Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Feral Interactive has announced that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 will launch on macOS with support for gamepads this summer.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">App Store and Google Play users spent a combined $34.4 billion on mobile apps and games in the first half of this year, according to Sensor Tower <a href="https://sensortower.com/solutions/store-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Store Intelligence</a> estimates. This figure represents a year-over-year increase of 27.8% over the first half of 2017, when consumers spent a combined $26.9 billion on both stores.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A former Apple employee, Xialang Zhang, accused of illegally downloading the tech giant's proprietary information related to self-driving cars (the rumored “Apple Car,” pictured in fanciful mock-ups) before taking a job with a Chinese self-driving car company pled not guilty in California federal court Monday to trade secret theft, according to <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1063885/ex-apple-engineer-denies-stealing-self-driving-car-ip?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;">Director Steven Spielberg’s latest popcorn film, “Ready Player One” is now available on iTunes to buy or rent. And when I say “popcorn film,” that’s not a criticism because I love a good popcorn flick.</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;">Yesterday I showed you how to <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/7/16/how-to-sign-up-for-apples-beta-software-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">enroll in Apple’s Beta Software Program</a>. But you may decide you don’t want to participate any more. If so, you can “unenroll” your Mac.</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>

More than 70 new emoji characters are coming to the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac later this year in...

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning to buy one of those new MacBook Pros and deciding whether to fork out an extra $400 to upgrade to 32GB of RAM? My advice: save yourself some cash and go with 16GB instead.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.evehome.com/en/eve-light-switch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Eve Light Switch</a> from Eve Systems (formerly Elgato) was the world’s first light switch with Apple HomeKit technology for a light control experience, and it’s still a solid choice. It transforms any single or multi-bulb setup into a Siri-enabled lighting system, so you can use your voice to control your existing bulbs regardless of their shape, size or color.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dying to test out in-the-works updates for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS? You can by joining Apple’s Beta Software Program. It’s free, but remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care. </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;">Apple has lost a trio of pivotal executives in India in recent weeks as it struggles to boost iPhone sales, reports<em> </em><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-14/apple-is-said-to-lose-key-sales-execs-as-india-strategy-stumbles" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em>,</a> quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The gang at iFixIt, which tears apart electronic gadgets and looks at their innards so you don’t have to, is in the <a href="#">middle of tearing down the new MacBook Pros</a> and have found that Apple has cocooned their butterfly switches in a thin, silicone barrier.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Awair has launched the $199 <a href="http://www.getawair.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Awair 2nd Edition</a>, an update of its solution that empowers consumers with real time insights on air quality to help them breathe easier, reduce allergy or asthmatic symptoms and even keep their skin clearer.</p>