Series 3 a Top Performer in Consumer Reports Testing
The Apple Watch Series 3, unveiled on Sept. 12, arrived with some compelling fitness features, along with an LTE cellular connection in some versions that lets users receive calls and text messages without having to carry a smartphone. The Apple Watch …
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Nike+ Run Club app updated with new Apple Watch Nike+ features ahead of device launch
In preparation of this week’s release of the Nike+ version of Apple Watch Series 3, Nike on Monday updated its Nike+ Run Club app with a new Audio Guided Runs feature, a social networking function called Cheers and other features highlighted during the …
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MLB testing iPhone, Apple Watch NFC technology for contactless ticketing
Major League Baseball on Monday announced the Oakland Athletics recently trialled a contactless ticketing system that relies on Apple NFC assets to let customers enter the stadium with the tap of an iPhone or Apple Watch. The pilot, which ran for six home …
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