Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is planning to expand in Seattle, Washington, with an additional 2,000 new jobs over the course of the next five years, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced today. He issued the following statement in support of Apple’s announcement of a Seattle expansion: </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/24/apple-sends-appleseed-invitations-for-watchos-6-beta-testing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> reports that Apple has begun sending AppleSeed invitations to users for watchOS 6, giving the tech giant another way to collect feedback before publicly releasing the final version, probably this fall.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. The manager of an apartment complex is suing Apple in New Jersey federal court, claiming that defective and unsafe lithium batteries in one of the tech company’s iPad tablets spontaneously caught fire, damaging the complex and killing a resident, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1171571/apple-sued-over-alleged-ipad-battery-fire-in-nj-apartment?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1&attachments=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a> .</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In addition to the first public beta of macOS Catalina, Apple has seeded the first public betas of iPadOS, iOS 13, and tvOS, all of which were previewed at last month’s Worldwide Developer Conference.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released the first public beta of macOS Catalina, the next major update of its desktop/laptop operating system that’s due this fall..</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple may ship a 16-inch MacBook Pro in September with a resolution of 3072-by-1920 pixels, according to IHS Markit. And new displays, perhaps?</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.adonit.net)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adonit’s Note</a> is a good accessory for Apple’s iPads if you don’t want to spring $99 or $129 for an Apple Pencil. It’s a non-Bluetooth stylus that’s sleek, sexy, lightweight, and easy (even, fun) to use.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future Apple Watch bands may have additional features and do more than simply keep the smart watch on your wrist. Apple has applied for a patent (number 20190187808) for a “wrist-worn electronic device and methods thereof.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A new Data Privacy Regulation study of 1,020 Americans by <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=G62jSYfZdO-2F12d8lSllQB4WdQtkZcAbnRchHpXqmwg1jhFLh-2FO4KQZo5ehSgyv2Gmv8l7KLFFTFdfLWi8UDTlzMbbg8YSFrsETDLgT4DyP8-3D_vr4CQd6f5d5U92w1G2ot038qxj2d-2BHc-2FraM9ysVslbM2GuwFWb6WaJjYDeKtis-2FvGzGfd7O7yD02Sg9elIOef1ZqgdeWZEVwbI8j4FR2JLt8iDUd8z6Aa2q7wILSmjWLqCni7ARcnY6Lz5UsvF1LS58QyF0wjGA28bzEJSMaoBd0Pa3sy72pbT1yOkULiUzssTQhnWNsBSQXB7Q92ZBzdC9xMo29G1KLnoK57BoItWZ-2BR0Y39BVMRpLW5ZTEMtrfovZcW-2BcOrtcrCx7KMdXzFNv57MA6GlywoFWj8PqX1pxecFLGESthEzJ8-2FihlEp6E7J-2FoMqiQCKteuGEpbfOKSZboEYfk8c591bed4sPWoVI-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ExpressVPN</a>, a VPN provider, shows that 47% of Americans think the U.S. government should break up big tech like Facebook and Google in order to reduce their influence and power. Democrats were more in favor of the idea, with 52% supporting break ups, compared to 46% of Republicans.</p>

<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">abandoned plans</a> for its AirPower wireless charger, but that doesn’t a similar product might not arrive in the future. The tech giant has applied for one patent (number 10,320,241) for a “wireless charging system with object recognition.” Now the company has applied for a patent (number 10,326,316) for a “wireless charging system with inductance imaging.”</p>

On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They...

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2503964-1&h=1818294785&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandmarc.com%2F&a=SANDMARC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SANDMARC</a> — a brand specializing in photography gear for iPhone, DJI and GoPro cameras — has launched the $159 Anamorphic Lens for the iPhone XS Max, XS, XR, X, 8 Plus, 8, 7 Plus, and 7 models.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There are two product lines I wish Apple would revive: computer monitors for us normal folks (sorry, Pro Display XDR, that’s not you) and its AirPort line. But the former is at least on life support as the tech giant has posted a security update of its AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule Base Stations dating back to 2007.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced a voluntary recall of a limited number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units which contain a battery that may overheat and pose a safety risk. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jamf, in collaboration with Apple, contracted Vanson Bourne, a third-party market research firm to conduct a study to uncover key drivers of Mac adoption within the enterprise. To gain a global Mac perspective, the study surveyed employees from companies across the world, ranging from small to large enterprises.</p>