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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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Future AirPods could sport mini-displays, buttons

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has applied for a patent (number 10,231,044) for a “portable listening device system” that hints at future AirPods with mini-displays and buttons. We’re not talking big displays, obviously, but ones that can indicate battery life, for example. Any buttons on future AirPods would allow you to do things such as easily terminate phone calls.</p>

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News round-up: Qualcomm responds to Apple’s witness tampering charge (and more)

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualcomm and Apple were at it again on Friday in their ongoing patent battle. The <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1136953/qualcomm-fires-back-at-apple-witness-tampering-claim?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">former claimed</a> an Apple lawyer made an “utterly baseless” accusation of witness tampering against the San Diego-based tech giant and its counsel from Quinn Emanuel.</p>

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Apple looks to land ‘Time Bandits’ TV series

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian — best known for directing <em>Thor: Ragnarok</em> — is developing an adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 film, <em>Time Bandits</em> for Apple as a TV series, reports <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/members/2019/03/11/taika-waititi-to-adapt-terry-gilliams-time-bandits-as-a-tv-series-for-apple/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TheWrap</em>.</a></p>

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iOS vs. Android: a state-by-state comparison by ‘PCMag’

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/366937/mapping-state-by-state-tech-trends-android-vs-ios" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>PCMag </em></a>surveyed mobile operating system use across the country. Apple's iOS won out in 36 out of 50 states at 54% of respondents overall, with Android coming in at 42%. Two percent chose none.</p>

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Some Apple folders exposed in misconfigured Box accounts snafu

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Security researchers at Adversis, a cybersecurity firm, have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff are sharing public links to files in their <a href="https://www.box.com/for-enterprise" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Box enterprise storage</a> accounts that can be easily discovered, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/11/data-leak-box-accounts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch</em></a>.</p>

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Apple, Panera Bread team up for an Apple Pay promo

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is teaming up with Panera Bread— a chain store of bakery-café fast casual restaurants with over 2,000 locations — for a new Apple Pay promo: use the latter’s mobile payment service in the Panera Break app — available at the Apple App Store — on your first order and see 2% off a future order.</p>

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The Fi20 speaker’s looks match its pristine sound

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Fluance’s new <a href="https://www.fluance.com/fi20-high-performance-portable-wireless-360-degree-speaker-black-ash"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Fi20 </span></a> is a portable, good-looking. omni-directional speaker that serves up audio that comes close, but doesn’t quite match, that of HomePod. Plus, Apple’s speaker does have more bells and whistles, but it costs $349 compared to the Fi20’s $99. You’ll have to decide if the bells and whistles are worth the extra moolah.</p>

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Notable apps and updates, March 4-9

<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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Qualcomm wants Apple to pony up $31 million

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualcomm wants Apple to pay $31 million in damages in the ongoing legal battle — or $1.40 per allegedly infringed iPhone, reports <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/qualcomm-wants-31-million-in-damages-in-apple-patent-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNET</em></a>.</p>

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Apple Music playlists getting original artwork

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has decided to add original art to its Apple Music playlists with the goal “to bring “instant recognition to its own content,” according to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/8/18256361/apple-music-art-original-playlists-design" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Verge</em></a>.</p>

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IFF: Warren Campaign wrong on plans to break up big tech companies

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In response to <a href="https://medium.com/@teamwarren/heres-how-we-can-break-up-big-tech-9ad9e0da324c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the call from the Warren for President campaign</a> to break up “big tech: companies such as Apple, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the world’s leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from ITIF President Rob Atkinson, co-author of the book <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/wf/click?upn=KzJ1SUTJ6o-2FUGyx-2BAuchGsYCHkMfQYkOznlS5ecc87OLh96e6VvHeiCgR9V6-2BsvnJAB-2FfL9tspdxF2A7LuiClizzN1-2FghDkJLWNVqSh6lax5db1sFSlieJVyn3-2FyJpnkflxQtlaClyR9Y1ue-2FW8O4-2F-2F6VJfFGsQBBtJMSFHpLw70Z7fuk-2Br-2F8o4cfjvhFVsHmhNbm7hBR-2BxaMQ2ER3YJMq6qIqRnPaekGto1edOfxn1ioWUTZbvsHA-2FCRw3tNS63_vr4CQd6f5d5U92w1G2ot038qxj2d-2BHc-2FraM9ysVslbM2GuwFWb6WaJjYDeKtis-2Fv4-2BpqvGnEhiXdl0F4U1IbcyFd5Ei0iEPMvWT5uICxp-2FhRjpb-2FZZdIT8QwpzdAJLxaQuusEpUMtmLStjfPV7UCHk44CRXMmcozCPxyepP54WelBA-2FODFFf9v6zUKGW-2BERfnPC-2FTvJIgn86BSHeG4zAHR69cGlMmeLOvMSg5i1KhSh1GhcNO63g112GhXtPRzC6YhCg8N6bhX7TpycsfUdtGjxsYt9U3JRwX1xYZgRUoCsTWHn7MVrAKnctE8-2BEDxxa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business</em></span></a>:</p>

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Analyst: ‘Apple Glasses’ will be powered by the iPhone (which makes sense)

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/19/03/08/apples-ar-glasses-arriving-in-2020-iphone-will-do-most-of-the-work" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em> </a>— analyst Ming-Chi Kuo — predicts that Apple will release smart glasses in 2020, and that they’ll be “powered” by an iPhone.</p>

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