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Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.
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Apple hires one of the co-founders of Flipboard for its health software engineering team

<p>Apple has hired on one of the co-founders of Flipboard, Evan Doll, as a director of health software engineering according to a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/evandoll">LinkedIn profile</a> update <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-11/apple-rehires-flipboard-co-founder-for-health-software-role">discovered</a> by <em>Bloomberg</em>. He’s been at Apple for two months.</p>

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Seventy-six percent of retailers plan to accept Apple Pay by the end of 2017

<p>Seventy-six percent of retailers plan to accept Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment service, by the end of 2017, compared with 59% for PayPal, according to a <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrf.com%2Fresources%2Fretail-library%2Fthe-state-of-retail-payments-2016%3Futm_source%3DNRFNews%26utm_medium%3D08-09%26utm_content%3DPaymentsStudy_Report%26utm_campaign%3DSmartBrief&esheet=51399807&newsitemid=20160810006029&lan=en-US&anchor=State+of+Retail+Payments+2016&index=2&md5=689bf18ace2828e6949fd5107cdb0422">State of Retail Payments 2016</a> study by the National Retail Federation and Forrester research group. Others face an uphill battle, with 53% saying they have no interest in Venmo, 43% not interested in Alipay and 38% with no interest in Pay With Amazon.</p>

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AWT News Update: August 10, 2016

<p>Logitech has introduced the $99.99 <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.logitech.com%2Fnews%2FPopStarterPack&esheet=51399993&newsitemid=20160811005277&lan=en-US&anchor=Logitech+Pop+Home+Switch+Starter+Pack&index=1&md5=ae80449ba6fc679deb1fe663153dcaea">Logitech Pop Home Switch Starter Pack</a> and $39.99 <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.logitech.com%2Fnews%2FPopAdd-on&esheet=51399993&newsitemid=20160811005277&lan=en-US&anchor=Pop+Add-On+Home+Switch&index=2&md5=eee5aa9a6d198aa8f53f74b3fbadc17a">Pop Add-On Home Switch</a>. The former is compatible with a range of lighting and smart home products including lighting, door locks, and blinds from companies like LIFX, Phillips Hue, Lutron, and INSTEON, and you can mix and match product controls on an individual switch.</p>

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Like Sandvox, EverWeb is a worthy iWeb replacement

<p>If you love Sandvox as a replacement for Apple’s late, lamented iWeb app— and lots of you obviously do — you may also wish to check out <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1pB8mKR" rel="noopener noreferrer">EverWeb</a> from RAGE Software.</p>

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AWT News Update: August 9, 2016

<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>

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Apple vs. Arendi patent lawsuit battle takes a weird twist

<p>Judges can’t rely on common sense alone when analyzing the validity of a patent, an appeals court has ruled in a loss for Apple and Alphabet’s Google, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/common-sense-alone-not-enough-in-patent-law-u-s-court-finds" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>.</p>

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Apple may be getting close to having retail stores in India

<p>Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister has approved a proposal that clarifies how Apple could open stores in the country without initially having to source components locally, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/india-said-to-clarify-apple-s-path-to-opening-own-retail-stores" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg,</a> quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

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iOS starts growing again in the U.S and EU5

<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 iOS returned to growth in the US and EU5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom), accounting for 31.8% and 18.2% of smartphone sales, respectively, in the second quarter of 2016.</p>

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