Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future HomePods and Mac speakers might be able to detect where you are in a room and adjust their sounds accordingly. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,264385) for a “system and method for dynamic control of audio playback based on the position of a listener.”</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1149967/qualcomm-wants-win-on-patent-defenses-apple-cut-midtrial?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&read_more=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em> reports</a> that Qualcomm has told a California federal court that Apple shouldn't be able to revive challenges against three Qualcomm smartphone processing patents that the iPhone maker dropped in the middle of the tech giants' recent intellectual property trial.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The latest smartphone operating system data from <a href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar</a> for the three months ending March 2019, shows Android accounted for 79.3% of all smartphone sales across the five major European markets.  </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Screaming Bee's <a href="http://screamingbee.com/mac/Product/MorphVOXMac.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MorphVOX Mac</a> certainly has some useful functions. But you'll probably like it cause it's so doggone fun.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Today it beings in earnest. Apple and its allies have kicked off a jury trial against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc in San Diego, alleging that Qualcomm engaged in illegal patent licensing practices and seeking up to $27 billion in damages.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/apple-molly-thompson-head-of-documentaries-1203189878/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em> reports</a> that Molly Thompson, the founder of A&E Indie Films, has moved to Apple, where she’ll serve as head of documentaries for the Apple TV+ streaming service, which is coming this fall. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A report by data analytics firm <a href="http://www.thasos.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thasos </a>finds foot traffic dropping off at malls across the country in recent months. The study also found that malls with so-called experiential tenants that aren’t just focused on selling products, like Apple, Italian food hall Eataly and Tesla, haven’t been drawing in extra traffic.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, has <a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/privacy-thats-iphone-but-is-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">launched a petition</a>, asking Apple to rotate tracking IDs on iPhones each month. The petition says there’s a unique ID living on your Apple smartphone that allows advertisers to track the ads you click on, the videos you play, and the apps you install.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Have a new 2019 27-inch Retina 5K iMac? If you do -- or if you're thinking about getting one -- you can save a lot of money by purchasing the iMac with minimum installed memory (RAM), then upgrading it yourself. </p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It's extremely easy to do with RAM that you purchase from OWC (<a href="https://macsales.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacSales.com</a>), and in this short video Apple World Today contributing editor Dennis Sellers shows you how it's done. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is set to move 7nm EUV process technology to volume production in the second quarter of 2019, according to a recent Chinese-language <em>Commercial Times</em> report — as noted by <a href="http://www.digitimes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>DigiTimes</em></a>. It will be used to manufacture the A13 chip for the 2019 iPhones.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2016, the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/feelyvision-uk-scientists-develop-multi-sensory-tv-you-can-touch-smell-and-taste-a6861206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Independent </em></a>reported that British scientists are developing technology that will allow viewers to smell, taste and touch the sensations being played out on screen, reports. So why not “Feelyvision” for Macs or iOS devices?</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2015, Apple announced that it planned to build its first two data centers in Europe to host iCloud, iTunes and other online services. Located in Ireland and Denmark, these facilities will be powered by 100% renewable energy. Now those plans have partially changed. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When you need to “rip” DVDs to your Mac's hard drive, the Little App Factory’s $24.95 <a href="http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RipIt </a>does it well and quickly. But it's a no-frills app, so other software may meet your needs better. And it can’t rip Blu-ray discs.g</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a new patent (number 2019018037) for “pro-active GPU hardware boot-up” that shows the company wants its Macs to boot-up even faster when using internal and external GPUs [graphics processing units].</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple is spending around $500 million on more than 100 games to debut this fall with its Apple Arcade game service, reports the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/44236e86-5ba3-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Financial Times</em></a> (a subscription is required to read the article).</p>