Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,482,296) for “rendering road signs during navigation.” It involves the Maps app running on iOS on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.</p>

<p>Apple has felt your pain (well, maybe) and cut the prices on various accessories and adapters that work with the new MacBook Pro with Touch Display. The company has also dramatically cut prices on the LG displays designed specifically to work with the new Mac laptops.</p>

<p>If you’re wanting to use MacBook Pro Touch Bar with Logic Pro X, you’ll have to wait for an update coming by "early next year.” It’s the macOS software for professional songwriting, editing, and mixing.</p>

<p>Honda has announced fresh updates to the award-winning Honda Pilot for the 2017 model year. It will now be available with Apple CarPlay and Android Autofunctionality, a new fingerprint resistant touchscreen and an expanded interior color palette. </p>

<p>Apple shipped 2.8 million Apple Watches in Q3, thanks to the release of the new Series 1 and Series 2 models late in the quarter, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.canalys.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canalys.</a> Despite reports to the contrary, the research group shows that shipments compared favorably to those in the third quarter (Q3) of 2015, the first full quarter after the original Apple Watch’s launch in April 2015. Total smart watch shipments exceeded 6.1 million for the quarter, an annual increase of 60%.</p>

<p>People in a small town in Ireland are planning a march this weekend to show that they support Apple's plans to build a data center in their area, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-supporters-ireland-march-athenry-2016-11?r=UK&IR=T" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a>. The Cupertino, California-based company wants to build an €850 million (£756 million) server farm in a forest just outside Athenry, County Galway.</p>

<p>Apple has activated single sign-on for tvOS 10.1 beta and iOS 10.2 beta testers. It gives customers in the US a simplified way of enjoying pay-TV video channels.</p>

<p>Apple’s iPhone market share by is declining when it comes to unit shipments, but it continues to dominate when it comes to making money. BMO Capital Markets <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apple-iphone-grabs-104-of-smartphone-industry-profit-in-q3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyst Tim Long estimates</a> that Apple accounted for 103.6% of smartphone industry operating profits in the third quarter. </p>

<p>Photographers and display designers who need to show a slideshow or projection of images, and to update the show with newly shot images on the fly should check out Chris Paveglio's Scanning Slideshow for macOS.</p>

<p>If your Watch is acting up, or not responding, you can restart it in one of two ways. First, try this</p>

<p>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>Kohl’s will start selling the Apple Watch at 400 of its 1,100 stores on Nov. 15, “ hoping to drum up shopper traffic and attract more well-heeled customers during the Christmas period and beyond,” according to <a target="_blank" href="http://fortune.com/2016/11/03/kohls-apple/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fortune.</a></p>

<p>While the volume of comparison shopping grows as more brands offer new tablet devices, those customers who currently use a tablet made by a company with a strong brand image are less likely to comparison shop, according to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jdpower.com/resource/us-wireless-smartphone-satisfaction-study" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study</em><em>S</em><em>—Volume 2</em>.</a> Apple’s iPad ranks highest in overall satisfaction and ranks highest in all factors except cost.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20160320806) that will add fuel to the speculation that the company is planning an iPhone with a curved display, perhaps next year. Actually, it could also apply to Macs and iPads.</p>

<p>OWC has introduced the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.owcdigital.com/products/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-3-dock-overview" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thunderbolt 3 Dock</a>. Now available for pre-order, it offers 13 ports, up to 40Gbps of bandwidth, and the capability to power the new 2016 MacBook Pro. It will ship in February.</p>