Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Intel Corp. says it's completed the sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is estimated to sell about three million pairs of AirPods and AirPods Pro over the Thanksgiving weekend (Black Friday through Cyber Monday), according to Dan Ives at Wedbush.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There have been rumors that Apple plans iPhones — perhaps even iPads and Mac laptops -- with flexible displays. I’m been dubious, but Apple has filed for and/or been granted several patents involving such technology.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As noted by MacRumors, Apple is offering an extended three-month free trial period for Apple News+ to first-time subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to DigiTimes. Apple is considering bundling AirPods with 2020 iPhones. The article, quoting unnamed “industry sources," adds that "smartphone vendors including Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi are looking to bundle their new models with TWS earbuds next year.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has been criticized for capitulating to Chinese demands, now the tech giant has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on its apps, according to the BBC.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple will release, among other models, 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch iPhones with thinner OLED displays next year, reports ETNews. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Japan Display will review its past earnings after a former accounting executive notified the company of a past accounting fraud that he said was directed by former top management, reports Reuters.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Critics claim that Apple may be using privacy as a guise for anti-competitive behavior. the top Democrat in charge of an antitrust investigation into Silicon Valle tech giants cites iOS 13 changes as a factor his committee will be exploring as part of an antitrust probe, reports The Washington Post.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I once hoped that the iPad Pro could be my portable work/play device, with the iMac serving as my daily workhorse. Even with some cool enhancements in iPadOS, that hasn't happened. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,488,686) for “systems with synchronized windows” for privacy purposes.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Well, this is going to bug Apple: Rentokil Initial, a U.K.-headquartered global pest control business, has been crowned the best company to work for in Britain, according to recruiter Indeed, knocking the U.S. tech giant  off the top spot, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/25/rentokil-knocks-apple-off-top-spot-in-survey-of-best-british-employers.html">CNBC</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">North Pole Engineering has announced heartbeatz, a heart rate bridge for the Apple Watch. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Global sales of smartphones to end users continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, contracting by 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to <a href="https://www.gartner.com">Gartner, Inc.. </a>Demand remained weak as consumers became more concerned about getting value for money, the research group adds.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When (if?) Apple releases its rumored “Apple Glasses” — a head-mounted, augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) — it wants you to think it’s cool. Lterally.</p>