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Tag: GPS

Apple Watch Ultra 2, featuring the most accurate GPS in a sports watch, now available in black titanium

Monday, September 9, 2024 5:53 pmNo Comments

Apple today introduced Apple Watch Ultra 2 in a striking new black titanium finish, enhanced with features in watchOS 11 that make the most…

Apple Watch Ultra’s GPS is impressively precise

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 6:17 pm4 Comments

With watchOS 9.2 and later, your Apple Watch Ultra uses GPS and Apple Maps data to automatically detect when you arrive at a track.…

Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra, SE (2022) do not piggyback off your iPhone’s GPS

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 2:58 pmNo Comments

Until Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and Apple Watch SE (2nd Generation), every Apple Watch would piggyback off your iPhone’s GPS…

Lawn mowing test reveals GPS accuracy of Apple Watch Ultra

Thursday, October 6, 2022 4:56 pm7 Comments

A Reddit user has conducted an experiment, while also mowing his lawn, to test the GPS accuracy of the Apple Watch Ultra …

Xiaomi gears up to peddle Apple Watch knockoff

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 2:06 pmTuesday, October 29, 20193 Comments

As Xiaomi gears up to launch its 108-megapixel phone at its November 5th event, the company has also unveiled details…

U.S. FCC ruling will help make smartphone GPS more accurate

Friday, November 16, 2018 2:00 pmFriday, November 16, 20182 Comments

Europe created Galileo so it would have civilian and military alternatives to…

How a 1998 meeting with Steve Jobs gave birth to Wi-Fi

Monday, August 20, 2018 10:55 amMonday, August 20, 201815 Comments

So what’s the birthplace of Wi-Fi?

Apple Watch Series 4 likely to offer improved GPS

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:32 pmTuesday, June 12, 20189 Comments

Apple took the wraps off watchOS 5 last week at WWDC…

Apple Watch and backcountry hiking: How Apple’s smartwatch tracks long-distance exercise

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 11:26 am7 Comments

Around where I live, the Apple Watch is a hit…

Study suggests AliveCor KardiaBand for Apple Watch can be used with AI algorithm to detect high potassium

Sunday, March 11, 2018 12:52 pm12 Comments

AliveCor, the company that makes an FDA-approved EKG band for the Apple Watch called KardiaBand…

‘Bombshell’ shines spotlight on Wi-Fi inventor Hedy Lamarr

Friday, March 9, 2018 12:01 pmThursday, May 28, 202022 Comments

Hedy Lamarr made your smartphone possible…

UnitedHealthcare lets Apple Watch users can earn money for medical expenses

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 3:29 pmWednesday, March 7, 20183 Comments

Anyone enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Motion can get an Apple Watch Series 3 and have the option to apply earnings from the program toward buying the device…

Apple’s preeminent Apple Watch: What does the future hold?

Friday, March 2, 2018 12:01 pmFriday, March 2, 201812 Comments

As the Apple Watch prepares to turn three, Apple’s preeminent wearable has hit an interesting inflection point…

Your phone’s GPS is about to get a massive upgrade

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 11:27 am15 Comments

The GPS receiver in some of next year’s smartphones will be accurate to within…

Runkeeper: The best Apple Watch running app sent the Garmin Fenix 3 to a drawer

Sunday, February 5, 2017 12:28 pmSunday, February 5, 20175 Comments

The Apple Watch is also a fantastic smartwatch, allowing me to communicate with people, track my other activity, see key information quickly, and more…

What ever happened to Apple’s iBeacon?

Thursday, December 22, 2016 10:24 am34 Comments

In 2013, Apple unveiled a technology that had the potential to revolutionize brick-and-mortar retail…

Apple Watch Nike+ isn’t much different from Series 2 – and that’s okay

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 5:33 pmTuesday, December 13, 201613 Comments

What’s the difference between the Apple Watch Series 2 and the special edition Apple Watch Nike+?

