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For the last several months, Apple has been cracking down on third-party kids apps, specifically in regards to analytics and advertising. A new report from The Washington Post today dives deeper into Apple’s policy change, and notes that the company plans to delay the change. Starting next month, Apple had planned to ban kids apps on the App Store from using any sort of external analytics software. It had also planned to dramatically curtail the advertising allowed in kids apps, which could dramatically impact the businesses of free kids apps....

Apple today has updated its Apple Maps vehicles webpage with a list of new cities it will begin surveying later this month. Earlier this year we reported that Apple was using its camera-equipped vans to collect next-gen Maps data, including Street View storefronts and 3D images. Apple now has revealed 13 new U.S. that it will begin surveying later this month, as well as a handful of locations in the U....

If you’ve ever received a phishing email attempting to capture your Apple ID login – like the recent App Store subscription ones – there’s a good reason for that: they can be sold on the dark web for $15.39 each. That’s the most valuable login on the market for anything outside of the financial services sector, according to research conducted by top10vpn.com … Interestingly, when it comes to financial accounts, bank accounts are not the most highly-prized logins....

Apple released a new universal GarageBand iOS app ($4.99) today that brings iPhone and iPod touch support to the previously iPad only, scaled-down DAW. New in Version 1.1 is the ability to create custom chords for Smart instruments, and support for 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures. If you’re unfamiliar with the iOS app, which is a mobile version of the GarageBand app that ships with Mac OS X, here’s the description from the press release:...

As the coronavirus pandemics continues on, AAPL is seeing further declines along with the rest of the market. This morning with the opening bell, Apple’s stock dropped another 3% which put the company below a $1 trillion-dollar valuation. Update 3/24: The entire US market saw a boost with the opening bell this morning tied to a potential rescue bill for the economy. AAPL is up 5% at the time of writing at $235 a share, putting it back over the $1 trillion-dollar market cap mark....

Longtime Apple Veteran and now VP of Apple Music, Oliver Schusser is going to become the new head of Beats starting next month. He’ll continue on as the VP of Apple Music and the company’s international content division as well, as Apple says it “remains committed to the Beats brand.” Reported by CNET, the news was leaked by an email Apple VP Eddy Cue sent to employees this month and Beats confirmed to CNET that Schusser will be taking over as the current Beats head, Luke Wood departs at the end of April....

Apple today pushed a new update to Apple Music for Android that officially brings the app out of its extended public beta period. With the update, Apple Music for Android is now at version 1.0, nearly 10 months after its initial release to the Play Store. In addition to bringing the app out of beta, today’s update also adds equalizer settings, giving users more control over the playback of Apple Music and iTunes content....

Patently Apple today reveals a patent filed all the way back in 2009 that relates to Cloud music streaming with iTunes. Calling the service “seamless and invisible to the user,” Apple details how the service picks the location to retrive data whether it is local or stored on a server. So, that means Apple could decide to store the beginning of a song, for instance, locally while choosing to store the rest of the song in the Cloud....

Last fall, Apple introduced a feature to the iOS camera app called Portrait Lighting that simulates real studio lighting effects on photos taken in Portrait mode. Now the team behind a new photo editor called Apollo has expanded on the idea by developing customizable 3D lighting controls for your images. Apollo isn’t the first editor to unlock the power of Portrait mode photos captured by iPhones with dual-camera systems. Other apps like RAW Power and Focos use depth data to adjust color and focus....

Today, Kodak announced the $525 million sale of its patents to two firms, Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. It is interesting that the two companies will work with 12 intellectual property licensee to pay a portion of the over $500 million price tag. The 12 licensees, who aren’t listed by name in Kodak’s press release, would all receive varying access to the digital imaging patent portfolio and other Kodak patents included in the sale....

Life at the Apple product factories may have improved slightly, but now it looks as if Hon Hai/Foxconn plans to build a huge new plant in north-central China in which it will place some of its Apple-related manufacturing operations. And Apple is reluctant to take part in this plan.Local government reports claim up to 300,000 new workers will be recruited for the new plant which is to be placed in the city of Hebei....

For the conspiracy theorists: The 27″ iMac only takes Mini DisplayPort in, and the Apple TV only does Component and HDMI out. It isn’t likely that AppleTV 3.0 was updated to a Snow Leopard kernel, is it? Also, the kernel has been updated to be more compatible with VMWare and Airport drivers have been updated on the new iMacs. We heard earlier today that it was back to being compatible with Atom processors....

Apple has announced a new feature for the iPhone X called Animoji. It uses the Face ID sensor to sense motion and facial expressions, records your voice with the microphone, and generates cute 3D animated emoji to share with friends over iMessage. Users can pick from 12 different emojis to animate. There is robots, aliens, and even pile of poop. Users speak and move their face and the Animoji track the motion 1:1....

Joining Uber, T-Mobile, and Walgreens, Nike is the latest partner to sign up for the 3% cashback offer with its Apple Card credit card. Any purchase from Nike retail stores, Nike’s online store, SNKRS, Nike Running Club and the Nike app. The offer is limited to retail stores in the United States. Apple says that Apple Pay support for Nike.com is coming soon, which would then also qualify for 3% cashback....

Apple Card launched to everyone in the United States today, with Apple also adding a new cash back offer for Uber. One thing to note with Apple Card, however, is that the terms and conditions specifically outline that you agree to arbitration. Thankfully, however, it’s relatively easy to opt-out. Here’s how to do that. Arbitration clauses are incredibly common in terms and conditions nowadays. Essentially, when you agree to arbitration, you’re giving up your right to sue Apple or Goldman Sachs, whether it be individually or as a member of a class....

After confirming the WWDC 2020 schedule last week, Apple has added a few more details today. The company has confirmed new information about 1-on-1 developer labs, as well as the annual Apple Design Awards. First, Apple has confirmed how the 1-on-1 developer labs will be held this year, despite WWDC being completely online. Apple says that the labs will be held from June 23 through June 26 and take place over a Webex audio call....

An Australian surfing instructor has told 7 News that an iPhone 7 left in a car caught fire, destroying the vehicle. It hasn’t yet been confirmed that the phone was the cause of the fire: Apple says that it is aware of the incident and is investigating. Mat Jones says he had left the phone under clothes in his car while taking a surf lesson. When he returned, he was shocked to discover the vehicle filled with smoke....

Apple’s iTunes Match had several issues when it was first released, problems like like losing your music and not finding matches were just a few. While there are still problems with it, since the iTunes 10.5.2 update the service has improved. Here I’m using iTunes for Windows and matching my music collection stored on my Windows Home Server. For best results, make sure you’ve upgraded to the latest version of iTunes, which at the time of this writing is 10....

When Apple unveiled the new 4K Apple TV earlier this month alongside iPhone 8, iPhone X and Apple Watch Series 3, it also mentioned a new live sports feature arriving with tvOS 11. Now the company is searching for a sports editor to help lead content curation for the feature: Not surprisingly, Apple is looking for someone with “extensive experience in, knowledge of, and enthusiasm for sports, both domestically and internationally, as an editor,” and it also notes experience in the broader television business as a key qualification....

According to the statistics for the second calendar quarter of 2008, Apple remains the number one PC manufacturer in the education segment across Europe, a position its held for eight successive quarters. In fact, Apple sold 19.2 per cent of all CPU’s sold in the sector – including servers. The company also remains the leading manufacturer in the UK – eclipsing Dell – for notebooks and now also desktops, holding 17....