Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/11/apple-hit-with-action-suit-over-macbook-macbook-pro-butterfly-keyboard-failures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>, a class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of California against Apple, alleging a  flawed keyboard design deployed in MacBook models from 2015 on and claiming the company knew about the defect at or before the product's launch. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Having won nearly $1 billion from Apple in a series of patent trials, VirnetX has appealed several inter partes review decisions invalidating network security patents that Apple was found to infringe, arguing that the reviews may still be unconstitutional despite the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of an administrative review process that allows those engaged in patent lawsuits to more easily invalidate questionable IP, reports <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1042389/virnetx-questions-apple-s-aia-reviews-in-1b-patent-row?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;">Dallas construction company <a href="https://www.r-o.com/connect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rogers-O'Brien</a> started using iPads five years ago, and the move has saved the company about $1.8 million per year, according to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-a-construction-firm-saves-2-million-a-year-by-using-ipads-2018-5?IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Business Insider</em></a>. Of 340 employees working for the firm, 190 have an Apple tablet for work.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple today has released the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE support in India, Denmark, Sweden, and Taiwan. That means the smartwatch with LTE capabilities is now available in 16 different countries.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180131876) for a “digital viewfinder user interface for multiple cameras” that shows ongoing efforts to make iPhone and iPad cameras even better. The invention involves dual built-in cameras that could simultaneously record and display two different viewfinders for creating videos.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Since you’ve already bought your Mother’s Day gifts (uh, you have, haven’t you? Mother’s Day is Sunday), might as well plan for Father’s Day (June 17)? The $79 WaterField Designs' <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzldppa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Duo Dopp Kit</a>, designed for daily or travel use, will delight dads looking to organize grooming items or tech gear.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You've probably heard that the next release of macOS is going to require 64-bit apps. If you have older 32-bit apps, the developers will need to update them before then. How do you know which apps are 32-bit and which are 64-bit? </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;">Aluminum companies Alcoa Corp. and Rio Tinto Aluminum have announced a joint venture to commercialize patented technology that eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process, a key step in aluminum production. Apple helped accelerate the development of this tech.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple and Goldman Sachs, an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-sachs-apple-team-up-on-new-credit-card-1525965387?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1&tesla=y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">will launch</a> a new joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal, quoting unnamed sources. The card will reportedly carry the Apple Pay brand and will arrive in early 2019.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nektony has released <a href="https://nektony.com/startup-disk-full-fixer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Startup Disk Full Fixer</a>, a freeware app for Mac users who suffer from low disk space on their desktops or laptops. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Market research firm <a href="http://www.trendforce.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TrendForce </a>reports that the global tablet shipments for the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) recorded only 31.29 million units, a steep quarterly decline of 35.0% due to the traditional off season. Apple took first place in the market with 9.11 million units of iPad devices shipped, bringing its market share up to 29.1%, 1.2 percentage points up from 1Q17. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">German chipmaker Dialog Semiconductor’s stock has tumbled in recent months on rumors that Apple is working on its own power management integrated circuits (PMIC), after which it might drop Dialog's battery-saving chip.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s Michigan Avenue retail store and the Foster + Jones architecture firm earned an Award of Merit on Wednesday at the annual awards ceremony held by the International Association of Lighting Designers in Chicago. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is expected to put an an MLCD+ display in an upcoming 6.1-inch iPhone, according to <a href="http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=22140" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Business Korea</em></a>. It’s the same sort of screen LG used in its G7 ThinQ smartphone.</p>