Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/05/14/apple-executives-face-second-class-action-over-misleading-financial-statements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, a class action complaint — the second one — takes issue with comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Office Luca Maestri in the quarter leading up to a revenue guidance correction in January. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A smarter watch band will play a crucial role in Apple Watch's future as a personal technology device as they begin to incorporate technology and gain additional importance for wearable computing, Neil Cybart of <a href="http://www.aboveavalon.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Above Avalon</em></a> — which is focused on analyzing Apple from a Wall Street and Silicon Valley perspective — said three years ago. We haven’t seen any yet, but I do think they’re coming.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I’m a big fan of Pixelmator Pro, my go-to app for image editing. It has most of the features I need in a relatively easy-to-use interface. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Japanese language blog, <a href="http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/rumor/entry-37460.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Macotakara</em></a> says Apple’s follow-up to the iPhone XR will still be available in six colors, but will replace the coral and blue options with green and lavender hues. <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/05/13/alleged-iphone-xi-xi-max-xe-case-molds-surface-with-square-camera-bumps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Another rumor</a> says Apple is incorporating a square camera bump into the designs of its 2019 smartphones.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Security researchers have found a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips which, if exploited, can be used to steal sensitive information directly from processors dating back to 2011, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/14/zombieload-flaw-intel-processors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>TechCrunch</em>.</a></p>

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<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court refused to undo a proposed class action dubbed “Apple v. Pepper” accusing Apple of monopolizing the iPhone app market, upholding a Ninth Circuit decision reviving the antitrust suit brought by consumers. Today the <a href="https://actonline.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">App Association</a> is criticizing the ruling. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">OWC has expanded its Aura line of SSDs. The <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2463883-1&h=1122842457&u=https%3A%2F%2Feshop.macsales.com%2Fshop%2Fssd%2Fowc%2Faura-n&a=OWC+Aura+N">OWC Aura N</a> expands Macs with up to 1TB of internal storage. It joins the Aura X2 and Aura P12 (for PC) in the second-generation lineup of OWC Aura PCIe SSDs.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to the <a href="http://www.in.idc.asia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Data Corporation’s</a> (IDC) <a href="https://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=103" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker</a>, India’s smartphone market got off to a good start with a total shipment of 32.1 million units in the first quarter of 2019, maintaining a healthy 7.1% year-on-year (YoY) growth. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,286,636) for “fabric-based items with three-dimensional shapes.” It involves the manufacture of not only “smart clothing,” but also “bags, furniture, and other items from materials such as fabric.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Van-Seyla Mork has pled guilty in federal court in San Jose to wire fraud and money laundering, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/michigan-man-pleads-guilty-running-apple-empty-box-fraud-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced </a>United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,286,761) for a “passenger vehicle door and window.”</p>

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<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Samsung Electronics says that, beginning today, all 2019 Samsung Smart TVs and select 2018 TV models with a firmware update will feature the all-new Apple TV app in more than 100 countries and offer AirPlay 2 support in 176 countries. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released macOS 10.14.5, iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3, and watchOS 5.2.1.</p>