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“Silent AirTags” surface on eBay and Etsy, highlight privacy and legal concerns

This could be construed as concerning. According to PCMag, a number of Apple AirTag tracking devices with deactivated speakers have been spotted for sale on eBay and Etsy, raising privacy concerns about the risks of removing one of the AirTag’s safeguards. The modified AirTags, dubbed “Silent ‌AirTags‌,” have had their internal speaker removed so that […]

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Apple Maps update, now includes EV charging stations, bicycle rental and dropoff points for EU, New York

It’s a quiet update, but this could be useful. Apple on Wednesday updated its Apple Maps data, including EV charging stations and bicycle rental/dropoff points, focusing most of its expanded coverage in Europe. For U.K. users, electric car drivers can now locate charging stations via data from Moovility. The public bicycle information currently covers London […]

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Previous Apple patent applications reveal plans for line of wearable computing devices

You know that whole iWatch thing? It could be just the tip of the iceberg where Apple and wearable technologies are concerned. Per AppleInsider and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the company is secretly developing an entire wearable/attachable computing platform and ecosystem comprised of wireless sensing systems for monitoring not only sports activity, […]

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Apple secures 48 assorted patents, including inductive charging, integrating portable electronics with bicycles

It never hurts to have a patent for something. Much less 48 of ’em. Per AppleInsider , the United States Patent and Trademark office published 48 newly granted Apple patents on Tuesday, covering technologies ranging from inductive charging to bike-integrated iPods, as well as one property covering the touchscreen technology that enables the latest iOS […]