Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple will hold the “It’s Show time” media event on Monday. Most observers expect the the giant to announce its long-expected video service. Rather than Apple launching a classic Netflix-style subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, all signs point toward a new and enhanced version of Apple's popular iTunes store and the associated "TV" app for mobiles, according to <a href="https://ovum.informa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ovum.</a></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;">A California federal judge has allowed Qualcomm to pursue its counterclaim in an antitrust suit that Apple forfeited rights to favorable licensing terms for smartphone technology, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1141353/qualcomm-can-seek-claim-apple-forfeited-frand-rights?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Beats, a subsidiary of Apple, plans to release a totally wireless version of its PowerBeats wireless sports headphones, according to <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/beats-answer-to-apples-new-airpods-is-arriving-in-april/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNET</em></a>. Seems they’ll be AirPod competitors.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/3/20/prediction-well-see-the-airpower-new-ipod-touch-announced-before-weeks-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">predicted</a> that Apple’s AirPower would debut this week, but I was obviously wrong. A new rumor from <a href="https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20190322PD202.html)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>DigiTimes</em> </a>says the long-awaited wireless charger will arrive before the end of the month (that would be Sunday, March 31).</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is expected to announce both a video streaming service and a news subscription serve at the upcoming “It’s show time” event. <a href="http://www.vox.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Vox </em></a> — an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media — has agreed to participate in the latter, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-21/apple-is-said-to-sign-up-vox-site-for-news-subscription-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Second Apple patent filing is for Apple has filed for as second patent (number 20190082800) for a “dynamic fit adjustment for wearable electronic devices.” If the invention ever sees the light of day, we could have Apple Watches that allow users to “dynamically adjust” the wearable device’s watchband without having to remove it. The first patent filing was 20160255944 in 2016.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://medium.com/altconf/announcing-altconf-2019-9758193e54ba" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AltConf 2019</a> will run June 3-6 at the Marriott San Jose, just a stone’s throw away from Apple’s Worldwide developer Conference. The “alternate Apple developer conference” It’s a free, community-driven and supported event held downtown San Jose.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple Music has announced its latest playlist called Suave, a multi-lingual, global R&B playlist that includes R&B songs in English, Spanish and a bit of Portuguese. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated iMovie for macOS to version 10.1.11. The free app is available at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mac App Store</a> and requires macOS 10.13.6 or later.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated Final Cut Pro X, its pro video editing app, to version 10.4.6. The app costs $299.99 for new users. It, and the update, are available at the Mac App Store. According to Apple’s release notes, these are the changes in Final Cut Pro X 10.4.6:</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When Apple unveils its video streaming service at Monday’s “It’s Show Time” event, what may differentiate it from other services is that it could offer people bundles of on-demand streaming services for one discounted price—just as cable TV has long packaged groups of traditional TV channels, reports <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-may-offer-cut-priced-bundles-with-video-offering?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">WatchGuard Technologies, which specializes in network security solutions, has issued its quarterly <a href="https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-resource-center/security-report-q4-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Internet Security Report for Q4 2018</span></a>. It found that network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension increased in popularity dramatically, rising to be the second-most common network attack after being almost nonexistent in early 2018. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to Italian newspaper <a href="https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2019-03-20/apple-acquista-startup-italiana-stamplay-171306.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Il Sole 24 Ore</em></a>. Apple has scooped up <a href="http://www.stamplay.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stamplay</a>, an Italian startup that develops business automation tech. The tech giant paid about five million euros for the acquisition, the article adds.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For the first time, there's a shakeup at the top of <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2409566-1&h=765275721&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcg.com%2F&a=BCG%27s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BCG's</a> annual list of the most innovative companies. In this year's global survey of more than 2,500 senior innovation leaders, longtime leader Apple ranks third, and Google (or its parent company, Alphabet) and Amazon move up to first and second place, respectively. Microsoft and Samsung round out the top five.</p>