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Apple's push into healthcare now includes Apple Watch data

Apple's push into healthcare now includes Apple Watch dataThis deal with Aetna and Apple is significant. Subsidized Apple Watches is a bold move. I wonder how soon until we see people taking advantage of this?

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Daring Fireball: Design as Branding

Daring Fireball: Design as BrandingI love Gruber’s take here, as he rebuts Manjoo’s belief that Apple design has gone stale. It’s actually shocking to me how many people mistake design as aesthetics only, rather than a combination of look, feel, and function. This is, perhaps, a good

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Daring Fireball: The iPad Pro

Daring Fireball: The iPad ProGruber’s review of the new iPad Pro. My takeaway – surprised by the power of the new device.

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Tips and tricks for the new Apple TV's Siri Remote | Macworld

Tips and tricks for the new Apple TV's Siri Remote | MacworldNew Apple TV inbound today. Yes, I find these tips and tricks pieces useful sometimes.

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Daring Fireball: Why There's No Sketch for the iPad

Daring Fireball: Why There's No Sketch for the iPadFantastic insight here from Gruber on one key blocker to iPad adoption. I would like to point out that it's developer freedom that's the real issue here. On iPad you have to go through the App Store to get apps, which is

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Wired on Apple's new Pencil

Wired on Apple's new PencilI’m a stylus junkie. I love FiftyThree’s pencil, but I’m anxious to try this new Apple version. The fidelity of touch on IOS devices really is something special compared to Android or Microsoft products, which is largely why I prefer iOS. I suspect

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12 things you should know about the Apple Watch. -- Medium

12 things you should know about the Apple Watch. — MediumThere's a lot that I agree with in this review, but I'm not as down on the Apple Watch as he is. I wouldn't want to give up mine now, but I certainly think it's not for everyone. Not yet anyway.

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A Week on the Wrist: The Apple Watch Review

A Week on the Wrist: The Apple Watch ReviewThe Apple Watch is the best smartwatch you can buy, assuming that you have an iPhone. Or that you want a smartwatch.A very fine review. Worth the read if you're curious about the Apple Watch.

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Apple Watch Doesn't Have Safari And You Didn't Even Notice

Apple Watch Doesn’t Have Safari And You Didn’t Even NoticeThe death of the browser has been a slow and steady process […] Apple Watch will now be the nail in the coffin.Interesting ideas here, though not sure I agree with the takeaway. Via @benedictevans.

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Apple Watch will be available in April

Apple Watch will be available in AprilChief executive Tim Cook confirms the Apple Watch will ship in April to take on Google, Samsung, Sony and LG

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BBC News - Apple Watch: Does anyone need a smartwatch?

BBC News - Apple Watch: Does anyone need a smartwatch?This article title is my question, too. I don’t know anyone who wears a watch or who wants a wearable device, short of runners. While the new watch looks very fashionable and interesting, it’s the first apple device

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A Visual Breakdown Of Apple's New iOS 8 | Co.Design | business + design

A Visual Breakdown Of Apple's New iOS 8 | Co.Design | business + designHere’s a nice round up of what’s coming in iOS 8.

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Apple wants Beats' Jimmy Iovine to run a video biz? - CNET

Apple wants Beats' Jimmy Iovine to run a video biz? - CNETWhat an interesting take on the Apple-Beats deal.

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Report: Next Apple TV Will Have A Games Console - Forbes

Report: Next Apple TV Will Have A Games Console - ForbesInteresting. I wonder how much truth there is to this, though. 1) It's obvious an App Store is a good fit for Apple TV at some point (and easy to call that a "rumor"), and 2) I wonder

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The first computer I ever saw was a Mac, a little less than 30 years ago, at Vic Agreda’s house. His house always had the cool gadgets...

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Analyst: Console base has 'peaked,' won't get bigger; PS4 to outsell Xbox One

Analyst: Console base has ‘peaked,’ won’t get bigger; PS4 to outsell Xbox OneWedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said he believe the console market cannot bear to grow any bigger and console may become irrelevant … I always question these sorts of analytics, not because there isn’t some measure

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Apple's iCloud Keychain: It works, but with frustrating limitations | Ars Technica

Apple’s iCloud Keychain: It works, but with frustrating limitations | Ars TechnicaAs I told a colleague when he shared this with me: That's pretty much my take on it, too. He comes down a little heavy on the "people who really value security will use something different," which I think

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siri-and-me: SEASON 2 - EPISODE 5 - “Siri, I am falling in love with you" Part 2 The latest episode in an art story about a...

siri-and-me: SEASON 2 - EPISODE 5 - “Siri, I am falling in love with you" Part 2 The latest episode in an art story about a Siri relationship. Looks cool.

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Cramer: Is Apple getting its game back?

Cramer: Is Apple getting its game back?Plenty of skeptics have delighted in dissing Apple. But after this weekend, it appears Apple may have the last laugh. Find out what happened! 9 million iPhones in a weekend, and this piece does a nice analysis on what Apple does right.

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Apple's iOS 7 includes a surprise: a ticket to the next generation of the internet

Apple’s iOS 7 includes a surprise: a ticket to the next generation of the internetFor five years, researchers have toiled over an obscure bit of fundamental internet infrastructure that promises to make the connections to our mobile devices faster and more reliable than ever […] It’s called multi-path TCP…

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A Few Points on iOS 7 -- MacSparky

A Few Points on iOS 7 — MacSparkyLast iOS 7 post for me for awhile, but I do think this list is pretty good. I really agree with: Give iOS 7 some time. It takes about two weeks to adapt and it will grow on you. Via Daring Fireball.

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iOS 7 review: looking to bigger things and swiping away the past | Technology | theguardian.com

iOS 7 review: looking to bigger things and swiping away the past | Technology | theguardian.comThis is a pretty fair review of iOS 7. It does compare to other phones as people want to do these days, but in a fair way. (Most of these pieces are either from Apple or

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iOS 7: Apple's new operating system goes live today - Telegraph

iOS 7: Apple's new operating system goes live today - TelegraphHappy iOS 7 Day!

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Competitors react (humorously) to Apple's new iPhones

Competitors react (humorously) to Apple's new iPhonesIt wasn’t just Apple working hard to wow consumers this morning; Just about every big-name smartphone maker was feverishly coming up with snarky ways to […] Funny and interesting. I’ve known several people who switched from iPhone to Android, Android to iPhone,