Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple is committed 100% to  using nrecycled material or renewable material to make its products, the company's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson, told<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/apple-exec-on-making-a-completely-green-iphone-and-tackling-child-labour-concerns-in-supply-chain/news-story/f6de8b8f40fdb2956df67868cf2e81ca" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>news.com.au</em></a>.</p>

<p>Apple is working with its supplier TSMC to solve manufacturing issues preventing volume production of micro-LED display panels, reducing its own R&D team for developing Micro LED display products in northern Taiwan, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20171117PD202.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>DigiTimes</em></a>.</p>

<p>Of the two dozen collectable categories on offer at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.Breker.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Auction Team Breker</a>’s autumn extravaganza in Cologne, Germany, computing and calculation came out on top. The highest price of the day was a Apple’s Lisa-1 personal computer, which went for $50,300.</p>

<p>CareerBliss, the leading career community with over three million open jobs, has released new data identifying the “CareerBliss Happiest Retail Employers for 2017.” Apple ranks fifth on the list, preceded by Neiman Marcus, AT&T, Foot Locker, and Ace Hardware.</p>

<p>The latest smartphone operating system data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech</a> reveals that in the three months ending September 2017, iOS share was flat in Europe, but up in the U.S. and urban China. Android’s good performance within Great Britain continued, with its share rising 8.2 percentage points to 63.9% in the latest three-month period.</p>

<p>Promise Technology has announced the addition of a Thunderbolt 3 dock to its lineup of solutions for rich media workflows. </p>

<p>Reachability — sliding the screen down so everything at the top is easier to reach with one hand — is (pun intended) handy in the iPhone X, but you’ll have to enable it first. Here’s how:</p>

<p>I don't entirely trust Facebook, but it does offer social media opportunities for businesses such as mine and is a great way to keep up with folks. If you're a constant FB user, you should check out <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/current-for-facebook/id923920635?mt=12" rel="noopener noreferrer">Current</a>, which turns Facebook into a native app on your Mac desktop (you must be running macOS 10.10 or higher).</p>

<p>For the older generation, it is easy to look back and remember all the fears people used to have when it came to the Internet. Years ago, people worried about shopping online, and the risks associated with putting valuable credit card information online. This was seen as a potential invasion of privacy, and people were hesitant about taking that first step.</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>There’s a lot happening in the world of Apple news this week. Following are the hottest articles for the week of Nov. 13-17.</p>

<p>The Apple Park Visitor Center opened in Cupertino, California, Friday morning, welcoming neighbors and guests from surrounding areas to experience Apple Park’s innovations. It’s is an architectural extension of the new campus (the “spaceship campus”) with similar aesthetics in staircases, stone walls and terrazzo floors. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.twelvesouth.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twelve South</a> is known for creating great products to enhance the Apple experience and that’s not changed with its new cases for the iPhone X. </p>

<p>Texas Rangers investigating the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, have served search warrants on Apple, seeking digital photos, messages, documents and other types of data that might have been stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself.</p>

<p>Well, darn. There’ll be no HomePods under Christmas trees this year. Apple says the smart speaker launch will now happen in “early 2018” instead of in December, as expected. <em>Buzzfeed</em>’s John Paczkowski <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JohnPaczkowski/status/931556183806132224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fhomepad-delay%2F" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweets</a> the full statement from the tech giant: </p>