Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You may think that Apple’s DVD Player app disappeared in macOS Mojave. It hasn’t, but Apple apparently wants you to think it has, even though the software has been upgraded to 64-bit.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. A <a href="https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/imac-retina-display-screen-defect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new class action lawsuit</a> filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accuses Apple of selling select iMac and MacBook models without needed dust filters with the result being screen defects.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/28/reminder-apples-29-iphone-battery-replacement-program-ends-december-31" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> points out, Apple’s iPhone battery replacement program ends Dec. 31. The tech giant is offering $29 replacement batteries for those with an iPhone 6 or later. For details, check out Apple’s support article, <a href="https://support.apple.com/HT208387" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">iPhone Battery and Performance</span></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">EyeJust has launched <a href="https://eyejust.com/collections/our-products/products/ipad-blue-light-blocking-screen-protector" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">blue light blocking screen protectors for iPads</a>, designed to help consumers avoid harmful effects of blue light. The company says blue light kills photoreceptor cells, putting you at risk for retina damage and disrupts sleep cycles.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">New research released today by Vitality, a behavior change platform, reveals that financial incentives combined with wearables such as the Apple Watch encourage people to significantly increase their physical activity. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">SheetPlanner Software’s SheetPlanner 1.0 is a new planning, project and and task tracking application for macOS 10.12 or later.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">OWC is now offering what the company says is the highest capacity memory upgrades available for the 2017 (the current model) 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K Display & Non-Retina Display, allowing owners of the all-in-one to upgrade to 64GB of memory.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.bankmycell.com/">BankMyCell</a>, a site for comparing trade-in items for tech devices, gathered over 1,663 responses from 18-35 year-olds using iOS/Android devices in October. The goal of finding who's worse at snooping on their partner’s phone, knowing their passcode, what they check, the thought pattern behind it and how it impacts their relationship.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple Pay is now available in Belgium and Kazakhstan. Customers of some banks in the two countries can now make purchases in stores using their iPhones via the mobile payments system.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mavin's Air-X are, the company claims, the first true wireless earbud to last 10 hours with one standalone charge, and up to 50 hours with its included charging case. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">macOS Mojave added a new feature to the Dock: it now shows your three most recent apps. This section sits between your collections of app icons on the left and the section of the right that shows your open apps.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.S. Supreme Court showed skepticism toward Apple on Monday as the tech giant tried to end a class action over its App Store practices, pushing back on the company's arguments that consumers lack standing to haul it into court for allegedly operating an illegal monopoly, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1104801/apple-faces-tough-sell-at-supreme-court-in-app-store-case?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">DriveSavers — which specializes in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions — says it’s utilizing new proprietary technology to recover data from password-locked smart devices with any length passcode. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Samsung Electronics America has unveiled its new consumer solid state drive (SSD) line-up — the Samsung 860 QVO SSD — featuring up to 4TB of storage capacity.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,140,742) for an “automated graphical user interface layout” that hints at changes that could come to its iTunes interface. It involves nothing major; the invention would match colors that are complementary to the interface items that you’re viewing on your device’s screen.</p>