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Tim Cook Honors Steve Jobs’ 64th Birthday

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Today marks the 64th birthday of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was born on the day of February 24th, 1955. He reflected a vision in Apple from the start of the company. The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, tweeted a video of a pond at Apple Park today. According to the tweet from Cook, it says, “Steve’s vision is reflected all around us at Apple Park. He would have loved it here, in this place where he dreamed up for all of the Apple innovations. We deeply missed him today on his 64th birthday, and everyday.” This is significant because Steve Jobs came up with the idea of Apple Park in June 2011. Cook remembered Steve Jobs since he joined Apple In the Cupertino city council meeting, Steve has many words to describe Apple Park. He described that Apple Park consists of a gorgeous courtyard, a larger and curved ring, and lots of trees. Steve’s wishes for the curved Apple Park building is now true. It all has the features Steve wanted for the future. It is the modern and minimalist design Steve ...

Apple Watch ECG and Heart Rate Sensor detects AFib In Texas Woman

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A 75 year old woman named Liz Turner credited her Apple Watch Series 4 for detecting AFib earlier in her diagnosis. When she went working out with her Apple Watch, she saw her heart rate go up unusually high during the workout. Her Apple Watch’s screen read 181 BPM, which is dangerously higher than her normal heart rate at 140 BPM. Liz Turner describes how she felt during her workout: “You don’t feel your heart beating right now, do you? No. I felt my heart coming out of my chest and it felt like it was just racing.” This is true that if your heart rate goes up higher than you normally should, it can spot a problem with your heart health. She used the ECG app on her Apple Watch to detect the abnormal heart rhythms, then she sent an email of the ECG strip to her doctor. In response, her electrophysiologist, Dr. Praveen Rao said that, “The next step that we would do is say, ‘OK, why don’t you wear a monitor and capture what that rhythm strip is,’ but because her newer watch a...

iOS 12.2 Developer Beta 3 Changes

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Recently, Apple released the third beta of iOS 12.2, for developers. It consists of slight changes from the last iOS beta, including a significant privacy bug patch. This update has been released for a few days now, so let’s check out the interesting changes here. First off, let’s talk about the minor features that’s changed in iOS 12.2 beta 3. There’s a change in the Apple News header. It said “Apple News”, but in this update, the title has “ News” instead. This creates a less intrusive design in the Apple News app. The lock screen shows the date properly, and the buttons on the Wallet app has been changed. Next, the FaceTime privacy bug that made us feel concerned, is now gone. Before, many people thought the second version of the iOS 12.2 beta could resolve this bug. But Apple’s engineers had to put in effort into this stringent work, so they released the finalized version of this big paper patch on this new beta. Now iOS users can use Group FaceTime again! Lastly, control...

(Opinion) 10 Piece AirPods Accessory Set Review

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Recently, I ordered myself an accessory for my newest Apple product, which is my AirPods. I love them because they are portable, quality wireless earbuds. I had my AirPods for almost a week now. But I had worries they’ll be lost, scratched up, or fall off when I wear them to work. So I scurried myself to Amazon, paid ten dollars for an AirPods accessory and it arrived a day earlier than the expected delivery date. Enter the Rockindeer 9 Pieces AirPods Accessory Set, which  retails for $10.95 on Amazon.  This accessory set comes in seven colors and has 2 AirPods straps, silicone charging case cover with a carabiner, 2 pairs of AirPod inserts, 2 Apple Watch band holders, and a black EVA case to store all of your accessories. When I received my accessories in the mail, the black case is the packaging, and all of your accessories is inside the black case. The silicone accessories came in a pair of black and white, but the case and the AirPods strap comes in a color of your ch...

3 iPhones get tested out for 2019

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 Just recently, the product design team of Apple has been testing 3 distinct iPhones, which is a step ahead of the current iPhone XS, XS Max, and the iPhone XR. All of these iPhones will receive aggrandizing triple cameras and USB-C ports, like an iPad Pro. They may have almost the same design as our 2018 iPhones. There’s also going to be a special laser Face ID instead of a small projector that projects a fraught of dots to your face. A reporter from Bloomberg, whose name is Mark Gurman, has evidence that “The triple cameras can capture more pixels that Apple software could, for example, automatically repair a video or photo to fit in a subject that may have been accidentally cut off from the initial shot.” This implies that the triple cameras on the 2019 iPhones will add a little more to camera features for a good photograph. This camera will have a wider field of view, improvements in Depth Control, and allow the iPhone camera to correct portrait mode errors. There would be l...

Apple partners up with health insurance company

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 Recently, Apple has collaborated to Aetna to create an app for Apple Watch wearers, named Attain. This app uses the user’s health history and their Apple Watch activity to create personalized goals to a happier and healthier life. Users can track their activity, nutrition, sleep, and reminders for vaccinations or doctors appointments. The Attain app can also help users find more affordable labs, specialists (upon physician referral) or imaging centers from MRIs to CT scans.  The app also has some rewards that you can get from taking exceptionally good care of your health. Users who reached their health and fitness goals can get rewarded for gift cards or use the amount towards upgrading to a new Apple Watch. The value of the money goes to buying a brand new Apple Watch, and is earned by a criterion set for points. Points can be earned every time you achieve your goals or improving your health everyday.  Apple COO Jeff Williams says, "Every day, we receive emails a...

Going to get your old 42mm guy repaired? Apple has updated their policies

Today, a confidential document for the Apple authorized repair providers has clad up with an update on repairing 42mm Apple Watches. The update rules out for the updated criteria for 42mm Series 0 and 1 Apple Watch services. You’ll have to end up getting a Series 2 instead of a Series 0 or 1 as a replacement for service, but that’s better than an old 42mm guy, right? Let’s dig into the details now. First of all, due to the lack of parts for Series 1 and 0, the demand is at risk and repair facilities, will replace your 42mm Apple Watch to a Series 2 version. Macrumors has examined several sources that have this information thereof. The report notes, “Apple is requiring all authorized service providers, to offer Series 2 Apple Watch in 42mm  to 42mm Apple Watch wearers who are eligible for service, either the warranty or out of warranty service.” This is significant because they can’t restock Apple Watch parts for the Series 0/1 as it’s too old now, especially that more people own...