Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has moved its earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2016 up two days from Thursday Oct. 27, to Tuesday, Oct. 25, citing an unannounced scheduling conflict.</p>

<p>Podcasts branded “Spoken Editions,” short-form programs that offer listeners an audio version of the publisher’s written content, are down available at iTunes. They allow you to “read” your favorite website or hear the news when you’re doing other things.</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 iPhone 7/7 Plus is already more popular than the iPhone SE, and is close to overtaking the iPhone 4 and 4s lineup, according to a new report from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.localytics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Localytics</a> as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/10/03/newly-launched-iphone-7-lineup-already-tracked-at-36-of-all-apple-handsets-in-use" rel="noopener noreferrer">AppleInsider</a>.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-sales-kgi-securities-ming-chi-kuo-2016-10" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a> — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple could sell fewer Apple Watches in 2016 than it did in 2015. His projection for 2016 Apple Watch shipments have been cut 15-25%.</p>

<p>Apple's flagship U.K. store in London will reopen on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. The store (pictured prior to the renovation) is located at 235 Regent Street, London, W1B 2EL.</p>

<p>Apple has followed up on its promise last year to build a data center in Denmark with an “ambitious agreement” with the University of Aarhus (pictured) on a new biogas research and development partnership, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://cphpost.dk/news/business/apple-investing-billions-in-denmark.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">CPH Post Online</a>. Foulum is a small town outside of Viborg where Aarhus University’s agricultural research facilities are located.</p>

<p>Apple will ship four <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/">iPad Pro</a> models next spring, including 7.9-inch, 9.7-inch, and 10.1-inch, and 12.9-inch models, according to Japanese blog <a href="http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/rumor/entry-30873.html"><em>Mac Otakara</em></a> — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>. I think the report/rumor is only partially correct.</p>

<p>According to the latest market share survey from <a target="_blank" href="http://netmarkeshare.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare</a>, the market share for macOS and iOS both dipped in September. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://2016/9/30/how-to-change-watch-faces-in-watchos-3-on-your-apple-watch" rel="noopener noreferrer">On Friday we looked</a> at how to change watch faces in watchOS 3 on your Apple Watch. Today we’ll look at how to change watch faces in watchOS 3 using an iPhone.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/phone-dirtier-than-toilet_n_6706218.html">Studies conducted by BuzzFeed </a>and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-clean-phone-screen_us_5693af74e4b0a2b6fb70b903">many other outlets</a> say that smartphone and tablet screens are dirtier than most toilet seats. Yikes! As my three-old-nice Adalyn might say: “Dat’s nasty.”</p>

<p>As noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacRumors</a>, Apple updated its <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/">leadership page</a> this weekend to reflect a tweak to Angela Ahrendts' title, which has been simplified to "Senior Vice President, Retail" as "Online Stores" has been dropped. </p>

<p>A jury in Tyler, Texas <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-01/virnetx-wins-302-4-million-trial-against-apple-in-texas">ruled Friday</a> that Apple infringed on two of VirnetX's patents related to its FaceTime calling feature, ordering Apple to pay $302.4 million.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.medable.com/">Medable</a>, an application and analytics platform for health care, has announced Axon, a solution that enables health professionals to directly build clinical study applications without a developer in a matter of hours. It works with Apple’s ResearchKit.</p>

<p>Feral Interactive has announced that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/games/dawnofwar2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II</a> is now available on the Feral Store, Steam, and the Mac App Store.</p>