Dennis Sellers

<p>In May, Apple confirmed the existence of its Applebot web crawler (which isn't to be confused with either Ultron or Spider-man). So is Apple planning to take on Google somewhere down the road with "Apple Search"? Perhap</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.crittercism.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Crittercism</a>, a mobile app intelligence platform provider, has created a predictive model for iOS 9 adoption and expects a 50% adoption rate by day 25, which is three days faster than iOS 8 reached the same level of adoption. iOS 9 is due for a Sept. 16 release.</p>

<p>Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and online stores, places 16th on <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/qfyrdm9" rel="noopener noreferrer">FORTUNE's "Most Powerful Women" list.</a></p>

<p>Apple has been reassigned a patent from Topsy Labs, a company Apple bought in 2013 for more than US$200 million. The patent (number 9,135,294) is for "systems and methods using reputation for influence scores in search queries."</p>

<p>Burberry has announced a new streaming channel for Apple Music, marking the companies' first official product collaboration since Apple hired former CEO Angela Ahrendts to head its retail arm, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nwkxvjk" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a>.</p>

<p>This will never happen, but I'm going to toss out the idea anyway: Apple should open small retail stores — Apple mini stores, if you will — in towns that are too small for the traditional, bigger Apple retail stores and Mac Specialists.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sonnettech.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sonnet's Fusion PCIe Flash Drive</a> is a tough, pocket-size solid-state drive (SSD) storage device targeted as an "ultra-fast alternative" to portable SATA-based hard disk drives and SSD storage products. That's true; however, it comes at a steep price: US$499 for a 256GB version and $799 for a 512GB model.</p>

<p>I have a friend whose iPhone is always running away and hiding. At least that's what my friend says. The more jaded among might claim that she's the one who misplaces it, drops in a glass of water, and, well, you get the idea.</p>

<p>Apple says it's on pace to beat last year's iPhone first-weekend record. Apple shares rose in premarket trading following the announcement. </p>

<p>Forget the Apple Car. I want an Apple Jetpack. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://cnet.co/1iZYu6R" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNET</a>, Google X, the search giant's secret lab, once considered making a jetpack, but abandoned it due to a lack of practicality such as a too much noise and too little power.</p>

<p>Terence Fung, chief strategy officer at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.storm8.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Storm8 mobile gaming network</a>, is predicting big things for iOS 9 and <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pt44vmu" rel="noopener noreferrer">the new Apple TV</a>.</p>

<p>If you're like me and are still holding on to your first generation iPad then the <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nvjze7y" rel="noopener noreferrer">NuStand 360 by NewerTech</a> is for you. Though I was a skeptic at first, it only took a few minutes after taking the NuStand 360 out of the box to realize the benefits this stand can offer. </p>

<p>Several folks are poking fun at the Apple Pencil, an US$99 stylus Apple has made for the <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pjldcg7" rel="noopener noreferrer">upcoming iPad Pro</a>. Is our favorite tech company onto something or will the Pencil disappear in quiet ignominy like Ping, the ill-fated, software-based, music-oriented social networking and recommender system?</p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 20150116560) for a "small form factor telephoto camera," which hints at even better camera functions in future iPhones and iPads.</p>

<p>RESCUECOM has released its <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/p2y6qf6" rel="noopener noreferrer">2015 Q2 Computer Reliability Report</a>. As usual, Samsung and Apple top the list. </p>