Dennis Sellers

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<p class="">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="">Crossy Road Castle is this week's addition to Apple Arcade, Apple’s US$4.99/month or $49.99/year game streaming service. It's available for the the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and, Mac.</p>

<p class="">Apple is re-closing 11 stores across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona amid spikes in the Covid-19 pandemic, according to <em>Bloomberg</em>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1274014085563080705" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mark Gurman</a>.</p>

<p class="">To celebrate Juneteenth celebration, Apple has made its original film, “The Banker,” free for the rest of June.</p>

<p class="">Well, this isn’t good: <em>Bloomberg</em>'s Mark Gurman Apple’s plans for an augmented reality/virtual reality headset (the rumored “Apple Glasses”) are in a bit of flux due to internal differences at the tech giant.</p>

<p class="">Apple and Intel may have to rethink their lawsuit accusing Fortress Investment Group of running an anti-competitive patent aggregation scheme. Yesterday a California federal judge said in oral arguments that while their allegations seem conceptually sound, their market definition is lacking, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1245602/apple-intel-have-a-pleading-problem-against-fortress?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article.)</p>

<p class="">On Monday, June 22, Apple will provide an online Special Event Keynote from Apple Park for its first-ever “virtual” Worldwide Developer Conference. What can we expect? Here are the predictions of the <em>Apple World Today</em> gang: </p>

<p class="">Future Apple Pencils may be even better at interacting with the interface on your iPad. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,684,704) for “devices and methods for manipulating user interfaces with stylus and non-stylus contacts.</p>

<p class="">Apple wants you to “brighten your summer with Apple Pay,” and is promoting exclusive offers in apps and on the web through July 1.</p>

<p class="">The <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-20158-macvoices-live-virtual-conferences-in-person-conferences-and-wwdc-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new edition of MacVoices Live</a>, recorded as we get ready for the online version of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), features a discussion of how virtual conferences compare to the in-person variety.</p>

<p class="">Houdah Software has debuted CustomShortcuts 1.0, a free utility to customize menu keyboard shortcuts in Mac apps.</p>

<p class="">Golden Globe-winning <em>Downton Abbey</em> actress Joanne Froggatt will star in an Apple Podcast of the supernatural thriller <a href="http://deadline.com/tag/the-harrowing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Harrowing</a> from Fremantle podcast label Storyglass, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/joanne-froggatt-apple-podcast-the-harrowing-from-fremantle-storyglass-1202962369/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a>.</p>

<p class="">Apple leaker Jon Prosser <a href="https://twitter.com/jon_prosser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1273639086939611136&ref_url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/18/apple-may-return-ios-to-its-original-iphone-os-name-at-wwdc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweets</a> that iOS could be rebranded “iPhoneOS” at next week’s Worldwide Developer Conference when version 14 of the operating system is previewed.</p>

<p class=""><a href="https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/new-mac-malware-reveals-google-searches-can-be-unsafe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Intego researchers say</a> they’ve discovered new Mac malware that’s actively spreading through malicious results in Google searches.</p>