Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple has been granted a second patent (number 20170340209) for using an Apple Watch to monitor blood pressure. This one is dubbed “blood pressure monitoring using a multi-function wrist-worn device.” The first (number 20170293727) for a “user device” for “intelligent blood pressure monitoring.” </p>

<p>Google is currently facing legal action from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youoweus.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Google You Owe Us</em></a>,  a campaigning group founded as a result of Google tricking Safari into revealing the personal data of iPhone users between June 2011 and February 2012. </p>

<p>Apple has released a support document to help you deal with the issue. If you experience issues with authenticating or connecting to file shares on your Mac after you install Security Update 2017-001 for macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, follow these steps to repair file sharing:</p>

<p>Apple will use its own main power management chip design in iPhones within the next two years, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-to-design-power-chips-in-house-as-early-as-2018-Sources" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nikkei Asian Review</em></a>, quoting unnamed sources. The chip controls the phone’s charging, battery management, and energy efficiency. </p>

<p>Since its creation in 2006, <a target="_blank" href="https://red.org/what-is-red/" rel="noopener noreferrer">(RED)</a> has worked to help the more than 37 million people living with HIV across the globe. </p>

<p>IOGEAR’s $99.95 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.iogear.com/product/GTC3DDP" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thunderbolt 3 to Dual 4K DisplayPort Adapter</a> lets you connect up to two DisplayPort monitors (one 5K or two 4K @ 60Hz) through a single Thunderbolt 3 port on your iMac or MacBook Pro.</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>Apple tells<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-cyber/update-1-apple-to-audit-development-processes-after-mac-bug-discovered-idUSL1N1NZ1RD?feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Reuters</em></a> that it will review its software development process after releasing a <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2017/11/29/apple-releases-security-update-2017-001-to-fix-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability" rel="noopener noreferrer">software update</a> to fix a security vulnerability in macOS High Sierra.</p>

<p>The 2017 Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday kickoff to the holiday shopping season produced big results <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/11/26/online-sales-surge-over-thanksgiving-day-weekend/892767001/" rel="noopener noreferrer">for retailers</a>. Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, consumers dropped more than $11 billion, which is a significant increase from 2016.  </p>

<p>Apple has released <a target="_blank" href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208315" rel="noopener noreferrer">Security Update 2017-001</a> to fix a vulnerability that enables access to the root superuser with a blank password on any Mac running macOS High Sierra version 10.3.1. </p>

<p>Video games that put the player in the shoes of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as he kills criminals have been removed from the Apple App Store, reports the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42165328" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC</a>. Thousands of people have been killed by police during the president's crackdown on drug-related crime, the article adds.</p>

<p>On day two of my iPhone X ownership, I hopped on my Harley and headed out to run some errands. I paired my iPhone X up with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.harley-davidson.com/store/boom%21-audio-bluetooth-cruiser-amp-and-speaker-kit" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boom Audio Bluetooth speakers</a> on my Heritage and loaded up an Amazon Music playlist. Everything appeared to be working great. When I was leaving my 1st stop, I started the music again, but instead of coming out of my Bluetooth speakers, the music was playing from the phone. I forgot the speakers in settings and re-paired. All was well again. Next stop, same thing. I decided to revisit this issue later. I didn't think I had bigger issues.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fusionguitars.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fusion Guitar</a> is a new iPhone/iPod-integrated, portable, wireless electric guitar with built-in amp, battery and speakers. It’s available at a special holiday price of $899 through Dec. 24 with promo code:  ROCK-N-ROLL-SANTA-FG.</p>

<p>Comercia Global Payments EP, S.L. — a joint venture between U.S.-based Global Payments, a provider of payment technology services, and CaixaBank, which specializes in retail banking in Spain — announced that it’s now bringing its customers Apple Pay.</p>

<p>According to a new forecast from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.idc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">IDC</a> overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units in 2021. Apple's launch of the iPhone 8/8+ and X in late 2017 set the company up to return to iPhone volume growth in 2017, adds the research group. </p>