Many of the new Apple Watch features, such as the ability to get a blood oxygen test of ECG, are not available on the entry-level Series 3 Watch.
Author: Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
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Used sites clean your old device, wipe data, check on battery, camera, screen and other things, update the hard drive on laptops before re-selling.
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Black Friday starts early: Prepare to refresh your computer a lot
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Google Pay: What opting into personalized offers can really mean for your privacy and finances
The new Google Pay app is part Venmo, part Quicken, part Apple Pay, a way to split pizzas, pay friends, buy from stores and monitor your finances.
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Google would love to monitor your spending and learn from your habits to better inform its personalized advertising, but says the feature is opt-in.