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Apple today has updated its App Store Review Guidelines with a handful of changes. The new guidelines include revisions related to data security, cryptocurrency mining, free app trials, advertising, and more. First off, Apple has added a new section to the App Store Review Guidelines about data security. The company says that apps sure implement measures that ensure proper handling of user data: Apple also describes how developers can offer free trials of their applications....

Apple is moving quickly to release new software features that improve lives during the COVID-19 health pandemic. One new feature that’s aimed to help first responders will be useful for iPhone and Apple Watch users even after we reach the other side of the coronavirus outbreak. The change is coming in iOS 13.5 and watchOS 6.2.5 later this month. Medical ID Apple Watch and iPhone have supported a feature called Medical ID that lets you collect critical health data in one place....

Apple’s German website, and that of a major bank, both say that Apple Pay is ‘coming soon’ in Germany, suggesting that the long wait may shortly be over … The Apple Pay page on Apple’s German website has a new ‘Kommt bald’ (‘coming soon’) badge, and the website for HypoVereinsbank also says ‘In Kürze bei uns: Apple Pay’ – another way of saying the same thing. HypoVereinsbank – the brand name of UniCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft – is one of Germany’s largest banks....

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NIST’s work, which is guided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, was driven by executive order 13905, “Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Services,” [EO 13905] which was issued on Feb. 12, 2020. That executive order (EO) sought to drive the U.S. government to develop standards and guidelines to: “protect the national and economic security of the United States from the disruption or manipulation of systems that form or use PNT data and information vital to the functioning of U....

In a fun new ad, Apple is showing off its Portrait Lighting feature in the iPhone X. The ad is set in a busy subway station and features professional lighting equipment that pops out of the iPhone X after trying to take a picture; suggesting that iPhone X takes professional, studio-like photos. The short 30-second clip features “La Fête Noire” by Flavien Berger as the backing track. The full ad can be viewed below....

Apple TV+ today officially announced a new limited series project about Benjamin Franklin. Michael Douglas will take up the lead role as the American polymath. The show is based off the book ‘A Great Improvisation’. The Benjamin Franklin series is the latest project to hail from ex-HBO chief Richard Plepler’s overall deal with Apple, under his Eden Productions banner. It is being developed as a co-production between ITV Studios America and Apple Studios....

Apple TV+ has made another notable hire for its development team. As reported by Deadline, Apple has hired Zennen Clifton as a creative executive. As the report explains, Clifton began his career at Endeavor/WME and has also spent time at Yahoo! Studios and MACRO. Most recently, he served as an executive vice president at 3BD Networks: More details on 3BD: He joins from digital entertainment studio 3BD Networks, where he was EVP, leading the company’s direct-to-consumer content initiatives and working at its branded content studio....

At the end of January, we saw a report from The Washington Post call attention to the recently launched app privacy labels for Apple’s App Store. The small-scale study showed more than half the third-party apps’ self-submitted privacy labels were completely false or at least misleading. Now the US House Committee on Energy & Commerce is urging Apple to “improve the validity of its App Privacy labels” along with asking for more specifics on the system....

A couple of neat Apple Watch stories popped up on Reddit recently. One user shared how his Apple Watch Series 4 caught a premature ventricular contraction and was able to quickly share the results with his doctor. Another notes how helpful the Apple Watch is for deaf users. First is another story about Apple Watch’s ECG feature catching a nuanced heartbeat irregularity. Reddit user sean_themighty shared that his Apple Watch recorded a premature ventricular contraction....

Police in Selma, Texas are crediting the Apple Watch with helping them locate a kidnapped woman. As reported by Fox San Antonio, the kidnapped woman used her Apple Watch to call for help, and police were able to use a cellular ping to track her. The report describes the situation: Officers were able to then use an “emergency cellular ping” to track the victim, the report explains. The Apple Watch was able to accurately show the victim’s location, so when the police arrived, they found her in a car in a parking lot, with Longoria having fled on foot....

