Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Eastern Europe will have 26.19 million SVOD [subscription video on demand] subscriptions by 2024; up from 10.02 million recorded by end-2018, according to new data from <a href="http://www.researchandmarkets.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Research and Markets</a>.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has started production of a new chip for Apple’s 2019 iPhones launching later this year, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-10/apple-partner-tsmc-starts-building-chips-for-next-gen-iphones" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A new study reveals 2019 may be a tipping point when it comes to cord cutting and offers in-depth analysis in cities across the country.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.coolholdings.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cool Holdings</a> has announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of Simply Macfrom its parent company GameStop.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.urbanarmorgear.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Urban Armor Gear</a> (UAG) has launched their newest iPad Pro case, the Scout Series, a MIL-SPEC case that offers  Apple Smart Keyboard Folio compatibility. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It’s hard for me to find the right-sized watchband for my Apple Watch, at least ones with perforations for adjusting the tightness. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190136423) for “weaving equipment with a strand modifying unit.” Perhaps the company plans to introduce a line of smart clothing that it will produce itself.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is teaming up with several companies for a “springtime savings” promo for Apple Pay. You can use the mobile payment service to get special offers when shopping on the web May 9-22.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://www.businessworld.ie/news/Apple-is-Ireland-s-largest-company-with-sales-of-119bn-572338.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Business World</em>,</a> The 2019 edition of The Irish Times Top 1,000 Companies has been released and Apple tops the list.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has previewed its newest retail location at the Carnegie Library on Mount Vernon Square. The company says this is its most extensive historic restoration project to date, restoring and revitalizing the Beaux-Arts style building once home to Washington, D.C.’s Central Public Library. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches — and perhaps Macs — may sport more tactile feedback. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190138102) for a “device, method, and graphical user interface for providing tactile feedback for operations performed in a user interface.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is almost certainly working on its own augmented reality/virtual reality headset (usually dubbed “Apple Glasses” and expected in 2020). A new patent filing (number 20190139317) dubbed “synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices’ adds fuel to the rumor.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It’s probably too little, too late for the company in the long run, but Intel <a href="https://newsroom.intel.com/news/2019-intel-investor-meeting/#gs.a7tj2c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has told its investors</a> that it’s ready to ship 10-nanometer “Ice Lake” mobile CPUs next month, after three years of delays for the company’s 10nm fabrication. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There may be a better-than-average chance that Apple will not just introduce a new computer display at next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference, but ship it, as well.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you need quick access to your contacts in macOS, one solution is <a href="http://www.tropic4.com/iaddressx.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iAddressX</a> from Tropical Software, even though it’s getting a bit long in the tooth. The $19.99 app — which hasn’t been updated in almost two years — allows you to access and navigate contacts from a small icon in the menubar.</p>