Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple and Foxconn, one of its manufacturing partners, confirm that the latter violated a Chinese labor rule by using too many temporary staff in the world’s largest iPhone factory, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-09/apple-foxconn-broke-a-chinese-labor-law-for-iphone-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg.</em></a></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Federal Circuit on Friday <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1196241/fed-circ-backs-apple-s-win-in-speaker-patent-fight?attachments=true&nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&read_more=1&utm_campaign=technology&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">upheld a victory</a> for Apple in a suit brought by a theater sound company, leaving in place a lower court decision that the smartphone giant didn’t infringe patents for speaker technology.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I had really looked forward to Apple’s AirPower wireless charger, which <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/3/29/goodbye-airpower-we-hardly-knew-you-well-actually-we-didnt-know-you?rq=AirPower">turned out to be vaporware</a>. However, mophie has stepped up to the plate with its <a href="https://www.zagg.com/en_us/3-in-1-wireless-charging-pad-apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">3-in-1 Wireless Charger</a> and <a href="https://www.zagg.com/en_us/dual-wireless-charging-pad-apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dual Wireless Charging Pad</a>. They’re $139.95 and $79.95, but I prefer the former.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Global wearable device shipments grew 85.2% in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) as shipments totaled 67.7 million units according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Ftracker%2Fshowproductinfo.jsp%3Fprod_id%3D962&esheet=52089706&newsitemid=20190909005176&lan=en-US&anchor=Worldwide+Quarterly+Wearable+Device+Tracker&index=2&md5=30b5564f05f36127def9a74e3cdd4e7e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for yet another patent (number 10,401,951) patent for a motion tracking user interface that hints at gesture-based interfaces for future Macs.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple will stream one of its special events <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996wliAI_y4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on YouTube</a> for the first time Tuesday. The “By Innovation Only” event will be start at 10 a.m. (Pacific) on Tuesday, Sept. 10.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Don’t expect 5G to appear in Apple’s iPhones until 2020 — perhaps even 2021. If this comes as a shock to you — especially if you think you <strong>already</strong> have 5G — you’re not alone. According to the latest research from <a href="https://www.strategyanalytics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics,</a> one in five folks surveyed think they already have 5G.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for yet another patent (number 20190272650) — one of a dozen or so — that hints at future iterations of macOS and iOS devices that would allow you to control some user interface elements with your eyes, perhaps in conjunction with the rumored “Apple Glasses,” a head-mounted, augmented reality/virtual reality headset.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On a regular basis, Apple World Today 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;">Revenues from streaming music grew 26% to $4.3 billion for the first half of 2019, according to a new report from the <a href="http://www.riaa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA</a>). In June, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue said Apple Music hit the 60 million subscriber mark.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple TV+ has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Bryce Dallas Howard documentary <em>Dads</em>, ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, an individual with knowledge of the project tells <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/apple-bryce-dallas-howard-documentary-dads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TheWrap.</a> Apple’s streaming service is due this fall. Pricing hasn’t been announced.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Siri, Apple’s personal digital assistant, has been re-written to "deflect" questions about feminism and the #MeToo movement, according to<em> </em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/06/apple-rewrote-siri-to-deflect-questions-about-feminism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Guardian</em>.</a></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple will introduce its own tracking device, possibly dubbed “Apple Tag,” that will compete with products such as Tile at next week’s “By Innovation Only” event. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Last week, Google published a blog about vulnerabilities that Apple fixed for iOS users in February. On its <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/a-message-about-ios-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Newsroom page</a>, Apple says that “we’ve heard from customers who were concerned by some of the claims, and we want to make sure all of our customers have the facts.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/06/apples-app-store-had-a-great-summer-says-morgan-stanley" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a> — analysts at Morgan Stanley say the Apple App Store is seeing high revenue growth this quarter.</p>