Gadgets
Veteran researcher leaves Apple after a little over a year
San Francisco, Feb 6 (IANS) Stephen Friend, a veteran health researcher, left Apple Inc’s health team late in 2017, after serving a little over a year at the job.
“His speciality involves rethinking health care research, with a focus on creating open incentives and standards that benefit patients. That was the mission of Sage Bionetworks — a non-profit organisation that he co-founded in 2009 as a spinout of Merck,” CNBC reported on Tuesday.
Friend is a renowned health researcher and his move to join Apple was big news in the health industry.
The Cupertino-based giant at the time had introduced software frameworks such as — “ResearchKit”, “CareKit” and “HealthKit” — which are designed to help developers and consumers access health information.
Since then Apple has also started the Apple Watch Heart Study in partnership with Stanford University, as well as early testing of health record integration in its iOS.
It is not clear why Friend decided to depart Apple.
It is believed that he played a key role in meeting the security, privacy and consent regulations that surround the health industry while at Apple, according to 9to5Mac.
His LinkedIn page has been updated and says that his tenure at Apple ended in November of 2017 and that he now lists himself as an “independent entrepreneur.”
–IANS
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Business
Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside
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Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13
Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.
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Features of Apple iPhone 13
The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.
The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.