Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">MacTech has announced a new regional event series, <a href="http://tracking.mactech.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpro.mactech.com%2F&i=1&d=yXd8-f8IQkKmdblRfD-MfQ&e=dsellers%40applecentral.com&a=1AYMSOFcTt2g0_5EOJuu0g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">MacTech Pro 2019 Events</span></a>, designed specifically professional Apple techs. The events will be in 10 cities in 2019.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A Munich district court has rejected four out of eight local lawsuits brought against Apple by Qualcomm. Siri and Spotlight search features don't infringe on the Qualcomm patents in those cases, the Munich I Regional Court said in an announcement on its, of course, <a href="https://www.justiz.bayern.de/gerichte-und-behoerden/landgericht/muenchen-1/presse/2019/1.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">German language website</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">First Apple stopped Facebook from being able to use its internal apps by revoking its enterprise developer certificates following reports that the social network ignored guidelines relating to user privacy by distributing apps outside the app store. Now the tech giant has done the same thing with Google, according to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Verge</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">StarTech.com has introduced two dual display USB-C multi-port adapters/mini docks that offer support for Power Delivery 3.0 and dual 4K displays: the <a href="http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Laptop-docking-stations/usb-c-multiport-adapter-dual-4k-hdmi~DK30C2HAGPD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">DK30C2HAGPD</span></a> ($169.99) and <a href="http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Laptop-docking-stations/~DK30C2DAGPD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">DK30C2DAGPD</span></a> ($155.99).</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. Well, another one soon anyway. The Montreal, Canada law firm of Lambert Avocat <a href="https://lambertavocatinc.com/class-action-apple/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has started an application</a> to be authorized to bring a class action suit against Apple. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and Microsoft all had “excellent” fourth quarters when it comes to tablet sales, and all three vendors showed growth for the full year as the tablet market shows signs of recovery, according to <a href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics. </a></p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HYLA Mobile, a provider of software technology and services for mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions, says mobile device trade-in programs successfully returned more than $2.26 billion to U.S. consumers in 2018. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future iPhones could be “squeezable,” as Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190033143) for a “mobile electronic device with squeeze protection.” </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190033923) for a Mac laptop with what can be be described as a semi-virtual keyboard.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If you’re moving to a new home and are a user of Apple’s Home app, you’ll probably want to set up and control your new home with your accessories. You can remove your home and manually reset your accessories. To delete your Home data:</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (<span style="text-decoration:underline">IDC</span>) <a href="https://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=37" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker</span></a>, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), down 4.9% year-over-year and the fifth consecutive quarter of decline. </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Bloomberg </em>has published <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/apple-is-said-to-prep-new-3-d-camera-for-2020-iphones-in-ar-push?srnd=technology-vp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an article</a> that says, among other things, Apple is testing a triple camera system for iOS 2019 iPhones, new low-end iPads are coming soon, an updated iPhone Xr is in the works, and iOS 13 will sport a dark mode a la macOS Mojave.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">New York’s new Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Andrew Cuomo have announced an investigation into Apple’s failure to warn consumers about a FaceTime Group Calling exploit that lets iPhones users listen to conversations of others who haven’t yet accepted a video call, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-patch/ny-ag-governor-cuomo-launch-probe-into-apples-facetime-bug-idUSKCN1PO2UU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">First, Facebook <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2019/1/30/apple-revokes-facebooks-enterprise-developer-certificates" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">was found t</a>o be violating Enterprise Developer Program guidelines. Now Google is accused of the same.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">For the second time in six months, the FBI is accusing a Chinese national working for Apple of attempting to steal trade secrets related to the company’s secret autonomous vehicle program, according to a <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Another-Apple-Engineer-Accused-of-Stealing-Autonomous-Vehicle-Trade-Secrets-505055701.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">report</a> from <em>NBC Bay Area</em>’s Investigative Unit.</p>