Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Quoting unnamed sources, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/08/2018-ipad-pro-details-face-id-display/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em> </a>says new iPad Pros will debut later this month and will have an edge-to-edge display, won’t feature a Home button, and will lack the notch found on the iPhone.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The $79.95 <a href="https://www.otterbox.com/en-us/apple-iphone-xs-max/pursuit-series-case/77-60116.html#start=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otterbox Pursuit</a> is the company’s thinnest, toughest, most protective iPhone Xs Max case. It’s available in black, merlin, autumn lake, and black/clear.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This is getting ridiculous. As noted by<em> </em><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/08/apples-iphone-network-provisioning-tech-target-of-patent-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, “patent troll” Uniloc is back, this time suing Apple for allegedly violating its assigned patent detailing the configuration of a device when it initially connects to a wireless network. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Intel has revealed its upcoming collection of high-specification processors, including a 28-core Xeon processor for professional users alongside its 9th-generation Core processors boasting high core counts. <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/08/the-new-mac-pro-might-get-intels-new-28-core-5-ghz-xeon-processor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a> thinks that they could be heading for the modular Mac Pro, which Apple has promised would arrive in 2019.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As reported by <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/08/citi-research-raises-its-price-forecast-for-apple-shares-due-to-falling-memory-chip-prices.html?&qsearchterm=Apple">CNBC</a>, Citi Research has raised its Apple stock price target from $230 to $265, predicting the smartphone maker will report earnings per share above expectations next year.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 12.0.1. To access the update on eligible devices, go to Settings --> General --> Software Update. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple's Swift for developers building iOS apps is now the 10th most popular programming language, while Python has dropped out of The TIOBE Index's top-three rankings, reports <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-programming-languages-apples-swift-surges-in-popularity-while-python-falls-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>ZDNet</em></a>. The Index the popularity of programming languages.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is in talks with British Telecom over a ­partnership designed to “boost the push of both companies into pay-TV,” according to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/10/07/apple-talks-bt-pay-tv-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a>. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">London’s High Court has locked an attempt to bring legal action against Alphabet Inc’s Google over claims it had collected sensitive data from more than four million iPhone users although it said the company’s actions had been “wrongful,” reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-google-court/london-court-blocks-google-mass-legal-action-over-iphone-data-collection-idUSKCN1MI0SO?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There are more protective cases around, but the <a href="https://just-mobile.com/collections/tenc/products/tenc-air-iphone-xs-max?variant=13815758913578" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TENC Air for the iPhone Xs Max</a> from Just Mobile offers reasonable protection at a reasonable price ($29.95).</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180288516) for a “wireless ear bud system with pose detection.” It involves AirPods that can detect what you’re doing and provide appropriate feedback.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,091,558) for a “channel bar user interface” that may simply involve its TV app or an upcoming Apple Video subscription service.</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 CEO <a href="https://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tim Cook has tweeted</a> a memory of his former boss and mentor Steve Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011. Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Apple co-founder's death. He was 56 years old. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The sooner the Mac Pro shows up, the better. Apple says it will arrive next year; hopefully, that will be <strong>early </strong>2019. The creative community wants an affordable, modular desktop Mac that will fill their horsepower needs, as well as reinforcing the company’s claims that it hasn’t turned its back on creatives.</p>