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Tag: Apple smartbands

Can me-too Google’s me-too ‘Google Fit’ catch up with Apple’s revolutionary HealthKit?

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:26 pmTuesday, January 17, 20174 Comments

Not long after Apple launched its health platform HealthKit on iOS in mid-2014…

Apple Watch models could get slimmer as Apple patent reveals haptic motor in wristband

Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:55 amThursday, December 22, 20166 Comments

Apple is investigating the possibility of transferring Apple Watch’s haptic feedback mechanism…

Apple files a patent application for a circular wearable

Thursday, December 1, 2016 12:01 pmThursday, December 1, 201616 Comments

Recent patent application filed in by Apple with the USPTO hints that Cupertino could be investigating a circular Apple Watch…

Apple reportedly working on sleep tracker for the Apple Watch

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 11:39 amTuesday, September 27, 201616 Comments

During the unveiling of the new Apple Watch, the iPhone-maker presented the wearable as primarily a fitness device…

Apple to expand HealthKit from tracker to diagnosis tool; new Apple Watch apps for sleep tracking, fitness levels in pipeline

Monday, September 26, 2016 9:29 am5 Comments

So far Apple Inc.’s HealthKit has mostly collected fitness data from its devices…

Apple working on all-new, advanced health-tracking hardware; years in the making

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:25 amTuesday, August 9, 20166 Comments

Apple has developed a ‘revolutionary idea’ with this new product…

Apple hiring lawyer with health privacy expertise, HIPAA experience

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:13 pmTuesday, May 24, 20161 Comment

Apple is looking to fill a ‘Privacy Counsel’ position with an attorney who has expertise in the health field and HIPAA compliance…

Apple CEO Cook reveals Apple Watch’s ‘holy grail’

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:05 amTuesday, May 24, 20167 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook says the health monitoring market is ready for new technology innovation…

Apple Watch slips to 52% of worldwide smartwatch market share

Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:28 pmThursday, April 28, 201610 Comments

Global smartwatch shipments grew 223 percent annually to reach 4.2 million units in the first quarter of 2016..

Nearly 8% of Americans already own an Apple Watch

Friday, April 8, 2016 5:35 pmFriday, April 8, 201652 Comments

Three in five users said they plan to upgrade their Apple Watch when the next version is released…

Analyst: Apple smartbands are a part of the Apple Watch’s future

Friday, April 8, 2016 2:28 pmFriday, April 8, 20168 Comments

Apple sold approximately 10 million Apple Watches during the first eight months on the market, placing the Watch as the second best-selling new product category in Apple’s history…

Time has stopped for smartwatches, as the tech world waits for Apple Watch 2

Monday, March 7, 2016 1:57 pmMonday, March 7, 201610 Comments

Time seems to have stopped ticking in the wearable world…

Apple patent application hints at Apple Watch ‘Smartbands’ utilizing hidden 6-pin data connector

Saturday, February 20, 2016 10:21 amSaturday, February 20, 20167 Comments

Apple was granted four design patents yesterday in Hong Kong China, one of which covers a connector with an on-off switch…

Apple Watch 2 likely won’t launch until September – and that makes perfect sense

Friday, February 19, 2016 10:26 amFriday, February 19, 201613 Comments

The rumor mill has been suggesting that the updated Apple Watch 2 would appear this March…

Apple Watch to get watchOS update, new bands in mid-March; full redesign in fall

Friday, January 22, 2016 5:06 pm5 Comments

Apple plans to announce new Apple Watch models in March….

Apple Watch 2 more likely to launch in September than March

Saturday, January 16, 2016 3:54 pm27 Comments

Several things that I’ve heard (from several sources) indicate to me that we won’t see a major new hardware model of the Apple Watch in March…

Jim Cramer: Apple should team with Nike on a $199 wearable to boost revenue

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 5:28 pmTuesday, January 12, 201617 Comments

Apple should collaborate with Nike on a new source of revenue…

Apple is ramping up its medical tech workforce

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 1:27 pmTuesday, January 12, 20165 Comments

Apple is hard at work on something related to health and biosensors…

Kevin Rose: Apple will either buy Fitbit or develop their own fitness band

Monday, January 4, 2016 9:47 amMonday, January 4, 201615 Comments

Apple Watch 2 will launch and have mediocre success…

IBM and Apple can put Watson’s AI insights inside Apple Watch

Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:02 pmThursday, December 17, 20157 Comments

I spoke with IBM’s Vice President for the IBM-Apple Partnership, Katharyn White to get a little more background…

Can Apple still grow in 2016? Analyst: Of course it can

Friday, December 11, 2015 1:29 pm5 Comments

Apple Inc. shares have appreciated 5.25 percent year-to-date…

Tim Cook hints Apple might build a health device

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:29 pmMonday, January 4, 20167 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company may one day built a medical device, following the success of the Apple Watch…

Apple’s Tim Cook declares the end of the PC and hints at new medical product

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:14 amTuesday, November 10, 201561 Comments

I think if you’re looking at a PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?

‘Smartbands’ won’t stop Apple from releasing new Apple Watches every year

Monday, August 24, 2015 3:27 pmMonday, August 24, 20156 Comments

The Apple Watch is indeed capable of sourcing health data from bands…

Apple Watch rumored to get ‘smartbands’ that add many new capabilities

Saturday, August 22, 2015 9:48 am21 Comments

These bands will be able to attach to your Apple Watch and add a plethora of new sensors…

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