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Time Extended for Apple Watch - MOSK: 12.28.2023

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

- Ban Suspended on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 - Apple Watch New Year Activity Challenge Ahead - Beeper Gives Up "Cat-and-Mouse" with Apple - DoJ and FTC Investigating Apple Thwarting Beeper Mini - Mint Mobile Notifies Affected Customers of Data Breach - Home Improvement Chain Lowe's Adds In-Store Apple Pay Support - Apple Closing Infinite Loop Store Next Month - Sponsored by Green Chef: Go to greenchef.com/60mok and use code 60mok to get 60% off, plus 20% off your next two months - Check Out the Latest Checklists by SecureMac - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0

This is MacO S Ken.

0:09.2

Apple watches get a reprieve.

0:11.2

Beeper gives up the blue bubble battle, an apple's closing a historic store.

0:17.3

It is Thursday the 28th of December, 2023.

0:21.1

I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco West can brought to you by yours truly and

0:29.6

sponsored by Green Chef the number one meal kit for eating well.

0:35.0

Go to Green Chef.com slash 60MOK and use code 60MOK to get 60% off plus 20% off your next two months. This show is also

0:50.0

supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.

0:56.2

Find out more and at your support

0:58.8

at Patreon.com slash Macoest can

1:06.0

The Apple Watch story basically picks up where we left off

1:10.0

with many twists and turns in between.

1:13.0

When last we spoke, Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2

1:18.0

were still on sale to Apple's online store and Apple retail locations. As of today, they are once again on sale

1:27.2

through Apple's online store and Apple retail locations. Weren't sales supposed to stop in the U.S?

1:35.0

They were and they did, according to a piece from 9 to 5 Mac.

1:40.0

The U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC, had enacted the ban set to go into effect

1:46.8

this week due to charges of patent infringement leveled by medical tech firm Massimo. It has or had been determined that the blood

1:56.5

oxygen sensors in Applewatch models as far back a Series 6 infringed patents held by Massimo.

2:05.7

After a mostly silent 60-day presidential review period, sales of affected devices stopped

2:11.0

through Apple's online store in the US on the 21st of December

2:15.8

and through Apple's retail locations in the States once stores closed on the 24th.

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