Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20170309991) for devices with millimeter wave yagi antennas. They should appear in upcoming iPhones, iPads, and perhaps Macs designed for next generation 5G networks. Said said networks should begin arriving in 2020.</p>

<p>U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has delivered on promises to expedite a jury trial to determine damages for Apple in its $400 million smartphone patent war with Samsung, moving up the trial date by two weeks to May 14, 2018, and imposing limits on pretrial motions, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/951510/apple-samsung-400m-ip-damages-trial-moved-up-to-may?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple has told the Federal Circuit that a Wisconsin federal court’s $506 million judgment that the company infringed a computer processor patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation was “fraught with error” and must be overturned, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/978309/apple-urges-fed-circ-to-junk-506m-patent-loss-to-u-wis-?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Law360</em></a>.</p>

<p>Tap Guides has published the <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1300974886" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>iPhone X Pro Guide</em></a>, a $3.99, 476-page ebook available in the Apple iBookstore that serves up lots of info about the just-released iPhone X and iOS. </p>

<p>With macOS High Sierra, you can hare a single iCloud storage plan, and give everyone in the family their own private space to store their backups, documents, and photos. Here’s how:</p>

<p>FaronStudio's PixPlant is a professional texturing tool for macOS and Windows. The app offers an integrated environment for the creation of 3D maps from plain photos.</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>According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.strategyanalytics.com/access-services/devices/mobile-phones/emerging-devices/market-data/report-detail/smartphone-artificial-intelligence-technologies-global-forecast-2010-to-2022#.We35dnb_phE" rel="noopener noreferrer">one out of every three smartphones sold worldwide this year</a> will use artificial intelligence (AI) to power virtual assistants. The research group says that Google leads in AI-powered smartphones (45.9%) with Apple’s iPhone a close second (41.1%) — for now.</p>

<p>Checkout.com, an international online payments company, says it will bring Apple Pay to its customers in the UAE. Already offered in Europe for Checkout.com customers, Apple Pay is now available in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the first country in the Middle East to accept the mobile payment system.</p>

<p>Apple has acquired or at least hired some talent away from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.invisage.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">InVisage</a>, a developer of QuantumFilm camera sensors, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.ca/2017/10/invisage-acquired-by-apple.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Image Sensors World</em></a> (as noted by<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="http://MacRumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors.com</em></a>), citing two unnamed sources. The article claims the deal was finalized in July. </p>

<p>Apple has brought on board BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt, the company’s first high-profile broadcasting executive hire outside of the U.S., the <em>Financial Times</em> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/cf217f08-b926-11e7-8c12-5661783e5589?mhq5j=e5" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports</a>. She will start at Apple in January 2018 and be part of the team with a $1 billion budget for original content creation, the article adds. </p>

<p>Apple is allowing suppliers to reduce the accuracy — “if only a little” — of Face ID to speed up production of the iPhone X, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/inside-apple-s-struggle-to-get-the-iphone-x-to-market-on-time" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>, quoting unnamed sources.</p>

<p>Graphic Node has introduced DesiGN Market - Templates, a macOS utility that offers packed with productivity and graphics templates designed for a variety of productivity suites and image editing applications. </p>

<p>Low iPhone 8/8 Plus sales? What low sales? LG Display’s third quarter financial report <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lg-display-results/lg-display-third-quarter-profit-surges-on-year-end-demand-for-tvs-mobile-devices-idUSKBN1CU00C?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">hints at stronger sales</a> of the smartphone than estimated. The Apple supplier and world’s largest LCD panel provider reported an 80% growth in profits in the quarter. </p>

<p>Although the Apple Watch Series 3 offers decent battery life, sometimes you may still find yourself running out of juice. In that case, you’ll want to switch to Power Reserve mode.</p>