Dennis Sellers

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vertoanalytics.com/company/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Verto</a>, an app analytics company, saysthat while Apple’s Siri remains the most popular intelligent assistant, fewer people are using it.</p>

<p>If you have a first generation Apple Watch with a separated back cover, Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider will repair it free of charge, according to an internal service policy obtained by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors. </a></p>

<p>SureCall, a cell phone signal booster manufacturer, has introduced its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.surecall.com/signal-booster/car-truck-rv-semi/fusion2go-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fusion2Go 2.0</a> in-vehicle cellular signal booster. It boosts voice and 4G LTE data signals for all North American cell carriers to reduce dropped and missed calls, and increase data speeds while on the road, according to Hongtao Zhan, CEO of SureCall. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.filemaker.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">FileMaker, Inc.</a>, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has announced that FileMaker Cloud is now available in Japan and Australia. </p>

<p>Tired of having to open multiple iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch apps to get all the data you need for a planned event. Apple wants to change this, and has been granted a patent (number 9,706,346) for a “mobile device with applications that use a common place card to display data relating to a location.”</p>

<p>On July 12, major web companies and online communities will <a target="_blank" href="https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/" rel="noopener noreferrer">come together</a> to protest against the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. Companies that participate in the protest include Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Dropbox, and Spotify.</p>

<p>You can use macOS Sierra Disk Utility tool to partition a physical disk — though you should be careful when you do this. Partitioning a storage device divides it into individual partitions, which are listed as separate volumes under the Devices section in the Finder sidebar. </p>

<p>Park Bench Software’s Desktop Repainter is a frilly-but-fun app that lets you change your macOS desktop/background with customizable settings for variably changing colors.</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>Charitybuzz, an organizations that benefits charities, has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/lunch-with-eddy-cue-at-apple-headquarters-in-california-1337402" rel="noopener noreferrer">launched an auction</a> in which the winning bidder will have lunch with Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet Software and Services, at the company's new Apple Park (the “spaceship” headquarters) in Cupertino, California. </p>

<p>Apple may not open retail stores in India before 2020 even though it’s currently scouting for locations, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/your-wait-for-an-apple-store-will-get-longer-heres-why/articleshow/59519735.cms" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Economic Times</a>. Why? The Cupertino, California-based company has yet to receive approval from the government for its retail foreign direct investment (FDI) plans, though such approval is expected, the article adds. </p>

<p>Last week, analysts at Raymond James — an American diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities — conducted a survey of 500 consumers in June that showed that 14% of those surveyed fully intend to buy Apple’s HomePod wireless speaker system when it becomes available in December.</p>

<p>Video game publisher Versus Evil, in partnership with independent developer Tim Conkling, have made the strategic digital board game, Antihero, available on macOS and Windows systems.</p>

<p>Apple is renting a 22,500 square-foot office in St Albans, a “stone’s throw” from Imagination’s headquarters, where it plans to use the office to develop its own graphics technology as it ditches Imagination, reports the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/08/apple-sets-new-uk-office-imaginations-doorstep-amid-chip-row/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Telegraph</a>. </p>

<p>Apple will <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-denmark-idUSKBN19V0MJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">invest $921 million</a> in a data center located in Denmark that will power the company’s online services for European customers, reports <em>Reuters</em>. Due to become operational in the second quarter of 2019, it will be the tech giant’s second data center in the Nordic country to run entirely on renewable energy.</p>