Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.pelican.com/us/en/products/phone-and-tablet-cases/iphone-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pelican Products</a> has added four new cases for the iPhone. As I often say in these reviews, there’s little new under the sun in smartphone cases, but Pelican’s products are well made, cost effective, and reliable. I’ve tested the cases with an iPhone 11 Pro Max.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note on its Developer Portal, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09232019a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple says</a> that starting in October, the Japan Consumption Tax (JCT) will increase from 8% to 10%, resulting in a price increase for apps on the App Store and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) in Japan. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated iMovie and Clips on iOS with Dark Mode support and more. Both are free downloads/updates on the Apple App Store.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released iPadOS 13.1 which is the version of iOS that runs on the company’s tablet line-up, iOS 13.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch, and tvOS 13 for the Apple TV set-top box.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In an <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210613" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple support document</a>, the company says an upcoming software update will fix an issue that impacts third-party keyboard apps. This issue applies only if you've installed third-party keyboards on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Addigy, a provider of cloud-based Apple Device Management software, says it will preview enhancements to the company’s macOS/iOS management platform at the MacSysAdmin conference in Sweden as Apple prepares for the release of its 2019 update – macOS 10.15 Catalina. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Apple-launched China Clean Energy Fund has invested in three wind farms, according to the tech giant. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">With the hubbub and lawsuits over alleged failures in Apple’s butterfly keyboard on various Mac laptops, you’d think Apple might maker thicker keyboards for its laptops. However, the company has been granted a patent (number 10,424,446) for “keyboard assemblies having reduced thickness” and a method of making them.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,424,204) for “collision warnings provided by stationary vehicles.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple does well (as usual) in the <a href="http://www.theacsi.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">American Customer Satisfaction Index</a>'s 2019 Appliance and Electronics Report. Among personal computer (PC) makers, the tech giant remains in the lead, unchanged at an ACSI score of 83 (out of 100). </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">DisplayMate — which specializes in proprietary advanced scientific display calibration and mathematical display optimization —has given Apple’s Super Retina XDR in the new iPhone 11 Pro Max its “highest ever A+ grade” and given it the<a href="http://www.displaymate.com/iPhone_11Pro_ShootOut_1P.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “Best Smartphone Display Award.”</a></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has confirmed that its newly redesigned, upcoming Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. The tech giant says it will begin production “soon” at the same Austin facility where Mac Pro has been made since 2013.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s iOS 13 launched last week with a host of new security and privacy features, but contains a security flaw that allows users to bypass the lockscreen and gain access to contact information, according to a <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90407289/ios-13-has-a-nasty-location-privacy-bug" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Fast Company</em> article</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Initial sales of iPhone 11 lineup in Taiwan have beat market expectation and are expected to continue enjoying robust sales in the coming months during the shopping season, according to sources from local retail channels, according to <a href="https://www.digitimes.com"><em>DigiTimes</em></a>. The article adds that, for the first time, some e-commerce operators have joined telecom operators and consumer electronics distributors to promote Apple smartphones.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When Apple unveiled three new iPhone 11 models, it boasted their designs would deliver superior durability and water resistance. </p>