Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 10,530,915) regarding the rumored “Apple Glasses.” It involves using an iPhone as the wireless “engine" of the augmented reality head-mounted display.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Satechi has launched the <a href="http://email.maxborgesagency.com/c/eJwNjktuxCAQBU9j72w1mAazYJHJOPdofjYSY1tANJnbB6kWr6S3KG80B-bimAwHDsBAMQUMcWYzhw3huW6bwOf39ngMAl70Z6-yh0p7ON1ndtdrPMwSwa_cacctSWReS4ZAHmXQOiwIYzZHa3cdlq-B_3QqteCONJ-hdbvL5X9dq322kq7pnUrIodbJHVT2dO7TTX4sxofzTHWuIedQaq-h-87hfZXs53Z5-ozNEGqmpF1RqhWEVRqFt1ICQfSMM9EvSy-NypMDh8LaKMEpyRQqKSNXpP8BV6BTwA">Trio Wireless Charging Pad</a>, which can simultaneously charge an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, AirPods 2 wireless case, and an iPhone 8 or later. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a personal vision solutions company, introduced EyeQue Try-On Glasses, offering users of its smartphone vision tests the ability to order low-cost eyeglasses based on their EyeGlass Numbers (EGNs) – the custom lens power required to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, <a href="https://www.jbl.com/quantum.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JBL announced their Quantum</a> gaming headphone line that’s Mac compatible. Pricing ranges from $39.99 to $299.99.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed several patents for “smart' watchbands for the Apple Watch, but <a href="http://www.auradevices.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AURA Devices</a> has beaten the tech giant to the punch with the AURA STRAP for the smartwatch.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Plugable has launched three new Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C products at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas: the TBT3-UDZ Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Docking Station with 100W Power Delivery; the 2.5Gbps USB Ethernet Adapter; and the USB-C DisplayPort 1.4 MST to Dual HDMI 2.0 Adapter. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">NETGEAR announced lots of new products, services and enhancements across smart home, mobile networking, home networking, small business and more, including expansions to its portfolio of award-winning WiFi 6 offerings in the Orbi and Nighthawk product lines at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,524,671) for an "electronic device that computes health data” that involves using the cameras on the iPhone to provide more health and wellness data.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,528,152) for “mixed input lighting using multiple light sources with switchable operational state.” It involves Mac and iPad keyboards with colored backlighting on individual keys for user feedback.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As discussed by <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/15313/intel-at-ces-2020-45w-10th-gen-mobile-cpus-soon-tiger-lake-with-xe-graphics-later" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AnandTech</a>, at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Intel at CES provided details on its upcoming 10th-generation 45W "Comet Lake" chips, which could be slated for future 16-inch MacBook Pro models. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Blueshift Development has launched an app for the Mac which, like its iPhone and iPad app, transcribes audio offline and on the device to help with privacy and cost. The app also features editing features to correct with the help of timestamps.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20200106000747" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Korea Herald</a><em> </em>says Apple was the top pick by South Korean investors among foreign companies during the fourth quarter of 2019 as local investors joined the rush to buy shares in the company in hopes of it making a rally.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2019 saw a “complete turnaround in Apple's market share and presence in India, fueled by attractive price drops on previous generation iPhone models (iPhone XR), affordable newer flagship premium models (iPhone 11) and attractive schemes on other products," according to a <a href="https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/apple-can-make-2020-its-strongest-year-in-india-say-experts-11578196077094.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LiveMint report</a>. And this year looks to be even better.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), OWC announced the upcoming Akitio Node Titan, an external graphics processing Unit (eGPU) that lets users transform their notebook or other slotless computer (Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Pro, NUC, etc.) into a gaming, video editing and graphics workstation.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/Apple+%28AAPL%29+Could+Delay+Some+iPhone+5G+Launches+Into+Next+Year+-+Susquehanna/16300505.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A report from Susquehanna analyst</a> Mehdi Hosseini says Apple will have two 5G iPhone launches this year: sub-6GHz models in September, and the mmWave launch in December (or possible even January 2021).</p>