Dennis Sellers

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. A Nevada-base company called Verify Smart Corp. is suing Apple for — wait it for it — patent infringement. The company alleges that Apple's 2-step Apple ID verification system/process violates their patent, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/on4rxx3" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patently Apple</a>.</p>

<p>Apple has started an iSight Camera replacement program for the iPhone 6 Plus. The company says<a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nw3px2s" rel="noopener noreferrer"> it has determined</a> that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera has a component that may fail causing your photos to look blurry. </p>

<p>2014 was a terrible year for movie attendance, with audience numbers plunging to the lowest they've been in two decades, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/ospwaz8" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. Ironically, this could be good news for Apple.</p>

<p>Hey, men, WaterField Designs' US$119 <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pmt5x8o" rel="noopener noreferrer">Field Tote</a> is a manly tote that's rugged and handsome and manly and …</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple will reportedly debut a new, impressively revamped Apple TV at a <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pwl3bto" rel="noopener noreferrer">September event</a>, though the company hasn't firmed this. Hopefully the rumor is true because Apple's set-top box needs something to beef up sales. </p>

<p>Intel has <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pfts8lj" rel="noopener noreferrer">given some details</a> about its upcoming Skylake processors, sharing some info of the processor's architecture. What we don't know is when we'll see it in Macs, though I'm not expecting that to happen this year.</p>

<p>Although Apple's rumored television streaming service — which I call Apple Web TV — has purportedly <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/ob5vk7f" rel="noopener noreferrer">been delayed until next year</a>, the sooner it arrives the better. The number of subscribers to cable and satellite TV providers continues to dwindle.</p>

<p>Apple has set Baidu as its default search engine for Chinese users of Siri, according to <em>Feng.com</em>, a tech blog based in China (and as as noted by <em>BrightWire.com</em>, a global investment newswire).</p>

<p>iPhone sales grew 36% year-on-year, while Samsung’s sales fell 5.3% in the same period, according to new data from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gartner.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gartner research group</a>. Apple’s market share climbed from 12.2% in the second quarter of 2014 to 14.6% in the same quarter this year.</p>

<p>In a report obtained by <em>AppleWorld.Today</em>, Phoenix and SessionM's <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1UFvbfn" rel="noopener noreferrer">mobile insights platform, mXP</a>, says that 12% of Android users are considering making the switch when Apple introduces the iPhone 6s/6s Plus. The next gen smartphone is expected to be introduced at an <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/pm9ot4w" rel="noopener noreferrer">early September event</a> — though Apple hasn't confirmed such an event.</p>

<p>The rumored 12.9-inch "iPad Pro" will enter mass production sometime in September or October, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says in a note to clients (as noted by MacRumors.com). </p>

<p>Google is the default search engine in Mac OS X Safari. However, you can change it to Bing, Yahoo or DuckDuckGo. Of these three choices, DuckDuckGo is the most unique.</p>

<p><span style="font-size:17px">Are Apple Music, Apple Watch and Apple Pay hits? Like most things in life, it depends on whom you ask. Let's look at Apple's offerings one at a time.</span></p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">One of my favorite iPhone apps is Shazam, which "recognizes" and identifies music for you. I'd love to have a Shazam-like app for movies. Let me explain.</p>

<p>Apple says Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine and Disclosure are among the headliners at the 2015 Apple Music Festival at London’s Roundhouse this September. </p>