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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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Notable apps and updates, Nov. 19-24

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">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 this week’s picks.</p>

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in Apple App Store monopoly lawsuit

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday on accusations that Apple is using its market dominance to jack up prices for iOS apps. A ruling against Apple, letting a lawsuit go forward, could add to pressure the company already faces to cut the 30% commission it charges on app sales, reports <a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/technology/2018/11/23/apple-defends-iphone-app-fees-as-high-court-weighs-consumer-suit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Star</em></a>.</p>

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Korea Mobile Distributors Association says Apple’s iPhone restrictions are unfair

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of Korean smartphone retailers is protesting Apple’s practice of forcing them to purchase in-store tester iPhones, according to <a href="http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20181121000706" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Investor</em>.</a> The tech giant doesn’t allow retailers to sell its smartphones if they don’t buy display-purpose devices.</p>

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Apple reportedly will lower iPhone Xr prices in Japan

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/not-so-big-in-japan-apple-cuts-price-of-iphone-xr-to-boost-sales-1542878065" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></span></a>, less than a month after releasing the iPhone Xr, Apple is moving to offer subsidies to mobile-network operators in Japan to shore up sales of its least expensive new smartphone, which is being beaten insoles by the iPhone 8.</p>

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Apple Daily Report: CarPlay drives onto select Mazda vehicles (and more news)

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mazda has <a href="https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/press-release/mazda-announces-extended-availability-for-smartphone-integrations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> that Apple’s CarPlay is now available as part of a dealer-installed upgrade in select 2014 model year and newer Mazda vehicles equipped with the Mazda Connect infotainment system in the U.S.</p>

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LEGO Disney: Pixar’s The Incredibles now available on the Mac

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Feral Interactive’s LEGO Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles has come to the Mac. It’s <a href="https://feralinteractive.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27ffb222c33986fdd91dd51b2&id=d160739b34&e=57471cfee2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">available now from the Feral Store</span></a> for $39.99.</p>

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olloclip launches add-on lens clips for Apple’s newest iPhones

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.olloclip.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">olloclip</a> has unveiled three new mobile clips designed exclusively for Apple's latest flagship smartphones. The iPhone <a href="https://www.olloclip.com/collections/new-for-iphone-xr-xs-xs-max" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">XR, XS and XS Max clips</a> are designed for use with olloclip's Connect X lenses to enhance the iPhone camera perspective with different fields-of-view. </p>

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Apple scoops up Silk Labs, an artificial intelligence startup

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier this year, Apple “quietly acquired” an artificial intelligence startup, Silk Labs, according to <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-acquires-ai-device-startup-silk-labs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>. Details on the deal haven’t been revealed.</p>

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Military veterans’ health records may be included in the iOS Health app

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is in discussions with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide portable electronic health records to military veterans, “a partnership that would simplify patients’ hospital visits and allow the technology giant to tap millions of new customers,” reports <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-in-talks-to-give-veterans-access-to-electronic-medical-records-1542755703" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a>, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the effort and emails reviewed.”</p>

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