Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of August 31-September 4.
° Apple has tested Apple Pencil compatibility for the foldable iPhone (but that seems to be on the back burner).
° A ceramic case option, but no Touch ID, predicted for the Apple Watch Series 12.
° It’s alive! A California appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing Apple of restricting independent iPhone repairs.
° In recognition of 50 years of design, branding, and communications innovation and leadership, Apple has been selected as the first brand to be inducted into The One Club for Creativity’s newly established Brand Hall of Fame.
° Apple’s Phil Schiller is stepping down from running the App Store and managing special events.
° Apple thinks OpenAI may be destroying evidence in the legal battle between the two companies.
° OpenAI says Apple’s AI and employee problems are its own fault.
° More Apple employees working on the Vision Pro were laid off than previously reported.
° The future of the Apple Vision Pro may be in doubt, I’m hoping that new Apple CEO John Ternus will keep visionOS alive and keep the future open for other versions of the spatial computer.
° Former Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri is further reducing his role at the company.
° Counterpoint Research has offered a look at Apple’s global market share by product segments.
° A former UK antitrust director has filed a $2.7 billion class action suit claiming that Apple launched its App Tracking Transparency privacy feature to disadvantage developers and benefit itself.
° TrendForce says Apple is paying up to four times more for this year’s iPhones’ memory than for last year’s models.
° Apple has canceled plans for a foldable MacBook and a larger OLED MacBook Pro, according to Omdia.
° A second generation “MacBook Ultra” could pack an M5 Ultra processor.
° BASF claims Apple has infringed on its face authentication technology.
