Co-founder of life-saving ‘Watch Duty’ app awarded for heroism in SoCal fires
Watch Duty’ co-founder John Mills became an Unsung Hero Award recipient on Friday after his emergency alert app helped ...
Apple Watch SOS alert saves skiers’ lives after 1,000-foot fall
Apple Watch SOS alerts saved a group of skiers after one fell 1,000 feet near Steven's Pass in Washington state.
Apple watch’s SOS feature saves skier’s life after 1,000-foot fall in freezing conditions
An Apple Watch proved to be a life-saver for a skier who fell 1,000 feet down a snowy slope. The watch's Emergency SOS ...
Opinion: No one should need the Watch Duty app. As fires near, officials should communicate better
What we’ve discovered through years of studies and user interviews is that, in an emergency, information fatigue never occurs ...
Apple Watch Saves Skier’s Life After Terrifying 1,000-Foot Plunge
A skier survives a chilling 1,000-foot fall thanks to the Apple Watch’s fall detection and SOS features. Discover how this ...
Tim Cook recounts when Apple Watch saved his father’s life; ‘He was living alone’
Tim Cook recounted how an alert from his father’s Apple Watch summoned emergency services after his father fell at home and ...
How I went from Apple Watch skeptic to devotee in one health scare
After a long health journey with the Apple Watch, our tech writer spoke with medical experts about how to best implement the ...
With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight
With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals Apple Watch saved his father’s life
Among the many lives saved by the Apple Watch is the life of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s father, as Tim candidly revealed in a ...
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Meet the small team behind the Watch Duty app giving life-saving wildfire updates
Ever since the deadly wildfires began in Los Angeles two weeks ago, residents have largely turned to one app for the most up-to-date information. It’s called Watch Duty and Stephanie Sy spoke to two ...
'Life Threatening': Flash Flood Warnings in Place in LA
Burn scars left by the recent fires in Los Angeles are becoming hotbeds for flash flooding, mudslides and debris flows as ...
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Tim Cook reveals how Apple Watch saved his father's life
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently shared a personal story highlighting the life-saving potential of the Apple Watch. During an appearance on the Table Manners podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware, Cook ...