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QardioArm wireless blood pressure monitor and Apple's HealthKit
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 22/03/2017
» There has been much written about the Internet of Things (IoT): devices that are connected, interconnected and linked via our smartphones, computers and web technology. The IoT brief covers a wide range of devices for industry, home and health, with some crossovers. One example is the sports-related device that records personal inputs -- these also have a relevance to health.
Writing and integrating on Macs and iOS
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 20/05/2015
» With Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) only a couple of weeks away (June 8-12), the rumours have already begun. The top rumour was that Apple would produce a new rose gold colour for the next iPhone. Another rumour reported was how Homekit — Apple's unifying approach to the Internet of Things — is having problems and will be delayed until September.
Art and iPhone photographs: Prisma and other available apps
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/07/2016
» Early on Friday morning, there was some excitement in the overnight news about an app developed in Russia that applied artistic effects to photographs. This is not a new idea and I have had some apps that do similar tasks, going back to when I had the iPhone 3G.
Upcoming events and the best images on iPhones
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 13/07/2016
» In a couple of weeks, Apple will announce its third-quarter results for 2016. The conference call is scheduled for July 26, at 2pm Pacific Time, which is around 5am here. This is expected to be a poorer quarter, but so was the last one, and Apple still had a US$10 billion profit.
Results, replacements, watermarking and cartoon-style output
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 03/02/2016
» Last week, Apple announced its First Quarter 2016 results. Income was within Apple's guidance, but that did not stop Wall Street from deciding that Apple was doomed, despite the largest quarterly profits from any company ever. If Apple were a country, its GDP would give it a ranking of 42 (Thailand is 29).
Connectivity, finding lost devices
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/09/2015
» In a few hours time, Apple will announce several new products at its event at the Bill Graham Center in San Francisco. Although many commentators have already given us their authoritative ideas on what will be announced, only Apple knows.
News and commands from the future
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 28/01/2015
» With the announcement of Apple's Q1 2015 figures released just a few hours ago, I expect there are already several reports online explaining the numbers and telling us why Apple is succeeding. Or failing. It depends on whose words you read. One thing the negatives will suggest is that what goes up, must come down, so in the final analysis Apple will fail. Just not yet.
Book a Mac for Christmas
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 03/12/2014
» With holiday season approaching, decorations are now turning malls and shopping areas into winter wonderlands, signalling a time of gift-giving. Some of us may want to give to friends and family, but others may use an end-of-year bonus to update their own hardware.
Misunderstood and the Mac experience
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 27/08/2014
» Last week, the Apple video Misunderstood won a Creative Arts Emmy Award. The advertisement features an apparently-dysfunctional teen who is more engaged with the family than first seems when it appeared last year.
A busy week for Apple and me
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 05/04/2017
» On March 28, there were updates for iOS (10.3) that introduced AFPS: the new Apple File System, which is expected eventually to expand to macOS. There may be some gains in space and speed but these are expected to be small. Also updated were macOS (10.12.4), WatchOS and tvOS.