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The Formidable-Platform Edition Thursday, October 1, 2020

Apple Watch Momentum Is Building, by Neil Cybart, Above Avalon

While the tech press spent years infatuated with stationary smart speakers and the idea of voice-only interfaces, it was the Apple Watch and utility on the wrist that ushered in a new paradigm shift in computing. We are now seeing Apple leverage the growing number of Apple Watch wearers to build a formidable health platform. The Apple Watch is a runaway train with no company in a position to slow it down.

Apple Suggests Restoring iPhone And Apple Watch To Fix Excess Battery Drain Or Missing GPS Data, by Arnold Kim, MacRumors

If you are experiencing two or more of these symptoms, Apple suggests unpairing your Apple Watch, backing up both your ‌iPhone‌ and Apple Watch, wiping both devices and restoring from backup.

The Apple Watch's Abnormal Pulse Readings Are Steering Users To Emergency Rooms Unnecessarily, by Erum Ahmed, Business Insider

A retrospective study conducted by physicians and researchers at the Mayo Clinic revealed that out of 264 patients who received an abnormal pulse detection using their Apple Watch, only 30 patients (11%) actually received cardiovascular diagnosis after visiting their provider—suggesting the Watch is churning a high number of false positive results with this feature.

Coming Soon?

Apple TV May Be Coming To Xbox Consoles, by Jez Corden, Windows Central

It appears likely that Apple TV for Xbox will be identical in features and functionality to the TV apps available on LG and Samsung TVs, but designed to work with an Xbox controller instead of your remote.

Ending Things

Apple Ends Support For Beats Updater, by Stephen Warwick, iMore

Some of these can be updated simply by pairing them with an iOS device, or through the Beats app for Android. Over-the-air supports Powerbeats, Powerbeats Pro, Powerbeats3 Wireless, Solo Pro, Solo3, Studio3 Wireless, and Beats X.

Apple Officially Obsoletes Last iPod Nano Model, by Tim Hardwick, MacRumors

As expected, Apple has added the seventh-generation iPod nano to its list of Vintage and Obsolete products, officially designating the last iPod in the iconic nano lineup as “vintage.”

Stuff

Ulysses 21 Brings Advanced Grammar And Style Check To The iOS App, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

With the Revision Mode, users can hide unnecessary features and just focus on annotations and suggestions. As the name suggests, this mode is perfect for reviewing your texts with specific markings and comments.

PDF Squeezer 4 Review: Elegant, Inexpensive Way To Cut Documents Down To Size, by J.R. Bookwalter, Macworld

This minimalist macOS utility makes it a snap to reduce the size of one or more PDF documents using three predefined compression levels (Light, Medium or Strong), or using custom-made profiles of your own.

Deliveries Modernizes With Improvements In Every Corner Of The App, by Ryan Christoffel, MacStories

Deliveries, the package tracking app for iOS and Mac, has received a strong update today with a wide variety of quality of life improvements. There’s nothing huge or flashy here, but the sum of the many small changes should help Deliveries continue being one of the best and easiest ways to track that steady stream of packages heading your way.

Notes

Publishers Worry As Ebooks Fly Off Libraries' Virtual Shelves. by Aarian Marshall, Wired

But the surging popularity of library ebooks also has heightened longstanding tensions between publishers, who fear that digital borrowing eats into their sales, and public librarians, who are trying to serve their communities during a once-in-a-generation crisis.

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