Dennis Sellers

<p class="">WaterField Designs has introduced the custom-fit <a href="https://www.sfbags.com/collections/dash-keyboard-and-dash-trackpad" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dash Sleeve</a> for the standard and 10-key Apple Magic Keyboard and for the Magic Trackpad 2.</p>

<p class="">Future iPhones and Apple Watches could suggest services based on where you are, as evidenced by a newly granted patent (number 10,791,419) for “determining a significant user location for providing location-based services.</p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted two more patents involving the rumored vehicle (though I think the tech giant will work with current car manufacturers rather than making their own vehicle from scratch.</p>

<p class="">Apple is expected to launch 12.9-inch mini LED-backlit iPad Pro in early 2021 and a mini LED-backlit, high end Mac laptop in the second half of the year, according to <a href="https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20200926PD200.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DigiTimes</a>.</p>

<p class="">Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou is running at full speed in anticipation of strong demand for the new iPhone 12, reports the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3103502/iphone-12-production-china-factory-ramps-24-hours-day-ahead" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">South China Morning Post</a>.</p>

<p class="">A California federal judge expressed skepticism Monday toward both Apple and Epic Games during an injunction hearing in their App Store antitrust fight, giving them a day to tell her if a judge or jury should decide the dispute and voicing her own preference for a July 2021 jury trial, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1314354/apple-and-epic-antitrust-judge-eyes-july-2021-jury-trial?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360 </a>(a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="">On a <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20222-andy-affleck-updates-take-control-of-podcasting-1/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">new episode of MacVoices</span></a>, Andy Affleck joins host Chuck Joiner to talk the updated version of “Take Control of Podcasting.</p>

<p class="">Up to 11,000 free Apple iPads will be given to thousands of UK care homes to help residents keep in touch with relatives under government plans to prevent another surge in coronavirus deaths, reports <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-government-give-11-000-ipads-care-homes-so-residents-can-speak-families-b626520.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Independent</a>.</p>

<p class="">Three of Apple’s top contract manufacturers — Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron — plan to invest a total of almost US$900 million in India in the next five years to tap into a new production-linked incentive plan, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-smartphone-manufacturing-idUSKBN26J1TY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>, quoting two unnamed “sources familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p class="">Norway plans to develop a COVID-19 tracking app based on Apple and Google and Apple technology as part of its efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-apps-idUSKBN26J1YC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>. Norway’s previous app was shut down in June and will be permanently scrapped.</p>

<p class="">Apple is expected to launch its new iPhone 12 series in South Korea earlier than its usual schedule and it works to attract more 5G users in the country, reports <a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200928000880" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Korea Herald</a>.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roku.com%2F&esheet=52295642&newsitemid=20200928005142&lan=en-US&anchor=Roku%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=2afc1615b4c6aa08064c7c61793863ac" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roku, Inc.</a> says Roku OS 9.4 will start rolling out to Roku devices in the coming weeks. The Roku Channel is adding more ways to access all-in-one entertainment via a new dedicated mobile app for iOS and Android smartphones.</p>

<p class="">Apple and Billie Eilish have announced that the documentary feature film, “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry,” directed by award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler (“Belushi,” “The September Issue,” “The War Room”), will premiere in theaters and on Apple TV+ in February 2021. The documentary is from Apple Original Films, in association with Interscope Films, Darkroom, This Machine and Lighthouse Management & Media.</p>

<p class="">If your HomePod isn’t responding, you should unplug it from its power source, then plug it in again. If that doesn’t work — and ONLY if that doesn’t work — should you reset it to its factory settings.</p>

<p class="">At some point in time, most of us have probably spilled water, coffee, or a soft drink on our Mac or iPad keyboards, meaning we may have to clean them and let ‘em dry out. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10.784,062) for “ingress prevention for keyboards” for methods to make its keyboards more spill resistant.</p>