Dennis Sellers

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Los Angeles police investigators obtained a method to open the locked iPhone belonging to the slain wife (April Jace) of <em>The Shield</em> actor Michael Jace, according to court papers reviewed by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-locked-iphone-actor-wife-michael-jace-20160504-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Los Angeles Times</a>.</p>

<p>Apple has now added a dedicated <a href="http://www.apple.com/us/shop/accessories/all-accessories/accessibility">accessibility accessories</a> category to its online store, as noted by <a href="http://www.amvsement.com/2016/05/apple-accessibility-accessories/"><em>Amvsement</em></a>. Categories include vision, physical & motor skills, and learning & literacy.</p>

<p>One of the drawbacks of the Apple Watch is its (relatively) short battery life. It has about 2.5 to 4 hours of active use and around 19 hours of passive use. This means when I head to west Tennessee to visit the siblings, my smartwatch isn’t going to last through the weekend.</p>

<p>When using your Mac, there are a lot of files that need to be placed in folders, and some that need to be deleted. So forget manual sorting, which takes up too much of your time, and check out File2Folder.</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 style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Cable cutters, rejoice. Hulu and YouTube are apparently planning their own streaming services.</p>

<p>ADATA Technology has launched its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.adata.com/en/apple/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Series</a> in North America. The accessories are designed specifically for iOS and OS X devices, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac. </p>

<p>According to Hong Kong-based research firm Counterpoint Research — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/news/ict/14588-winning-back-samsung-regained-top-spot-us-smartphone-market-11-months" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Korea</a>, Samsung accounted for 28.8% of the U.S. market in terms of sales in March to take over the top spot for the first time in 11 months since it led the market in April 2015.</p>

<p>Yay! It must be freebie day. The CoreCode team has announced TableEdit, a free spreadsheet app for Mac OS X. It offers features such as charts with cell styling, formatting options, and comprehensive import/export capabilities. </p>

<p>Micromat, the company behind the TechTool Pro line of software, has released a new troubleshooting utility called MacCheck. The new product can perform a series of critical tests on Mac systems running OS X 10.6 or higher, helping to isolate what might be wrong with a particular computer. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kohls.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kohl’s</a> customers are now able to pay for their purchases with Kohl’s Charge and simultaneously earnYes2You Rewards loyalty points with a single tap using ApplePay. The service is available in approximately 250 Kohl’s stores and is expected to be in all Kohl’s stores in the U.S. later this month. </p>

<p>Apple will announce “sweeping” changes to its Apple Music at its Worldwide Developer Conference next month, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-04/apple-to-revamp-streaming-music-service-after-mixed-reviews-departures" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to Bloomberg</a>. </p>

<p>In the long-ago days of Ben Bajarin, writing for <a target="_blank" href="http://macte.ch/ZfOzV" rel="noopener noreferrer">Techpinions</a>, predicted that desktops are going to make a comeback and that it's notebooks that are "the past" as tablets such as the iPad continue to grow in popularity. I think he was onto something, despite a more-common line of thinking that the desktop is the past of personal computing as ever more folks move to laptops.</p>

<p>Apple has lost exclusive ownership of the “iPhone” name in China. The company has lost a trademark suit against a Chinese company, which now holds the right to make and sell handbags and other leather products branded “IPHONE,” reports <a target="_blank" href="http://qz.com/674813/apple-is-being-forced-to-share-the-iphone-name-in-china-with-a-handbag-maker/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Quartz</a>.</p>

<p>Just as you can get a wrist band for the Nintendo Wii controller, we need one for the Siri Remote that comes with the fourth generation Apple TV. I was hoping that Griffin Technology’s Survivor Play would be the answer. But it’s only half an answer. </p>