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Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.
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Apple has three consecutive quarters of slowing iPhone demand

<p>Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 4.3% increase over the same period in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. However, the second quarter was Apple’s third consecutive one of slowing iPhone demand. That should pick up with the introduction of the “iPhone 7,” according to the Sellers Research Firm (that’s me).</p>

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The AirScale is a convenient combination of luggage scale and power bank

<p>It’s a scale. It’s a device charger. It’s both in one. “It” is the <a target="_blank" href="http://oaxis.com/airscale/" rel="noopener noreferrer">AirScale</a> from Oasix, a combination luggage scale and USB power bank that will appeal to road warriors. It can weigh luggage up to 88 pounds and can re-charge an iPhone or iPad.</p>

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AWT News Update: August 17, 2016

<p>Electric car company<a target="_blank" href="https://electrek.co/2016/08/16/david-erhart-tesla-apple-reliability/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Tesla has hired</a> David Erhart, Apple’s (former) director of Reliability Engineering, to lead its own liability team. His new title? Senior director of Reliability and Test at Tesla.</p>

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Apple partnering with Cash Money Records on an upcoming documentary

<p>Apple has entered into an agreement with Cash Money Records — whose artists include Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Young Money and Birdman — to create a documentary about Cash Money and Birdman, which will air exclusively on Apple Music, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-17/apple-is-going-to-make-a-documentary-with-drake-s-record-label" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>. However, the deal is NOT an agreement to secure all of Cash Money's new albums exclusively, the article adds, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the deal.”</p>

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Apple to open its first retail store in Austria

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/17/apple-store-vienna-austria/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac</a>, Austrian newspaper <a href="http://derstandard.at/2000042922257-375/Kaerntner-Strasse-hofft-auf-Apple"><em>derStandard</em></a> is reporting that Apple is close to finalizing contracts to open its first Apple Store in the country. It will be located on the upmarket shopping street Kärntner Straße in Vienna, but no opening date is mentioned in the article.</p>

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Rumor: The ‘iPhone 7’ won’t come in a ‘pro’ version

<p>Despite earlier rumors, the upcoming iPhone upgrade will simply be dubbed the “iPhone 7” and “iPhone 7 Plus.” There won’t be an “iPhone 7 Pro,” according to a <em>Macotakara</em> <a href="http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/rumor/entry-30511.html">report </a>— as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/08/17/iphone-7-expected-to-continue-apples-normal-naming-conventions-no-pro-model" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

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Apple announces ‘significant’ environmental progress in China

<p>Apple has announced a “significant commitment” by major supplier Lens Technology to run its Apple operations on entirely renewable energy. This unprecedented commitment, combined with zero waste compliance from all final assembly sites, furthers Apple’s efforts to help manufacturers lower their carbon footprint and reduce waste in China, helping to advance China’s transition to a new green economy, according to Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives.</p>

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