Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Toshiyasu Abe, a resident of Vancouver, Washington, has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Oregon district court, accusing the company of infringing upon his patent (number 6,520,699) with Key Flicks and 3D Touch on select iPhone and iPad models, reports <a href="https://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a>. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">An anonymous poll of Apple employees earns CEO Tim Cook a 91% approval rating, earning him the No. 96 ranking among U.S. companies surveyed for Glassdoor's annual Employees' Choice Awards. (Glassdoor is a jobs and recruiting site.) However, it’s the head honcho’s lowest ranking ever, down from 53rd place in 2017.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In January, it was announced that Apple had landed a 10-episode comedy series executive produced by and starring Kristen Wiig, the <em>Saturday Night Live </em>grad and movie actress (<em>GhostBusters, Downsizing). </em>However, she’s had to drop out due to shooting schedule for <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em>, in which she plays the villain Cheetah, reports <a href="https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/kristen-wiig-apple-comedy-wonder-woman-2-1202851797/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has debuted Apple Pay in Norway, as noted by the <a href="https://www.apple.com/no/apple-pay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tech giant’s regional website</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">mophie’s <a href="http://www.mophie.com/shop/charge-stream-travel-kit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">charge stream travel kit</a> is a great travel accessory (though it’s also handy for home use) for Qi-enabled devices when you’re traveling, thanks to the portable-sized <a href="http://www.mophie.com/shop/charge-stream-pad-mini" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">charge stream pad mini</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180167771) for “range-free proximity determination” that involves “geofencing” and iOS devices. A geofence is a virtual geographic boundary, defined by GPS or RFID technology, that enables software to trigger a response when a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPad enters or leaves a particular area.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has placed an order for a series from the Academy Award-nominated screenwriters (Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani) behind “The Big Sick” and producer/writer Lee Eisenberg, reports <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/apple-orders-little-america-immigrant-anthology-series-big-sick-writers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TheWrap</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Cork, Ireland, where he was on hand for the opening of an expansion to the company’s campus in Hollyhill, reports the <a href="http://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Apple-CEO-in-Cork-today-to-open-new-Hollyhill-expansion-86b092d5-f436-48d5-bd4d-47601e34bb58-ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Evening Echo</em></a>. The tech giant has been based in Cork for over 35 years and now directly employs 6,000 people here.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">China accounts for nearly 20% of Apple revenues and the company is “arguably” the most successful U.S. technology firm in China — which means it may be the most vulnerable to a U.S.-China trade war, according to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/apple-is-the-big-tech-firm-most-at-risk-from-a-us-china-trade-war.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNBC</em> report</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors continue. Apple has been granted a patent (number 20180164817) for “guidance of autonomous vehicles in destination vicinities using intent signals.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been fined $9 million by Australia’s Federal Court for telling some Australian iPad and iPhone owners they couldn’t have devices fixed as they had been previously repaired by a third party, reports <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/technology/apple-us-fined-9-million-for-misleading-some-australian-customers-20180619-p4zmbi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whenworks/id1356360346?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WhenWorks</a> is the name of both a new iOS app and the new company that developed it. I've known its founder, John Chaffee, for decades, and I've used his products including Now Up-To-Date and BusyCal for years. He asked me to take a look at his latest work and I'm impressed. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s WWDC 2018 is now over and while I was hoping for exciting news regarding Metal and Mac gaming, but quite the opposite happened. Apple announced that with the next version of MacOS, called Mojave, OpenGL will be deprecated. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>