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AliveCor concludes studies with May clinic, finds KardiaBand device could be paired with Apple Watch to help detect high potassium levels

AliveCor’s FDA-approved KardiaBand EKG reader could be used with the Apple Watch to detect high levels of potassium in the bloodstream. The company, which cooperated with the Mayo Clinic for two studies, noted that the KardiaBand device could be used to detect both high levels of potassium as well as atrial fibrillation. For the potassium […]

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Users come forward, complain of anti-reflective coating staining or being stripped away on Retina display MacBook Pro units

You paid an arm, a leg and a spare kidney for your Retina display MacBook Pro. Now it appears that the anti-reflective coating on it is susceptible to stains or wearing off entirely. According to a growing number of complaints on the Apple Support Communities board, the anti-reflective coating seems to be staining or wearing […]

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Man Traded Kidney for PowerBook in 2000

During Apple’s higher-end product releases, we look at the cool new items for sale and wonder what we’d sacrifice for the new Mac Pro or a 17″ MacBook Pro notebook. According to PC World, one person went a step further and, back in 2000, apparently indirectly traded his kidney for a then-brand-new PowerBook G3. Back […]