Dennis Sellers

<p>In the battle between Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, American teens and adults are split on which one they want as a holiday gift, according to the Ebates Holiday Survey. </p>

<p>Yesterday<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/iPhone-supplier-Catcher-Tech-to-make-augmented-reality-parts)" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nikkei Asian Review</em></a> reported that Apple is indeed developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that will go on sale as soon as the end of 2019. Now <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-08/apple-is-said-to-ramp-up-work-on-augmented-reality-headset" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a> </em>says the “breakthrough device” will have a new chip and operating system. </p>

<p>If you wish you can record a FaceTime call with macOS High Sierra. Here’s how to do it:<br />Open QuickTime on your Mac from your dock. It’s in the Applications folder. Or you can use the macOS LaunchPad. Or — my favorite method — you can tell Siri to “Open QuickTime.”</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,813,479) for a web browser with a  video display history. It involves, of course, Safari on macOS and iOS.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://macitbetter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacItBetter</a>'s BetterZip 4 is a useful archiving solution for macOS. One of its coolest features is the Direct Mode, which speeds up working with large archives by making archive preparation and recompression obsolete.</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>I’m an engineer by trade, but an overgrown kid all other times. I’ve been wanting a “quality” drone for some time, but the price tag (> $1,000) led me to the low-cost drones on the shelf at the local discount store (<$100). You get what you pay for … low cost drones provide low cost thrills.</p>

<p>Apple’s Macs have been building momentum, and that's finally started to translate into sales, IDC Research Director Linn Huang told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3236161/apple-mac/mac-sales-jump-highlights-purchasing-pattern-change.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Computerworld</em></a>.</p>

<p>Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.macrumors.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>MacRumors</em></a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://corephotonics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Corephotonics</a>, an Israeli maker of dual-lens camera technologies for smartphones, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus infringe upon four of its patents. The patents relate to dual-lens camera technologies appropriate for smartphones, including optical zoom and a mini telephoto lens assembly.</p>

<p>Minder Softworks has announced Photonium, a minimalist web browser for macOS (10.11 and higher). It offers the unique ability to view photos stored in Apple's Photos app in a separate pane. </p>

<p>Apple is indeed developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that will go on sale as soon as the end of 2019, Jeff Pu, an analyst at Yuanta Investment Consulting, told the <a target="_blank" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/iPhone-supplier-Catcher-Tech-to-make-augmented-reality-parts)" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nikkei Asian Review</em></a>. </p>

<p>Apple says the iPhone X will arrive in 13 additional countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa as well as Macau on Friday, Nov. 24.</p>

<p>HITMAN – Game of the Year Edition<em> </em>is now available on the Mac. Developed by Io-Interactive for Windows and consoles, it’s brought to macOS and Linux by Feral Interactive.</p>

<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>