Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The European Commission — an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU — <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shazam-m-a-apple-eu/eu-clears-apples-purchase-of-shazam-idUSKCN1LM1TZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has given the green light </a>to Apple’s acquisition of Shazam. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a second patent (number 20180249783) that would tell you, among other things, when your shoes are starting to wear out. If the patent ever comes to fruition, I would image it would involve the company’s ongoing partnership with Nike since I doubt we’re going to be seeing a line of Apple Shoes with embedded chips.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180253609) for a “system and method for light and image projection” that will only fuel the rumors that the company is building an “Apple Car.” Details of the invention show that it could also be used in an Apple Bike, Apple Train, or Apple Plane (though I don’t suspect we’ll see any of those).</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has delayed plans to launch Apple Pay in India after landing in a regulatory grey zone despite holding discussions with a few leading banks and the National Payments Corporation of India, which manages the United Playments Interface-based (UPI) platform, reports <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/after-amazon-whatsapp-apple-orders-stop-payment/articleshow/65694577.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Economic Times</em></a>, quoting unnamed “people with knowledge of the matter.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The downside of Apple's love affair with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports on the MacBook and MacBook Pro is that you have to buy adapters and cables to interface with just about anything. If you need to record video and audio directly to your Mac, you’ll need another one: StarTech’s <a href="https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/usb-c-video-capture-device~UVCHDCAP" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HDMI to USB-C Video Capture Device (UVCHDCAP)</a> .</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-the-world-of-eddy-cue-apples-services-chief" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, is so “overextended” he sometimes falls asleep during meetings. No wonder. He oversees Apple Music, iTunes, Apple Maps, Apple Pay, iCloud, and more.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that the 2018 Apple Watch will have a 15% bigger screen. There’s mounting evidence that he’s right. He doesn’t say exactly how this will be accomplished or if the updated smartwatch will pack a bigger chassis. Currently, Apple Watches come in 38mm or 42mm sizes.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/apple-amazon-tiff-1202927824/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em></a> is reporting that Apple’s video production execs, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, will head to the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Execs for the streaming giant “will arrive with checkbooks in hand as they look to make potential acquisitions that could fill out the content pipeline for the company’s still-under-wraps entertainment service,” the article adds.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mo<a href="http://tcismith.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d9%2b5284-%3eLCE58451%40%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4184642&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=99713&Action=Follow+Link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">osylvania</a>, a branding and digital agency, has published the Millennials’ Top 100 Brands list for the past six years surveying 18,000 millennials as they continue to mature. This year, their age range is 18-38.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s upcoming 6.5-inch iPhone could be called the "iPhone Xs Max,” according to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/05/iphone-xs-max-name/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em></a> citing unnamed “sources with knowledge of Apple's marketing plans.” Personally, I hope not, as that’s an unwieldy moniker.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats), a headphone brand co-founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and acquired by Apple in 2014, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a marketing and merchandising partnership that will make the company the official headphone, wireless speaker and audio partner of the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA G League and USA Basketball beginning in October.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">T-Mobile has launched an iPhone and iPad leasing program that extends financing from Apple to businesses activating 25 or more lines with the wireless carrier. For a limited time, T-Mobile will cover the first $100 of every device leased through the program. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as reported by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/09/05/morgan-stanley-sees-apples-video-business-rivaling-netflix-by-2025-ups-target-to-245" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em> </a>— Morgan Stanley analysts think Apple’s upcoming video business will rival Netflix by 2025. They’ve upped their target price on the company’s stock to $245 from $232.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite a federal jury's finding earlier this year that Apple's infringement of four VirnetX Inc. patents was willful, a Texas federal judge declined to double a $502.6 million award, according to an order unsealed Tuesday and reported by <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1079644/virnetx-can-t-get-apple-patent-damages-doubled-to-1b?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I usually use my new 15-inch MacBook Pro in desktop mode (coupled with an LG UltraFine 5K) display with a couple of external solid state drives (SSD) attached. However, sometimes I want to uncouple it from these devices and use it simply as a laptop. That’s where the Mountain un-mounting software comes in handy. </p>