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Video: iWatch ‘Elephant In The Room’ Amid New iPhone

Whether Apple’s (AAPL) first wearable device, the iWatch, will be a health-focused device, mobile-payment capable and/or the forerunner to smartwatches that pose a threat to luxury retailers has Wall street analysts scrambling to make forecasts ahead of Apple’s Tuesday product launches. Apple is expected to roll out two bigger-screen versions of the iPhone 6, but there’s rising speculation over just how much Apple will disclose about its strategy

Kid Health Alert: Kurbo Tracks Meals, Coaches On Diet

Over the past 30 years, the rate of child obesity in the U.S. has doubled and obesity in adolescents has quadrupled. In 2012, more than one-third of children in the U.S. were overweight, according to various sources compiled by the Centers for Disease Control. Technology is trying to help. Privately held GeoPalz makes a decorative pedometer that rewards kids for walking, letting them earn prizes like Frisbees, jump ropes and baseball bats.

Video: Apple Has Few More Big Wireless Carriers To Add

Amid speculation over what promotions U.S. wireless firms have teed up to sell Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6, a Wells Fargo report says Apple is running out of carriers to add as new distributors worldwide, an issue to its continued growth. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6 on Sept. 9, with a 4.7-inch screen model ready for sale at the end of September, and a bigger, 5.5-inch model out a bit later. “T-Mobile US (TMUS) is planning an announcement