Dennis Sellers

<p>A year after delivering an unusual pay cut, Apple gave CEO Tim Cook a major boost in compensation for fiscal-year 2017 as the company exceeded annual sales and profit goals, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-boosts-pay-of-ceo-tim-cook-other-executives-1514415957" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a>.</p>

<p>With Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looking to give the kingdom a high-tech makeover, Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-tech-exclusive/exclusive-apple-and-amazon-in-talks-to-set-up-in-saudi-arabia-sources-idUSKBN1EM0PZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p>watchOS 4 brings a flashlight feature to the Apple Watch that lights up the smartphone’s face for a (little) bit of extra light. to access the flashlight feature:</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>Similar to last year, 44% of new phone and tablet activations in the week leading up to Christmas were Apple devices, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://flurrymobile.tumblr.com/post/168998333465/apple-wins-2017-smartphone-holiday-season" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Flurry analytics group</a>. </p>

<p>MediaTek has a shot at winning orders for baseband modem chipsets from Apple, which is seeking additional modem chip capacity support after transferring half of its orders to Intel from Qualcomm, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20171226PD203.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>DigiTimes</em></a>, quoting unnamed “industry sources.”</p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. Well, lawsuits. Eight more lawsuits have been <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-batteries-lawsuits/apple-faces-lawsuits-after-saying-it-slows-down-aging-iphones-idUSKBN1EL034">filed</a> in various federal courts in the week since Apple opened up about its year-old software change, which slows down the performance of aging iPhones.</p>

<p>With three models of the Apple Watch now available, Speidel, the watch brand known for creating the iconic “Twist-O-Flex” bracelet, has released the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.speidel.com/index.php/watchbands/smart-watch/00139946.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twist-O-Flex smartwatch band</a>, which is compatible with any generation and size (38mm and 42mm) of the Apple Watch.</p>

<p>ou can listen to Apple Music on your Apple Watch Series 3 with a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, use any Apple Watch to control the music on your iPhone, and sync playlists to your Apple Watch to enjoy without your iPhone. However, playback controls for media playback are displayed automatically, which you may not prefer.</p>

<p>In 2018 the Computer History Museum will release the Apple Lisa operating system for free, as open source, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-lisa-operating-system-is-going-open-source-2017-12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Business Insider</a>.</p>

<p>In a note to investors — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="//9to5mac.com/2017/12/26/iphone-x-outperformed-by-8-and-8-plus/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>9to5Mac</em></a> — Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) says that, after analyzing the first 30 days of iPhone X sales, the high end smartphone accounted for roughly 30% of total iPhone sales. </p>

<p>If you didn’t find one under your Christmas tree, but want an iPhone X, they’re now available at 97% of retail stores in the U.S.</p>

<p>Apple wants your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch to better manage cellular connectivity, per a newly granted patent (number 9,854,510) for “dynamic aggression management of cellular connectivity.”</p>

<p>If you install macOS High Sierra on an external hard drive, thumb drive, or other storage device, your Mac can start up from that device instead of your built-in startup disk. After installing the operating system on a properly formatted storage device, choose one of the following methods to use that device as the startup disk for your Mac. </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>