Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple subsidiary, Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats), has debuted the $299.95 Solo Pro, its first on-ear, noise-cancelling headphone. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Roku has <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191015005440/en/Apple-TV-App-Apple-TV-Coming-Roku" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> that the Apple TV app is available on the Roku platform starting today. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Could Apple have another wearable device planned in addition to the Apple Watch? Possibly. The company has been granted another patent for an “Apple Ring.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,446,018) for “controlled display of warning information” in a vehicle.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I can’t grow a nice beard like my AWT compadre, Steve Sande. Which is just as well, since I love the feel of a clean shave. I shave every morning, which is why I was intrigued to test out the <a href="https://gillette.com/en-us/products/gillette-labs/heated-razor-by-gillette?Matchtype=b&cvo_campaign=&cvo_crid=377197527528&cvosrc=ppc.google.%2Bgillette%20%2Bheated%20%2Brazor&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjOv345P75AIVjZ-fCh16PwGnEAAYASAAEgLJn_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gillette Heated Razor.</a></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jason-sudeikis-ted-lasso-series-apple-1203370140/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety</a> says that Apple has given a series order to <em>Ted Lasso</em> for its upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service. Jason Sudeikis will star, write, and executive produce the series.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has launched a new <a href="https://apple-tv-plus-press.apple.com/en-US/originals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">press site</a> for its upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A note to clients from from the UBS Asia Hardware team — as noted by<a href="https://www.ped30.com/2019/10/14/apple-iphone-demand-china-ubs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Apple. 3.0</a> — says that monthly government data suggests overall iPhone demand in China 230% in September. That compares to 110% monthly growth in September 2018, according to the investment bank.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">NetGear has introduced the <a href="https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbk13.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orbi Dual Band Mesh WiFi System</a>, which consists of one router and one or more satellites. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-tax-italy/italy-readies-web-tax-in-its-2020-budget-sources-idUSKBN1WT1VA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>, Italy is preparing a new tax on digital companies such as Apple in its 2020 budget, as it seeks alternative revenues that will allow it to scrap a scheduled increase in sales tax.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Electronic payments from mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal – are increasingly hot, but Americans aren’t ready to go cashless, at least not yet, according to a study by <a href="https://www.jdpower.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.D. Power.</a> </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2609053-1&h=780927838&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parksassociates.com%2Fmarketfocus%2Fui-contentdiscovery&a=New+research+from+Parks+Associates" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New research from Parks Associates</a> finds 70% of US broadband households with a major video service consider its user interface (UI) to be good, with 48% rating it "very good," and these scores impact their willingness to recommend the service to others. Apple TV owners give high marks to the set-top box’s UI.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will release a lower-priced iPhone SE 2 (though it probably won’t be called that) in the first quarter of 2020 for $399.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is facing increasing criticism for kowtowing to China in order to increase sales in the country. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.elementcase.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Element Case</a> has released the “X2 Collection” of cases for Apple’s 2019 line-up of iPhones. I’ve had the chance to use the $39.95 Rally case. It’s a decent enough case with one feature that makes it stand out from a horde of competitors.</p>