Dennis Sellers

<p>I understand Apple’s implementation of a single Lightning port design on the iPhone. However, if you want to charge the smartphone and listen to music with wired headphones at the same time, you’ll have to buy a separate, bulky splitter. </p>

<p>A press release from Apple display supplier LG in 2015 said that Apple would release an 8K iMac later that year. Didn’t happen and probably won’t happen this year. But by 2020, it’s a possibility.</p>

<p>With Reading Lists in iOS 11, you can save webpages for later and read ‘em whenever you want — even if you don't have an Internet connection. Here’s how:Open a webpage in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. </p>

<p>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 today's picks.</p>

<p>New data from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.semrush.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SEMRush</a> — as noted by <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3268022/apple-ios/apple-s-siri-homepod-and-the-voice-assistant-showdown.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Computerworld</a></em> —shows that Apple’s Siri is now the most searched intelligent personal assistant, both globally and in the U.S. It also shows the sort of questions people are asking about all the assistants.</p>

<p>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the headquarters of Apple in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley Friday, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/04/07/Saudi-Crown-Prince-discusses-joint-projects-with-Apple-s-Tim-Cook-.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Al Arabiya</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to criticism that Apple offers  the NRATV channel available for download on an Apple TV. It’s the TV channel of the National Rifle Association.</p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/06/lawsuit-claims-apple-cribbed-apple-watch-heart-rate-monitor-technology-from-startup-omni-medsci" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, Omni MedSci, a health technology startup, is suing Apple, alleging the tech giant incorporated infringing technology in its Apple Watch heart rate sensor.</p>

<p>Apple has hired Jon McCormack — who has worked at HP, Google, HP, and Amazon — as a vice president working on software, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/apple-hires-former-amazon-devices-cto-for-software-role" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple says it opposes any repeal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the Clean Power Plan, which is a priority of the agency’s Administrator Scott Pruitt and would reverse an Obama-era program to curb greenhouse gases, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-apple/apple-says-repeal-of-epa-carbon-plan-would-threaten-investments-idUSKCN1HD20P?utm_source=applenews" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dji.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">DJI</a> has updated its $2,699 Zenmuse X7 camera to support the new ProRes RAW standard from Apple, which was introduced along with <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/4/5/final-cut-pro-x-1041-introduces-prores-raw-and-advanced-closed-captioning" rel="noopener noreferrer">Final Cut Pro X 10.4.1.</a> The X7 is a compact Super 35 camera with an integrated gimbal for high-end filmmaking.</p>

<p>According to new findings released in the <a href="https://koskiresearch.com/">Koski Research</a> “<em>Future of Money</em> <em>Study</em>,” Americans predict that apps will be the most common in-person payment type in five years. This puts the technology at parity with cash and ahead of credit and debit cards in the future.</p>

<p>Apple has applied for a patent (number 20180098172) for “spatial audio rendering for beaming loudspeaker array” that involves the technology in the HomePod — and perhaps future versions of the wireless speaker.</p>

<p>KeepSolid’s Roadmap Planner for the Mac is an online/offline tool that offers a way to see “a helicopter view” of your projects in its timeline, keep track of parallel ongoing tasks, check big events, and share ideas with members of a team.</p>

<p>Did you know you can change Siri’s voice in macOS High Sierra? You can.</p>