Apple is poised to reveal its next big thing in a crucial attempt to prove its technological tastemakers still have the power to mesmerize the masses. The trend-setting company is expected to rouse the still-slumbering market for wearable computers with a smartwatch or bracelet equipped to monitor health, help manage homes and even buy merchandise. Apple is a late arrival to this relatively new niche- several other companies already sell smartwatches that are being greeted with widespread indifference. “It means more to us to get it right than to be first,” Apple CEO Tim Cook explained to analysts earlier this year. Apple is likely to provide the first peek at its wearable device...
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