MacVoices #24207: More Apple Wearables Discussion with Jeff Gamet on The Mac Show (2)

Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

Jeff Gamet and Chuck Joiner continue their discussion of wearables on The Mac Show on The British Tech Network, turning to smart glasses and smart clothes. Issues that crop up include power usage and privacy concerns over potentially intimate tracking, privacy, and data collection. They touch on the past Apple-Nike collaboration, and debate the accuracy of step counts in wearables. Other possible issues include kinetic charging, extra batter power, and more. (Part 2)

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:00 Speculating Apple Wearables
00:52 Privacy Concerns and Wearable Glasses
03:52 AirTags and Privacy Concerns
05:30 Smart Clothes Possibilities
06:34 Apple-Nike Partnership for Wearables
08:15 Tracking Accuracy and Apple Watch
09:28 Walking Goals and Tracking Accuracy
11:27 Smart Jacket for Body Temperature
12:31 Sometimes Wearables Market
15:12 Kinetic Charging Technology
18:05 Appreciating TSO Hosts Support
22:11 Live Chat Interaction
24:20 Accessing Previous Live Chat
26:21 Poolside Speculations
28:52 Chuck’s and Jeff’s Show Schedule
29:48 Thanking the BTN Family and Sponsors

Guests:

Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet

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