Apple has confirmed its annual developer conference – dubbed WWDC – will be held between June 8 and June 12 in San Francisco. The event is a chance for developers to take part in five days of sessions, labs and events around building software for iOS and Mac.
But those who snapped up a $1,599 ticket (around £1,071) for the upcoming event will have to leave their Selfie Sticks at home.
Apple has BANNED attendees from using the controversial monopods at WWDC.
The new rule was spotted in the iPhone manufacturer's registration and attendance policy.
"You may not use selfie sticks or similar monopods within Moscone West or Yerba Buena Gardens," the regulations state.
The National Gallery in London issued a ban on the infamous smartphone and camera accessory earlier this year.
The gallery placed the extendable monopods in the same category as tripods, which it has previously banned to "protect paintings" and "overall visitor experience".
Selfie Sticks are designed to allow people to position their smartphones and cameras much further than an arms' length from their bodies.
This allows people to capture a much wider field of vision.
The gadgets, which Time Magazine listed as one of the 25 best inventions of 2014, have spiralled in popularity over the last year with online retailers Amazon reporting a staggering 301 per cent increase in sales in the three months to last November.
Football rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal united in January to ban fans from using Selfie Sticks during matches.
A Spurs spokesman previously confirmed that the club had chosen to take action after fans complained Selfie Sticks could wielded like a weapon.
It is believed Apple will announce the next version of its hugely successful iPhone and iPad software, iOS, at WWDC.
"The App Store ignited an app ecosystem that is simply amazing, forever changing the lives of customers and creating millions of jobs worldwide," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, in a statement.
"We've got incredible new technologies for iOS and OS X to share with developers at WWDC and around the world, and can't wait to see the next generation of apps they create."
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