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Most Apple Watch users won’t get health benefits from AFib detection, study finds

The Verge

One promised benefit of the Apple Watch is early detection of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heart rhythm. People with atrial fibrillation are at higher risk of strokes and are often prescribed blood thinners to knock that risk down. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Apple's New Advanced Security Features Protect Your Sensitive Data

SecureWorld News

Apple has announced several new advanced security features that will provide users with important tools to protect their most sensitive data and communications. These features include iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys for Apple ID, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.

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Apple says the App Store created $517 billion in commerce last year

The Verge

Apple on Monday touted the findings of a new study from economic consulting firm Analysis Group that says the App Store was responsible for $517 billion in estimated total billings and sales of both physical products and services and digital goods in 2019. Why are these numbers particularly important to Apple? Image: Apple.

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Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data

The Verge

Apple is making good on its promise to provide more transparency around iOS app data collection with the launch of new privacy labels on the App Store. Now, following that deadline, Apple is launching the feature officially for all iOS device owners running the latest version of iOS 14. Image: Apple.

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Apple stumbled into a war with the gaming industry, and the future of iOS is at stake

The Verge

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”.

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Gartner MQ, Forrester Wave: A Disservice to Innovation?

Fountainhead

By inadvertently playing into analysts’ narrow definition of products and categories, vendors can become distracted from their real goal – pursuing meaningful, valuable, and unique innovation. Since analysts take money from both vendors and customers, they put themselves in potential conflict-of-interest positions, if not also risking bias.

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Filing shows where Microsoft is really making its money; reveals M&A spending; adds Netflix, Hulu, Tencent to list of rivals

GeekWire

Apple’s App Store) as a material risk to its business. Most notable on the business front is a section that breaks down Microsoft’s revenue into categories associated with its traditional product lines: Office, Windows, Xbox, etc. And Microsoft now sees restrictions on marketplaces operated by competitors (i.e.,

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