When his heartbeat became irregular during the daylight hours, Purser’s cardiologist, Dr. Dipsu D. Patel, suspected he may be experiencing Afib, but the condition was difficult to track during his appointments. Patel suggested he wear an Apple Watch, which has an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) feature, to monitor his pulse.
Purser had a smart watch before, but he’s “not really very good with technology,” so he barely used it. But the concept seemed simple enough: when his heart began beating irregularly, he could turn on the ECG function on the watch, which would document his heart rate for 30 seconds, and store the results.
According to Apple’s release notes, the watchOS 7.3.1 update introduces a fix for an issue that prevented some Apple Watch Series 5 and SE models from charging after entering Power Reserve mode.
Power Reserve lets you see the time on your Apple Watch while preserving your battery life. In Power Reserve, your Apple Watch and iPhone don’t communicate, and you can’t access other watch features.
Apple has finally fixed the issue with a new build of macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, which properly checks if the disk has the required space before starting the upgrade process.
Apple TV+ is launching its first podcast that will serve as a companion to the show ‘For All Mankind,’ the Apple Original series that imagines a world where the Soviet Union was first to land on the Moon.
Just like last year’s Replay playlist, Replay 2021 will update every week on Sunday, constantly changing as you listen to more songs on Apple Music. By the end of the year, you’ll have an overall snapshot of the tracks you listened to the most in 2021.
If you’ve wanted to use a Microsoft Office iPad app, you’ve been able to run the individual Word, Powerpoint, and Excel apps for many years. But while the iPhone got an all-in-one Office app in February of last year, the iPad didn’t. A year later, Microsoft has finally fixed that.
When users join the challenge, they’re not just competing on an individual level but rather representing their city to see which one comes out on top in the country-wide competition.
Microsoft has started testing its xCloud game streaming through a web browser. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox plans tell The Verge that employees are now testing a web version of xCloud ahead of a public preview. The service allows Xbox players to access their games through a browser, and opens up xCloud to work on devices like iPhones and iPads.
I wish I have just one inbox for work. Instead, there's emails and meetings and text messages and phone calls and probably something else that I've missed. They are all making me quite dizzy.
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