Dennis Sellers

<p>Adobe has released its 2017 online shopping data for Cyber Monday and the holiday weekend overall. Apple’s AirPods were some of the hottest sellers during the online shopping day.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted another patent (number 20170185161) for a “gesture-based user interface” that hints at gesture controls for Macs. This one is dubbed “three dimensional user interface session using depth sensors.”</p>

<p>Currently, Apple’s augmented reality (AR) efforts focus on the iPad and iPhone. But a newly granted patent (number 9,830,844) hints that those efforts will expand to the Mac.</p>

<p>Apple has launched an official <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8xoRh-on8e3eFfaF8UcQjw" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Support YouTube channel</a>, which already has 1,513 subscribers. </p>

<p>Apple has emailed customers that they can donate to their favorite charitable causes using Apple Pay on Giving Tuesday (that’s today). The promotes six charities: the American Red Cross, charity: water, DonorsChoose.org, (PRODUCT)RED, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and the World Wildlife Fund. </p>

<p>The reasonably priced ($24.95) <a target="_blank" href="http://usa.just-mobile.com/tenc-iphone.html#.WgtUYLbMxBw" rel="noopener noreferrer">TENC for iPhone X</a> from Just Mobile— available in crystal clear, matte clear and matte black — perfectly lines up with the smartphone’s edges (the top two corners are completely covered, and the bottom two corners are covered to the curve). The no-frills case offers protection while offering easy access to all ports, buttons, switches. </p>

<p>macOS High Sierra's Safari lets you mute audio in any open tabs. You can do this right from the Smart Search field, so there’s no need to click through all your tabs to locate the one you want to silence. If you’re viewing a tab that’s not playing audio, the Audio button in the Smart Search field is white with a blue outline. If the tab is playing audio, the Audio button is solid blue.</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 will $4.2 billion per year on original video content by 2022, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cultofmac.com/516111/apple-will-spend-4-2-billion-on-original-programming-by-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer">a report</a> by Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster.</p>

<p>Have you noticed that more and more Mac gaming torrent sites are popping up? Clearly, the demand for Mac games is growing. </p>

<p>The reason for the switch from Android to iOS is an odd reason. It's all because of my 15 year old son!</p><p>I've been using the Google Pixel XL for a while now and I've had no issues with it, but when Google announced the Pixel 2 back in October, I almost pulled the trigger on the upgrade. I decided that I really didn't need a new phone and that I would be wasting money upgrading. I resisted and moved on. </p>

<p>India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said the company supports Apple’s plan to set up a manufacturing unit in the country and is awaiting a formal proposal from the tech giant, according to<em> <a target="_blank" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/happy-to-receive-apple-awaiting-formal-proposal-says-suresh-prabhu/articleshow/61805232.cms" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Economic Times</a></em>.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/11/25/iphone-x-supply-chain-improvements-not-weak-demand-to-thank-for-reduced-ship-times" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the improved shipping times for the iPhone X (now down to 1-2 weeks) is due to improved supply chain enhancements and parts availability, not slowing demand.</p>

<p>Brattoo Propaganda Software has introduced Photos Tagger, a new addition to their applications suite. </p>

<p>Every fooser has to have a foosball application on his phone. I want to offer you the list of five foosball games made for Apple (available at the Apple App Store) and Android devices so there are no excuses why haven't you already installed the most amazing game of foosball on your phone. Each and every one of those games will offer you great gaming experice, you just have to pick one: </p>