Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The makers of smart watches and fitness trackers are not doing enough to protect their users' privacy, according to a new report released by the Human Data Commons Foundation.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Do you often forget where you parked your car in the mall parking lot? If you’ve got an iPhone running iOS 11, iOS 12, or iOS 13 12, no problem. Here’s how:</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is looking into methods for providing more haptic feedback on iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. The company has been granted a patent (number 10,503,258) for an “input mechanism with force and rotation inputs and haptic feedback.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are this week’s picks.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple employees based in Silicon Valley are able to have genetic tests performed for free via the company's AC Wellness clinics, through a partnership with Color Genomics, "in what may be a pilot program for the iPhone maker's healthcare project,” according to AppleInsider.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has revealed “Ultimate Rivals” from Bit Fry Game Studios, a new sports game franchise that brings together athletes across hockey, basketball, football, baseball and soccer into a single officially licensed video game, a first in sports and gaming. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Yours Truly has been working with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, and I join host (and my ol’ buddy) Chuck Joiner on the latest episode of MacVoices to talk about the laptop.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by AppleInsider, Hypertext Technologies, a non-practicing entity, is suing Apple for, of course, patent violations.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has avoided 15% tariffs on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac laptops after President Donald Trump signed off on a trade deal with China, reports Bloomberg. The import duties were to start Dec. 15 and could have added around $150 t the price of Apple products.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Parks Associates' research finds Apple and Samsung watches are used for a wider variety of purposes than are Fitbit watches. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I use iOS 13’s Siri to set a timer on my iPhone 11 Pro Max for a variety of tasks. You can do the same to remind yourself to make a phone call, turn the oven on (or off), head out to pick up the kiddos from school, and more. Here’s how to do it:</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 20190377410) — one of several — involving eye-tracking features for the rumored “Apple Glasses,” a head-mounted artificial reality/virtual reality headset. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has scooped up Spectral Edge, a UK-based startup with tech that improves photos taken on smartphones, according to Bloomberg. The goal, obviously, is to make the already-impressive iPhone cameras even better.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has begun scrutinizing Apple Pay, and antitrust regulators in the Netherlands and France are concerned, too. In Germany, a law that kicks in Jan. 1 could force Apple to open up its payments technology more for competitors, according to Bloomberg.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple News will serve as a co-host for the eighth Democratic debate on Feb. 7, according to Axios.</p>