Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The California Department of Motor Vehicles <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/14/apple-autonomous-driving/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has confirmed</a> that Apple has 55 self-driving vehicles and 83 drivers permitted to test on the state’s roads. The tech giant had about 45 self-driving vehicles in January. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting May 17, Apple and French cable television company Canal+ <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/14/apple-and-canal-to-offer-apple-tv-4k-as-alternate-cable-box/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">will offer</a> an Apple TV 4K instead of a traditional cable box to Canal’s 5.2 million subscribers. The deal will cost customers a $7 rental fee.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/14/iphone-8s-could-bring-back-iphone-5c-color-options-in-the-fall-says-analyst" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a> — Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang says that Apple could release brightly-colored versions of its 2018 smartphone line-up, reviving the color scheme used in the iPhone 5C in an attempt to make an LCD-equipped model more distinct from the versions using an OLED display. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The families of several of those killed in an EgyptAir plane crash caused by an on-board fire have filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the fire started when one of its devices — perhaps an iPad mini or iPhone 6S — overheated.</p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/14/apple-mail-security-flaw-encrypted-email/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em></a>, researchers have found flaws in the HTML rendering of Apple Mail on Mac and iOS, as well as Mozilla Thunderbird, that allows attackers to extract decrypted plain text from encrypted mail messages. The primary issue affecting involves a method that uses multipart responses to exploit HTML rendering issues.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Boinx Software’s mimoLive is a multi-in, multi-out live video engine that’s a complete overhaul of the popular live production system once known as BoinxTV live video production system. It includes a number of features for optimal live streaming across multiple platforms.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re short on space on your Mac, you can free up a lot of space by moving your Photos library to an external drive.</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;">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>