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Three Sports Takeaways From Apple’s Keynote Event

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Apple’s first keynote event from the company’s new Steve Jobs Theater featured strong sports components throughout the presentation. Here are SportTechie’s top three takeaways:

While baseball’s Boston Red Sox inadvertently introduced the sports world to one illicit feature of the Apple Watch — sign stealing — the tech giant unveiled the Apple Watch Series 3 with several on-label sporting features in an apparent shift to reposition the device more as a fitness wearable than a fashion accessory. The updated Heart Rate app provides more information, including one’s pulse during resting, workout, recovery, walking and Breathe sessions.