Those running for public office aren’t the only ones struggling with tech accessibility issues. The number of accessibility-related discrimination lawsuits grew almost 300% from 2017 to 2018, with the majority of complaints suggesting websites were built without support for assistive technologies. In other words, to ignore accessibility issues is to ignore the people who could be your customers or even your employees. To be compliant with accessibility standards, brands need to lead with empathy and proactively seek out a more diverse audience to bring into the conversation....

On Wednesday, Spotify filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Apple’s App Store policies and started an aggressive PR campaign to back it up. Apple has today published a public statement in response to Spotify’s argument. Apple says that Spotify is spreading a ‘misleading rhetoric’. They cite how Spotify makes most of its revenue from advertising and mobile carrier partner deals, of which Apple takes no cut at all. The In-App Purchase subscriptions are a small percentage of Spotify’s business — and Spotify wants to pay Apple zero for those subscription sales meaning they are essentially taking the benefits of a free app and Apple receives no compensation at all from Spotify’s operations....

Exactly one week after the last build, Apple has released Build 12F23 of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 to developers. The new build is only three builds newer than the last, and this could mean that Apple is winding down on the development cycle for 10.8.5. This could mean a public release in the next couple of weeks (based on past development history). Apple continues to say that 10.8.5 includes no known issues, and asks developers to focus on WiFi, Graphics, Wake from Sleep, PDF viewing and Accessibility, and Mobile Device Management during testing....

The Apple Store union movement has now crossed the Atlantic, as staff at an Apple Store in Glasgow, Scotland, have joined a union representing retail and other workers across the UK. The union says that there is a huge disconnect between Apple’s claimed values and its treatment of retail staff … Background The unionization movement began in the US. Apple Store union in the UK The Glasgow Times reports that workers at the Apple Store in Glasgow have joined the GMB (a union known solely by its initials, as the full name of General, Municipal, and Boilermakers Union is a hangover from history)....

With the recent release of watchOS 5, users are now able to add information from third-party apps to the Siri Watch face. This means you can add information such as Carrot Weather, or calendar information from Fantastical. Follow along to learn how…. Apple Watch: How to add third-party apps to Siri Watch face On iPhone open the Watch app. Under MY FACES, tap the Siri face if available. If Not, go into the Face Gallery, find the Siri face and add it to your Watch....

As 2021 comes to a close, all of today’s best deals are up for the taking and headlined by a selection of official Apple Watch band discounts from $29. That’s alongside a 20% off Nomad Apple Christmas sale and iOttie’s Velox MagSafe car mounts from $19. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Official Apple Watch bands see rare discounts from $29 Comprised of a soft, breathable, high-performance fluoroelastomer material, the official Apple Watch Sport Bands arrive in a variety of colors to either mix up the daily stylings of your wearable or refresh an aging option....

Apple will give its employees in the United States up to four hours of paid time off to volunteer or vote in the US election. A new Bloomberg report says the announcement was made to Apple employees this week through an internal memo. The decision applies to retail employees and hourly workers and, as noted in the original report, other companies like Twitter and Uber are doing the same. Apple’s senior vice president of retail and people Deirdre O’Brien mentioned that employees can take up to four hours to vote or work on Election Day....

Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Aquaman will now arrive one week earlier in the UK than the U.S. when the movie hits theaters this December. The shared superhero universe has had a difficult path over the last two years since kicking off with Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Though both Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad were financially successful, neither were hits with critics. The narrative around the DC Films franchise changed with Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, which was both financially and critically successful....

This news shows Apple’s getting even more serious about WiMax and networking. In fact, the company is now looking extremely hard at all available wireless technologies, but (as we’ve been saying for some time now), the company wants to make WiMax for Macs. Why do we know this? Because Apple’s advertising for a senior RF Systems Engineer, a full time role based in Santa Clara valley. “The Senior Wireless system Engineer will be responsible for designing/integrating Apple wireless products, and exploring new wireless technologies....