Dennis Sellers

<p>A “record number” of black lawmakers will be visiting Silicon Valley next week to ask execs at Apple, Square, PayPal and others what they’re doing to improve employee diversity, according to Recode.</p>

<p>Intel says that Jim Keller, a former Apple and Tesla exec, will join Intel as a senior vice president as of April 30. He’ll lead the company’s silicon engineering, which encompasses system-on-chip (SoC) development and integration.</p>

<p>Apple placed 32nd in The Workforce 100 list for 2018. Now in its fifth year, it  recognizes companies that excelled in human resources (HR) over the course of the previous year. To determine which companies make the list, Workforce editors work with researchers from the Human Capital Media Research and Advisory Group, the publication’s research arm.</p>

<p>Tech giants including Apple and Amazon will face rules governing their commercial relations with smaller businesses for the first time under a law proposed by the European Union (EU) , reports Reuters.</p>

<p>According to a new survey of 580 enterprise organizations worldwide by Jamf, when organizations give employees the freedom to choose their technology, they consistently choose Apple. </p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 20180113508) for an “eye tracking system” for use with a head mounted display (HMD) — which have been dubbed “Apple Glasses.”</p>

<p>Apple is teaming up with Hayneedle to offer 10% off an order with Hayneedle, a specialty store with a focus on indoor and outdoor home furnishings and decorations. The promo involves any purchase made by Apple Pay users using the company’s free app.</p>

<p>According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, Chinese smartphone shipments slowed in the first quarter of 2018 with a year-over-year decline of 8% and sequential decline of 21%. Xiaomi (+51%) and Apple (+32%) were the fastest growing brands among the top five.</p>

<p>AmpMe is an iOS app that allows you to play music in perfect sync across multiple devices. Its “Offline Mode,” makes possible to create a party regardless of Internet connectivity. The free iOS app — available at the Apple App Store — also incorporates a predictive sync and auto-join feature to get the party started faster and easier.</p>

<p>Do you keep having to retype the same ol’ replies when using Mail in macOS High Sierra. No more! You can set up OS X Mail to respond automatically to incoming messages with a text you have pre-composed. </p>

<p>On a regular basis, Apple World Today 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 expects Intel to supply 70% of the modem chips inside the new iPhone models which will debut this fall, and plans to rely on the company for 100% of the modems in next year’s iPhones as the company ditches Qualcomm, reports <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/40564327/intel-to-supply-70-of-iphone-modems-this-year-100-in-2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Fast Company</em></a>.</p>

<p>Here’s some good news and some bad news. First the bad: the sub-par performance of the apps and social platforms industry continued in 2018; the industry again ranked 12th out of the 15 studied in MBLM’s Brand Intimacy 2018 Report, which is the largest study of brands based on emotions. The good news: Apple Music led the way followed by Facebook and Spotify.</p>

<p>Crowdfense, a startup company based in the United Arab Emirates is offering up to $3 million for anyone who can offer a zero-day exploit on macOS, iOS, Android or Windows. It’s the highest public price offered for such tools.</p>

<p>Early adopters of the iPhone X are very satisfied with the device, according to a new survey of iPhone X owners by Creative Strategies. However, they aren’t as enthusiastic about Siri, Apple’s “personal digital assistant.”</p>