Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In celebration of The Big Draw Festival, you can participate in <a href="https://www.apple.com/today/collection/the-big-draw/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">free art sessions</a> Oct.1–31 at every Apple retail tore and get hands-on with an iPad in drawing activities.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.ubtrobot.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UBTECH Robotics</a> has announced its holiday lineup of two new robot building kits for kids: JIMU Robot Mythical Series: FireBot Kit and JIMU Robot Competitive Series: ChampBot Kit. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Here’s an interesting feature that could come to Apple Arcade, Apple’s streaming game service. The tech giant has been granted a patent (number 10,427,050) for a “personal items network” that would store personal data about a user and apply it to video games.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to the latest market share survey from <a href="http://netmarkeshare.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for both Apple’s macOS and iOS was up last month.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.hellonomad.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NOMAD</a> has released new, handsome leather cases for the latest iPhone and all are compatible with Qi wireless charging. At least one of their reasonably priced cases will suit everyone — unless he’s looking for a “flavor” rather than rustic brown or black. I’ve had a chance to experiment with the Active Rugged Case and the Rugged Folio.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You’ll be able to “code your galaxy” with Kano’s <em>Star Wars</em> The Force Coding Kit, which will be released on Friday for $79.99. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Motif has released its <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/motif-photos/id1466595615" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS ap</a>p to offer photo book services on iPhone and iPad devices.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple won’t be exempted from tariffs on five Chinese-made components for the upcoming modular Mac Pro, even after <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/9/23/upcoming-modular-mac-pro-will-be-made-in-texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the company announced</a> it was keeping some assembly operations in the U.S., reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-30/apple-denied-relief-on-china-made-parts-after-staying-in-texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a> reports that Apple News+, Apple’s digital newspaper/magazine subscription service, is now available in the UK and Australia.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated Pages, Numbers, and Keynote to take advantage of iOS 13.x and iPadOS. They’re free upgrades at the Apple App Store.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. A company called Social Technologies has filed a second lawsuit that claims Apple can’t trademark the term, “Memoji,” reports <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/30/apple-accused-of-trademark-abuse-in-new-memoji-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 13.1.2, iPadOS 13.1.2, and watchOS 6.0.1. The first two contain bug fixes and minor improvements.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">So much for disappointing iPhone sales rumors. Apple traded as much as 1.6% higher Monday after JPMorgan raised its price target on the company. The firm now expects the stock to climb 20% over the next 12 months, notes <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-stock-price-could-spike-20-percent-iphone-sales-jpmorgan-2019-9-1028563619" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Business Insider</em></a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future Media Conferences and SuperMeet have announced the return of the SuperMeets with the Boston SuperMeetUp! this November. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I find this a little hard to believe, but a new report says that more folks are familiar with the Fitbit brand despite the Apple Watch’s dominance in revenue.</p>