Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has rolled iOS 11.3.1 and a macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 security update.</p>

<p>In a recent analysis of more than 500 consumer brands in a variety of categories, Engagement Labs ranked the brands that are the most talked about in consumer conversations. The rankings, which are part of the company's TotalSocial Brand Awards series, are based on the volume of conversation about the brand online (via social media) and offline (via face-to-face conversations).</p>

<p>Apple is showing India’s most junior developers it wants to help smooth their way to the App Store, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.</p>

<p>Apple will place the first deposit of its € 13 billion (approximately $14 billio) Irish tax bill in an escrow account next month, Minister for Finance Pascal Donohoe says. He added that he would be signing the escrow framework deed, which sets out the legal agreement regarding the recovery of the alleged state aid with the tech giant later today, reports The Irish Times.</p>

<p>Apple has thrown its support behind the UK government's Year of Engineering and is bringing students to meet with several of its important teams, reports The Independent.</p>

<p>Apple is reportedly negotiating with Samsung Display for a reduction of the price of OLED panels as the iPhone X maker looks to lower the production cost in order to ramp up sales of OLED-based models, according to DigiTimes, quoting unnamed “industry sources.”</p>

<p>Apple and Samsung will join battle again in the never ending patent battle next month, but CEO Tim Cook and design guru Jony Ive won't be in the courtroom.</p>

<p>Apple has determined that, in a limited number of 13-inch MacBook Pro (non-Touch Bar) units, a component may fail causing the built-in battery to expand. This is not a safety issue and Apple will replace eligible batteries, free of charge. Affected units were manufactured between October 2016 and October 2017 and eligibility is determined by the product serial number.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by AppleInsider — Rosenblatt analyst Jun Zhang says next gen iPhones will start production in August with Apple expected to offer an LCD version of the smartphone at around $200 below the cost of the OLED models shipping at the same time. </p>

<p>Apple has lured away a veteran Samsung exec to be the  new leader for its South Korea branch. According to Bloomberg, Brandon Yoon, a veteran Microsoft executive and most recently a vice president at Samsung, joined this month as general manager of Apple Korea.</p>

<p>Among the 18 companies Consumer Watchdog — a a nonprofit organization dedicated to “providing an effective voice for taxpayers and consumers” — tracked for the first quarter of the year, Cisco Systems and Apple had the biggest percentage increases in their lobbying expenditures in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first quarter of 2017. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1136220934?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" rel="noopener noreferrer">Infuse 5 for iOS</a> provides a smooth way to enjoy a wide array of videos types from wherever you may happen to have them stored — be it a Mac, PC, NAS, Wi-Fi drive, or a server app like Plex, Kodi, or Serviio.</p>

<p>Back up, back up, back up. No matter what Apple hardware you’re using, you need multiple copies to make sure no valuable data is lost. Among items to back up: your calendars that are stored in iCloud</p>

<p>Lenovo is rated the best laptop brand for a second year in a row by <em>Laptop Mag</em>, which released its annual Best and Worst Laptop Brands rankings today. HP and Dell followed closely behind Lenovo in second and third place, respectively.</p>

<p>On a regular basis, Apple World Today 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 today's picks.</p>