Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lifeprint is a fun Bluetooth printer that prints “Augmented Reality Hyperphotos.” Its app (free at the Apple App Store), network, and portable printer enable you to print Live Photos, Snapchat clips, Instagram, Vine, and Facebook photos, and even animated GIFs that use AR “to come to life like magic in your hands.”</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 today's picks.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple remained the undisputed champion, ranking first both in technology and telecommunications as well as overall in the U.S., Mexico and UAE, according to MBLM’s <a href="http://mblm.com/lab/brandintimacy-study/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Brand Intimacy 2018 Report</em></a>, which is the largest study of brands based on emotions. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On the occasion of Apple’s App Store 10th anniversary yesterday, the global mobile measurement leader Adjust has summarized the development and other highlights of the store.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/07/11/apple-product-pipeline-stacked-with-ipad-macbook-mac-mini-updates-says-analyst" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — TF International Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will update … well, pretty much everything (except the iMac Pro) before the end of the year. Following is his prognostications and what the Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks will happen. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple has been sued by SMTM Technology, widely regarded as a “patent troll,” for allegedly infringing on a patent with its “Do Not Disturb” iOS feature, as reported by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/07/11/apple-sued-by-patent-troll-over-do-not-disturb-while-driving-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>. With the feature, iOS 11 can “sense” when you might be driving and help keep you from being distracted by calls, texts, and notifications. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Japanese regulators at the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) say Apple may have breached antitrust rules by forcing mobile service providers to sell its iPhones cheaply and charge higher monthly fees, denying consumers a fair choice, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-japan-antitrust/japan-watchdog-apple-may-have-breached-antitrust-rules-with-iphone-idUSKBN1K10MI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,021,337) for “systems and methods for saving and restoring scenes in a multimedia system.” It involves using your iPhone as an advanced remote for watching movies, TV shows, and videos.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Pet “parents” looking to take their training on-the-go need to look no further than the phone they’re carrying, thanks to the SMART DOG Trainer by PetSafe.</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 today's picks.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em>Aquaman</em> and<em> Frontier</em> star Jason Momoa has been tapped as the lead of Apple's original drama series <em>See</em>, from <em>Peaky Blinders</em> creator Steven Knight, director Francis Lawrence (<em>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2</em>) and the scripted drama venture of Peter Chernin's Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content, reports <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/07/jason-momoa-star-see-apple-series-steven-knight-francis-lawrence-1202423719/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Variety</em></a>. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has updated its Apple Leadership page to include John Giannandrea, who now serves as Apple's chief of Machine Learning and AI Strategy. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The majority of smartphone owners use navigation apps and most prefer Google Maps, according to new survey data from <a href="http://themanifest.com/app-development/popularity-google-maps-trends-navigation-apps-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Manifest</em></a>. It has 67% of the market compared to 12% for Waze, 11% for Apple Maps, and 8% for MapQuest.</p>