Steve Sande

<p>Qardio has been making a splash in the connected self market, first with its <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2015/12/14/qardioarm-blood-pressure-monitor-an-apple-world-today-top-pick" rel="noopener noreferrer">QardioArm Smart Blood Pressure Monitor</a> (an Apple World Today top pick) and now with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.getqardio.com/qardiobase-smart-scale-iphone-android/" rel="noopener noreferrer">QardioBase Wireless Smart Scale</a> (US$149.99). Let's take a look at the QardioBase and what makes it different from all of those other "smart" scales that want to keep track of our weight.</p>

<p>I have to admit that I don't listen to a lot of music anymore. I prefer to write in silence most of the time, accompanied by the purring of a cat in my lap. When the recent reports of entire music libraries being deleted from Macs were first making the rounds, I really didn't think too much about it... until I wrote a post for another website and found out while doing research that most of my iTunes library was gone.</p>

<p>When it comes to live streaming TV and creating professional videos from multiple sources, the go-to Mac app has long been Boinx TV. Developers Boinx Software announced a new name for a new version of the app, unveiling <a href="https://boinx.com/mimolive/buy/">mimoLive</a>. That name describes precisely what mimoLive is -- a Multi-in, Multi-out Live Video Engine. </p>

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<p>After years of making a big deal about the safety of the MagSafe power connector for the various models of MacBooks, Apple totally ignored the connector in the 12-inch MacBook design. That opened the slim laptop to being dragged to the floor if someone happened to trip over the power cord. Fortunately, Griffin Technology created the <a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable_051316" rel="noopener noreferrer">BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable</a> to bring back the safe breakaway capability, and you can get it for 12% off the usual price through the <a target="_blank" href="http://deals.appleworld.today" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple World Today Deals Shop</a>. </p>

<p>Hey, Apple - not only has Alphabet (Google's parent company) just passed you in terms of market capitalization, but they've also outdone you with an iPhone keyboard that is awesome sauce. <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gboard-search.-gifs.-emojis/id1091700242?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gboard</a> (free) is an absolutely brilliant iPhone keyboard that takes the app switching out of searches...and more. Here's a video from Google showing off Gboard:</p>

<p>You have your Apple Watch, your Withings connected scale, your Qardio blood pressure cuff, and a number of other devices and apps to capture your health data. At some point, you may need to share years of information with a healthcare professional or trainer, and this video (yeah, it's slightly over 60 seconds long) will show you two ways of doing that:</p>

<p>Smanos is a company that markets <a target="_blank" href="http://www.smanos.com/us/BuyUSA" rel="noopener noreferrer">wireless smart home and security devices</a>, and today the company announced that the iOS apps for its L020, W100, and W020 systems now work on the Apple Watch.</p>

<p>I'm not much of a game-player. I don't have a console, I don't buy role-playing games, and I'm much more apt to play a word or number game than any other genre. Lately I have been spending way too much time playing a new simple game that has me hooked. <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/diced-simple-puzzle-dice-game/id1097587096?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diced</a> ($0.99) from <a target="_blank" href="http://agiletortoise.com/diced/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Agile Tortoise</a> is an incredibly easy game to learn and can be both captivating and frustrating. </p>

<p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://diux.mil" rel="noopener noreferrer">Defense Innovation Unit Experimental</a> - AKA DIUx - is getting a new, first of its kind reserve unit that will be led by an Apple executive. Doug Beck is the Apple Vice President for North America and Northeast Asia, and just happens to also be a US Naval Reserve Commander.</p>

<p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> app has been begging for a redesign for quite some time, and today the photoblogging app showed up with an update featuring a new app icon and a UI makeover. The following video provides a fun (but probably quite fictional) look at the process behind the design of the icon:</p>

<p>In March, owners of the fourth-generation Apple TV noticed that one app -- Disney Infinity 3.0 -- had disappeared with no explanation. Yesterday, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.disneyinteractive.com/blog/update-disney-infinity/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disney announced that it is closing down the video game business altogether</a> due to poor financial performance.</p>

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<p>Apple's been struggling to sell its products in India thanks to restrictive government regulations that require brand stores like the Apple Store to sell at least 30 percent of goods from domestic suppliers. The country is a key piece of Apple's growth strategy for the future, since it has an immense population of consumers below the age of 25 and has recently seen a rollout of LTE technology by mobile carriers. Today, a report from The Economic Times of India says that Apple supplier <a target="_blank" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/tech/apple-comes-to-india-foxconn-to-set-up-plant-in-maha/videoshow/52194281.cms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Foxconn is about to sign a deed for a 1,200-acre property in Maharashtra</a> where it will build a $10 billion manufacturing plant just for Apple products.</p>

<p>We've all done it -- take a great photo with our iPhone or iPad, edit it in the Photos app, save it, and then realize that the original photo was better. Here's how to revert that image back to the original with a few taps.</p>