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Tag: iOS 8

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 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…

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…

Move over HealthKit: Why Apple’s ResearchKit is proving the real hit with doctors

Friday, October 16, 2015 12:03 pmFriday, October 16, 20155 Comments

Announced alongside iOS 8, HealthKit is a health and fitness-tracking platform that allows health data gathered by the iPhone or Watch…

Johns Hopkins epileptic seizure-symptom app is latest Apple medical research tool

Friday, October 16, 2015 8:08 am1 Comment

Soon, Apple iPhones and Appel Watches may be able to recognize when someone’s having an epileptic seizure, and call for help…

Apple announces new ResearchKit studies for autism, epilepsy and melanoma

Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:03 pmThursday, October 15, 2015No Comments

ResearchKit turns iPhone into a powerful tool for medical research by helping doctors, scientists and other researchers gather data more frequently and more accurately…

Apple’s dual-core iPhone 6 destroys Samsung’s octa-core Note 5 in speed test

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 3:59 pmWednesday, August 26, 201519 Comments

Samsung’s Note 5 is a device utilizing an off-the-shelf operating system from a search engine company…

11 clever iPhone hacks: Apple’s smartphone is full of little surprises

Monday, August 10, 2015 4:28 pm8 Comments

The iPhone has undergone quite the transformation since it was first launched in 2007…

90% of iOS device users now running Apple’s iOS 8

Thursday, August 6, 2015 11:34 am4 Comments

When iOS 8 rolled out last September…

GlaxoSmithKline working on integrating Apple’s revolutionary ResearchKit into clinical trials

Monday, July 13, 2015 9:57 am4 Comments

Apple’s ResearchKit is a new open-source software framework that helps the scientific community…

Gizmodo previews iOS 9: Well, this was long-overdue

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:00 pm12 Comments

Thanks to a few small UI tweaks, and the overhaul of the system-wide search…

Finding clues to the next Apple TV in iOS 9

Monday, July 6, 2015 12:16 pmMonday, July 6, 20153 Comments

Something is coming, and there are clues in the upcoming iOS 9…

UBS: Voice messaging could be Apple Watch’s killer app

Thursday, June 25, 2015 5:08 pmThursday, June 25, 201512 Comments

Translating voice messaging from iPhones to Apple Watches…

Apple just solved the single most annoying thing about upgrading iOS

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 11:28 amWednesday, June 24, 201516 Comments

The most annoying part of updating your iPhone is…

WSJ reviews Apple’s HomeKit: Marred by unreliable Siri

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:25 pm58 Comments

Unfortunately, Siri just isn’t very reliable…

DuckDuckGo has grown 600% since Apple made it a search option – and Snowden’s revelations

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:39 pmWednesday, June 17, 201517 Comments

DuckDuckGo heavily touts the fact that it doesn’t track the information of users…

No new Apple TV at WWDC, sources say

Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:07 amThursday, June 4, 201520 Comments

Apple planned as recently as mid-May to use WWDC to spotlight new Apple TV hardware…

Yes, Apple TV will be the hub for your HomeKit-connected home

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 3:27 pmWednesday, June 3, 20159 Comments

While many, including me, are expecting new Apple TV hardware to debut…

Apple TV confirmed as HomeKit hub in new Apple document

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 9:25 amWednesday, June 3, 201516 Comments

A new Apple support document for HomeKit has now officially confirmed…

Will Apple’s iPhone 7 look like this?

Friday, May 8, 2015 7:14 pm35 Comments

Best known for his realistic 3-D renderings of unannounced Apple products…

Rush Limbaugh on his new Apple Watch: Really cool, pretty slow, and Siri is now pretty much flawless

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 4:49 pmTuesday, May 5, 201547 Comments

Folks, it’s turned out to be exactly what I thought it would be…

​iOS 8 now on 81 percent of all Apple devices

Friday, May 1, 2015 9:25 amFriday, May 1, 20156 Comments

iOS 8 is now powering 81 percent of all Apple smartphones…

Apple announces ResearchKit available today to medical researchers

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 6:06 pmTuesday, April 14, 20154 Comments

Apple today announced ResearchKit, a software framework designed for medical and health research…

Strong Apple iPhone 6/Plus sales drive iOS market share to all-time high in China

Monday, April 6, 2015 12:56 pmMonday, April 6, 201510 Comments

Apple’s iOS has grabbed an all-time high in market share…

Apple+IBM’s MobileFirst strikes iPhone and iPad app partnership with China Telecom

Thursday, April 2, 2015 12:01 pmThursday, April 2, 20154 Comments

MobileFirst is the result of a collaboration between IBM and Apple…

I can’t believe Apple is doing this, right under the noses of competitors

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 11:27 amWednesday, April 1, 201528 Comments

Competing firms seem blind to what’s going on…

Apple’s user interface flattening was as much a strategic move as an aesthetic one

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:04 pm28 Comments

Never underestimate the long-term benefits of simplification…

Apple’s kowtow to China undermines Obama’s tough talk on snooping or something

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:56 pmThursday, March 5, 201522 Comments

US president Barack Obama was sharply critical of China’s newest security demands…

Apple+IBM partnership is more than a simple hardware distribution deal

Saturday, February 28, 2015 2:02 pmSaturday, February 28, 201516 Comments

The Apple+IBM partnership is an important part of IBM’s growth strategy…

With IBM, Apple will own the mobile enterprise

Friday, February 20, 2015 9:55 amMonday, August 8, 201611 Comments

Apple+IBM are pushing even harder into the enterprise…

iOS 9: Apple’s desktop class smartphones

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 12:25 pmTuesday, February 10, 20156 Comments

Apple introduced 64-bit support in iPhone 5S with iOS 7 back in 2013…

Twitter backtracks from blaming Apple iOS 8 for user loss

Friday, February 6, 2015 3:53 pm10 Comments

Twitter Inc. is no longer blaming Apple Inc.’s September iOS software update…

Apple HomeKit automation gear sees slow ramp; first products not due until spring

Sunday, January 25, 2015 2:21 pm7 Comments

The first products to take advantage of Apple’s home automation technology…

Apple iPad: The missing feature

Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:55 pmThursday, January 22, 201521 Comments

iPad sales estimates range from 16.3 million to 25 million…

Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s damaged every Android smartphone in 2015

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11:44 pmThursday, January 22, 201518 Comments

It has not been a pleasant experience for Team Google…

Why Edward Snowden won’t use an iPhone: Secret Apple spyware?

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:26 amWednesday, January 21, 201530 Comments

Is Apple’s wildly popular iPhone series hiding spyware, claims…

Struggling Samsung forecast to see earnings drop for 2 straight years

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:40 pmTuesday, January 20, 201521 Comments

Struggling Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to post a profit slide for the second consecutive year…

How healthy are your iOS 8 health apps?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7:01 pmTuesday, January 20, 20153 Comments

Even while we wait on the Apple Watch, thousands of apps that claim to keep you healthy…

AP review: Smarten up your home with Apple’s HomeKit

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:58 amWednesday, January 14, 20153 Comments

HomeKit’s strength is its ability to group products into…

Apple’s iPhone camera goes from 0 to good picture faster than anything else

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 12:00 pmTuesday, January 13, 201521 Comments

I was at Intel’s CES booth, composing a photo with my Android smartphone…

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