Dennis Sellers

<p><span style="font-size:17px">Are Apple Music, Apple Watch and Apple Pay hits? Like most things in life, it depends on whom you ask. Let's look at Apple's offerings one at a time.</span></p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">One of my favorite iPhone apps is Shazam, which "recognizes" and identifies music for you. I'd love to have a Shazam-like app for movies. Let me explain.</p>

<p>Apple says Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine and Disclosure are among the headliners at the 2015 Apple Music Festival at London’s Roundhouse this September. </p>

<p>Future iPhones and iPads may sport cameras with tilt and perspective correction. Apple has filed for a patent (number 9,113,078) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for such technology. </p>

<p>Apple wants your iPhone (and, perhaps in the future, the Apple Watch) to help you avoid long lines at the grocery store and other businesses.</p>

<p>With Mac OS X Yosemite, you can see 3D flyover views of various cities in the Maps app. Here's how:</p>

<p>As measured by sales through the U.S. consumer retail market, Mac laptop sales increased 27% year-to-date and Windows notebooks grew 3% during the first half of 2015, according to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.npd.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NPD group</a>. </p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/ptmyd3k" rel="noopener noreferrer">SlashGear, </a>new Apple accessories for desktop Macs have appeared in FCC listings. They could debut with new iMacs that <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/oxqxde4" rel="noopener noreferrer">are rumored to arrive</a> before the holidays. </p>

<p>Apple Car rumors are picking up speed.</p><p>I remain skeptical, but <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nffafs7" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Guardian</a> reports that Apple is building a self-driving car and is scouting for secure locations in the San Francisco Bay area to test it.</p>

<p>Apple is now offering a <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/o9sh8p2" rel="noopener noreferrer">42mm Link Bracelet Kit</a> for the Apple Watch for US$49.</p>

<p>Once hoping for a fall launch, Apple is now looking to bring its Web TV service to market in 2016, according to <a href="http://tinyurl.com/p9b2pav">Bloomberg</a>. </p>

<p>How is the Fitbit faring against the Apple Watch? We now know, thanks to an upcoming report from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.1010data.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">1010data's Ecom Insights</a>. AppleWorld.Today received an advance copy of the report, which will be released next week.</p>

<p>Apple has released updates for Mac OS X, iTunes and iOS.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple has filed for a patent (number 20150227979) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that's designed to make online ads more effective at catching your attention</p>

<p>Apple's AirDrop could eventually encrypt data before sending it to another device, which can be used for backup. The company has filed for a patent (number 20150230078) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for "secure ad hoc data backup to nearby friend devices."</p>