Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Cork, Ireland, where he was on hand for the opening of an expansion to the company’s campus in Hollyhill, reports the <a href="http://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Apple-CEO-in-Cork-today-to-open-new-Hollyhill-expansion-86b092d5-f436-48d5-bd4d-47601e34bb58-ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Evening Echo</em></a>. The tech giant has been based in Cork for over 35 years and now directly employs 6,000 people here.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">China accounts for nearly 20% of Apple revenues and the company is “arguably” the most successful U.S. technology firm in China — which means it may be the most vulnerable to a U.S.-China trade war, according to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/apple-is-the-big-tech-firm-most-at-risk-from-a-us-china-trade-war.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNBC</em> report</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Let the Apple Car rumors continue. Apple has been granted a patent (number 20180164817) for “guidance of autonomous vehicles in destination vicinities using intent signals.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been fined $9 million by Australia’s Federal Court for telling some Australian iPad and iPhone owners they couldn’t have devices fixed as they had been previously repaired by a third party, reports <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/technology/apple-us-fined-9-million-for-misleading-some-australian-customers-20180619-p4zmbi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whenworks/id1356360346?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WhenWorks</a> is the name of both a new iOS app and the new company that developed it. I've known its founder, John Chaffee, for decades, and I've used his products including Now Up-To-Date and BusyCal for years. He asked me to take a look at his latest work and I'm impressed. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s WWDC 2018 is now over and while I was hoping for exciting news regarding Metal and Mac gaming, but quite the opposite happened. Apple announced that with the next version of MacOS, called Mojave, OpenGL will be deprecated. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">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="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is <a href="https://www.apple.com/today/camp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">now taking reservations</a> for this summer's free Apple Camp for kids ages eight to 12. It’s a three-day program held at your local Apple retail store.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Apple’s bid to quash a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software apps and causing consumers to pay more than they should, reports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-apple/u-s-top-court-mulls-apples-app-store-commissions-in-antitrust-case-idUSKBN1JE1JH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuter</em></a><em>s</em>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deloitte</a> has integrated its ConvergeHEALTH Patient Connect product with Apple HealthKit, CareKit and ResearchKit frameworks, enabling patients to improve adherence to treatment plans while supporting connectivity to clinical research. ConvergeHEALTH is a group of products engineered and built by Deloitte to enable life sciences clients to respond to the shift to value-based, personalized medicine.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The worldwide wearables market is forecast to ship 124.9 million units by the end of 2018, up 8.2% from the prior year. And Apple will continue to dominate with the Apple Watch, according to the International Data Corporation (<a href="http://www.idc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IDC</a>) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=962" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker</a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is now selling the HomePod in Canada, France, and Germany. The Siri-enabled speaker is available at Apple's online store and at Apple's retail stores in each country, as well as select authorized resellers (such as Best Buy in Canada). </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">iPhone users in the U.S. who call 911 will be able to automatically and securely share their location data with first responders beginning later this year with iOS 12, providing faster and more accurate information to help reduce emergency response times.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Acrosync’s Duplicacy is a time-saving, cross-platform cloud backup tool that’s compatible with macOS 10.6 and higher. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I may have been reminded of this one on MacGeekGab, too, but it's a site I've had bookmarked for a long time. Its big uniqueness is that it tests buffer bloat and provides an easy-to-understand score of A through F. </p>