Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple may have <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/3/29/goodbye-airpower-we-hardly-knew-you-well-actually-we-didnt-know-you?rq=AirPower" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">abandoned plans</a> for its AirPower wireless charger, but that doesn’t mean the company has abandoned plans for such a device. The tech giant has filed for a patent (number 10,320,241) for a “wireless charging system with object recognition.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Amazon has become the world’s most valuable brand, according to the 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released by <a href="http://www.wpp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WPP</a> and <a href="http://www.millwardbrown.com/brandz/top-global-brands" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar</a> at the New York Stock Exchange.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Unless you have $5,000 (gasp) for Apple’s upcoming Pro Display XDR and another $999 (bigger gasp) for Pro Stand, the only new Mac compatible display you can buy at Apple retail stores and the company’s online stereo is the <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMUA2VC/A/lg-ultrafine-4k-display" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LG UltraFine 4K Display</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.paciolan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paciolan</a>, a ticketing service provider for college athletics, has announced that college sports fans will be able to add contactless tickets to Apple Wallet and enter stadiums with just their iPhone and Apple Watch. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 12.3.2 for the iPhone 8 Plus. It fixes issues with the phon’e Portrait mode feature.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You can find a plethora of follow-up coverage of last week’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at <a href="http://www.macvoices.com/episodes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacVoices</em></a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">SCOSCHE has introduced the FlyTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter, which plugs into any 3.5mm AUX output and pairs with Apple AirPods, or any Bluetooth headphones, earbuds, and portable speakers, without the use of cables.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>AWT</em> readers, I need your assistance. I’m trying to set up two HomePods as stereo speakers on my Mac. However, I’ve run into a problem.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,308,290) for a “vehicle floor and subassemblies thereof.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190163329) for a music user interface that hints at upcoming tweaks to its iTunes interface. The company is expected to preview new Music and Podcast apps for macOS at this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference; this could be related, although the patent also involves iOS.</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>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has announced details of its <a href="https://www.apple.com/today/camp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Camp</a> for kids in the U.S., Canada, Mexico. It allows kids 8-12 to “explore their creativity through fun, hands-on projects across four tracks ranging from doing to art & design.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A California federal judge has denied Apple's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action claiming it sold defectively designed MacBooks and iMacs, saying the tech giant's attempt to address the consumer protection laws of more than a dozen states was too “unwieldy,” according to the legal news site, <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1166655/apple-s-unwieldy-move-to-toss-filter-defect-suit-denied?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>Law 360 </em></a>(a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Postmates has hired author and long-time Apple engineer, Ken Kocienda, as principal software engineer. He’ll be joining the Postmates team and working first on Postmates X, building the new platform for the company's autonomous sidewalk rover, Serve.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The folks at <a href="http://www.jamf.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jamf</a>, which specializes in Apple device management, were pleased with this week’s announcements at the Worldwide Developer Conference, especially regarding Apple’s continued commitment to user privacy, organizational security, and cross-platform support.</p>