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Apple Watch saves teenager’s life; Tim Cook offers thankful teen an internship
Mac Daily News ^ | October 10, 2015

Posted on 10/02/2015 6:07:43 PM PDT by Swordmaker

An Apple Watch may have saved a teenagers life, and Apple CEO Tim Cook is so pleased that he offered the thankful teen an internship next year,” Gregory Ferenstein reports for ReadWrite. “Paul Houle, a 17-year-old from Massachusetts, says that the watch’s heart rate monitor tipped him off to a dangerous condition. Had he not gone to see a doctor to check out his unusually high heart rate, he may not be alive today.”

“‘After [football] practice I went and took a nap, my heart rate was still at 145,’ he told WCVB, a local CBS news station. Houle went to get the strange readings checked out in the emergency room and was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a condition which is caused by extreme exercising and pumps out toxic chemicals into the body,” Ferenstein reports. “The story went viral. Soon after, Cook personally called the teen and offered him an internship next summer.”

“Heart rate is a good leading indicator of distress in the body. If it’s unusually high (or low), it’s a justification for further testing. And, indeed, in Houle’s case, the Apple approach to health worked perfectly. Eventually, Apple and other device manufacturers hope to able to predict early signs of debilitating disorders better than a doctor,” Ferenstein reports. “It’s a long game and Apple just scored its first big point.”

Read more in the full article here.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; applepinglist; icult; macgasm; worship

1 posted on 10/02/2015 6:07:43 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker

Beats inventing a clock.


2 posted on 10/02/2015 6:11:23 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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Apple CEO Tim Cook offers internship to teen ager who's life was saved by Apple Watch. . . better than offering an internship to a teen ager who faked inventing a clock. — PING!


Apple offers internship to Teen Ager who
DID NOT INVENT CLOCK
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3 posted on 10/02/2015 6:12:23 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker
Hello parents !
Young boy interning for Tim Cook is not a good idea!
4 posted on 10/02/2015 6:12:50 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: T. P. Pole
Beats inventing a clock.

Or not inventing a clock. . . LOL!

5 posted on 10/02/2015 6:13:05 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: ncalburt

My thoughts exactly!


6 posted on 10/02/2015 6:42:45 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Swordmaker

After Harold Crick got hit by a bus, his life was saved by a piece of his now-shattered Timex Men’s Watch #T56371 - Ironman Triathlon 42 Lap Combo Dual Tech watch plugging a hole in an artery.


7 posted on 10/02/2015 6:44:17 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
After Harold Crick got hit by a bus, his life was saved by a piece of his now-shattered Timex Men’s Watch #T56371 - Ironman Triathlon 42 Lap Combo Dual Tech watch plugging a hole in an artery.

Let's see which is more likely:

A) Offered a job with the bus company. B) Offered an internship by Timex. C) Received a tour of the White House.

You get injured, people feel sorry for you. You build a make-believe bomb to alarm people and make them think they'll get injured, and the President congratulates you.

8 posted on 10/02/2015 6:51:15 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Swordmaker

why is this dated in the future? ie Oct 10. It is Oct 2 today.
So many weird things going on


9 posted on 10/02/2015 7:32:27 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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why is this dated in the future? ie Oct 10. It is Oct 2 today.
So many weird things going on

Uh, I'm using the Apple Watch time machine function?

It's binary dating? 10 = 02 in binary. . . heheheh

Actually I think it may be a magazine dating. . . the October 10th issue.

10 posted on 10/02/2015 8:13:57 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: ncpatriot

Or it could be a typo. . .


11 posted on 10/02/2015 8:16:23 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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