Dennis Sellers

<p>Do you often forget where your parked your car in the mall parking lot? If you’ve got an iPhone running iOS 11, no problem. Here’s how:</p>

<p>On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>

<p>There’s a lot happening in the world of Apple news this week. Following are the hottest articles for the week of Feb. 5-10.</p>

<p>The AWT News Update is on hiatus while my compadre, Steve, deals with a death in the family. Prayers go out to the entire Sande family. In the place of the AWT News Update, I’ll offer a text-only (no podcast) summary of breaking stories with a tip o’ my hat to my former website, <em>Apple Daily Report</em>.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/09/analyst-predicts-new-apple-pencil-low-end-200-homepod-this-fall" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a> — Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang predicts that Apple will ship a "low-end" HomePod this fall costing between $150 and $200 instead of the current model's $349 and a new Apple Pencil.</p>

<p>Apple has updated its TV app for tvOS and iOS with a live news section. Available to users with devices running tvOS 11 or iOS 11, it now features live streaming access to <em>Bloomberg</em>, <em>CBS News</em>, <em>Cheddar</em>, <em>CNBC</em>, <em>CNN</em> and <em>Fox News</em>. You can find it under the “Watch Now’ header.</p>

<p>A California federal judge has lifted a $300,000 sanctions order against Apple Inc. for missing a document production deadline in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Qualcomm ruling that a magistrate judge cited unclear authority in issuing the order, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1010547/apple-sanctions-nixed-in-qualcomm-antitrust-battle?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20180039395) for “interface scanning for disabled users” which the goal of making improved input devices and methods for physically-impaired users. </p>

<p>Epson’s <a target="_blank" href="https://epson.com/For-Home/Printers/Photo/Epson-PictureMate-PM-400-Personal-Photo-Lab/p/C11CE84201" rel="noopener noreferrer">PictureMate PM-400 Personal Photo Lab</a> delivers high quality, long-lasting photos in a compact, lightweight, wireless solution. And it’s been reduced in price from $249.99 to $199.99.</p>

<p>Yesterday we looked at how to send a text message by dictating with Siri. You can also use Apple’s personal digital assistant on your iPhone or iPad to send an email. Here’s how:</p>

<p>StarTech has released a new <a href="http://www.startech.com/SATERASER4">4-Bay Hard Drive Eraser for 2.5” or 3.5” SATA Drives</a> that erases four SATA drives simultaneously. It’s designed to offer an efficient way for users to securely erase sensitive data and information from hard drives in batches, ultimately saving time.</p>

<p>The AWT News Update is on hiatus while my compadre, Steve, deals with a death in the family. Prayers go out to the entire Sande family. In the place of the AWT News Update, I’ll offer a text-only (no podcast) summary of breaking stories with a tip o’ my hat to my former website, <em>Apple Daily Report</em>.</p>

<p>Apple says the <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/2/8/iphone-source-codes-gets-posted-online" rel="noopener noreferrer">apparent source code leak</a> for the iPhone’s “iBoot” bootloader that loads iOS isn’t as serious a problem as folks are making it out to be.</p>

<p>According to <a target="_blank" href="http://deadline.com/2018/02/apple-little-america-immigrant-anthology-series-the-big-sick-writers-lee-eisenberg-alan-yang-kumail-nanjiani-and-emily-v-gordon-1202281138/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Deadline</em></a>, Apple has picked up a new TV show called <em>Little America</em>, a half-hour anthology series written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon (pictured), the duo behind the hit movie, <em>The Big Sick</em>. Lee Eisenberg, who produced the comedy series <em>SMILF</em> will serve as showrunner. </p>

<p>Apple’s launch of HomePod has intensified the competition in smart speaker market. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trendforce.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">TrendForce</a>, Amazon Echo still tops the ranking of smart speaker products in 2018 with a market share in shipment of 50.8%, although down from 69.1% in 2017. </p>