Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Instant Pot 6-Quart Pressure Cooker reigns as the most purchased product of the 2019 holiday season, according to <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2701306-1&h=3270513039&u=http%3A%2F%2Fusebutton.com%2F%3Futm_campaign%3D2019%2520holiday%2520report%26utm_source%3DPress%2520release%26utm_content%3DHomepage&a=Button" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Button</a>, a mobile commerce optimization platform. IT was followed by Apple AirPods in second place and LEGO Classic Creative Fun Building Kit in third place. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-video-library-has-grown-big-on-amateur-content-11579792605" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wall Street Journal</a> reports that Apple TV+ has 33.6 million subscribers, compared to 31.8 million for Hulu and 23.2 million for Disney+. Of course, a lot of those subscribers got the $4.99/month streaming service for free with the purchase of a new Mac, iPad, or iPhone.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For close to two years now, the Shlayer Trojan has been the most common threat on the macOS platform: in 2019, one in 10 of its Ma security solutions encountered this malware at least once, according to <a href="https://securelist.com/shlayer-for-macos/95724/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kasperky Lab</a>. It accounts for almost 30% of all detections for this operating system, adds researchers at the security company.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has leased <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/23/apple-leases-triangle-building-san-jose-starts-upgrades-tech-office-develop-real-estate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">all six floors</a> of the 86,000-square-foot office building at 5300 Stevens Creek Blvd., in San Jose, California, according to public filings reported by <em>Mercury News</em>. It’s a six-floor office building dubbed the “Triangle Building” that’s located near the tech giant’s main Apple Park campus.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a new Apple Pay promotion, you can use Apple’s mobile payment system in the StubHub app to get 10% off your purchase. To do so, download the StubHub app from the Apple App Store.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Would you use a 15-inch iPad Pro? How about a 27-incher? In a Jan. 21 <a href="https://www.imore.com/why-its-time-bigger-ipads" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iMore article</a>, Joseph Keller made an interesting argument for both (as well as a 17-inch tablet).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">iPhone shipments in India grew 6% in 2019 compared with a 43% decline in the previous year, stabilizing its position in a rare market that still exhibits growth in smartphone demand, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-23/apple-stemmed-iphone-sales-decline-in-india-ahead-of-better-2020?srnd=technology-vp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.jamf.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jamf</a>, which develops "Apple in the enterprise” solutions, says Jamf Connect can now be directly configured in Jamf Pro, combining the IT workflows of Jamf Pro and the streamlined Mac authentication and identity management capabilities of Jamf Connect into one integrated experience. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Basecamp, Crunch Fitness, Orange Theory, and YMCA gyms are launching new “Apple Watch Connected” experiences inside gyms in the U.S., according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/apple-watch-connected-gyms-announced-in-us.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNBC</a>. Members can get discounts for working out, use Apple Pay to buy stuff, book classes on their Apple Watch, and more. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Is Apple planning to make photo accessories for its iPhone line? The company is at least considering it, as evidenced by a new patent filing (number 20200026033) for a "folded telephoto camera lens system.” </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 2020026352) that hints at smart gloves (which I like to call “iGloves”) that could be used with, among other things, an augmented reality headset (the rumored "Apple Glasses”). It's for "computer systems with finger devices.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In its <a href="https://www.dxomark.com/apple-iphone-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple iPhone 11 camera review</a>, DxOMark, a website that offers "an independent benchmark that scientifically assesses smartphones, lenses and cameras,” says the smartphone is “a very capable device for both stills and video. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has removed all support for Adobe Flash in the latest Safari Technology Preview 99. It's another step on the long road to the demise of Flash.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">VirnetX is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to leave alone a $439 million verdict against Apple for infringing its network security patents, telling the justices that the tech giant's certiorari petition "presents no issues warranting review and is plagued by fatal defects,” reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1236637/virnetx-slams-apple-s-high-court-bid-to-ax-439m-ip-verdict?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 article).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Google researchers claim to have discovered “multiple security flaws” in Apple’s Safari browser, according to a new report from the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/916a766a-3d27-11ea-a01a-bae547046735" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Financial TImes</a> (a subscription is required to read the article). The flaws were purportedly found in Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature, which is designed to protect users from cross-site tracking and other online privacy concerns, and have since been fixed.</p>