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Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.
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Study: Apple engineers can’t afford to live near their offices

<p>Apple engineers can’t afford to leave near their Cupertino, California offices, according to the real-estate startup Open Listings (as noted by <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/40531163/study-even-apple-and-google-engineers-cant-really-afford-to-live-near-their-offices"><em>Fast Company</em></a>), which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.openlistings.com/blog/can-engineers-afford-homes-near-work-in-sf-la/" rel="noopener noreferrer">looked at</a> median home sales prices near the headquarters (meaning within a 20-minute commute) of some of the Bay Area’s biggest and best-known tech companies. </p>

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Apple: HomePod base can leave residue on wood countertops

<p>Apple tells <a target="_blank" href="https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/apple-homepod/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-promo#homepods-flaws-but-not-dealbreakers-homepod-vs-echo-vs-google-home-max-vs-sonos-one" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Wirecutter</em></a> that the HomePod’s base can indeed leave residue on certain wood countertops, as reviewers and owners (such as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/reviews/apple/141256-apple-homepod-review-the-smart-sounding-speaker-that-s-just-not-smart-enough" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pocket-lint</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Guyinsf415/status/962459450123538433" rel="noopener noreferrer">folks on Twitter</a>) have noticed.</p>

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Barclays says Apple is working on 3D scanning tech for upcoming devices

<p>Boy, the analysts have been busy today. In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/14/rear-facing-3d-sensing-technology-possibly-slated-for-fall-2019-iphone-allowing-apple-to-press-ar-advantage" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — Barclays in London, says Apple and its partners are "working hard on a world-facing solution" capable of scanning surroundings in 3D, similar to what the TrueDepth system does for a user's face. </p>

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Report: publishers jump on Slack, then pitch big news stories to Apple News

<p>When news publishers have a big story these days,” their editors jump on Slack and pitch it to an unlikely partner: Apple,” according to <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-courtship-of-news-publishers?eu=wcmbcKs53B8XCywfGsylsw" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Information</a>.</em> The tech giant has built a “small but powerful news team that is making Apple a key distribution outlet for news publishers,” the article adds. </p>

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Analyst: Apple to ship 100 million 6.1-inch LCD iPhones this year

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/14/apple-expected-to-ship-100m-61-lcd-iphone-units-priced-at-700-800-in-late-2018" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will ship 100 million iPhones in the second half of 2018.</p>

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Apple may buy NAND flash chips from China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies

<p>Apple is in talks with China-backed Yangtze Memory Technologies to buy NAND flash chips, reports the <em>Nikkei Asian Review</em> (<a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-in-talks-for-first-order-from-a-Chinese-chipmaker">https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-in-talks-for-first-order-from-a-Chinese-chipmaker</a>) It would be Apple's first-ever purchase from a Chinese memory chipmaker.</p>

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Apple granted another patent for a networked media station

<p>Quit teasing us, Apple! The tech giant has been granted another patent (number 9,894,505) involving a home server (you can read about <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2017/5/26/new-patent-filing-hints-at-an-apple-home-servernas-device?rq=NAS" rel="noopener noreferrer">another one here</a>. This one is dubbed “networked media station.”</p>

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Brother Mobile Solutions’ PocketJet 7 is a convenient mobile printer line

<p>Brother Mobile Solutions’ <a target="_blank" href="https://www.brothermobilesolutions.com/products/mobile-printers/pocketjet/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PocketJet 7 mobile printer line</a> offers full-page mobile printing solutions with an Freedom Architecture that ensures across-the-board software compatibility, resulting in “instantaneous interoperability” with smartphones, tablets and PCs built on macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows.</p>

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