Dennis Sellers

<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>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple’s attorney have been working overtime this week, it seems. Following are updates on three Apple lawsuits and/or legal matters.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMYtj3SXOo">the first look</a> at <em>Truth Be Told</em> — which will debut on Apple TV+ Dec. 6 — The limited drama series follows podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) as she is compelled to reopen the murder case that made her a national sensation and comes face-to-face with Warren Cave (Aaron Paul), the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Satechi has launched the $79.99 <a href="http://email.maxborgesagency.com/c/eJwNjt2KwyAUhJ-muav4e9QLL8ou-x5HPWlCbQxq2c3brzDwzcAwTA5ecpHWZQ-TXghpBHAuPRPMaqG-LGgwHNTDf980f-NfrO1JHZ90pIul-l62YJzUYFdAkRBml6TH7EkrEto6n5cStjHOflOPm_yZ6jgobTs7aMx0tpo_afRp596JadwjplfZJ8uHRq1ju7_oihVbXlrIdBx7Z51KodbnKzzPQr-1lcxGzXgtI6DxwkJ0BqzjOlpvdI4AHPmahRR6VqziK3mICS0oAZC0tVI6pwlAR4j_449WCw"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Compact Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard</span></a>. For use in a variety of low-light environments, the Compact Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard features customizable illuminated keys. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple<a href="https://www.apple.com/product-red/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> has announced t</a>hat if you use Apple Pay at an Apple store before Dec. 2, $1 per purchase will be used to help fight AIDS.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Use the Apple Card? Then you can now receive 3% Daily Cash when making purchases using Apple Pay at Nike stores, on Nike.com, in the Nike app, and across SNKRS, Nike Training Club, and Nike Running Club, reports <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/25/nike-is-latest-retailer-to-offer-3-cash-back-to-apple-card-users/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is reportedly telling its supply chain partners to expect over 100 million orders for the iPhone 12  in 2020, Digitimes reports. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Reuters reports that Finland’s Salcomp, a supplier for Apple, will invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components starting in March 2020, according to Ravi Shankar Prasad, the country’s technology minister.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced its annual four-day shopping event. You can get an Apple Store Gift Card of up to $200 on select products Friday, Nov. 29, through Monday, Dec. 2 (Black Friday through Cyber Monday).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190356614) for operational safety mode that manages the output of notifications at an electronic device when a user of the device is operating a vehicle. It would seem to involve the current and future iterations of the “Do Not Disturb” feature of the iPhone.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple added QR support to iOS 11. Now with iOS 11, 12, 13, or iPadOS, you can scan QR codes without the need for a third-party app.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (10,479,413) for a vehicle floor.</p>

<p class="" 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>