Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/06/j-j-abrams-narrowed-down-field-blockbuster-overall-deal-1202627833/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Deadline</em></a>, WarnerMedia and Apple may have emerged as frontrunners to land J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sarah Herrlinger, director of Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives at Apple, tells <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/05/apples-global-accessibility-head-on-the-companys-new-accessibility-features/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch</em></a>’s Steven Aquino that the company realizes that mouse/pointer support in iPadOS and iOS 13 will appeal to a wide range of folks though it’s primarily implemented as an accessibility feature. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for another patent (number 20190174088) regarding a head-mounted display (HDM) for augmented reality/virtual reality applications. It’s for a display system that involves an HDM that works with devices such as keyboards.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Is Apple working on a new remote control for its Apple TV set-top box — or perhaps a future version of it? The company has filed for a patent (number 20190172341) for a remote control device.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison wants the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that axed a lower court’s award of $506 million in damages in a patent infringement case against Apple, according to the legal news site, <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1166459/warf-asks-high-court-to-take-up-506m-apple-patent-case?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors pick up speed. A new rumor says the tech giant is considering buying Drive.ai, a self-driving shuttle company.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For the fourth consecutive year, customer satisfaction with cell phones is stagnant at 79. The market is saturated, and customer satisfaction with mobile devices remains unchanged because of a combination of high expectations and a lack of industry innovation, according to the <em>ACSI Wireless Service and Cellular Telephone Report 2018-2019.</em></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On the new <a href="https://www.relay.fm/mpu/485" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mac Power Users podcast</a>, Doug, Brooks, the product manager for the 2019 Mac Pro (arriving this fall), says the high-end desktop will have a trickle down effect for all Apple’s pro products. “You're going to see the benefits and the implications of that team across all of our Mac products and our pro products,” he said.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Kodak and C+A Global have teamed up for the KODAK SMILE Instant Print Digital Camera and the KODAK SMILE Instant Digital Printer. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">“Sign in with Apple” — which will be available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and the web — was announced Monday during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. However, some folks are griping about one of Apple’s requirements. And the tech giant really wants developers to give it top priority.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A note at the Apple Developer <a href="https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/arkit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a> says advanced features in ARKit 3 will be limited to devices with A12 Bionic chips or better.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to a <a href="https://twitter.com/steven_aquino/status/1136059652771201024" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweet from reporter Steven Aquino</a>, mouse/pointer support works on both iOS 13 and iPadOS via USB and Bluetooth. However, “this feature is not really designed for old school cursor support like some think” he adds.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Zuora’s <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1drVK5SOE1mjn0C-uVHNlX0z_cP93Z9KF/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“End of Ownership” report </a>finds that more than half of Americans want to “own less stuff” – and 79% of U.S. adults today are achieving this through a subscription service. Which bodes well for Apple’s move to <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/6/3/macos-catalina-breaks-up-itunes-will-add-sidecar-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">break up iTunes</a> into three separate apps — Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV — in this fall’s macOS Catalina.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple wants to make it easier to find the proper images for use with emoji, Animoji, and Memoji. The tech giant has been granted a patent (number 10,311,144) for “emoji word sense disambiguation.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s well-received (to say the least) Worldwide Developer Conference keynote from Monday is now available for watching on Apple’s <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Events website</a> and on the Events app on the Apple TV. </p>