Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://medium.com/altconf/announcing-altconf-2019-9758193e54ba" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AltConf 2019</a> will run June 3-6 at the Marriott San Jose, just a stone’s throw away from Apple’s Worldwide developer Conference. The “alternate Apple developer conference” It’s a free, community-driven and supported event held downtown San Jose.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple Music has announced its latest playlist called Suave, a multi-lingual, global R&B playlist that includes R&B songs in English, Spanish and a bit of Portuguese. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated iMovie for macOS to version 10.1.11. The free app is available at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mac App Store</a> and requires macOS 10.13.6 or later.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated Final Cut Pro X, its pro video editing app, to version 10.4.6. The app costs $299.99 for new users. It, and the update, are available at the Mac App Store. According to Apple’s release notes, these are the changes in Final Cut Pro X 10.4.6:</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When Apple unveils its video streaming service at Monday’s “It’s Show Time” event, what may differentiate it from other services is that it could offer people bundles of on-demand streaming services for one discounted price—just as cable TV has long packaged groups of traditional TV channels, reports <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-may-offer-cut-priced-bundles-with-video-offering?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">WatchGuard Technologies, which specializes in network security solutions, has issued its quarterly <a href="https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-resource-center/security-report-q4-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Internet Security Report for Q4 2018</span></a>. It found that network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension increased in popularity dramatically, rising to be the second-most common network attack after being almost nonexistent in early 2018. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to Italian newspaper <a href="https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2019-03-20/apple-acquista-startup-italiana-stamplay-171306.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Il Sole 24 Ore</em></a>. Apple has scooped up <a href="http://www.stamplay.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stamplay</a>, an Italian startup that develops business automation tech. The tech giant paid about five million euros for the acquisition, the article adds.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For the first time, there's a shakeup at the top of <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2409566-1&h=765275721&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcg.com%2F&a=BCG%27s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BCG's</a> annual list of the most innovative companies. In this year's global survey of more than 2,500 senior innovation leaders, longtime leader Apple ranks third, and Google (or its parent company, Alphabet) and Amazon move up to first and second place, respectively. Microsoft and Samsung round out the top five.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is teaming up with Instacart— a same-day grocery delivery service — for a new Apple Pay promo: use the latter’s mobile payment service in the Instacart app — available at the Apple App Store — and get free deliveries on groceries.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future iMacs could wirelessly charge its mouse, trackpad, and keyboard, if a newly filed Apple patent (number 20190089185) ever results in a real world product.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple Pay will now be available as a payment option for more than 45,000 U.S. billers. <a href="http://www.doxo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">doxo</a>— an all-in-one bill payment service that allows consumers to pay all their bills in one place, from any device — is adding support for Apple’s wireless payment service.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is now accepting Worldwide Developer Conference 2019 scholarships for students. The event will be held June 3-7 in San Jose, California. Developers selected for a scholarship will receive a WWDC19 ticket, lodging for the conference, and one year of membership in the Apple Developer Program free of charge. You <a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc19/scholarships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">must apply</a> by Sunday, March 24, 5 p.m. (Pacific).</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-launches-new-airpods-in-wearables-push-11553092528" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a> says Apple approved production of the long-awaited AirPower earlier this year after facing challenges with developing the accessory. So I’m predicting that we’ll see the wireless charger go on sale either Thursday or Friday.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated its Apple Watch band lineup with new colors. The $49 Sport Band now comes in Spearmint, Delft Blue and Papaya. The $49 Nike Sport Band now comes in Black/Hyper Grape, Spruce Fog/Vintage Lichen, and Teal Tint/Tropical Twist.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">OWC is now offering <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2408403-1&h=1306730864&u=https%3A%2F%2Feshop.macsales.com%2Fshop%2Fmemory%2Fimac-2019-27-inch&a=memory+upgrades+for+the+just+announced+2019+27-inch+iMac+5K" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">memory upgrades for the just announced 2019 27-inch iMac 5K</a>. An the upgrades are a heck of a lot less expensive than what Apple charges.</p>