Dennis Sellers

<p>With a Photo score of 101, the Apple iPhone X achieves the best results so far for still images, edging out the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the previous joint leaders in DxOMark’s Photo ranking, by one point. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dxomark.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">DxoMark </a>is an industry standard for camera and lens image quality measurements. </p>

<p>According to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>New York Times</em></a><em>, </em>Apple is stashing much of its cash hoard on the small island of Jersey, which typically doesn’t tax corporate income. The tech giant has accumulated more than $128 billion in profits offshore that’s untaxed by the U.S. and hardly touched by any other country</p>

<p>A new report from DisplayMate — which specializes in proprietary advanced scientific display calibration and mathematical display optimization — says the iPhone X has the best smartphone display around. It says that Apple has produced an “impressive smartphone display with excellent performance and accuracy.”</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/broadcom-offers-to-buy-qualcomm-in-130-billion-deal/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Broadcom</a> has offered to Qualcomm in a deal worth $130 billion. The U.S. wireless and broadband giant said it would be willing to offer $70 per share in cash and stock for the world’s dominate supplier of broadband processors.</p>

<p>After a full weekend of sales for the iPhone X, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.localytics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Localytics</a> mobile engagement platform says that adoption of the next gen smartphone is stronger than that of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. </p>

<p>KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to offer <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/06/kgi-iphone-x-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">two OLED iPhones</a> with stainless steel cases in 2018. The launched iPhone X has an OLED panel and a stainless steel band.</p>

<p>The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to step back into the never-ending patent battle between Apple and Samsung and declined to hear the latter’s appeal of a lower court ruling that reinstated a jury award of about $120 million in favor of Apple, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-samsung-elec/supreme-court-rejects-samsung-appeal-of-patent-loss-to-apple-idUSKBN1D61W4" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://amplifi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">AmpliFi</a> is expanding its line with a new product called AmpliFi Teleport, a “home Wi-Fi that covers the world.” The product will be announced through a Kickstarter campaign today, and will be available at launch for a limited time “early bird” pricing of $199.</p>

<p>If you updated your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iOS 11.1 you may find that when you type the letter “i” it autocorrects to the letter “A” with a symbol. Here’s a workaround until Apple issues a fix:</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.squaretrade.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SquareTrade</a>, a company that provides extended warranties for electronic devices, says the iPhone X is the “most breakable” Apple smartphone ever.</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/11/06/apple-offers-30-minute-online-training-sessions-to-iphone-x-purchasers" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, Apple is offering online training sessions to help owners of the new iPhone X.</p>

<p>When you’re struck by a brilliant idea (which usually happens to me around 1 a.m.), you don't want to slip away as you spend time unlocking your iPad and opening the Notes app. </p>

<p>What do Macs and cars have in common? They require upkeep to stay in perfect condition.</p>

<p>MacDaddy's Duplicate is a macOS hat enhances the Finder's standard copy and paste functionality by making them more efficient, as well as performing approximately 10% faster than stock copy and paste methods.</p>

<p>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 today's picks.</p>