Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has completed a huge expansion of its Apple authorized service network with nearly 1,000 Best Buy stores across the U.S. now providing service and repairs for Apple products.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The market for wearable devices is on track to reach global shipments of 222.9 million units in 2019, growing to 302.3 million units in 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9%, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com&esheet=52001881&newsitemid=20190619005180&lan=en-US&anchor=IDC&index=1&md5=6c24ea1e51b87dfb314f089bf79337a0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IDC</a>) <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Ftracker%2Fshowproductinfo.jsp%3Fprod_id%3D962&esheet=52001881&newsitemid=20190619005180&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Wearable+Device+Tracker&index=2&md5=907436453e430e728375c3dabe30c714" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. Apple continues to thrive in the market.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Got $2,995 to spend on fitness equipment? Then the <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2501821-1&h=2840404672&u=https%3A%2F%2Fpowerplate.com%2F&a=Power+Plate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Power Plate</a> Move is for you.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to the <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Apple-weighs-15-30-capacity-shift-out-of-China-amid-trade-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nikkei Asian Review</a><em>, </em>due to the ongoing U.S./China trade/tariff wars, Apple has a special team looking into the possibility of moving up to 30% of the production of iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, and AirPods out of China and into other countries such as Mexico, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Glassdoor, a jobs and recruiting marketplace, has issued its 7th annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honoring the <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Top-CEOs-LST_KQ0,8.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Top CEOs</a><strong> </strong>in 2019<strong>.</strong> Only two CEOs have made the list all seven years including #55 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (with a 94% approval rating) and #69 Apple’s Tim Cook (92% approval).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">ZAGG’s<strong> </strong>$129.99 <a href="https://www.zagg.com/us/en_us/keyboards/slim-book-go-apple-12-9-ipad-pro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Slim Book Go</a> is a fine combo/keyboard case for the iPad Pro with some outstanding features and a couple of drawbacks. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 10,323,701) for “rendering road signs during navigation” and involves the company’s Maps app on iOS, watchOS, and macOS.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The top 100 earning app publishers across Apple’s App Store and Google Play generated a combined average of $130.4 million in consumer spending globally during the first quarter of 2019, Sensor Tower <a href="https://sensortower.com/solutions/store-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Store Intelligence</a> estimates reveal. The App Store’s top publishers saw average gross income of $83.8 million, which was 64% more than the average of $51 million spent across Google Play’s 100 highest-earning app makers.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple still leads the global premium smartphone market, but the company’s <a href="https://www.counterpointresearch.com/3-quick-takes-apples-fy2q-2019-earnings-call/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">declining</a> shipments has pulled down the global smartphone premium segment. Data from Counterpoint Research’s <a href="https://report.counterpointresearch.com/posts/report/Monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Market Monitor Service</a> for quarter one (Q1) of 2019, shows that Apple’s shipments fell 20% year-on-year in Q1 2019, resulting in an 8%  year-over-year decline for the global premium segment ($400 and higher). </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for two patents (number 10,325,416 and 10,325,417) for an “avatar creation user interface” for Animoji and Memoji.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to Nintendo's Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1140790733151993856" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">account</a>, Dr. Mario World will launch on iOS devices on July 10. Pre-registration is now open at the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1440129313" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple App Store</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A California federal judge has rejected Apple's bid to disqualify co-lead counsel in a class action suit over iPhone performance for making references to confidential materials in open court, but strongly cautioned the lawyers not to repeat the mistake, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1169768/apple-loses-atty-dq-bid-in-iphone-performance-case?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1&attachments=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360 </em></a> (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you’re a sports-playing klutz like me, it’s easy to scratch the screen of your pricey Apple Watch. If you’re playing a team sport, you should simply take it off so you don’t whack someone in the face with it. But, of course, you’ll want to leave it on during workouts, so you can track your progress.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is <a href="https://www.apple.com/today/camp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">now taking reservations</a> for this summer's free Apple Camp for kids ages eight to 12. It’s a three-day program held at your local Apple retail store. Apple Camp is designed to “broaden their [the kids] creative horizons by making movies, creating interactive books, and more using Apple products.” Campers choose one of three tracks, then spend 90 minutes a day for three days at a local Apple Store immersed in their chosen subject.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/17/2020-lte-iphone-coming-in-54--and-67-inch-sizes-61-inch-iphone-lte" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInside</em>r</a> — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple release three iPhones next year (as it will this year) with 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch models having 5G, and the 6.1-inch model sticking with LTE.</p>