Apple Advances Health Apps with CareKit
Creating a clearer picture of Parkinson’s disease. Since its launch in 2015, the mPower app has enrolled over 10,000 participants, making it the largest Parkinson’s study in history — with 93 percent of participants never having taken part in any kind of research before. The app helps researchers better understand Parkinson’s disease by using the gyroscope and other iPhone features to measure dexterity, balance, gait, and memory....
The Morning After: Weekend Edition
But we’re all adults here — or at least that’s what our analytics team tells me — and, as our latest themed week shows, the internet isn’t always the digital equivalent of an eighth-grade locker room. Over the course of the week, our editors have offered advice on how to stay cool in a connected world, clean up digital clutter, keep all your things safe online and do a little good from your desktop. They’ve...
Apple’s Clips app makes crafting viral videos in iOS dead-simple
Now, you might be thinking that Apple already has a few video creation and editing tools available for iOS, and you’re right. On one end of the spectrum, there are so-called Memories videos, wherein Photos on iOS 10 automatically pieces together slideshow videos from pictures you’ve taken. Meanwhile, iMovie sits on the other end. It’s not too difficult to master, but laying out clips and audio tracks on a timeline...
Apple’s Clips app makes crafting viral videos in iOS dead-simple
Now, you might be thinking that Apple already has a few video creation and editing tools available for iOS, and you’re right. On one end of the spectrum, there are so-called Memories videos, wherein Photos on iOS 10 automatically pieces together slideshow videos from pictures you’ve taken. Meanwhile, iMovie sits on the other end. It’s not too difficult to master, but laying out clips and audio tracks on a timeline...
Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus now come in red
It’s certainly not the first red-hued device from Apple (that honor goes to its red iPod), as the company has supported AIDS charity Product RED for the last 10 years. All told, the company has apparently contributed more than $130 million in corporate donations. Still, a red iPhone is far more substantial charitable contribution than wireless headphones or an iPhone battery case.The phones will be joined by a new iPad, as well...
