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Tag: heart rate monitoring

Apple defeats AliveCor’s Apple Watch heart rate antitrust suit on appeal

Thursday, January 8, 2026 2:03 pm1 Comment

In a significant legal victory for Apple, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment…

Apple granted more U.S. patents for Apple Watch ‘smartbands’

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 5:31 pm3 Comments

Apple has been granted a trio of U.S. patents for Apple Watch smart bands…

Apple patent application hints at Apple Watch ‘smartbands’

Monday, June 24, 2019 8:31 amNo Comments

Future Apple Watch bands may have additional features and do more than simply keep the smart watch on your wrist…

We’re still waiting on ‘smartbands’ for our Apple Watch

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:32 am2 Comments

A smarter watch band will play a crucial role in Apple Watch’s future as a personal technology device…

Huawei tried to copy Apple Watch heart rate sensor by asking Apple supplier to share secrets

Monday, February 18, 2019 2:25 pmMonday, February 18, 201941 Comments

The site details a few purported anecdotes of Huawei trying to steal Apple trade secrets…

How to set up irregular heart rate notifications on your Apple Watch

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:26 amWednesday, January 16, 20192 Comments

You can enable notifications from the Heart Rate app on your Apple Watch…

Saudi ties entangle Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective

Monday, October 15, 2018 5:24 pmMonday, October 15, 201825 Comments

Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance has become a litmus test for business leaders…

Newspaper claims Turkey has Apple Watch audio of Saudi writer’s slaying

Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:23 pm31 Comments

Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi…

Apple Watch could help find missing Saudi dissident

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:04 pmWednesday, October 10, 201813 Comments

Jamal Khashoggi believed he was safe in Turkey…

How Apple could turn the Apple Watch into a blood pressure monitor

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:00 pmTuesday, October 2, 201816 Comments

In September, Apple announced an electrocardiogram, or EKG, for its Apple Watch

This doctor diagnosed his own cancer with an iPhone ultrasound

Friday, October 27, 2017 11:15 am15 Comments

Earlier this year, vascular surgeon John Martin was testing a pocket-sized ultrasound device…

Apple Watch saves another person’s life: ‘It would have been fatal’

Monday, October 16, 2017 10:28 am18 Comments

The 28-year-old says he owes his life…

Apple patent application reveals sophisticated way for Apple Watch to measure blood pressure

Thursday, October 5, 2017 10:26 amThursday, October 5, 20176 Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…

A personal story: Apple Watch may have saved my life

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 11:28 amWednesday, February 8, 201714 Comments

Last November, my Android phone died as I descended on a JetBlue flight into San Francisco…

Apple patents advanced heart rate monitor for Apple Watch

Thursday, October 6, 2016 1:59 pmThursday, October 6, 20163 Comments

Back in June 2015, Patently Apple discovered an Apple patent filing covering…

How my Apple Watch saved my life

Monday, July 25, 2016 12:01 pmMonday, July 25, 20165 Comments

After I started walking from the parking lot to the front door of my office building, I began feeling…

A real lifesaver: Apple Watch saves lives

Monday, March 28, 2016 3:58 pmMonday, March 28, 201612 Comments

Apple’s revolutionary Apple Watch is actually saving lives…

Lawsuit accuses Apple of using underhanded tactics to gain access to patented heart-rate tech for Apple Watch

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 11:20 amTuesday, January 5, 20168 Comments

Biometric specialist Valencell – whose technology is licensed by iRiver, LG, Sony and others – has filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of…

Apple’s new TV ads for Apple Watch a welcome midcourse correction

Monday, October 12, 2015 1:00 pm20 Comments

At long last, nearly six months after Apple Watch started shipping, Apple has launched a Watch campaign…

Apple debuts six new TV commercials for Apple Watch

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, October 6, 201511 Comments

Apple has debuted six new 15-second television commercials for Apple Watch on U.S. broadcast and cable networks…

Apple Watch saves teenager’s life; Tim Cook offers thankful teen an internship

Friday, October 2, 2015 3:57 pmFriday, October 2, 201521 Comments

The teen had the strange readings checked out in the emergency room and was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a condition which is caused by…

Here’s what users are doing with their Apple Watches

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 4:54 pmTuesday, September 8, 20159 Comments

Given the myriad things that the Apple Watch can accomplish, it is telling to see that Apple has chosen to highlight

How the Apple Watch helped save this man’s life

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 2:58 pm23 Comments

Because the hospital could check his Apple Watch data…

Apple invents new Apple Watch biometric ID system using plethysmography

Thursday, July 9, 2015 3:25 pmThursday, July 9, 201511 Comments

Today, a new Biometrics related patent surfaced in Europe with a whole new approach…

New Apple Watch patent covers wearable multi-modal physiological sensing system

Saturday, June 13, 2015 3:03 pmSaturday, June 13, 20157 Comments

Apple Watch’s Heart Rate Monitor…

Did Apple bait-and-switch Apple Watch buyers with heart rate monitoring promises?

Monday, June 1, 2015 10:25 amMonday, June 1, 201527 Comments

Apple changed the way the heart rate sensor works on the Apple Watch…

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