Nike+ Run Club app updated with Apple Watch Series 2 support ahead of Apple Watch Nike+ launch

Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:55 am1 Comment

Nike+ Run Club for iPhone and Apple Watch has a notable update out today just one day before the Apple Watch Nike+…

Apple debuts new TV ad for Apple Watch Series 2

Monday, September 19, 2016 9:31 am7 Comments

Apple has debuted a new 60-second television commercial for Apple Watch Series 2…

Computerworld: WatchOS 3 is the OS Apple always intended

Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:56 pmThursday, September 15, 20168 Comments

For Apple Watch users, the third time is the charm…

CNET reviews Apple Watch Series 2: ‘The smooth wrist companion it was always meant to be’

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:56 amWednesday, September 14, 20163 Comments

The combination of new hardware and software make a familiar-looking circle-in-the-square watch…

WSJ reviews Apple Watch Series 2: ‘Apple Watch finds its purpose in life’

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:57 amThursday, September 15, 20164 Comments

The new Apple Watch Series 2, available Friday starting at $369…

The Verge reviews Apple Watch Series 2: There’s something effortlessly cool about it

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:55 amWednesday, September 14, 201611 Comments

The first Apple Watch was a traditional first-gen Apple product…

Apple Watch Series 2: Apple refocuses its smartwatch

Monday, September 12, 2016 4:40 pm9 Comments

pple has refocused its smartwatch on the fitness market, a move analysts believe was prompted…

Apple Watch Series 2 delivers the goods in 4 very key areas

Friday, September 9, 2016 5:35 pmFriday, September 9, 20167 Comments

It’s been almost exactly two years since Apple announced their first version of the Apple Watch…

Apple and Nike launch the perfect running partner, Apple Watch Nike+

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 3:07 pmWednesday, September 7, 20165 Comments

Today, Apple and Nike introduced Apple Watch Nike+, the latest result of a long-standing partnership…

Faster Apple Watch 2 with onboard GPS, barometer, better battery and more water-resistance coming this year

Monday, August 8, 2016 12:00 pmMonday, August 8, 20169 Comments

An all-new Apple Watch 2 will likely launch in the second half of 2016 with a faster TSMC-built processor, GPS, barometer…

The rapid tectonic movement of Australia is screwing up GPS systems

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 5:33 pmWednesday, August 3, 201637 Comments

Australia, which rides on the world’s fastest-moving continental tectonic plate, is heading north so quickly that…

John Deere’s lawn mowing app for iPhone actually helps

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 1:55 pmTuesday, May 31, 20168 Comments

Now, there’s a new smartphone app that lets you track your lawn mowing…

LTE-connected Apple Watch 2 coming soon?

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 10:25 amTuesday, May 24, 201613 Comments

As runners, the lack of GPS sans iPhone is Apple Watch’s biggest drawback…

Apple patents citywide iBeacon-based navigation infrastructure to augment, replace GPS

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:27 amTuesday, May 17, 201618 Comments

In a patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday, the company imagines entire cities outfitted with low-power wireless transmitters…

Apple’s Find My iPad leads police to violent armed gang

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:01 pmTuesday, April 19, 20167 Comments

Police arrested three members of a violent armed gang responsible for at least eleven robberies…

People keep going to this home looking for their lost phones; couple lives in fear

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:27 amWednesday, January 27, 201610 Comments

For months now, angry strangers have been showing up at Christina Lee and Michael Saba’s front door with a curious demand…

In praise of Apple’s iPod shuffle

Friday, July 17, 2015 4:23 pmSaturday, July 18, 201517 Comments

You may wonder why Apple is still selling the iPod shuffle…

Apple Watch vs. Fitbit

Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:18 pmThursday, June 18, 201515 Comments

According to JMP Securities technology analyst Alex Guana…

Why Apple’s watchOS 2 is brilliant news for runners

Saturday, June 13, 2015 11:46 amFriday, July 17, 201512 Comments

The information will be more comprehensive and complete, with more options available to you when running…

How to calibrate your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy

Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:02 am7 Comments

You can calibrate your Apple Watch to improve the accuracy of your distance and pace measurements…

Apple’s Coherent Navigation acquisition a big boost to Apple Maps

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:27 pmWednesday, May 20, 201515 Comments

Coherent Navigation was founded in 2008 by a group engineers from Stanford and Cornell…

Running with the Apple Watch: Yes, you can leave your iPhone behind

Friday, May 1, 2015 1:37 pmSunday, May 3, 201511 Comments

To evaluate the fitness functionality of the Apple Watch…

Analysts have high hopes for Apple Watch

Saturday, April 4, 2015 3:08 pmSaturday, April 4, 201527 Comments

Analysts and investors alike are gearing up for the highly anticipated…

With the help from Apple, Nike is transforming into a tech company

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:27 amWednesday, March 18, 20152 Comments

Nike, the world’s largest sports gear company, is gradually morphing…

Is this wearable tech the next big thing ?

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:58 pmWednesday, December 10, 201414 Comments

The company’s vision might sound like it’s coming straight out of a Star Trek film…

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