Dennis Sellers

<p>The legal battle is intensifying over President Trump's immigration order, with further court filings expected today from both the government and Department of Justice. Seventy-five tech companies, including Apple, U.S. tech companies have <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/05/twitter-airbnb-and-others-to-file-opposition-to-trumps-immigration-order/">filed</a> an amicus brief opposing the travel ban, saying it "inflicts significant harm on American businesses.”</p>

<p>Safari in macOS Sierra allows you to “pin” tabs. Pinning a website puts the site's icon in the top left section of the Tab bar, allowing you to pull up the site with a click.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Conner Productions's Seal  is a pro level template to make introductory seal titles for Apple's Final Cut Pro X. It’s free — and free is good!</p>

<p>Consumer spending during the holiday quarter of 2016 was clearly not aimed at consuming tablets as the market continued its spiraling decline. The fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16) marked the ninth consecutive quarter that tablet shipments have declined. </p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,560,693) for “methods and apparatus for access data recovery from a malfunctioning device.” It involves, as you might guess, retrieving your important data when your iPhone goes on the fritz.</p>

<p>It's looking more and more like 3D printing will be the next major disruptive technology. Apple should a direct part of this, not a sideline observer.</p>

<p>Apple has introduced a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/BMGE2Z/A/pro-apps-bundle-for-education" rel="noopener noreferrer">$199 Pro Apps Bundle</a> for educators and students that includes versions of Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4, and MainStage 3, downloadable at the Mac App Store. </p>

<p>Earlier in the week, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/30/lg-ultrafine-5k-display-router-disconnecting/">9to5Mac reported</a> that the LG UltraFine 5K Display can be effectively unusable if placed near a Wi-Fi router with some kind of radio interference causing the monitor to regularly black out and hang the connected MacBook Pro.</p>

<p>A class-action lawsuit has been filed in California, alleging that Apple schemed to force iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 7 in a bid to save money on a data services deal with Akamai, a move that rendered older hardware like iPhone 4 and 4S unusable, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/02/lawsuit-claims-apple-forced-users-to-ios-7-by-breaking-facetime" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>. </p>

<p>Apple has again rejected an invitation to attend an Oireachtas committee and answer questions over an alleged €13bn in unpaid taxes owed to Ireland, reports the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/apple-again-rejects-call-to-appear-before-finance-committee-441956.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Irish Examiner</a>. Oireachtas is the legislature of Ireland.</p>

<p>Apple will begin <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-03/apple-set-to-begin-making-iphones-in-india-by-april-s-end">assembling</a> iPhones in India by the end of April, heightening its focus on the world's fastest-growing major smartphone market. The Cupertino, California-based company has tapped Taiwan's Wistron Corp.) to put together the smartphones in the tech capital of Bangalore in Karnataka, said Priyank Kharge, the state's IT minister.</p>

<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that the iPad is the “clearest expression of our vision of the future of personal computing.” However, I’m thinking that the Mac may fill that role with the iPad thriving as a complementary device.</p>

<p>If you need to generate morphologically defined parametric objects (vaults, quadric, domes, etc..) or generate primitive objects, (cubes, spheres, cones, etc.), you may find Brotens' Room Lighting Calc for macOS handy.</p>

<p>Apple hired former Steve Savoca, Spotify’s former vice president of Content, last month, an Apple spokesperson told <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-hires-former-spotify-executive-steve-savoca-2017-2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a>. His title at the Cupertino, California-based company is Label Relations.</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>