Dennis Sellers

<p class="">Apple may be planning a Hotel app for the iPhone that would compete with apps such as Mobile Passport. The company has filed for a patent (number 20200302345) for “systems and methods for accessing hotel services using a portable electronic device.”</p>

<p class="">Apple has big plans for HomeKit and the Home app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices as evidenced by two patent filings.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 20200303140) for a “keyboard with adjustable feedback” that hints at future Mac keyboards that would allow users to adjust the feel and “travel” of the keyboard while typing. Such a keyboard would also offer haptic (touch) feedback.</p>

<p class="">Cherry Jones and Jason Segal will join access Grace Kaufman in Apple and A24’s <em>The Sky Is Everywhere</em>, an adaptation of the Jandy Nelson YA novel for Apple TV+, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/09/cherry-jones-jason-segel-apple-and-a24-the-sky-is-everywhere-1234582549/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a>.</p>

<p class="">Ed Farm — a Birmingham, Alabama, an initiative supported by Apple — was one of the inaugural recipients of an award for programs preparing Alabama’s future workforce, reports <a href="https://www.al.com/business/2020/09/apple-supported-ed-farm-workforce-training-program-gets-award.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AL.com</a>.</p>

<p class="">Oprah Winfrey says music icon Mariah Carey will be her next guest on “The Oprah Conversation,” premiering Thursday, Sept. 24 at 12 a.m. (Eastern) exclusively on Apple TV+.</p>

<p class="">Apple has updated its iWork apps — Pages (word processing), Numbers (spreadsheet), and Keynote (presentations) — for macOS. They’re available at the Mac App Store.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s biggest iPad — an iPad Pro — tops out with a display size of 12.9 inches. Should the company consider a 15-inch (or bigger) model. New research from <a href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics</a> hints that the tech giant should.</p>

<p class="">Data presented by <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUQjeugcRe3Utpk3VFx3mExRMovlq0r21TlsABhlSgS8ct9Z2a3-2Bcfltb4StDxOUzjc5-2FGDqGA-2BLhmI-2FAQ0mF91-2BPbH5c4YQvEHd-2BifIMiwR9qQ13_xZzzR7eUdv-2BX6QkrpVLiiGy7ypJ6sj-2BpG-2F9bEkPx-2BLw-2Fta5JivvYG-2BIm7tC0QTGfz3ip2cOeqepMuS-2FmnnjZpVVyKQ5UBx6YCFqOmr-2B0VQqGDojvhjqeBo7IkeAeNKC4gN-2BSiVcMSpRw85rNF3in3tITPfw7r82deFSVfxBX8KxftBZoE08-2F8FAlrJ-2Bz-2FbWvnMqdIFU60kpm5IzuCjwcyV-2B7t7tPs7jkBAefZiFo-2FYXbMG0q-2BMDjpPh1pWOiwpje6MxFAk2QNt3hu9FfDTHEbXyS70QrfrPeq1o8FCyaFHN9dL-2BW7TpQ0uy5N2BwTtDwcqowV0fC4Gq-2FLZKegKK8tpPEwTW-2F57tEldSMt2rlfVI-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stock Apps indicates</a> that the top 10 games apps on iOS in the U.S. recorded an estimated 190,385 cumulative daily installs as of Sept. 23.</p>

<p class="">A Federal Circuit judge raised doubts Tuesday about the need to move Uniloc's patent infringement suit against Apple to the tech giant's home state of California after the iPhone maker argued that U.S. District Judge Alan Albright wrongly kept the case in West Texas, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1310107/fed-circ-judge-grills-apple-over-bid-to-escape-wdtx?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the next update of the iPad Pro will sport mini-LED displays.</p>

<p class="">In a new Apple Pay promotion, you can use Apple’s mobile payment system in the Jimmy John’s app and get a free drink.</p>

<p class="">You can sync playlists and albums on your Apple Watch using watchOS.</p>

<p class="">Apple’s iPhone is water resistant; however, a newly graded patent (number 10,785,384) for “submersible electronic devices with imaging capabilities” show that the tech giant is investigating ways to make the smartwatch a decent underwater camera.</p>

<p class="">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, we’ll frequently offer a wrap-up of news items you should check out. First up: <a href="https://www.starzplay.com/">STARZPLAY</a>, the MENA region's fastest-growing SVOD service, is now available to customers across the region through Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs.</p>