Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple may have <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/3/29/goodbye-airpower-we-hardly-knew-you-well-actually-we-didnt-know-you?rq=AirPower" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">canned plans for its AirPower </a>wireless charging station, but that doesn’t mean the tech giant might not perfect and release something similar in the future. The company has been granted a patent (number 10,277,056) for a wireless charging station.</p>

<p class="" 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 this week’s picks.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s Powerbeats Pro are <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MV6Y2LL/A/powerbeats-pro-totally-wireless-earphones-black" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">now available to pre-order from Apple.com</a> and the Apple Store app in the U.S. and Canada. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Every time Apple announces something new, there’s always forecasts that it will fail. Now the <a href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics research group</a> says the Apple TV app and Apple TV+ SVOD service, coming this fall, “may not give the giant from Cupertino the momentum that it is looking for.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future AirPods may track your movements and offer feedback. Apple has filed for a patent (number 10,277.973) for a “wireless ear bud system with pose detection.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Smart homes are on the rise and there’s no doubt that they provide a great deal of convenience. However, they also can be vulnerable to cybercrime since they work online.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Global smartwatch shipments grew a healthy rate of 48% year-on-year in quarter one of 2019 driven by Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and Huawei, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s <a href="https://report.counterpointresearch.com/posts/report_view/iot/1201" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Smartwatch Tracker</a>. And approximately one out of every three smartwatches sold is an Apple Watch.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple may be preparing to beef up the virtual features in its GarageBand music creation apps for iOS and macOS. The tech giant has applied for a patent (number 20190129611) dubbed “enhanced virtual instrument techniques.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sometimes you need to quickly and easily clean the background of a photograph. PhotoScissors 5 by TeoreX is a convenient tool for doing this.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The apps and social platforms industry ranked 10th out of the 15 studied in MBLM's <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2452294-1&h=1507599577&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmblm.com%2Flab%2Fbrandintimacy-study%2F&a=Brand+Intimacy+2019+Study" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brand Intimacy 2019 Study</a>, which is the largest study of brands based on emotions, rising two spots since 2018. Last year's leader, Apple Music, fell to the #5 position.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">VICE’s Motherboard claims that</a> an Apple representative and lobbyist for CompTIA, a trade organization that represents big tech companies, have been privately meeting with California lawmakers to encourage them to kill legislation that would make it easier for consumers to repair their electronics.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s 19,000 square foot Carnegie Library retail store will open Thursday, May 11, at 10 a.m. (local time). The tech giant says that “inspired by the rich history of Carnegie Library, we are reimagining Apple Carnegie Library as a brand-new space to learn.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Last week it was reported that Apple was losing three members of its Industrial Design team. Now another one has departed.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to the latest market share survey from <a href="http://netmarkeshare.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for macOS was up slightly in April, while iOS was down slightly.</p>