After a little privacy snafu last month around the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro still tracking location data even when users had turned off location services, Apple has added a toggle specifically for the UWB chip in the latest iOS 13.3.1 beta. KrebsOnSecurity discovered the behavior of the iPhone 11 Pro continuing to track user locations even when all of the available locations services toggles are turned off (except for the master switch)....

Apple has launched an array of new watch bands alongside the Apple Watch Series 6, including the new Solo Loop. It comes in a smooth and braided version. The new bands are available in five colors, which pair perfectly with the new colored case options of Apple Watch Series 6. The Solo Loop band is perfectly uniform, with no breaks or indentations. It’s just a smooth loop of flexible rubber. There’s also a braided version for people wanting some texture on their wrist....

Apple has expanded the ability for eligible organizations to apply for developer account fee waivers today to eight more countries, bringing the total to 13 that have the opportunity to get free developer memberships. Apple shared the news on its Developer site today: For the 13 countries in the program, Apple accepts applications for fee waivers for both new and existing developer accounts. Here are the eligibility requirements: The fee waiver saves nonprofits and educational and government institutions $99 per developer account....

According to a report from Karthikk (via AppleInsider) Apple is disabling “non-developer” devices that are running iOS 5. The move may seem unsurprising but we have our doubts, like TUAW. Apple, earlier this week, disabled all iOS 5 devices that were running betas 1 and 2. Our iPad running beta 2 was disabled as well – and it is registered to a developer account. Theoretically, there is no way that Apple could know if a device running iOS 5 is not being used by a developer....

The United States Patent & Trademark Office published an Apple patent application today (via PatentlyApple) detailing new 3D GUI concepts and touch-free, motion sensing gestures that would allow you to simply wave your hand over a device equipped with proximity sensors. This follows a patent application published in July that explores similar 3D gestures and user-interfaces, and another in September detailing 3D display and imaging technology that could lead to Kinect-like gestures on future Apple products....

Apple’s new CarPlay iOS feature has recently arrived through a limited number of in-dash vehicle entertainment systems and aftermarket products, but Apple has now introduced official guidelines for companies building CarPlay hardware through its Made-for-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) licensing program, according to sources. Apple confirms in the specs that CarPlay will only be allowed for in-dash units built into vehicles or through aftermarket installations and that rear-seat or other integrations are not yet permitted....

A rather strange issue with Apple Fitness+ has cropped up in the last twenty four hours or so. On the Apple TV, upon pairing a nearby Apple Watch to start a Fitness+ workout, the Fitness app crashes and the user is sent back to the Apple TV Home Screen. As Apple Fitness+ on the Apple TV only works with an Apple Watch paired, this effectively means the service is unusable right now on the TV for affected users....

Apple is starting its first-ever Entrepreneur Camp for app developers today, bringing in 11 female-founded app development companies and providing tools and resources to help attendees “thrive in today’s global app economy.” Apple says attendees will have “unprecedented access” to Apple’s business and marketing experts and more through Apple labs. Announced through Newsroom, Apple says developers have earned $120 billion collectively since the App Store launched in 2008, with roughly a quarter of that within the past year....

Apple is working up really fast shaping up latest operating system iOS 12 to bring it into its stable form. Speaking of which, the iOS 12 public Beta 2 is now rolling live. The software is seeding over-the-air and weighs a massive 560.9 MB. This global iteration of iOS 12 was quite under expectation and now it happens. A few days ago, the iOS 12 developer beta 3 was made available....

Apple Configurator 1.0, released back in 2012, did away with the need for thousands of iTunes accounts, but it also revolutionized the device management capabilities of supervised iOS devices. Previously, device deployments were limited to manual configuration and supervision by someone on-site, but Apple Configurator brought a new vision for mass deployment to educators and businesses. About Apple @ Work: Bradley Chambers managed an enterprise IT network from 2009 to 2021....

Apple has acquired a camera sensor startup called InVisage Technologies, TechCrunch reports. InVisage touts its QuantumFilm Image Sensor as specializing in capturing light while using a thinner camera module. Here’s a brief description of the technology InVisage created and Apple now owns: As Apple continues to focus on improving camera quality in iPhones each year, it’s easy to see how Apple could incorporate this technology into their hardware. […] In a QuantumFilm pixel, light passes through the color filter array, and is then detected by the quantum dots in the QuantumFilm layer....

