Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple filed a petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Friday challenging the validity of an electrical circuitry patent held by a company with ties to a trio of Native American tribes, setting up the possibility for a defense based on the tribes' sovereign rights, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/993556/apple-challenges-patent-held-by-native-american-tribes?nl_pk=ade0cf2b-ea3f-464b-bc93-d8e19277ac63&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law360</a>.</p>

<p>Apple’s App Store <a target="_blank" href="https://itunespartner.apple.com/en/apps/news/51320438" rel="noopener noreferrer">has a new feature</a> that allows developers to make new iOS 11 apps available for pre-order up to 90 days before release.</p>

<p>Apple announced that it’s working with the city of Chicago to bring coding opportunities to Chicago’s nearly 500,000 students through a citywide expansion of Apple’s Everyone Can Code program.</p>

<p>Siri is multi-lingual. in iOS it can translate phrases or ask the meaning of a foreign word. Here’s how:</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>A  <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/richdemuro/status/940239633060892672/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.wordpress.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php%3Fpost_type%3Dpost" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweet</a> by KTLA’s Rich DeMuro notes that Apple is donating $1 million to help with fire aid in southern California. The tech giant had this to say:</p>

<p>Apple has confirmed to <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/daveyalba/yep-apple-is-buying-shazam-the-music-recognition-app?utm_term=.ic6KGdKJy#.unJLmOLN8" rel="noopener noreferrer">BuzzFeed New</a>s</em> that last week’s rumor was true: it’s acquiring Shazam, the popular music recognition app that’s used by more than 100 million people each month to identify music, get song lyrics, and more.</p>

<p>Former Apple India Managing Director Maneesh Dhir has joined <a target="_blank" href="http://www.metavision.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meta</a>, which specializes in augmented reality, as its new chief operating officer. Previously, at Apple India, he was responsible for expanding Apple’s retail presence, raising the customer experience, and growing the company’s India business.</p>

<p>Apple’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in early 2018, and some the company’s activist shareholders want the meeting to debate and vote on climate change and human rights issues. However, the tech giant has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the authority to omit at least four such proposals.</p>

<p>As it looks to expand its iPhone manufacturing in the country, Apple has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-india/apple-india-wrangle-over-import-tax-on-mobile-parts-sources-idUSKBN1E50WK" rel="noopener noreferrer">asked</a> India to defer a planned increase in import taxes on mobile phone parts, but the government is unlikely to accede.</p>

<p>Months ago Google released a Chrome extension that enables always-on voice search from a desktop. When Google.com is open, just say "Ok Google" and then your search term. This always-on voice search is in the right direction for what we should expect from our computing devices. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/ozc2otk" rel="noopener noreferrer">iMobie's MacClean</a> is a cleaner app made to keep Macs running "right and light." It's designed to allow you to free up disk space, enhance your browsing experience, and more.</p>

<p>iOS 11 has a useful Do Not Disturb feature that you should really use when you’re behind the wheel. The operating system can “sense” when you might be driving and help keep you from being distracted by calls, texts, and notifications. </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 Dec. 4-8.</p>