Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple and Malala Fund announced that Apple will become the fund’s first Laureate partner, enabling a significant expansion of Malala’s effort to support girls’ education and advocate for equal opportunity. Led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Malala Fund champions every girl’s right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education.</p>

<p>Apple has filed for a patent (number 2018002321) for a “mobile device with applications that use a common place card to display data relating to a location” on iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad.</p>

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<p>There are four ways to view items in a Finder window in macOS High Sierra: as icons, as a list, in columns, or in Cover Flow view. To choose a view, use the View buttons at the top of the Finder window. In the four views, there are additional ways to customize how your items are displayed.</p>

<p>There’s a lot happening in the world of Apple news this week. Following are the hottest articles for the week of Jan. 15-20.</p>

<p>Apple’s HomePod has received official FCC approval, which means the smart speaker should be available any day now. Plus, according to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2018/01/16/2003685829" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Taipei Time</em></a><em>s</em>, Inventec Corp., one of the two assemblers for the smart speaker, has released an initial shipment of about one million.</p>

<p>Apple has hired the tech team from Silicon Valley Data Science (SVDS), a business transformation consulting startup, but didn’t buy the company, according to <em><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/19/apple-has-hired-tech-team-from-data-science-startup-svds/">TechCrunch</a></em>.</p>

<p>The AWT News Update is on a one-day hiatus while my compadre, Steve, takes care of some personal business. In its place, I’ll offer a text-only (no podcast) summary of breaking stories with a tip o’ my hat to my former website, <em>Apple Daily Report</em>.</p>

<p>Apple has taken the top spot on Fortune's annual <a target="_blank" href="http://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/" rel="noopener noreferrer">"World's Most Admired Companies" list</a> — for the 11th year in a row.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/19/kgi-larger-iphones-to-offset-weak-iphone-demand/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a> — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says demand for the iPhone X has been weaker than expected (mainly in China), but that larger-sized iPhone models in the pipeline should see Apple grow its overall worldwide shipments year-on-year.</p>

<p>A South Korean consumer group, Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty, has filed a criminal complaint against Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding “Batterygate,” alleging the company deliberately shortens the lifespan  of its handsets.</p>

<p>Apple has announced 70 colleges and universities in Europe have adopted Everyone Can Code, a comprehensive program designed by Apple to help everyone learn to build mobile apps. These colleges and universities are adopting Apple’s App Development with Swift curriculum.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 20180019081) for “keyboard backlighting with reduced driver circuitry” that hints at upcoming Mac keyboards with enhanced backlighting.</p>

<p>I have a fond spot in my heart for the Crash Bandicoot platform/running games from my PlayStation days. That fondness probably affects my feelings for the new Ostrich Island for the Mac, which is available for $4.99 at <a target="_blank" href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/337270/Ostrich_Island/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stream</a>. </p>

<p>If you’ve set up your tabs in macOS High Sierra, it’s easy to find the items you’ve tagged. Click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window and do any of the following:</p>