Dennis Sellers

<p>Yesterday <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/1/30/us-doj-sec-investigating-apple-over-batterygate" rel="noopener noreferrer">it was reported</a> that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about a software update that slowed older iPhone models. Apple has confirmed it has gotten some government questions regarding the so-called “Batterygate.”</p>

<p>Apple has been granted two patents (numbers 9,883,274 and 9,883,277) for an “earbud case with charging system” and “case with inductive charging system to charge a portable device.” Both involve the case for the company’s AirPods case. </p>

<p>Not everyone will need it, but Paper Software’s Turner is handy macOS software for creating and analyzing contracts. It offers a proofreader, streamlined navigation tools, search features, editing tools, file format support, and more.</p>

<p>Apple’s iCloud Drive lets you securely access all of your documents from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and even a Windows PC. If you need to access a file that you deleted within the last 30 days, you can recover it from iCloud.com. Here’s how:</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>The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about a software update that slowed older iPhone models, reports <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/u-s-said-to-probe-apple-over-updates-that-slow-older-iphones-jd1yahj7"><em>Bloomberg</em>,</a> quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p>Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, has been <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sxsw.com/news/2018/announcing-featured-speakers-eddy-cue-spike-lee-susan-wojcicki-sxsw-2018/" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced as a featured speaker</a> for 2018's South By Southwest (SXSW) conference, which will be held March 9-18 in Austin, Texas.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/1/30/apple-to-focus-on-security-stability-instead-of-new-features-in-ios-12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple's reported plans</a> to delay some features planned for iOS 12 until next year will also extend to the Mac, although to a lesser degree, according <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/apple-is-said-to-push-back-some-key-iphone-software-features" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg News</em></a>. </p>

<p>Apple has been granted a design patent (D808,965) for what looks like a new computer monitor. One of the complaints about previous Cinema and Thunderbolt displays, as well as iMacs, is that, while they can tilt, their height can’t be adjusted.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent for a video headset that can change perspective based on a user’s movements. The patent (number 9,880,720) is for “adjusting media display win a personal display system based on perspective.”</p>

<p>The latest smartphone operating system data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech </a>shows that in the three months ending December 2017 iOS made an overall share gain of 0.7 percentage points to 24.8% across the big five European markets, despite market share falling by 2.4 percentage points in the UK.  </p>

<p>Apple has tweaked its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to 2019 in an effort to put more focus on addressing performance and quality issues, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.axios.com/scoop-apple-delays-ios-features-to-focus-on-reliability-performance-1517278421-d7722a3b-402e-4804-8f24-719154bf2a8e.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">an <em>Axio </em>report</a>.</p>

<p>Speaking at NRF 2018 Retail's Big Show in New York earlier this month, Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, said the company’s mobile payment service is now accepted by two out of three U.S. stores, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/30/apple-pay-accepted-at-1-out-of-2-us-stores-says-apple-vp-jennifer-bailey" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple is continuing its quest for sanctions against VoIP-Pal.com following the communications company's successful defense of two Voice over Internet Protocol patents.</p>

<p>I use macOS Spotlight for searches both on my local network and the Internet. But what if Spotlight had the option of a full screen implementation complete with saved searches and smart categorization?</p>