Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,811,721) for “three-dimensional hand tracking using depth sequences.” It relates generally to the field of computer vision and machine learning.</p>

<p>Wistron, Apple’s primary assembler in India, is is scouting for about 100 acres of land in Bangalore to expand its facilities, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/apple-supplier-is-said-to-plan-india-expansion-in-iphone-push" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”</p>

<p>After the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html"><em>New York Times</em></a><em> </em>reported that Apple is stashing much of its cash hoard on the small island of Jersey, which typically doesn’t tax corporate income, Apple has issued a statement on its tax payments, as follows:</p>

<p>macOS High Sierra’s Night Shift is a feature brought over from iOS. It helps you reduce the amount of blue light you're exposed to during the evening by shifting the display of a Mac to a more yellow tone.</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 X makes Apple more money per unit than the iPhone 8, according to an analysis that found the iPhone X’s parts cost Apple 25% more than the iPhone 8, but that it retails 43% higher, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone/apples-iphone-x-has-higher-margin-than-iphone-8-analysis-idUSKBN1D62RZ?il=0" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>. </p>

<p>As noted by <em><a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/06/ios-11-2-intro-pricing-subscriptions-app-store/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Ma</a>c</em>, Apple is introducing a new Apple App Store pricing feature that allows apps that use auto-renewable subscription pricing to offer special introductory pricing for new customers.</p>

<p>With a Photo score of 101, the Apple iPhone X achieves the best results so far for still images, edging out the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the previous joint leaders in DxOMark’s Photo ranking, by one point. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dxomark.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">DxoMark </a>is an industry standard for camera and lens image quality measurements. </p>

<p>According to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>New York Times</em></a><em>, </em>Apple is stashing much of its cash hoard on the small island of Jersey, which typically doesn’t tax corporate income. The tech giant has accumulated more than $128 billion in profits offshore that’s untaxed by the U.S. and hardly touched by any other country</p>

<p>A new report from DisplayMate — which specializes in proprietary advanced scientific display calibration and mathematical display optimization — says the iPhone X has the best smartphone display around. It says that Apple has produced an “impressive smartphone display with excellent performance and accuracy.”</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/broadcom-offers-to-buy-qualcomm-in-130-billion-deal/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Broadcom</a> has offered to Qualcomm in a deal worth $130 billion. The U.S. wireless and broadband giant said it would be willing to offer $70 per share in cash and stock for the world’s dominate supplier of broadband processors.</p>

<p>After a full weekend of sales for the iPhone X, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.localytics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Localytics</a> mobile engagement platform says that adoption of the next gen smartphone is stronger than that of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. </p>

<p>KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to offer <a target="_blank" href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/06/kgi-iphone-x-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">two OLED iPhones</a> with stainless steel cases in 2018. The launched iPhone X has an OLED panel and a stainless steel band.</p>

<p>The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to step back into the never-ending patent battle between Apple and Samsung and declined to hear the latter’s appeal of a lower court ruling that reinstated a jury award of about $120 million in favor of Apple, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-samsung-elec/supreme-court-rejects-samsung-appeal-of-patent-loss-to-apple-idUSKBN1D61W4" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://amplifi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">AmpliFi</a> is expanding its line with a new product called AmpliFi Teleport, a “home Wi-Fi that covers the world.” The product will be announced through a Kickstarter campaign today, and will be available at launch for a limited time “early bird” pricing of $199.</p>