Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/07/01/apple-sued-over-alleged-infringement-of-pocketfinder-gps-patents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em>,</a> a company dubbed <a href="https://locationbasedtech.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Location Based Technologies</a> claims Apple infringed on its PocketFinder GPS patents.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Eltima describes its <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nd6rk5j" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Commander One</a> as a "Finder alternative." However, I'd describe it more as a handy Finder "enhancer" that's great for macOS "power users.” And it gets even better with the recently released version 2.0.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A "very small" number of 2018 MacBook Air owners are eligible for free repairs to fix a problem with their logic board, <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/30/apple-conducting-free-but-limited-logic-board-swaps-for-2018-macbook-airs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em> reports</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced Up Next Live, a series of performances from past and present Apple Music Up Next artists including Bad Bunny, Daniel Caesar, Khalid, Ashley McBryde, King Princess, Lewis Capaldi and Jessie Reyez. Each artist will perform for fans in one city, for one night only.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research names Google and Amazon as the leading smart home solution providers. The report examines the strategy and execution of 15 smart home solution providers with Apple coming in seventh on the list.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Merkle — a technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency —has released its <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.merkleinc.com%2Fl%2F47252%2F2019-05-31%2F7g8xpj&esheet=52006361&newsitemid=20190701005045&lan=en-US&anchor=Experience+Impact+report&index=2&md5=91408eeb8f83b706a7bd47109875963d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Experience Impact report</a>, analyzing how and why customer experience affects where consumers choose to spend their money. For its report, Merkle polled 500 U.S. residents in March 2019.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A "very small" number of 2018 MacBook Air owners are eligible for free repairs to fix a problem with their logic board, <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/30/apple-conducting-free-but-limited-logic-board-swaps-for-2018-macbook-airs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a><em> </em>reports.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Unsure which external graphics processors you can use with your Mac? Wonder no more; Apple has posted a <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208544" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">support document</a> that explains it all.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Good news for Apple Music. Cloud music services such as Apple’s streaming service is set to grow and grow and grow, according to new data from <a href="http://www.researchandmarkets.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Research and Markets</a>.</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 mean the company has abandoned plans for such a device. The tech giant has filed for another patent (number 20190199144) for a “wireless system with ambient field nulling.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This should be good news for Apple’s iMovie, Final Cut Pro X, GarageBand, Logic Pro X, and Clips software. According to a <a href="http://www.technavio.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Technavio report</a>. Thea audio/video editing software market is worth $2.43 billion with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12% from 2019 to 2023.</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;">Saturday, June 29, is the 12th anniversary of the original iPhone launch. BankMyCell,  a site for comparing trade-in items for tech devices, has accumulated Google search trends, isolated by buyer and trade-in intent queries to chart 12 years the buzz of Apple fans around the world. To support the anniversary side of things, BankMy Cell has also created gallery slides and a long form image if you wish to simply showcase the evolution timeline of the iPhone for your reader’s nostalgia. You can see it live <a href="https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/iphone-evolution-timeline-chart" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/jony-ive-leaving-apple-iphone-lovefrom" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BuzzFeed News</a>, Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an internal memo to Apple employees about Jony Ive’s departure.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company that will count Apple among its clients. It will be a blow — in after-hours trading, Apple saw around <a href="https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/1144351300160827408" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$9 billion wiped from its market cap</a> —  but it also opens up some new, interesting possibilities.</p>