Heather Hendershot’s Apple Watch may well have saved her life. The device started beeping at the 25-year-old mother last month, notifying her that her resting heart rate was abnormally high. Hendershot had always been healthy, so she figured her watch most …
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Apple Watch Series Update: New watchOS 5 May Drop Old Apps Support
When Apple Watch Series 3 and other Apple Watch owners update to the new watchOS 5 upgrade for their gadgets, they may find some of the apps they’ve installed have no functionality. This is based on speculation from the latest beta of the watchOS which …
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Apple Watch Series 4: what to expect from the next generation timepiece
The Apple Watch Series 3 delivers solid improvements over its predecessor, including a few updates which make it more useful as a tool for health and fitness tracking. The big news, of course, is the inclusion of cellular connectivity. What has remained …
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Here’s how Apple Watch of the future could shake up sports
A patent recently filed by Apple seeks to use advanced sensors on a newly designed Apple Watch band to evaluate sports performance when using third-party equipment, such as golf clubs, baseball bats, footballs or barbells. The company AAPL, -0.47% is …
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Apple to Deprecate Support for Older Apple Watch Apps on Future watchOS Releases
It appears that Apple plans to deprecate support for older Apple Watch apps that were built for the original version of its watchOS operating system with future releases. While the news may be of concern for watchOS app developers as they will definitely …
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Get a foldable Apple Watch charging stand for $28 on Amazon
Want a nifty Apple Watch charging dock for a buck less than it takes to buy a charging cable from Apple itself? Today on Amazon you’ll find Dodocool’s MFi-certified foldable stand for Apple Watch for $28. It’s listed as $40, but you’ll see the $12 …
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The Apple Watch of the future could analyze your bicep curl or golf swing
A patent recently filed by Apple seeks to use advanced sensors on a newly designed Apple Watch band to evaluate sports performance when using third-party equipment, such as golf clubs, baseball bats, footballs or barbells. The company AAPL, +1.88% is …
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Apple Watch WatchOS 5 Update Won’t Support Legacy WatchOS 1 Apps
Apple is expected to introduce watchOS 5 at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2018 this coming June. Ahead of it, the latest beta build of watchOS warns that support for legacy watchOS 1 apps could end soon. Apple Insider learned Tuesday that Apple has …
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Best Portable Travel Apple Watch Chargers
Being able to charge your Apple Watch on the go can be a tricky thing to do, but if you have the right portable charger, you’ll never have to worry about running out of juice again! Here are the best portable chargers available that’ll let you charge your …
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Apple’s Being Sued over the Heart Rate Sensing Tech in Its Watch
A Michigan-based laser technology startup is suing Apple over technology included in the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor. The firm, Omni MedSci, alleges that the heart rate sensing systems in Apple’s flagship wearable infringes on its patents.
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Apple faces patent infringement lawsuit over Apple Watch’s heart rate sensing technology
Apple is facing a lawsuit for the heart rate sensor technology used in it the Apple Watch. Apple Insider reports that health technology startup Omni MedSci has filed the lawsuit alleging that the technology in the sensor infringes upon patents belonging to …
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Clever case makes carrying Apple Watch and its essentials easy [Watch Store]
Traveling with Apple Watch is a fairly simple affair: strap on your watch and go. Traveling with all the extra accessories, however, is a serious pain in the butt. There’s that 6-foot charging cable, for one, which always manages to get tangled up in my bag.
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How to Use Siri on Your Apple Watch
With Apple Watch, you can ask Siri to answer questions, perform tasks, and provide information. Siri is especially helpful on the watch as you can issue commands by voice instead of tapping tiny buttons on a miniature screen. Siri is a fixture of your …
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Charge your Apple Watch and iPhone for $35
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Best Tempered Glass Screen Protectors for Apple Watch in 2018
The Apple Watch’s small display may seem easy enough to protect, but wearing it around on your wrist every day means it’s going to be prone to damage. If you want to keep it scratch and scuff proof, a tempered glass screen protector is the best way to do …
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How to send a heartbeat from your Apple Watch
Apple offers valuable multi-tasking tools to help you get productive on your iPad. What are they, how do they work, and how do you use them?The what and the why of iPad productivity tools Slide over, split screen, picture in picture, improvements to the …
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Amazon has a $40 Apple Watch accessory you’ll wonder how you ever lived without
You know that annoying 3-mile-long charging cable that came with your Apple Watch? Throw it away. Actually don’t throw it away, but leave it plugged in on your med stand, but never travel with it again. Instead, get the MFi certified Pantheon Portable …
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