Dennis Sellers

<p>Ireland's government won strong backing from parliament for its appeal against a €13B (about $14.5 billion) back tax bill the European Commission ordered it to collect from Apple, following 12 hours of debate on Wednesday.</p>

<p>Apple’s media event yesterday keynote introduced the iPhone 7 family and its elimination of the industry-standard 3.5mm headphone jack, along with these Lightning EarPods and wireless AirPods. The Apple-owned Beats brand unveiled the Beats Solo 3 Wireless, Beats X, and Powerbeats 3 Wireless.</p>

<p>I live in Nashville, Tennessee, and the stereotype of guys here is that we're burly dudes with cowboy hats and boots who drive pick-ups with gun racks. I'm 160 pounds, go hatless and prefer tennis shoes to boots. I also drive an Escort (gun not included).</p>

<p>Yesterday we looked at how to send a text message by dictating with Siri. You can also use Apple’s personal digital assistant on your iPhone or iPad to send an email. Here’s how:</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/07/apple-updates-ipad-lineup-with-increased-storage-across-the-board-ipad-pro-gets-a-price-cut/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac,</a> Apple has refreshed its iPad lineup by updating storage capacities to mirror that of the iPhone 7: 32GB, 128GB and 256GB tiers rather than 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB.</p>

<p>The newly announced iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 will bring customers in Japan the ability to use Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment service, beginning in October. </p>

<p>Apple has introduced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which feature advanced camera systems, the best battery life ever in an iPhone, stereo speakers, a wide color system from camera to display, and two new finishes. </p>

<p>Apple and Hermès have introduced new Apple Watch Hermès styles and an expanded assortment of bands that incorporate Hermès' signature palette alongside a series of new colors. </p>

<p>Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, came on-stage today at the company’s special media event, to introduce the new Apple Watch Series 2, which has been completely reengineered to be swim proof.”</p>

<p>Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of product marketing, came on-stage today at the company’s special media event, to announce that real-time collaboration is being added in all iWork apps: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. </p>

<p>Nintendo’s Mario character is coming to the iPhone and iPad in a new game called Mario Run. It’s coming in time for the holidays, but pricing hasn’t yet been announced. You can play the game one-handed and engage in a new battle mode called Toad Battle. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">A new study conducted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.marketstrategies.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Market Strategies International</a> reveals that 33% of all Samsung owners show purchase interest in the anticipated “iPhone 7,” which is expected to be announced at Apple’s “See you on the 7th” media event today.</p>

<p>Sure, you can send text messages on an iPhone or iPad using the virtual keyboard. However, it’s easier to do it using Siri, Apple’s “personal digital assistant.” Here’s how to do this:</p>

<p>Having written quite a few articles under the Greg’s Bite banner for <em>Apple Daily Report</em>, a couple of years back I took some time out to develop a medical diagnostic device that is used to detect Alzheimer’s Disease as much as 20 years out. That project has kept me off the streets and out of trouble, but I always enjoyed prognosticating on what the great brain trust in at Apple was doing.</p>

<p>I hope you had a great summer. I know it sucks that it’s over, but let me tell you: all the great Mac games that came out this summer and which will keep you busy until fall.</p>