Technology

These are the stories that defined Apple in 2019.

Apple delivered a product blitz

Apple CEO Tim Cook kept his commitment to &major launches& across the year, including hardware, software and services. 2019 saw the company introduce (or upgrade):

The iPhone 11, Apple Watch Series 5 (and ECG app), Apple Card, AirPods, AirPods Pro, the seventh-generation iPad, iPad Air, iPad mini, Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR, 16-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Research app, Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, macOS Catalina, iOS 13, iPad OS, tvOS 13, watchOS 6, Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro X, iPod touch, Siri Shortcuts.

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Working at a research facility affiliated with a U.S. government hospital, this pilot fish becomes acquainted with ICD-9 codes for the statistical classification of diseases.

But it bothers him that the codes allow for reporting an issue but not for reporting resolution: Therea code for having high blood pressure, but none for returning to normal, and therea code for a broken right wrist, but none to indicate that it has healed.

So in a review meeting with the researchers, fish asks about their assumptions: &Since there is no ICD-9 for ‘no longer has high blood pressure,& how do we differentiate the two conditions, just-not-taking-medicine and no-longer-needs-medicine?&

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