Dennis Sellers

<p class=""><a href="https://www.engadget.com/apple-maps-covid-19-testing-sites-all-us-191822069.html">Endgadget</a> reports that Apple's Maps app now shows COVID-19 testing sites across the U.S. People in all 50 states and Puerto Rico can use the app to find a place to get checked, whether it’s a hospital, urgent care clinic, pharmacy or dedicated testing site.</p>

<p class="">India’s smartphone shipments grew a modest 4% year-over-year [YoY] to reach a little over 31 million units in quarter one [Q1] of 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s <a href="https://report.counterpointresearch.com/posts/report/Monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Market Monitor</a> service. But the news was really good for the iPhone.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://macpaw.7eer.net/c/143055/63812/1733" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CleanMyMac</a> from MacPaw is an all-in-one macOS solution designed to keep your Mac clean and to secure space from your computer’s hard drive. It’s now launching on the Mac App Store 12 years after its original release.</p>

<p class="">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,635,134) for the Sidecar feature introduced with macOS Catalina. It allows users to extend their Mac desktop by using their iPad as a second display or as a high-precision input device across creative Mac apps.</p>

<p class="">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent for “cosmetic integration of displays” in a vehicle.</p>

<p class="">The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Gene Levoff, Apple’s former vice president of corporate law with insider trading in February 2019, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNBC</a>. Insider trading is the illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange to one's own advantage through having access to confidential information.</p>

<p class="">As noted by <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>, A bug has been discovered in Apple's macOS Image Capture app that needlessly eats up potentially gigabytes of storage space when transferring photos from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac.</p>

<p class="">Westpac is the final big four bank in Australia (and the country's biggest) to provide its customers with support for Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment service, reports <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/covid-19-pushes-westpac-to-jump-on-apple-pay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZDNet</a>,</p>

<p class="">Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's vice president of retail and people, told Apple employees via a weekly video update that "many more" Apple retail stores will open next month, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/apple-retail-chief-sees-many-more-store-reopenings-in-may" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

<p class="">The gang at iFixit, which tears apart tech gadgets and looks at their innards so you don't have to, has torn apart the second generation iPhone 12 and found it to be surprisingly repairable.</p>

<p class="">WarnerMedia has finalized a distribution deal with Apple for distribution of its upcoming streaming service HBO Max, according to <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/04/hbo-max-apple-streaming-distribution-1202918784/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a>. It’s due to launch on May 27.</p>

<p class="">Germany changed course this weekend over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections, backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-backs-apple-and-google-idUSKCN22807J" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>. However, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will utilize its own centralized contract-tracing system, rather than deploying the exposure notification technology being developed by the tech giants.</p>

<p class="">Apple will launch its iPhone 12 lineup this year after all despite some rumors to the contrary, but they'll likely be delayed a month since mass production is running behind due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-delays-mass-production-of-2020-flagship-iphones-11587984138" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wall Street Journal</a>.</p>

<p class=""><a href="http://www.phobio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Phobio</a>, a provider of omnichannel trade-in software designed to simplifiy device upgrades, today announced that it has donated 151 iPads to <a href="https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/sbuh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stony Brook University Hospital</a>.</p>

<p class="">I’ve been working with <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MXQT2LL/A/magic-keyboard-for-ipad-pro-11%E2%80%91inch-2nd-generation-us-english">Apple's Magic Keyboard</a> for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro for several days. My consensus: if you wish to use the Apple tablet as a laptop replacement/alternative, it's fantastic. If you use the iPad Pro as mainly….well….a tablet, save yourself some serious cash.</p>