In the first third-party post to Apple’s ResearchKit blog, mobile health provider LifeMap Solutions reports seeing high rates of consent and participation due in large part to iOS and iPhone app “stickiness.”
Source: Apple Insider
The Best New iOS Games: Grim Fandango, Beast Quest, GoatZ, and More!
Fitbit files for $100 million IPO, warns of Apple Watch competition
San Francisco-based fitness tracking device maker Fitbit on Thursday announced it is preparing for an initial public offering that it hopes will raise at least $100 million.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor on par with Mio’s dedicated Alpha monitor
The heart rate sensor in the Apple Watch is nearly on par with Mio’s Alpha, a popular dedicated heart rate tracker also worn on the wrist, a new comparison of the two devices has found.
Source: Apple Insider
Apple cash reserves greater than those held by most US industries combined
The $178 billion in cash reserves Apple held at the end of 2014 was more than aggregate of every other non-financial U.S. industry sector, excluding the technology and medical industries, according to a Moody’s Investors Service study released on Thursday.
Source: Apple Insider
Worst-case scenario from Irish tax changes could reduce Apple’s annual earnings by 10%
If the European Commission were to levy a 12.5 percent tax on all of Apple’s earnings that run through Ireland, it would reduce the company’s annual earnings by just under 10 percent, a new “worst-case scenario” analysis has found.
Source: Apple Insider
Analysis of Apple Watch’s S1 chip reveals 30 individual components in ‘very unique’ package
A deeper inspection of the S1 system-in-package that powers Apple’s new wearable reveals a plethora of parts packed into an impressively compact space, including a new Apple-designed application processor alongside components from Broadcom, Skyworks, and NXP.
Source: Apple Insider
AT&T eases up on throttling of grandfathered unlimited data plans for smartphones
AT&T has relaxed its policy of throttling users of its grandfathered unlimited data plans, and will now only impose slower speeds only at times or in places with high network congestion, a small update to the carrier’s website revealed on Thursday.
Source: Apple Insider
So, reluctant iPhone 6+ owners, it’s been over six months…
By Bearxor Those of you that bought the 6+ thinking it was too big, how has the past few months been to you? We’re getting close to WWDC and another iPhone launch a few months later. If you have the same choice this fall, will you pick the Plus or go for the standard model?
I bought the Plus with the idea that Apple and developers would take advantage of the screen real estate in some kind of novel way and it just hasn’t happened. The apps that do support higher resolution like messages or mail I just end up maximizing the side of the window with the message and I find that there’s no room for context in the messaging app in landscape mode when trying to type a reply.
At the same time, the camera is pretty underwhelming even with the OIS and the larger battery doesn’t make the phone last significantly longer than the standard 6.
I’m waiting until WWDC, for sure, just to see if APple has anything up it’s sleeves with regards to more functionality on the Plus vs the standard model but I just wanted to see how anyone else is feeling about it.
If you bought the 6 Plus more for features and capability vs just getting a larger screen, would you still make that choice later this year?
Source: MacRumours
Processing: A definition of the word.
By Seesh A continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner.
There is no continuous action or series of changes taking place in my order. Apple should change processing to order received. It’s been a month of processing and I’m tired of it.
42mm SS w/ black leather loop.
Source: MacRumours