Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has updated its <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">iTunes U app</a> for the iPad to version 3.5. It’s a free download and is compatible with iOS 9.3 or later.</p>

<p>Apple's stock price hit a new record of $143.80 today, topping the $1,000 per share pre-split benchmark. As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/28/aapl-price-crushes-old-record-cruises-past-1000-pre-split-per-share-price" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>, if it keeps pace for the remainder of the week it will beat the company's old market capitalization record.</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>Corduroy Code has debuted <a target="_blank" href="http://www.videoloupe.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Videoloupe</a>, a video player and editor for macOS. It’s designed to bridge the gap between basic video players and professional editing suites.</p>

<p>MacVideo Promo — a promotion company that offers exclusive deals on tools for Mac video editors — is giving away Media 100 Suite 2.1.8, the latest version of its video editing software for macOS.</p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 9,609,450) for a <strong>“method and system for monitoring temperature for speaker protection.”</strong> The goal is to prevent possible damage to speakers in Apple’s macOS, iOS and watchOS devices.</p>

<p>Siri — Apple’s digital personal assistant — will gain contextual learning abilities and deep integration with iMessage and iCloud in iOS 11, according to Israeli site<a target="_blank" href="http://theverifier.co.il/2017/03/27/exclusive-siri-ai-wwdc-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Verifier</em></a> — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://MacRumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors.com</em></a>.</p>

<p>Susquehanna Financial Group semiconductor analyst Christopher Rolland says in a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2017/03/27/apple-cellular-watch-iphones-usb-c-among-among-susquehanna-tidbits/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Barron’s</a> — that the next gen Apple Watch will include a SIM card and support LTE (a standard for high-speed wireless communication for mobile phones and data terminals).</p>

<p>Have some private files that you don’t want to risk anyone else seeing? You canhide ‘em with macOS Sierra, though you’ll have to use Terminal. The tool provides text-based access to the operating system, in contrast to the mostly graphical nature of the user experience of macOS, so not everyone wants to tamper with it.</p>

<p>It's time to address one of the major problems of our time for anyone not using wireless earphones such as Apple AirPods: earbud tangle. You know what I'm talking about. </p>

<p>Along with iOS 10.3 and macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Apple has posted updates for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on both the iOS and macOS platforms.</p>

<p>To accompany iOS 10.3, Apple has updated the Apple TV Remote app for the fourth generation Apple TV. The 1.1 upgrade adds a specific iPad interface for the first time.</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>Apple has released iOS 10.3 and macOS Sierra 10.12.4 after weeks of public and developer beta testing.  <strong>iOS 10.3</strong> updates the file structure on an iOS device to the Apple File System (APFS). </p>

<p>President Trump will unveil a new White House office — the Office of American Innovation — today with “sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions,” reports the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-taps-kushner-to-lead-a-swat-team-to-fix-government-with-business-ideas/2017/03/26/9714a8b6-1254-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.6cc7f299515c" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Washington Post</em></a>. And Apple CEO Tim Cook will be involved.</p>