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Report: Apple is back to being the world’s top wearable maker

sudshr47 November 14, 2017

Apple is once again the biggest selling producer of wearables after its third-generation Apple Watch, released in September, helped it pip China’s Xiaomi to the post. The new device, Apple’s first that connects to the internet without being tethered to a smartphone, took the U.S. mobile giant to 3.9 million shipments in the recent Q3 2017, according to new data from Canalys. The… Read More

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The Apple Watch can accurately detect hypertension and sleep apnea, a new study suggests

sudshr47 November 13, 2017 Startups

A new study out from health startup Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) suggests wearables like the Apple Watch, Fitbit and others are able to accurately detect common but serious conditions like hypertension and slee…