Imagine this scenario: You’re in an accident that renders you unconscious or unable to respond. Your wallet or purse is missing, but your iPhone is still around. Your phone contains an emergency contact as well as your medical history and information. But your iPhone is locked with a passcode, so the medical staff can’t access …
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How to calibrate the Apple Watch for improved accuracy
Now playing: Watch this: Easily improve accuracy results on the Apple Watch 2:04 The Apple Watch is missing a key feature that many runners and cyclists rely on when working out, and that’s GPS. A GPS-equipped watch can track your route on a run or bike ride. It can also measure your exact pace and distance. When the iPhone is …
Read More »Apple Watch app will track glucose levels for diabetics
Apple Watch wearers with diabetes will be able to use an app to monitor their glucose levels. Designed by medical products maker DexCom, the app will track and display your glucose levels on your watch in the form of a graph, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The goal is to help diabetics easily and quickly read their glucose, or …
Read More »Apple says a silent goodbye to the iPod Classic
The original iPod music player debuted 13 years ago, in October 2001. It remained one of Apple’s core product categories over the years, despite declining sales and a world of listeners increasingly more reliant on streaming subscription services. Now, as Apple moves into larger-screen smartphones and wearable devices for our wrists with the unveiling of the iPhone 6 and Apple …
Read More »Use the Fitbit app, iPhone 5S to count steps without a tracker
Fitbit is known for making some of the best activity trackers on the market. It’s latest product, the Fitbit Force, sits atop the fitness tracker market according to our very own Brian Bennett’s review. In an attempt to gain more users, Fitbit released an update to its iOS app introducing a new feature called MobileTrack for iPhone 5S owners. The …
Read More »Five apps to help you track your steps on the iPhone 5S
The M7 coprocessor in the iPhone 5S is a fancy name for a chip that counts your steps and motion all day, every day. In order to see how many steps you’ve been taking, you’ll need to use an app specifically built for the iPhone 5S and the M7 chip. While we wait for more developers to integrate the M7 …
Read More »iOS 7: What about the iPad?
Livestream There was a missing device at Apple’s 2013 WWDC keynote, and it’s one of the company’s most popular product lines. iPad, where were you? iOS 7, a product of Jony Ive, Apple’s design mastermind, took the stage at WWDC — but the iPhone 5 was the featured runway model. Apple’s Web site shows app after app on the iPhone …
Read More »Prevent Facebook from automatically importing photos
A few weeks ago, Facebook introduced the ability to sync photos taken on your iPhones, iPads, and Android phones to your Facebook account automatically. Jason Cipriani describes how to enable the feature in “Getting started with Facebook photo sync on Android, iPhone.” Your smartphone or tablet might prompt you to activate the service, which uploads via Wi-Fi or the cell …
Read More »How to bold comments and captions in Instagram
Related stories Instagram Phishing Scam Exploits Users’ Desire to Be Verified, Report Says Facebook and Instagram Will Let You Post Your NFTs Why You May Want to Revoke Precise Location Permissions From Instagram When leaving a comment on an Instagram photo, especially one with a lot of comments, it can be difficult to ensure that your comment stands out in …
Read More »How to remove your phone number from Facebook
If you have been on Facebook recently, you may have seen a few of your friends update their status with this warning: ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS of your contacts are now on Facebook! Go to the top right of the screen, click on ACCOUNT, click on EDIT FRIENDS, left side of screen and click CONTACTS. You will see all phone …
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