Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence, secure Wi-Fi and multi-factor authentication, has released its quarterly <a href="https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-resource-center/security-report-q1-2019"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Internet Security Report for Q1 2019</em></span></a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future Apple Watches may have the ability to take photos and record video. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,331,083) for a “watch band with an optical sensor.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,328,897) for an “authorized remote control” for a vehicle navigation system. It’s designed as a safety feature in case of emergencies. For instance, when someone manually driving a vehicle had a heart attack.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Global smartwatch shipments grew a healthy rate of 48% year-on-year (YoY) in quarter one (Q1) if 2019 driven by Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, according to <a href="https://report.counterpointresearch.com/posts/report_view/iot/1201" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Counterpoint Research</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here’s another reason for Apple to introduce new 27-inch and 21-inch displays for those of us who can’t afford the $4,999 (plus $999 for a stand!) <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/6/4/where-are-the-apple-displays-for-the-rest-of-us?rq=XDR" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Pro Display XDR</a>. Sales of gaming monitors grew 48.6% during the the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19) thanks to growing demand for second or external displays, according to the International Data Corporation (<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com&esheet=52003423&newsitemid=20190624005376&lan=en-US&anchor=IDC&index=1&md5=f83dcca444306022a2729ae18e7d05b2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IDC</a>) <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Ftracker%2Fshowproductinfo.jsp%3Fprod_id%3D1782&esheet=52003423&newsitemid=20190624005376&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Gaming+Tracker&index=2&md5=4f37a94854c7df31d8876cbd8c5483de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is planning to expand in Seattle, Washington, with an additional 2,000 new jobs over the course of the next five years, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced today. He issued the following statement in support of Apple’s announcement of a Seattle expansion: </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/24/apple-sends-appleseed-invitations-for-watchos-6-beta-testing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> reports that Apple has begun sending AppleSeed invitations to users for watchOS 6, giving the tech giant another way to collect feedback before publicly releasing the final version, probably this fall.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. The manager of an apartment complex is suing Apple in New Jersey federal court, claiming that defective and unsafe lithium batteries in one of the tech company’s iPad tablets spontaneously caught fire, damaging the complex and killing a resident, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1171571/apple-sued-over-alleged-ipad-battery-fire-in-nj-apartment?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1&attachments=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a> .</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In addition to the first public beta of macOS Catalina, Apple has seeded the first public betas of iPadOS, iOS 13, and tvOS, all of which were previewed at last month’s Worldwide Developer Conference.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released the first public beta of macOS Catalina, the next major update of its desktop/laptop operating system that’s due this fall..</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple may ship a 16-inch MacBook Pro in September with a resolution of 3072-by-1920 pixels, according to IHS Markit. And new displays, perhaps?</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.adonit.net)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adonit’s Note</a> is a good accessory for Apple’s iPads if you don’t want to spring $99 or $129 for an Apple Pencil. It’s a non-Bluetooth stylus that’s sleek, sexy, lightweight, and easy (even, fun) to use.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future Apple Watch bands may have additional features and do more than simply keep the smart watch on your wrist. Apple has applied for a patent (number 20190187808) for a “wrist-worn electronic device and methods thereof.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A new Data Privacy Regulation study of 1,020 Americans by <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=G62jSYfZdO-2F12d8lSllQB4WdQtkZcAbnRchHpXqmwg1jhFLh-2FO4KQZo5ehSgyv2Gmv8l7KLFFTFdfLWi8UDTlzMbbg8YSFrsETDLgT4DyP8-3D_vr4CQd6f5d5U92w1G2ot038qxj2d-2BHc-2FraM9ysVslbM2GuwFWb6WaJjYDeKtis-2FvGzGfd7O7yD02Sg9elIOef1ZqgdeWZEVwbI8j4FR2JLt8iDUd8z6Aa2q7wILSmjWLqCni7ARcnY6Lz5UsvF1LS58QyF0wjGA28bzEJSMaoBd0Pa3sy72pbT1yOkULiUzssTQhnWNsBSQXB7Q92ZBzdC9xMo29G1KLnoK57BoItWZ-2BR0Y39BVMRpLW5ZTEMtrfovZcW-2BcOrtcrCx7KMdXzFNv57MA6GlywoFWj8PqX1pxecFLGESthEzJ8-2FihlEp6E7J-2FoMqiQCKteuGEpbfOKSZboEYfk8c591bed4sPWoVI-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ExpressVPN</a>, a VPN provider, shows that 47% of Americans think the U.S. government should break up big tech like Facebook and Google in order to reduce their influence and power. Democrats were more in favor of the idea, with 52% supporting break ups, compared to 46% of Republicans.</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 a similar product might not arrive in the future. The tech giant has applied for one patent (number 10,320,241) for a “wireless charging system with object recognition.” Now the company has applied for a patent (number 10,326,316) for a “wireless charging system with inductance imaging.”</p>