Dennis Sellers

<p>The gang at iFixIt — which tears down electronic devices and looks at their innards so you don’t have to — has torn down Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad 6.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.intel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Intel </a>has unveiled the Intel Core i9 processor for laptops. The chip manufacturer says the 8th Gen Intel Core i9 processor is the highest-performance laptop processor Intel has ever built to deliver the best gaming and content creation experience on the go. Sounds like a candidate for the MacBook Pro update that will probably be announced at June’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference.</p>

<p>Apple is working with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) — a key supplier of mobile processors — to develop micro LED panels on silicon-based backplanes for use in the Apple Watch and an augmented reality (AR) wearable device, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">DigiTimes Research</a> senior analyst Luke Lin. </p>

<p>Last week Apple made its space grey accessories for the iMac Pro available to everyone. They look fantastic, but all of them aren’t for everyone. </p>

<p>Pages in macOS automatically detects website addresses (URLs) and email addresses you type and formats them as active links. You can edit these links or deactivate them so they appear and behave as normal text.</p>

<p>Apple will report its quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2018 on Tuesday, May 1, at 2 p.m. (Pacific). The tech giant will live stream the announcement. </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 will replace Intel chips in Macs with its own custom-made chips in 2020, <em>Bloomberg News</em>’ <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-plans-to-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ian King and Mark Gurman report</a>, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.” </p>

<p>Apple has released the first developer betas of iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, and watchOS 4.3.1. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.infosonics.com/">InfoSonics Corp.</a> has announced the recent opening of its newest OneClick store located in the El Solar Shopping district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This represents OneClick's sixth store in the country, and the company plans to open seven more new stores in the coming year in different cities across Argentina. </p>

<p>Spiceworks, a platform and website for IT pros, has announced the results of a new survey examining the adoption and usage of intelligent assistants and AI (artificial intelligence) chatbots in the workplace. </p>

<p>Just in case you’d like to go scuba diving with your HomePod, Catalyst (<a href="http://www.catalystcase.com">www.catalystcase.com</a>) has released the Catalyst Waterproof Case for Apple’s wireless speaker. Well, actually you can’t scuba dive with it, but you can, theoretically, sink the HomePod down to 33 feet with the case protecting it.</p>

<p>Apple has started beta testing a new <a target="_blank" href="https://beta.business.apple.com/static/docs/beta.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Manager platform</a>, which is slated to debut later this spring. </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 both increased slightly last month. </p>

<p>Apple wants to make it easier to share location information among its iOS and watchOS devices. The company has been granted a patent (number 20180091951) for the aptly-named “sharing location among devices” and refers to the “Find My Friend” feature on iPhones and iPads.</p>