Apple has obtained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea for its electrocardiogram (ECG) Apple Watch …
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Texas jury says Apple owes $506.2 million in patent trial verdict
Apple was told by a federal jury in Texas to pay $506.2 million in patent royalties to Optis Wireless Technology over 4G telecommunications…
Apple Watch with Micro LED likely 3-4 years away
According to Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye, smartwatches will be the first major applications for micro LED with volume adoption likely…
Apple releases first public beta of watchOS 7 to Apple Watch testers
One week after seeding the fourth beta to developers, Apple today seeded the first public beta of the upcoming watchOS 7 update…
Apple’s John Giannandrea discusses Apple silicon, artificial intelligence, and more
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are integral to nearly every feature on the iPhone and iPad, but unlike some of its competitors…
Apple teams with UCLA on major mental health study using iPhone and Apple Watch
UCLA has launched a major new study, sponsored by and in collaboration with Apple, designed to help revolutionize detection and treatment of depression…
MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q320 conference call
MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q320 Conference Call with analysts starting at 5pm ET today. The company posted record quarterly revenue…
Apple Watch keeps saving users’ lives
With its fall detection feature, heart rate notifications, exercise tracking and connectivity, the amazing Apple Watch keeps saving users’ lives …
Apple exec: Apple Watch will congratulate you on getting enough sleep
Kevin Lynch, Apple’s Vice President of Technologies, discusses the company’s newest Apple Watch feature, sleep tracking. It’s widely acknowledged that…
watchOS 7 delivers significant personalization, health, and fitness features to Apple Watch
Apple today previewed watchOS 7, delivering enhanced customization tools and powerful new health and fitness features to the world’s most advanced…
Apple Watch saves 92-year-old farmer after fall from 21-foot ladder
A Grant, Nebraska, man credits his Apple Watch with saving his life. It automatically alerted rescuers when 92-year-old retired farmer Jim Salsman fell…
The best apps for Apple Watch
As we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Apple Watch in April, its native apps have proved more useful than any app you can download…
Apple Watch continues to dominate global smartwatch market share
Worldwide smartwatch shipments reached 14.3 million units in Q120.The Apple Watch platform dominates global smartwatch market share and is growing steadily…
Apple’s new CarKey feature will let you unlock a car with your iPhone
For some time now, Apple’s iPhones and Apple Watches have supported NFC. In the not-so-near future, with an upcoming feature that Apple calls “CarKey” …
What’s coming in watchOS 7
We’re now just a week from the kickoff of Apple’s WWDC. We’ll soon see what Apple officially has planned for their next round of OSes, including watchOS 7 …
Apple’s new mini-site highlights iPhone + Apple Watch synergy
This week, Apple launched a new mini-site that promotes how powerful iPhone and Apple Watch are when combined. On the new site, Apple highlights…
Morgan Stanley: Apple App Store sales are booming
Apple product users have been spending a lot more time and money in the App Store during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Apple App Store sales climbed 35%…
How an Apple Watch skeptic turned into an Apple Watch lover
CNET’s Vanessa Hand Orellana hasn’t always been an Apple Watch lover. She started out as an avowed Apple Watch skeptic, but, slowly, but surely…
Apple Pay Octopus launches in Hong Kong
Just before 1:00am local time, Apple Pay Octopus officially launched in Hong Kong, following a rollout that Apple began on Monday…
Apple releases iOS 13.5.1, iPadOS 13.5.1, and watchOS 6.2.6 updates
Apple has released iOS 13.5.1, iPadOS 13.5.1, and watchOS 6.2.6 which include bug fixes for iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, and watchOS 6.2.6…
IDC: Apple again dominates worldwide wearables market
Global shipments of wearables grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) as total device volume reached 72.6 million units…
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner questions Apple over Siri recordings
