Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple and Google have been criticized by rights groups for hosting Absher, an app which allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control where women travel, according to an <a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/apple-google-criticised-for-saudi-government-app-activists-say-fuel-discrimination-2019-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Insider</em> report</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has applied for a patent (number 20190042833) for “face detection, pose estimation, and distance from a camera estimation using a single network.” It involves improving FaceID in upcoming iPhones, iPads, and — let’s hope — Macs.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You can customize Control Center in iOS 12, so you can quickly change the settings for the things you do the most.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safari_release_notes/safari_12_1_release_notes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">will remove</a> the Do Not Track feature of Safari in the next update of iOS and macOS. According to <a href="https://spreadprivacy.com/do-not-track" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a post </a>by the makes of the DuckDuckGo browser, Do Not Track’s goal to help users avoid having their activity tracked hasn’t been very successful, so Apple is shifting focus to a new Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch </em></a>has reported that major companies such as Air Canada, Hollister, and Expedia are are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps with asking for permission or you even realizing it. Apple says that ain’t gonna fly and has released the following statement to <em>TechCrunch</em>: </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has added Christine Curry (pictured), an obstetrician-gynecologist, to its growing health team, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/07/apple-hires-obstetrician-signaling-womens-health-interest.html)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNBC</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions has hired Terry Wood from Netflix to head up the company’s production plans for original content for Apple’s upcoming streaming video service.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">After releasing <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/2/7/ios-1214-released-fixes-group-facetime-glitch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS 12.14,</a> Apple has also released macOS Mojave 10.14.3 SuppleMental Update, which also fixes the Group FaceTime glitch. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 12.1.4, which offers a fix for the Group FaceTime glitch discovered last week. You can download it on your iPhone or iPad by going to Settings --> General --> Software Update. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">YouTube has unseated Apple as the Most Intimate Brand among millennials. YouTube ranked the most intimate brand among millennials for the first time, climbing up from third last year, according to MBLM’s Brand Intimacy 2019 Study, which is the largest study of brands based on emotions. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is teaming up with 1800Flowers.com for a new Apple Pay promo: use the latter’s mobile payment service at the latter’s website and save $15 off when you shop the special <a href="https://c.apple.com/r?v=2&la=en&lc=usa&a=c33dadigY%2FjpWfh6f%2BANoIVGUH4IoErsHNqjIoNK3gj4TfYojgsN9WUnSFDpxUjBNZP%2FmbVKXCNohZqrbRlpKQ3OiVEdBqX7AxhXzqvQycMKCDTuRBe1WSeFmy2I2NtHdvsw0ZAWk2%2BjEPBYCvDECw%3D%3D&ct=ab5j3V6H1Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Gift Collection</span></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has moved its modem chip engineering effort into its in-house hardware technology group from its supply chain unit, two unnamed “people familiar with the move” told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-semiconductors/apple-puts-modem-engineering-unit-into-chip-design-group-idUSL1N20000M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em>, </a>which says this may be a sign that the tech giant wants to develop a key component of its iPhones after years of buying it from outside suppliers</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190039570) for a “system and method for vehicle authorization” that would allow you to summon a vehicle and unlock it with your iPhone.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Many major companies such as Air Canada, Hollister, and Expedia are are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps with asking for permission or you even realizing it, according to a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch</em> report</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Eve’s just-released <a href="https://www.evehome.com/en/eve-light-strip" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eve Light Strip</a> is a $79, HomeKit-compatible lighting solution that provides up to 1800 lumens and a triple diode architecture for full spectrum white and millions of colors.</p>