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Despite holiday shopping being in full swing and the high demand for both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) supply appears to have caught up. According to AppleInsider, shipment time for the two devices has dropped to just one day as of last week. Additionally, the Retina 5K iMac ship time has dropped from one to two weeks to a couple of days.
Apple seeded iOS 8.2 beta 3 last Thursday. Though iOS 8.2 mostly deals with WatchKit and Apple Watch support, it also has added blood glucose tracking to the Health app. iOS 8.2 is expected to be released to the public at the same time as the Apple Watch launch, which will likely be sometime in February 2015.
A patent application surfaced last week from Dale Setlak, co-founder of AuthenTec, the company that Apple acquired for its TouchID fingerprint sensors. The patent shows a system that could combine finger motion along with the finger print sensing for increased security.
A note to employees sent last Wednesday from Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company raised over $20 million for Product Red last quarter. That is the company's largest quarterly donation to date and brings the total to over $100 million. Product Red is dedicated to fighting AIDS in Africa.
Apple also announced on Wednesday that, beginning February 1, 2015, all new app submissions will require 64-bit support. As of June 1, all app updates will require the same.