Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Shipments of wrist-worn wearables — inclusive of smartwatches, basic watches, and wrist bands — reached 34.2 million units, up 28.8% year over year during the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com&esheet=52092122&newsitemid=20190912005263&lan=en-US&anchor=IDC&index=1&md5=f9c748a6b8361017213fd6cc59c09c25" 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%3D962&esheet=52092122&newsitemid=20190912005263&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Wearable+Device+Tracker&index=2&md5=d9cf227ea22c950ed2da20a72fb626dd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>The Columbia Journalism Review</em> (<em>CJR</em>) <a href="https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/apple-news-local-journalism.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">writes</a> that Apple News, Apple’s news aggregator with some 85 million users, doesn’t distribute news evenly. It promotes the stores of big publishers even when they're derived from original, local sources, while ignoring those original sources, the article adds.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Starting on Friday, Sept. 13, Walgreens customers will receive 3% Daily Cash when they use Apple Card with Apple Pay on eligible purchases, including prescriptions, made in Walgreens and Duane Reade stores, and for purchases made on the Walgreens app and on <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwalgreens.com%2F&esheet=52092139&newsitemid=20190912005304&lan=en-US&anchor=walgreens.com&index=1&md5=abdc6d0cd114bdd493499027e2dd0e36" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">walgreens.com</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A klutz like me needs a screen protector on his iPhone (and iPad Pro and Apple Watch….). Having one that also sports health features is even better. Enter the Glass Elite VisionGuard+ for the Apple iPhone <a href="https://www.zagg.com/us/en_us/invisibleshield/glass-elite-visionguard-plus-iphone-xs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPhone XS</a>, <a href="https://www.zagg.com/us/en_us/invisibleshield/glass-elite-visionguard-plus-iphone-xs-max" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">XS Max</a> and <a href="https://www.zagg.com/us/en_us/invisibleshield/glass-elite-visionguard-plus-iphone-xr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">XR</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has cut the prices of the 11-inch and 12.9-inch <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro">1TB iPad Pros</a> by $200 in the U.S. This leads me to believe they’re clearing out inventory for new models that (I suspect) will debut next month.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has made available the third public betas of iOS 13.1 an iPadOS 13.1. Which, as I’ve noted before, is unusual since iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 don’t arrive until Sept. 19,</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a><em>,</em> <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204144" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AirDrop</a> — Apple’s proximity-based, built-in file sharing feature — is getting an upgrade with the new iPhones thanks, in part, to the Apple-designed U1 chip in the 2019 iPhones announced yesterday.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s next-generation AirPods is likely to be available soon, according to <a href="https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20190911VL202.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DigiTimes.</a> Supply chain sources have disclosed that manufacturers will begin mass assembly of the new AirPods as early as October to meet year-end shopping season demand, the article adds.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Got $29,999 to spare? LG has announced pricing and immediate availability of the world's first 8K OLED TV and the LG 8K NanoCell TV: The 88-inch class LG SIGNATURE 8K OLED (model <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2576375-1&h=1157981808&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lg.com%2Fus%2F8k-tvs%3Fcmpid%3Ddirect_he_tv_2019_8k_subcat_pressrelease&a=OLED88Z9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OLED88Z9</a>)1 and 75-inch class LG 8K NanoCell (model <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2576375-1&h=3533256999&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lg.com%2Fus%2F8k-tvs%3Fcmpid%3Ddirect_he_tv_2019_8k_subcat_pressrelease&a=75SM9970" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">75SM9970</a>)1, with suggested prices of $29,999 and $4,999 respectively, are available at select LG-authorized retailers starting today.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple's <a href="https://www.apple.com/homepod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a> for the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/topic/homepod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HomePod</a> has listed some new, upcoming features for the speaker</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is offering a new monthly payment plan for AppleCare+ that will cover your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch against theft, loss, and damage for five years. It also provides additional features such as 24/7 tech support and accidental damage coverage.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit.  Uniloc, a patent troll, apparently has nothing better to do than sue Apple.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">All the rumors had it that the new Apple Watch Series 5 would have a sleep monitoring function, but yesterday’s announcement included no such feature. So what happened?</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 10,412,334) for a “system with touch screen displays and head-mounted displays.” </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As you might expect, there’s a plethora of new cases coming for Apple’s new iPhones. </p>