New iPhone Commercial: "Timer" with Cookie Monster
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Month: March 2016
AliveCor Announces "Cardia Band" for Medical Grade EKG Analysis
Medical smartphone accessory company AliveCor today announced that it will bring "the first medical-grade EKG band" to the Apple Watch with the "Kardia Band," in addition to a new smartphone app for users of its heart-rate reading devices. The company already sells a few "mobile EKG" products in its online store, including cases for the iPhone 6/6s and iPhone 5/5s that have users place their fingers on metallic plates to get sufficient heart-rate readings.
The Kardia Band for Apple Watch will function in a similar way, with a small, integrated metal sensor in the band communicating with the company's new app to take wrist-worn EKG readings. All users will have to do is navigate to the Apple Watch-compatible Kardia app, start a reading, place their thumb on the sensor, and wait for the 30-second analysis to complete. During this time, users can also speak into the Apple Watch's microphone to detail any palpitations, shortness of breath, or dietary habits that could be linked to heart-rate fluctuations.
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Apple Pay comes to Ally Bank
Ally Bank customers can now use Apple Pay to purchase goods and services. It can be used with iPhone and Apple Watch.
The bank announced the availability of the service mid Wednesday, and is available now.
Man Credits His Apple Watch for Saving His Life
“When Dennis Anselmo started to ‘feel terrible’ he thought it was because he was coming down with a fever,” Daniel Jones reports for The Sun. “But when the 62-year-old glanced down at his Apple gadget he saw that his heart rate was more than 210 beats a minute.”
“Doctors who later cleared the blockage in his arteries told him if he had gone home and slept he would have likely had a second, fatal attack, in the middle of the night,” Jones reports. “Dennis told The Sun: ‘I was building a fence placing posts in the ground. We finished lunch at 1.15 and was back to work. I felt terrible – like I had a really bad flu. I worked for maybe ten minutes but said to my helper I need to sit down. As I sat there I started to fiddle with my Apple Watch.'”
Jones reports, “‘I have a very low pulse normally – about 50. Most people are 55 to 75. I brought it up and – and it was 210 bbm. I turned to my helper and said: We need an ambulance,’ [Dennis said].”
Read more in the full article here.
