Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple is allowing suppliers to reduce the accuracy — “if only a little” — of Face ID to speed up production of the iPhone X, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/inside-apple-s-struggle-to-get-the-iphone-x-to-market-on-time" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>, quoting unnamed sources.</p>

<p>Graphic Node has introduced DesiGN Market - Templates, a macOS utility that offers packed with productivity and graphics templates designed for a variety of productivity suites and image editing applications. </p>

<p>Low iPhone 8/8 Plus sales? What low sales? LG Display’s third quarter financial report <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lg-display-results/lg-display-third-quarter-profit-surges-on-year-end-demand-for-tvs-mobile-devices-idUSKBN1CU00C?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">hints at stronger sales</a> of the smartphone than estimated. The Apple supplier and world’s largest LCD panel provider reported an 80% growth in profits in the quarter. </p>

<p>Although the Apple Watch Series 3 offers decent battery life, sometimes you may still find yourself running out of juice. In that case, you’ll want to switch to Power Reserve mode.</p>

<p>It’s easy to find the email you need in macOS High Sierra. When you use the Mail in full screen , new messages automatically open in split view, so it’s easy to refer to other messages in your inbox as you write. </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 has bought Auckland technology company PowerbyProxi, an Auckland, New Zealand tech company, for an undisclosed sum, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/98190457/apple-buys-nzs-powerb-proxi" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stuff</em> report</a>. Apple engineering chief Dan Riccio says the "team will be a great addition as Apple works to create a wireless future,” the article adds. </p>

<p><em>AWT </em>contributing editor, Marty Edwards, and his wife Ruby are at the JAMF conference in Minnesota and will be reporting on it with frequent updates.</p>

<p>Apple says it will have a limited supply of iPhone X models for walk-in customers on Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 a.m. local time. If supply is as limited as I suspect, you might want to camp out in front of your local store — today!</p>

<p>Apple places number six on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/green-power-partnership-national-top-100" rel="noopener noreferrer">Green Power Partnership Top 100 list</a>, which represents the largest green power users within the Green Power Partnership.</p>

<p>In case you simply can’t get enough predictions on how many iPhone X units Apple will sell,<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-to-settle-for-half-its-planned-iPhone-X-shipments-this-year" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nikkei Asian Review</em></a> — quoting unnamed sources — predicts that only 20 million models of the next gen iPhone will ship this year. That’s about half of what was planned. the article says.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,799,139) for “accurate image alignment to a 3D model.” It involves the company’s ARKit and 3D maps of street-level images.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.albertsons.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Albertsons Companies</a> has announced that Apple Pay is now available in all banners and more than 2,300 stores nationwide. </p>

<p>As noted at Apple's developer <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=10232017a" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a>, Apple Pay has gone “live” in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. This brings the number of supported countries to 20. </p>

<p>You can take a Live Photo during a FaceTime call with macOS High Sierra. Just clickand the Live Photo is saved to your Photos app. The Live Photos feature of recent iPhones is a lot of fun. It captures 1.5 seconds of movement surrounding a 12-megapixel still image (think the “moving newspaper" photos in the Harry Potter films).</p>