Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">With its Health app, the HealthKit developer app,and Apple Watch features. Apple has focused a lot of its attention on the health and wellness field in recent months. Now the tech giant has filed for a patent (number 20190261669) for “methods and compositions to improve weight loss and cardiometabolic health beyond diet and exercise.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple will have its next big media event on, as rumored, Tuesday, Sept. 10. Dubbed “By innovation only,” it will be held at 10 a.m. at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced a new repair program, offering customers additional options for the most common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190265808) for a “computer stylus having integrated antenna and sensor structures” that shows it plans further improvements to the Apple Pencil’s performance.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There have been rumors of foldable iPhones and iPads. I’ve been dubious, but a new Apple patent filing hints that the tech giant is investigating such devices.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I’m not sure what to make of this, but Apple has released the first public betas of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 — even though the non-beta versions of the operating system updates aren’t yet available.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is poised to start online sales of its devices in India within months, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-28/apple-to-benefit-from-new-indian-rules-on-foreign-investment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg,</a> quoting an unnamed “person familiar with the matte.” The tech giant would benefit from new rules making the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market more attractive to foreign brands, the report adds (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Despite a 10.4% decline in the fourth quarter, Apple continues to dominate the smartphone market in Japan. According to the <a href="http://www.canalys.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canalys research group</a>  its market share exceeded 50% for the first time in 2018. That’s up from 48% in 2017 and 48.2% in 2016.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has issued a statement about Siri’s privacy protections. The tech giant halted the Siri grading program earlier this month.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It’s probably no surprise that those of us who bought Apple Watches and HomePods as soon as they were available are likely to be the first ones to shell out for “Apple Glasses” (the rumored name for Apple’s rumored augmented reality/virtual reality headset expected in 2020 or 2021).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple and Google seem to be taking over the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) market, according to the <a href="http://www.jdpower.com/resource/us-tech-experience-index-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study.</a></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour game will roll onto the iPhone and iPad on Sept. 25, the company announced via Twitter.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">OtterBox and Corning have teamed up-for new versions of the Amplify Screen Protectors with the new Glare Guard and Edge2Edge innovations.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple and Samsung are targeted in <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/422976960/RF-Exposure-Class-Action?ad_group=xxc1xx&campaign=VigLink&medium=affiliate%29&source=hp_affiliate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a class action lawsuit</a> after a <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-cell-phone-radiation-testing-methodology--20190821-whddrljk6fbmxoqh25u5t7lkb4-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> investigation</a> claimed that certain iPhone models and Galaxy S models produce radio-frequency emissions that exceed safety limits regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Nearly 50,000 school children in Glasgow, Scottland, are to get their own iPad to help with lessons, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49475108" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC News.</a></p>