Dennis Sellers

<p>If you’ve been lusting after the space gray accessories that come with the iMac Pro, but (like me) don’t have the moolah for the high-end iMac, you’re in luck: Apple is selling them separately.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <em><a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/27/new-apple-watch-larger-screen-series-4/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac</a> --</em> KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the 2018 Apple Watch will have a 15% bigger screen in a “more trendy” form factor. He doesn’t say exactly how tis will be accomplished or if the updated smartwatch will pack a bigger chassis.</p>

<p>At today’s Apple education event in Chicago, Apple announced it’s increasing its free iCloud storage for education from 5GB up to 200GB. </p>

<p>Apple is updating its iWork suite of productivity apps — Pages, Numbers and Keynote — that allow users to draw, sketch or write with an Apple Pencil directly in the iOS versions of the apps. The input device can also be used to add color, texture and more to any drawing.</p>

<p>At today’s Apple education event in Chicago, Apple announced Everyone Can Create and Schoolwork with educators and students in mind.</p>

<p>At today’s Apple education event in Chicago, Apple debuted a new 9.7-inch iPad with support for the Apple Pencil with pricing starting at $329. The revamped iPad also sports a Retina display, the A10 Fusion chip and advanced sensors that help deliver immersive augmented reality, and all-day battery life.</p>

<p>FxFactory has released XEffects Smooth Glass Slideshow, a new set of Final Cut Pro X plugins. </p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,930,287) for “virtual noticeboard user interaction.” It involves the use of a Mac, Apple TV, iPhones, and iPads with a “virtual noticeboard,” offering a place to store important announcements that can be accessed online or offline. </p>

<p>Apple and the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI), India’s telecoms regulator are battling over the development of a government anti-spam mobile application, with user privacy at the heart of a “deepening rift between the two sides,” according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-india/rift-deepens-between-apple-indias-telecom-regulator-over-anti-spam-app-idUSKBN1H31JI?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple Pay Suica Express Transit error problems are still plaguing Japanese iPhone X users and the iOS 11.3 Update doesn’t fix the glitch, according to an <a target="_blank" href="https://atadistance.net/2018/02/23/ios-11-2-6-apple-pay-suica-performance-iphone-x/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Ata Distance </em>report</a>.</p>

<p>Apple has started accepting Worldwide Developer Conference scholarship applications for attendees who can’t afford to attend the $1,500 event. The tech giant will host its 29th annual WWDC at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, June 4-8. </p>

<p>You know that you’re test driving a classy product when it comes with white gloves. But <a href="http://www.solisaudio.com">Solis</a>’ SO-7500 and SO-8000 come with such an accessory, so you don’t mar their glossy surfaces. (Although let’s be realistic; you’re probably don’t going to don them every time you handle the speaker systems.)</p>

<p>Recently I had something bad happen to one of my newest hard drives—an 8TB USB 3 drive named "8TB of Backups." I walked in the office one morning to find it offline and unwilling to mount. </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>Jamf, which specializes in Apple device management, has announced both compatibility and key feature support for the upcoming Apple releases of iOS, macOS and tvOS. </p>