Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple Pay is now available in Germany with support for 15 banks and services such as Comdirect and Deutsche Bank.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple, Google Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and other tech firms have criticized the “anti-encryption” law passed by the Australian government last week, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/10/silicon-valley-denounce-australia-encryption-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As Apple has continued to push deeper and deeper into the enterprise, Dean Hager, CEO of Apple device management company <a href="https://www.jamf.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ja</span></a><a href="https://www.jamf.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">m</span></a><a href="https://www.jamf.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">f</span></a>, predicts that 2019 will be the greatest Windows to Mac migration in history. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You can take an electrocardiogram (ECG) with the ECG app in watchOS 5.1.2 on the Apple Watch Series 4.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a>, Apple continues to mention its unreleased wireless charging mat AirPower in <a href="https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/search?sort=relevance&search=airpower">recent job listings</a> in the United States and New Zealand. The wireless charger, announced well over a year ago, will — should it ever actually see the light of day — be able to charge a Qi-compatible iPhone, an Apple Watch, and a pair of AirPods (in a special wireless charging case) at the same time regardless of where they're placed on the pad.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">HYPER by Sanho Corp. has announced a new Kickstarter campaign for its HyperDrive for the 2018 iPad Pro (both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch models). </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-apple/qualcomm-wins-import-ban-against-several-apple-iphones-in-china-idUSKBN1O91LD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>, Qualcomm has won a preliminary order in a Chinese court banning the import and sale of several iPhones in its legal brouhaha with Apple.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=TGhSfNFeLdeLkdD8SS7LIxq4FlK6m39E1vj3P3BDdt-bgQ_R8w9VnlYWE1u3Oo6J" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jamf</span></a>, which specializes in Apple device management solutions, announced that it’s has partnered with Jamf Certified Managed Service Provider (MSP) <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=zzS1IXbmu7yGI5Zdx45PsSfYyAClYSgFhX8wq3hJZ_beM0c6hVFKIwM3zl9K7Ti-P8m1LZ0agi7JFrBt-1zvWe0AXdDzMhOVxatCVaW_73Q=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CareServant</span></a> to power a modernized patient bedside experience at Emma Children’s Hospital, a part of the <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=nBjI8rgzGOiyut6nzgNVHPToot5FwXibEb6K3B0Kk2fbMR2g2L60eRYGLPAIAzp_5ibnMkBdgoi416m40YGYTqMYqZ4iOLRcVGArBV3UU1K86a0wcdvogFzot_3ghUi3qFDXWJT_YiSnkzoztux98fxxKdaj9n3hd8o4FrYBlke5O1Syj363wH3GMct3ij0qNCFV5EXI4QeH7IntivgCbQ==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amsterdam University Medical Center</span></a> in the Netherlands. Emma Children’s has served sick children for more than 153 years.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">They’re not as robust at the <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/12/4/audio-engine-2-little-speaker-big-sound" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Audio Engine 2+</a>, but the $120 Samson  <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.samsontech.com_samson_products_studio-2Dmonitors_media-2Done_mediaonem50_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=AuqQIpA6K9PhF5wFpz2VwuJyw25o2Jpy3YjpFZvpzzQ&m=FJKGjrUIzSLrumACEGyKW3z1Wsb30sTR1-oPncQUq4g&s=PEbk7c-89aVkfGMy4ivvVF6BTNXAEb_VEg6ov6cGseY&e=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">MediaOne M50 Powered Monitors</span></a> are a full-range speaker solution at half the price. They’re certainly worth your consideration as a desktop speaker system.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Future versions of Apple’s Maps app may let you “peek ahead and behind” hints a new patent filing (number 20180348005). The invention would allow you to peek ahead or behind during a turn-by-turn navigation presentation that Maps provides while tracking a device (e.g., a mobile device, a vehicle, etc.) traversal of a physical route. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You can save time when working on your Mac by using keyboard shortcuts. To use a keyboard shortcut, hold down one or more modifier keys while pressing the last key of the shortcut. For example, to use the shortcut Command-C (copy), hold down Command, press C, then release both keys.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Apple Watches may be able to keep the Digital Crown from performing inadvertent actions. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180335891) for “rejection of false turns of rotary inputs for electronic devices.”</p>

<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>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is beefing ups its health team with another high-profile hire: Jason Oberfest, the former CEO of Mango Health, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/apple-hires-mango-health-ceojason-oberfest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CBNC</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Elago has released the <a href="https://amzn.to/2EjU3e6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">W5 Stand</a>, a retro Apple Watch stand that’s a tribute to the Nintendo gaming classic.</p>