Ireland’s DPC said it was in contact with Apple after a whistleblower called for action over a program, now changed, that listened to users’ Siri recordings…
Siri whistleblower goes public over ‘lack of action,’ says Apple should face consequences
A former Apple contractor turned whistleblower, who revelaed the company’s program to listen to and “grade” users’ Siri recordings has decided to go…
Apple’s iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, watchOS 6.2.5, and tvOS 13.4.5 releases are imminent
Apple has seeded to developers GM versions of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, tvOS 13.4.5, and watchOS 6.2.5 for testing which means public release…
Apple releases watchOS 6.2.5 with new pride watch faces
Apple today released watchOS 6.2.5 with new pride watch faces. The new pride celebration watch faces have been released, to coincide with the release of…
Developer David Smith on sherlocking and his watchOS 7 wishlist
Developer David Smith, in his watchOS 7 wishlist post, writes, “Many of the features I’m going to discuss below exist in some way or form within…
Stanford studying if Apple Watch can detect COVID-19
Stanford Medicine is trying to find out if information from wearable devices, like Apple Watch, can be used to detect infectious diseases like COVID-19 …
Apple releases fourth developer betas of macOS 10.15.5, watchOS 6.2.5, tvOS 13.4.5
Following the release of the fourth betas of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, Apple has now delivered the fourth betas for macOS 10.15.5, watchOS 6.2.5, and…
Apple Watch market share dominance grew in Q120 despite COVID-19 pandemic
Apple Watch market share increased in Q120 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Global smartwatch shipments grew 20 percent annually to reach 14 million units…
Finding my lost Apple Watch may have just made me an Apple fan boy forever
Alan Jones is a bodysurfer who lost his Apple Watch which spent three weeks in the ocean off the coast of Australia. Now it’s back and it’s still…
Apple Watch ECG detects signs of coronary ischemia missed by hospital ECG
An Apple Watch ECG has detected signs of coronary ischemia that were missed by 12-channel hospital ECG. The patient also complained about frequent…
How my Apple Watch saved my life
With fall detection feature, heart rate notifications, exercise tracking and even the ability to make a call from your wrist, Apple Watch is a lifesaver…
Apple patent reveals flexible batteries for foldable iPhone or iPad
A newly-revealed U.S. patent from Apple reveals work on many different ways of making batteries flexible enough to be used with foldable displays…
Watchsmith app delivers dynamic complications on Apple Watch
Apple Watch faces are highly customizable, but, there’s still a lot of headroom for Apple Watch as Watchsmith app proves…
Rare Apple Watch prototypes surface
A collector has gotten his hands on rare prototypes of the original Apple Watch, dated a year before the release of the actual device…
Apple patent reveals Apple Watch shark detection
A newly-granted Apple patent (number 10,617,358) shows an Apple Watch that’s even more valuable to surfers by including shark detection …
Apple releases watchOS 6.2.1 with fix for FaceTime bug
Apple today released watchOS 6.2.1, the seventh update to the watchOS 6 operating system. watchOS 6.2.1 fixes the FaceTime bug that prevented…
Piper Sandler ups Apple price target to $300 on strong U.S. teen demand
Piper Jaffray has upped their price target on Apple shares from $260 to $300, citing the firm’s biannual U.S. teen consumer survey…
Amazon discounts many Apple Watch Series 5 models
Amazon has discounted numerous Apple Watch models with sales up to $50 off. For example, the Apple Watch Series 5 (GPS, 44mm) – Space Gray Aluminum Case…
Peloton app for Apple Watch now available
With the Peloton app for Apple Watch, your Watch will automatically start tracking your metrics once you start a workout on your iPhone…
Android settlers mourn loss of Dark Sky app after Apple acquisition
Popular hyper-local weather app Dark Sky yesterday announced the company’s acquisition by none other than Apple, meaning the Andoid verison is discontinued…
New ‘iPhone 9,’ Express Card, CarKey support discovered in iOS beta code
We’ve all heard a lot about the new “iPhone SE 2” or “iPhone 9,” which could be announced in the very near future. Previously references to the new…