During the WWDC Keynote, Apple announced macOS Big Sur with several new changes to the UI, Control Center on macOS for the first time, revamped Safari, modern notifications, and widgets. They’ve also added a new developer option to enable the sharing of in-app purchases and subscriptions across Family Sharing. I’ve been using Family Sharing since Apple Music launched in 2015, and I now have my entire family set up on it....

Apple is bringing back its “Tech Talks” experience for developers this year. The company says that it will offer over 100 live online sessions starting next week, allowing developers to “connect with Apple experts at office hours to help you create your best apps yet.” Tech Talks 2021 will run from October 25 to December 17. Head below for the full details… Apple held Tech Talks on a semi-regular basis up until 2015-2016....

Image via TechCrunch At WWDC today, Apple officially announced the winners of the Apple Design Award for 2018. The company gives the award to applications that it feels best represent the capabilities and goals of its various platforms. Winners this year came from nine countries around the world and include utilities, games, translation apps, and much more. Here are the winners of the 2018 Apple Design Awards: Agenda: Bandimal: Calzy 3: iTranslate Converse: Florence: Playdead’s INSIDE: Alto’s Odyssey: Frost: Oddmar: Winners of Apple’s Design Awards receive a one-of-a-kind aluminum cube, as well as a prize package consisting of:...

Environmental lead Lisa Jackson has acknowledged in a podcast that Apple buys carbon offsets in order to hit its “100% carbon neutral” claim, but says that this is a relatively small proportion of the company’s total usage. Interviewed on the Jane Goodall Hopecast, Jackson said that a lot of companies are satisfied with simply buying offsets, but that’s not Apple’s approach … She said that she joined Apple because it had already made a lot of progress, and because it could serve as an example for other companies about the practicality of shifting to clean energy – starting with its own suppliers....

Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again made TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People List today after appearances last year and back in 2012 when he first took over the CEO job. On the list for 2016, Cook joins other executives in the tech industry, including: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, among others in categories including Pioneers, Titans, Artists, Leaders, and Icons. Cook’s entry on the list was written by Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger (Apple board member too) who notes that the Apple CEO continues to uphold “the highest ethical standards and routinely challenges the status quo, including encouraging vital conversations about who we are as a culture and a community....

Today, Apple announced the last M1 chip of the family, the M1 Ultra chip. This processor combines two M1 Max processors as a single chip. After just unveiling the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips in October, Apple is now releasing the M1 Ultra processor, offering 128GB of unified memory. With 114 billion transistors, it features 800GB/s of memory bandwidth and 2.5TB/s interprocessor bandwidth. This 20-core CPU processor offers 16 high-performance cores and 4 high-efficiency cores....

Apple is continuing to invest in original podcast production. Bloomberg today reported that Apple has signed a deal with award-winning production company Futuro Studios. Under the arrangement, Apple funds Futuro’s development of new podcasts but retains rights to the intellectual property to convert any of the works into video content — television shows and movies — for its streaming service Apple TV+. This is a continuation of its podcasts strategy to date, which has seen Apple release a handful of Apple Original podcast series through its TV+ division....

Apple has today been granted a patent for augmented reality apps for interior design and animated movie posters. The patent award comes the day after we learned more about plans for an AR app in partnership with Swedish furniture company Ikea. Apple recently announced ARKit as part of iOS 11, providing hands-on demos at WWDC … The patent was assigned from augmented reality app company Metaio, which Apple acquired back in 2015....

Apple is about to go head-to-head with Google on smartwatches and also encroaching on Google’s territory with research into electric and possibly autonomous vehicles, but what about virtual reality? Today we get a look at yet another area in which Apple might compete with Google as the US Patent and Trademark office grants a patent to Apple for a Google Cardboard/Samsung-Oculus style VR headset for iPhone (via PatentlyApple). It isn’t the first time we’ve heard of such a device from Apple, but up until now the majority of hints have been limited to old patent applications....