Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple is being sued over the<a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/1/28/be-aware-of-this-facetime-bug-on-ios-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Group Calling exploit </a>that allows a FaceTime video caller to hear the audio from a recipient's iPhone without the call even being picked up.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Starting Friday, Apple Music subscribers will have access to over 50 million songs, playlists and music videos on any domestic American Airlines flight equipped with Viasat satellite Wi-Fi with no Wi-Fi purchase required. American Airlines is the first commercial airline to provide exclusive access to Apple Music through complimentary inflight Wi-Fi.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">OWC has released the second generation of its <a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderblade">ThunderBlade</a> external SSD, with a lower price point and improved performance. It’s targeted to creative pros and prosumers who work to capture and process 4K or 8K video.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you want the ultimate protection for your iPad Pro, you can’t do better than the Defender Series from <a href="http://www.otterbox.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otterbox</a>. It’s available for the 11-inch and 12.9-inch Apple tablets for $89.95 and $129.95, respectively.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">About four years ago, Ben Kunz writing for <em>Bloomberg Businessweek, </em>predicted that Apple devices will someday project holograms "like you’ve never seen." He may have been onto something. The company has been granted another patent (number 10,188,288) for such tech.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced the financial results for its fiscal 2019 first quarter that ended Dec. 29, 2018. The company posted quarterly revenue of $84.3 billion, a decline of 5% from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $4.18, up 7.5%.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=dpxmTDxdJl9ivpjRsufbPpyrsUnxx-rZATfrOkyTD2QSL62UTn0sU-NeksIL7_sz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Jamf</span></a>, which speecializes Apple management, says it ended 2018 with another year of record growth, expanding its customer base by 57% to welcome over 7,100 new organizations. Further, the company grew total revenue by 30%, and recurring revenue grew by 40% year-over-year, maintaining an industry-leading retention rate of 96%.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced a new Today at Apple release with sessions in three new and expanded formats — Skills, Walks and Labs — which offer hands-on group sessions focused on photography, video, music, coding, app development, art and design and more. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple wants Siri, its “personal digital assistant,” to be able to whisper a response.The company has been granted a patent (number 10,192,552) for a “digital assistant providing a whispered speech.”</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/1/24/apple-lays-off-200-employees-from-project-titan-its-apple-car-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">may have cut 200 folks</a> from its “Project Titan/Apple Car” team, but the tech giant is still working on automotive projects and has been granted a patent (number 10,189,434) for an “augmented safety restraint” for automated vehicles.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1122202/apple-urges-fed-circ-to-ax-virnetx-s-600m-patent-win?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has urged </a> the Federal Circuit to toss a nearly $600 million judgment that VirnetX secured against the tech giant, arguing that the asserted claims of all the patents in the case have been invalidated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple won't face a proposed class action accusing it of selling millions of watches with defective screens that can crack or shatter, after a California federal judge found the plaintiff failed to provide an explanation for the alleged cracking, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1122658/apple-users-can-t-link-broken-watches-to-a-defect-koh-says?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a><em>.</em></p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Aetna, a CVS Health business, has launched Attain, a “health experience” designed in collaboration with Apple. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s streaming video service could launch by mid-April, according to <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazon-changes-tack-on-video-offering-as-apple-joins-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>. The article says the tech giant has told companies tapped to air shows that this is the planned launch of the service.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/28/group-facetime-exploit-lets-callers-listen-in-on-recipients-audio-before-accepting-call" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, an exploit allows a FaceTime Video caller to hear the audio from a recipient's iPhone without the call even being picked up.</p>