Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s upcoming 6.5-inch iPhone could be called the "iPhone Xs Max,” according to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/05/iphone-xs-max-name/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em></a> citing unnamed “sources with knowledge of Apple's marketing plans.” Personally, I hope not, as that’s an unwieldy moniker.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats), a headphone brand co-founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and acquired by Apple in 2014, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a marketing and merchandising partnership that will make the company the official headphone, wireless speaker and audio partner of the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA G League and USA Basketball beginning in October.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">T-Mobile has launched an iPhone and iPad leasing program that extends financing from Apple to businesses activating 25 or more lines with the wireless carrier. For a limited time, T-Mobile will cover the first $100 of every device leased through the program. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as reported by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/09/05/morgan-stanley-sees-apples-video-business-rivaling-netflix-by-2025-ups-target-to-245" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em> </a>— Morgan Stanley analysts think Apple’s upcoming video business will rival Netflix by 2025. They’ve upped their target price on the company’s stock to $245 from $232.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite a federal jury's finding earlier this year that Apple's infringement of four VirnetX Inc. patents was willful, a Texas federal judge declined to double a $502.6 million award, according to an order unsealed Tuesday and reported by <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1079644/virnetx-can-t-get-apple-patent-damages-doubled-to-1b?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I usually use my new 15-inch MacBook Pro in desktop mode (coupled with an LG UltraFine 5K) display with a couple of external solid state drives (SSD) attached. However, sometimes I want to uncouple it from these devices and use it simply as a laptop. That’s where the Mountain un-mounting software comes in handy. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted another patent (number 10,069,100) that hints at flexible iPhones — and perhaps iPads. Similar patents include number 9,684,196, 9,504,170, and 9,485,862.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Onleaks sources and <a href="https://www.mysmartprice.com/gear/ipad-pro-12-9-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MySmartPrice have mocked up</a> images of what they believe the upcoming iPad Pro — likely to debut next week — will look like based on the latest schematics and leaks. In addition to the thinner equidistant bezels, these renders show that Apple is swapping curved chamfered edges of the last few iPad generations with new squared-off flat sides. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Say adios to the Touch ID button on the upcoming iPhones — and don’t expect Apple to embed the technology into the display itself a some have speculated, Ming-Chi Kuo says in a note to clients — as noted by <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a><em>. Instead, Apple will go all in with Face ID, the analyst adds.</em></p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s iPhone probably accounts for over 50%of smartphone sales across the Big Four U.S. mobile carriers, claims Canaccord Genuity analyst, Michael Walkley in a note to clients — as pointed out by <a href="http://www.applemust.com/apple-to-sell-222m-iphones-across-next-12-months-analyst/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Apple Must</em></a>. He also thinks that the tech giant will sell more than 222 million smartphones over the next 12 months.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Growth continued in the global wearables market during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=962" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>. Apple maintained its position atop the wearables market with "market-beating growth and continued demand for its LTE-enabled Watch," adds the research group. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nearly 28 million folks think that getting one of the new iPhones — expected to debut next week — is worth going into debt, according to the <a href="https://wallethub.com/free-credit-score/#survey" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2018 Credit Score & iPhone Survey</a> from WalletHub, a personal finance website.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The <a href="https://us.macally.com/products/xkeyled" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Macally XKEYLED</a> is a backlit, full-size USB keyboard designed specifically for a Mac running macOS 10.6 or higher. It doesn’t require any software; just plug it into a USB port (more on that in a moment) and you’re good to go.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the latest market share survey from <a href="http://netmarkeshare.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for Apple's macOS was up, in August but iOS was down last month.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">One of Apple’s vehicle testing self-driving hardware/software was involved in a fender bender on Aug. 24. According to the accident details — as noted by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a> — the vehicle in question was in autonomous mode at the time, and sustained moderate damage in the crash.</p>