A lot of reading this week on how I can use the Apple Watch to track my fitness and workout activities.
Apple Watch: My most personal review ever – The Loop, Tuesday, June 18, 2015
http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/06/16/apple-watch-my-most-personal-review-ever/
I have read much by Jim Dalrymple over the years in his role of purveyor of all things Apple … and not just because I grew up on Lake Dalrymple. In this article he talks about using the new Apple Watch, but it was the section “Fitness: information is power” that really caught my attention. He discusses how the use of the device’s health tracking features helped him lose over 40 pounds.
Apple Watch as fitness tracker: Putting Activity and Workout through their paces – Macworld, Thursday, April 30, 2015
http://www.macworld.com/article/2916819/apple-watch-as-fitness-tracker-putting-activity-and-workout-through-their-paces.html
Caitlin McGarry examines the “Activity” and “Workout” apps on Apple Watch.
Use the Workout app on your Apple Watch – Apple Inc., day, month #
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204523
Apple’s support page on how to use the Apple Watch “Workout” app.
Retiring baby boomers push Spam, diaper stocks to record valuations – Bloomberg News in The Globe and Mail, Monday, April 25
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/retiring-baby-boomers-push-spam-diaper-stocks-to-record-valuations/article29755131/
Dani Burger looks at how “the companies that peddle soap, diapers and ready-to-eat food that also happen to be the market’s biggest payers of dividends” have been reaching record valuations while other equities have dropped in the last couple of months. Retirees fondness for dividend stocks is seen as partially driving this phenomena.
