Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple wants to make its Apple Watch more useful for the blind. It’s filed for a patent (number 10,156,904) for “wrist-based tactile time feedback for non-sighted users.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Having trouble moving next on your iPad. Try the two-finger method.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em>Deadline</em> (<a href="https://deadline.com/2018/12/justin-lin-overall-deal-apple-1202521419/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">https://deadline.com/2018/12/justin-lin-overall-deal-apple-1202521419/</span></a>) reports that has signed producer/director Justin Lin <em>(Fast & Furious</em> franchise, <em>Star Trek: Beyond</em>) and his Perfect Storm Entertainment to an exclusive, multi-year overall TV deal. Moving to the tech giant from Sony, he’ll develop, produce and direct television series “with a global perspective,” the article adds.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking at least $9 billion in damages from Qualcomm said <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-qualcomm/foxconn-not-in-settlement-talks-with-qualcomm-in-apple-battle-attorney-idUSKBN1OG0AW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the contract manufacturers are not in settlement talks</a> with the mobile chip supplier and are “gearing up and heading toward the trial” in April.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has released iOS 12.1.2. According to the company’s notes, the update fixes bugs with eSIM activation for the iPhone Xr, iPhone Xs, and iPhone Xs Max.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A lawsuit blaming Apple’s FaceTime for a child's death in a car crash, has been dismissed by a U.S. appeals court in California, reports the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46593100" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>BBC</em></a>. FaceTime is a videoconferencing app that Apple includes with its iOS and Mac devices. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has launched <a href="https://finance-app.itunes.apple.com/connecting-client?targetUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance-app.itunes.apple.com%2Faccount%2Fadd-funds%3Fprevpage%3Daccountsettings%26ls%3D1%26app%3Ditunes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a new promotion</a> that offers U.S. customers a 10% bonus when they add funds to their Apple ID account in the U.S.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple continues to lure away talent form Tesla. The company’s Senior Designer Andrew Kim has started working for the Cupertino, California-based company.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Good news for the Apple Watch and Apple AirPods: global shipments of wearable devices are forecast to reach 125.3 million units in 2018, up 8.5% from 2017, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=962" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</span></a>. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://moodo.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Moodo</span></a>, a smart home aroma diffuser, sounds like a good idea, and while it does offer pleasant aromas for your home or office, it’s set-up, well, stinks.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Macs may soon be able to interact more with their graphics processing units (GPUs) or external GPUs (eGPUs) such as the Blackmagic eGPU and Blackmagic eGPU Pro Apple makes in conjunction with Blackmagic Design.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You can use Quick Look in macOS Mojave to view photos, files, or a folder without opening them. You can use Quick Look for items in Finder windows, on your desktop, in emails, in messages, and other places.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,152,861) for a wireless security camera system that utilizes an iPhone.</p>

<p 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 style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Commonwealth Bank of Australia <a href="https://twitter.com/commbank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has announced</a> that Apple Pay is coming to its customers in January. It’s the second band in the country to accept Apple’s mobile payment system.</p>