Dennis Sellers

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.twelvesouth.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twelve South’s</a> newest edition of the BookBook (Vol 2) has arrived. The $79.99 leather case fist the newest 12-inch MacBooks and 13-inch MacBook Pros.</p>

<p>Apple has asked the government of India to extend tax breaks to its suppliers if the country wants to become a manufacturing hub for iPhones and its components, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-india-idUSKBN1AH499?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>.</p>

<p>Sonnet Technologies has released <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sonnettech.com/product/thunderbolt3-upgrade-cards" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thunderbolt 3 upgrade cards</a> for existing Thunderbolt 2 Echo Express SE II, III-D, and III-R expansion systems, giving those models greater bandwidth for users' installed PCIe cards, and providing Thunderbolt 3 connectivity to allow use with the latest MacBook Pros and iMacs. </p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,719,797) for a voice and touch user interface for CarPlay. Compatible with iPhone 5 and later models, CarPlay provides a simplified way to use your iPhone interface on a car’s touch screen, giving users access to Siri voice controls, as well as Apple Maps, Apple Music, Phone, Messages, and a variety of third party apps.</p>

<p>Apple and Google have removed hundreds of trading apps from their online stores after an intervention by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to crack down on online fraud, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/apple-google-trading-apps-stores-financial-scams-fraud-stores-hack-cyber-a7870201.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Independent</a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/28/c_136481233.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple says </a>the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has certified approximately 320,000 acres of working forest that the company supports in China, enough for all its product packaging.</p>

<p>According to the latest market share survey from <a target="_blank" href="http://netmarkeshare.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for both macOS and iOS was down last month.</p>

<p>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>Apple has expanded the tester limits in <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.apple.com/testflight/" rel="noopener noreferrer">TestFlight</a>, its free iOS app testing platform that’s part of iTunes Connect. Developers can now invite up to 10,000 users to beta test their apps before they’re released on the App Store. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/28799588/__Roemeense_stuntbende_opgepakt__.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">According to</a> <em>De Telegraaf </em>— as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/07/31/romanian-gang-arrested-for-stealing-590000-in-apple-iphones-from-a-moving-truck" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — police in the Netherlands have arrested five Romanian thieves suspected of stealing iPhones worth 500,000 euros (about $590,000).</p>

<p>Mac Gamer HQ has launched Mac Gaming Deals, a service designed to “help you save money and discover gems you didn't even know existed on the Mac.”</p>

<p>U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled late on Friday that iPhone 4 and 4S users can pursue nationwide class action claims that Apple intentionally "broke" FaceTime to save money from routing calls through servers owned by Akamai Technologies, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-lawsuit-facetime-idUSKBN1AG1PJ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>.</p>

<p>China's crackdown on the Internet is continuing with news that Apple was <a target="_blank" href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/" rel="noopener noreferrer">forced</a> to remove all major VPN (Virtual Private Networks) apps from its local App store, which helps users overcome the country's "Great Firewall."</p>

<p>Not only does Apple want your iPhone or Apple Watch to serve as your wallet and a repository for all your <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2017/6/15/apple-wants-to-turn-your-iphone-into-a-one-stop-shop-for-all-your-medical-info?rq=health%20data" rel="noopener noreferrer">health data</a>, it also wants the devices to double as your password and home to other identification documents.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/yazuwbr)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flux</a>, the web design application for macOS, has been revved to version 7. The software can work with everything from a modern site using HTML5 and CSS3 to legacy sites built on older technologies. </p>