Dennis Sellers

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Future Macs and perhaps iOS devices could sport a built-in projector. Apple has been granted a patent (number 20150292709) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for "integrated photonics for optical projection."</p>

<p>According to the latest smartphone shipment report from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trendforce.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">TrendForce</a>, worldwide smartphone shipments in the third quarter grew 9.1 percent over the second quarter, totaling 332 million units. Looking ahead, the research group says Samsung’s annual shipments will enter negative territory for the first time, whereas Apple will keep up its sales momentum in this year’s second half with the iPhone 6s.</p>

<p>The revamped Notes app in Mac OS X El Capitan gets even beefier, adding some Evernote-like features that many users have long wanted. You can embed links for websites and adds images. You can create checklists. Today, let's look at the latter feature.</p>

<p>WaterField Designs' US$59 <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/orm2vn8" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPhone 6s Plus Smart Case</a> is a good looking and rugged case with a simple, yet elegant, design that's less than an inch thick. </p>

<p>Apple has topped Samsung as the brand with the strongest connection with consumers in the UAE, according to the UAE MBLM Brand Intimacy 2015 Report. Apple also topped the MBLM Brand Intimacyrankings in the US and Mexico, reports the <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/odvpcdj" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gulf News</a>.</p>

<p>Apple is blocking Chinese access to iOS 9's News app in China due to the government's policy of insisting that companies are responsible for censoring sensitive content, notes <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pjtc2d5" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a>, quoting an unnamed "person with direct knowledge of the situation."</p>

<p>Apple's computer line continues to increase its share of the personal computer market. What's more, the Mac has set a new record in the United States.</p>

<p>The latest smartphone sales data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech</a> for the three months ending August 2015 shows the U.S. market share for the iOS at its lowest point since August 2014, as consumers waited for the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus to become available in September.</p>

<p>Apple has released an update of iMovie for iOS devices that can edit 4K video, which the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus can record. However, iMovie for OS X El Capitan hasn't received a similar upgrade. Also, what's (not) up with all of Apple's iWork apps?</p>

<p>If you need to record and edit voice memos on your Mac, there's no easier tool for doing so than <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1koPkZu" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mementum</a> from AllGoritm. It lets you record vocal memos, then sort your recordings by categories. You can also write accompanying text notes. With version 1.1 it adds new keyboard shortcuts and interface improvements.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple has updated iBooks on iOS and Mac OS X and iBooks Author for Mac OS X. iBooks is an ebook app that allows you to read publications purchased at the iBookstore. iBooks Author lets you create iBooks textbooks (as well as other types of books) for the iPad and Mac.</p>

<p>Apple is continuing its shopping spree. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nl3udvg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>, the company has scooped up Perceptio, a startup developing technology to let companies run advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems on smartphones without needing to share as much user data.</p>

<p>iOS 9 added a News app (think of it as Apple's version of Flipbook and Zite). A companion app for Mac OS X El Capitan would seem like a natural, but it's nowhere to be found. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics</a> says there is "immense opportunity" for new and replacement sales of tablets, reversing a four percent decline in shipments in 2015 to seven percent growth in 2016. Part of that growth will be due to Apple's iPad Pro and other, "super-sized" tablets, according to the research group.</p>

<p>St. Clair Software's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Default Folder X</a> — one of my favorite Mac utilities — won't work with OS X El Capitan's System Integrity Protection feature enabled. To allow Default Folder X to run, you can disable System Integrity Protection — or wait until Default Folder is released (it's coming "soon," according to the folks at St. Clair Software.</p>